Straight from the Brighton Music Conference, we headed back to London to attend this year’s Music Week Awards. We were joined by lots of our lovely clients and it was a pleasure to host those from SJM, Musicalize, Tuffnell Park Dome and Brixton Academy. Unfortunately we were unable to replicate the success of last year’s Ticketing Company of the Year award, as this year the lucky recipients were Eventim UK. Congratulations to them and our fellow nominees, sometimes it’s not about the winning…
Highlights of the night have to include Alex Hardee’s acceptance speech for Best Agent and the opening video for Strat Award winner Max Lousada, which was truly incredible. It featured everyone from Stormzy to Ed Sheeran and had us zooming around London’s Urban Jungle.
Congratulations too to all the nominees and winners including:
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO CHARITY: PRS Foundation
PR CAMPAIGN: Stormzy, Wired PR
TICKETING COMPANY: Eventim
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR: Lee & Thompson
MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Stuart Camp, Grumpy Old Management
MUSIC & BRAND PARTNERSHIP: Big Shaq / FIFA 18 / Universal Music Globe / EA
LIVE MUSIC AGENT (INDIVIDUAL): Alex Hardee, Coda Agency
PROMOTIONS TEAM: Warner Bros Records
LABEL/ARTIST SERVICES COMPANY: Caroline International
GRASSROOTS VENUE: SPIRIT OF THE SCENE: The Boileroom, Guildford
INDEPENDENT RETAILER: Rough Trade
SALES TEAM: Warner Music UK
RADIO SHOW: Annie Mac, BBC Radio 1
RADIO STATION: BBC Radio 6 Music
CATALOGUE MARKETING CAMPAIGN: George Michael, Sony Music Commercial Group
LIVE MUSIC PROMOTER (COMPANY): Kilimanjaro Live
ARTIST MARKETING CAMPAIGN: Ed Sheeran, Atlantic Records
MUSIC RETAILER/STREAMING PLATFORM: Spotify
INDEPENDENT RECORD COMPANY: Play It Again Sam
A&R AWARD: Polydor Records
RECORD COMPANY OF THE YEAR: Atlantic Records
FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR: Glastonbury Festival
PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR: Sony/ATV Music Publishing
THE STRAT: Max Lousada
Words by Sarah Slater