Named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, ‘The Ivors’ were once described by Sir Paul McCartney as ‘the greatest award a musician could receive’.

First introduced in 1955, and presented annually in London by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA), The Ivor Novello Awards honour “excellence in songwriting and composing” and are the only musical awards that are judged by songwriters and composers. In fact ‘The Ivors’ remain the only award ceremony in the musical calendar that is not influenced by publishers and record companies – instead being judged and presented solely by the writing community.

Adele looks set to make another giant clearup tonight at the Grosvenor Hotel, being nominated in four categories including Best Song Musically and Lyrically, Best Album and Most Performed Work.

Other artists who will be attending the awards include The Florence + The Machine, The Ed Sheeran and The Kate Bush.

The full list of winners this year are:

‘Best Song Musically and Lyrically’

Adele: ‘Rolling In The Deep’ (written by: Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth)
Florence + the Machine: ‘Shake It Out’ (written by: Paul Epworth, Kid Harpoon, Florence Welch)
Ed Sheeran: ‘The A-Team’ (written by: Ed Sheeran) WINNER!

‘Best Contemporary Song’
Nero: ‘Promises’ (written by: Joseph Ray, Daniel Stephens, Alana Watson)
James Blake: ‘The Wilhelm Scream’ (written by: James Blake, James Litherland)
Lana Del Rey: ‘Video Games’ (written by: Lana Del Rey, Justin Parker) WINNER!

‘Album Award’
Adele: 21 (written by: Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth)
Kate Bush: 50 Words For Snow (written by: Kate Bush)
PJ Harvey: Let England Shake (written by PJ Harvey) WINNER!

‘PRS for Music Most Performed Work’

Adele: ‘Rolling In The Deep’ (written by: Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth) WINNER!
Adele: ‘Someone Like You’ (written by: Adele Adkins, Dan Wilson)
Take That: ‘The Flood’ (written by: Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams)

‘Best Television Soundtrack’
Leonardo (composed by: Mark Russell)
Page Eight (composed by: Paul Englishby)
The Shadow Line (composed by: Martin Phipps) WINNER!

‘Best Original Film Score’
Life In A Day (composed by: Harry Gregson-Williams, Matthew Herbert)
The First Grader (composed by: Alex Heffes) WINNER!
We Need To Talk About Kevin (composed by: Jonny Greenwood)

‘PRS For Music Outstanding Contribution to British Music’
Take That

‘Outstanding Song Collection’
Gary Kemp

‘The Ivors Jazz Award’
Stan Tracey

Lifetime Achievement
Mark Knopfler

The Ivors Inspiration Award

Siouxsie Sioux

Songwriter of the Year
Adele

PRS for Music Special International Award
Jimmy Webb

BASCA Fellowship
Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber

The nominees for best music-related programmes include Fearne Cotton, Michael Bublé, Steve Lamacq and Ronnie Wood. You can see a full list here.

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The Sony DAB Rising Star Award
Gold: Luke Franks (Fun Kids)

Station of the Year (under 300,000)
Gold: KL.FM
Nominee: Moray Firth Radio
Nominee: Garrison FM

Best Breaking News Coverage
Gold: PM – BBC Radio 4
Silver: August Riots – BBC News for BBC Radio 5 live
Bronze: Gary Speed’s Death – Somethin’ Else & BBC Radio Sport for BBC Radio 5 live
Nominee: The Riots – GMG Radio North West News Team for Real Radio North West
Nominee: Birmingham Riots – Free Radio Birmingham (brmb)

Best Community Programming
Gold: Face To Face – Prison Radio Association for National Prison Radio
Silver: Handle with Care – BBC Radio Berkshire and Company Paradiso for BBC Radio Berkshire
Bronze: Behind Bars – Prison Radio Association for National Prison Radio
Nominee: Lonely At Christmas – BBC Radio Oxford
Nominee: Cocaine Unwrapped – - GMG Radio North West News Team for Real Radio North West

Best News and Current Affairs Programme
Gold: 5 live Drive – BBC News for BBC Radio 5 live
Silver: SITREP – BFBS
Bronze: The Sunday Roast with Caroline – 106 JACKfm Oxfordshire
Nominee: The World At One – BBC Radio 4
Nominee: Radio 1 Newsbeat – BBC Radio 1

Best Sports Programme
Gold: Keys & Gray – talkSPORT
Silver: Rock ‘N’ Roll Football – Survival Sunday – USP Content for Absolute Radio
Bronze: Kicking Off With Colin Murray – BBC Radio Sport for BBC Radio 5 live
Nominee: Gerr’um On Side – UTV Media for 102.4 Wish FM and 107.2 Wire FM
Nominee: My Sporting Life – talkSPORT

Best Music Feature/Special/Documentary
Gold: Feeling Good – The Nina Simone Story Part 1 – Sue Clark Productions for BBC Radio 2
Silver: Pete Townshend – Before I Get Old – Just Radio Ltd for BBC Radio 2
Bronze: Killing Bono – A Life In The Shadow of Superstardom – GMG Radio for Real Radio and Real Radio XS
Nominee: The Music That Melted – BBC Radio Documentaries for BBC Radio 4
Nominee: Radio 1 Stories – The Amen Break – BBC Radio 1

Best News Feature/Special/Documentary
Gold: Child of Ardoyne – Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 3
Silver: Assignment: Blasphemy – A Matter of Life and Death – BBC World Service News & Current Affairs for BBC World Service
Bronze: The Kill Factor – BBC Radio Current Affairs for BBC World Service
Nominee: Lives in a Landscape: The Hackney Riots – BBC Radio Documentaries for BBC Radio 4
Nominee: Filesharing Special – BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat

Best Feature/Special/Documentary
Gold: Walking With The Wounded – GMG Radio North West News Team for Smooth Radio
Silver: Spike Milligan – The Serious Poet – White Pebble Media for BBC Radio 4
Bronze: The Mousetrap and Me – BBC Radio Wales
Nominee: The Underwater Gendarme – BBC Wales for BBC Radio 4
Nominee: The Five Ages of Brandreth – BBC Political Programmes for BBC Radio 4

Best Comedy
Gold: Mark Steel’s In Town – BBC Radio Comedy for BBC Radio 4
Silver: Another Case Of Milton Jones – Pozzitive Television for BBC Radio 4
Bronze: Down The Line – Down The Line Productions for BBC Radio 4
Nominee: Adam & Joe – BBC Radio 6 Music
Nominee: The National Theatre of Brent’s Iconic Icons – CPL Productions for BBC Radio 4

Best Drama
Gold: On It – Woolyback Productions for BBC Radio 4
Silver: Use It or Lose It – Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 3
Bronze: A Tale of Two Cities – BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4
Nominee: A Time to Dance – Sweet Talk Productions for BBC Radio 4
Nominee: North by Northamptonshire – BBC Radio Comedy for BBC Radio 4

Best Use of Multiplatform/Social Media
Gold: Now Playing@6Music – Somethin’ Else for BBC Audio & Music Interactive and BBC Radio 6 Music
Silver: The Classic FM Hall Of Fame – Classic FM
Bronze: BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra homepages – BBC Audio & Music Interactive for BBC Radio 1
Nominee: Heart Breakfast with James & Charlie – Heart Kent
Nominee: Absolute 80s – Absolute Radio

Best Live Event Coverage
Gold: The Royal Wedding – BBC World Service News Programmes for BBC World Service
Silver: Danny Wallace’s Naked Breakfast – Xfm
Bronze: Real Radio Live @ Take That – Real Radio North East
Nominee: England No. 1 Test Side – BBC Radio Sport for 5 live sports extra & BBC Radio 4 Longwave
Nominee: Choice at The Notting Hill Carnival – Choice Programming for Choice FM

Best Single Promo/Commercial
Gold: Geoff Lloyd’s Hometime Show – The Complaints – Absolute Radio
Silver: The Day Before 9/11 – BBC Radio 4 Presentation for BBC Radio 4
Bronze: Campese on Sunday Morning – talkSPORT Creative for talkSPORT
Nominee: Sherlock Returns – BBC Radio Cross Trails for BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5 live and BBC Radio 6 Music
Nominee: Beat The Star – Global Radio for Heart West Midlands

Best Specialist Music Programme
Gold: David Rodigan – Somethin’ Else for BBC Radio 2
Silver: The Ronnie Wood Show – Somethin’ Else for Absolute Radio
Bronze: Another Country with Ricky Ross – BBC Radio Scotland
Nominee: Friday Night Is Music Night – BBC Radio 2
Nominee: Music: Response – Xfm

Best Station Imaging
Gold: BBC Radio 1Xtra
Silver: Capital Network
Bronze: BBC Radio 2
Nominee: KISS & ReelWorld Productions for KISS
Nominee: JACKfm Oxfordshire

Best Competition
Gold: 2 Strangers And A Wedding – 106 JACKfm Oxfordshire & glide FM 107.9 Oxfordshire
Silver: Christian O’Connell’s Early Morning Game – Absolute Radio
Bronze: Danny Wallace’s QuizFace – Xfm
Nominee: Christmas is Cancelled – Pirate FM
Nominee: Superstar DJ – BBC Radio 1

Best Entertainment Programme
Gold: Beryl and Betty – BBC Radio Humberside
Silver: Adam & Joe – BBC Radio 6 Music
Frank Skinner – Avalon for Absolute Radio
Nominee: Boogie and Dingo’s Big Saturday Show – Bauer Radio Scotland
Nominee: Real Radio Breakfast with Dixie & Gayle – Real Radio Yorkshire

Best Music Programme
Gold: Fearne Cotton – BBC Radio 1
Silver: In:Demand Scotland – Bauer Radio Scotland
Bronze: In Tune – BBC Radio 3
Nominee: Steve Lamacq – BBC Radio 6 Music
Nominee: Michael Bublé – Magic 105.4

The Special Award
Classic FM

Best Internet Programme
Gold: Science Weekly: Sounds of the Space Shuttle – An Acoustic Tribute – The Guardian
Silver: Days In The Life – Guardian News & Media for The Guardian
Bronze: Do The Right Thing – Fuzz Productions Ltd for British Comedy Guide
Nominee: Front Room Fringe – Forth One
Nominee: Mindcast: Bipolar – Matt Wilkinson in association with Wise Buddah Creative for Mind

Best Speech Programme
Gold: Stephen Nolan – BBC News for BBC Radio 5 live
Silver: Gardeners’ Question Time – Somethin’ Else for BBC Radio 4
Bronze: World Have Your Say – BBC World Service News Programmes for BBC World Service
Nominee: Ken Livingstone and David Mellor – LBC 97.3
Nominee: Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review – Somethin’ Else for BBC Radio 5 live

Music Radio Personality of the Year
Gold: Chris Evans – BBC Radio 2
Silver: Lauren Laverne – BBC Radio 6 Music
Bronze: Christian O’Connell – Absolute Radio
Nominee: Huey Morgan – BBC Radio 2 &Wise Buddah Creative for BBC Radio 6 Music
Nominee: Gemma Cairney – BBC Radio 1Xtra

Best Use of Branded Content
Gold: Danny Wallace’s Naked Breakfast – Global Radio for Xfm
Silver: The KISS Chosen One with Blackberry – KISS
Bronze: Car Wars – Real Radio Yorkshire
Nominee: The Power of Dreams on Classic FM with Honda – Classic FM
Nominee: Rock ‘N’ Roll Football with Sky Sports – Absolute Radio

Music Broadcaster of the Year
Gold: Jools Holland – BBC Radio 2
Silver: Sean Rowley – BBC Radio Kent
Bronze: Mistajam – BBC Radio 1Xtra
Nominee: Tom Service – BBC Radio 3 for BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 & BBC Radio 6 Music
Nominee: Mark Radcliffe – Smooth Operations (Productions Ltd for BBC Radio 6 Music & BBC Radio 2

Speech Radio Personality of the Year
Gold: Danny Baker – Campbell Davison Media for BBC Radio 5 live
Silver: Alan Brazil – talkSPORT
Bronze: Alan Robson – Metro Radio
Nominee: Richard Bacon – BBC News for BBC Radio 5 live
Nominee: Toby Foster – BBC Radio Sheffield

Breakfast Show of the Year (under 10 million)
Gold: Real Radio Breakfast with Gary and Lisa – Real Radio North East
Silver: BBC Essex Breakfast – BBC Essex
Bronze: Adam Tomlinson at Breakfast – BBC Radio York
Nominee: Juice FM Breakfast with Adam and Leanne – 107.6 Juice FM
Nominee: Porridge – Prison Radio Association for National Prison Radio

Best Promotional/Advertising Campaign
Gold: Wimbledon 2011 – Fresh Air Production for BBC Radio Cross Trails for BBC Radio 2, 5 live & Local Radio
Silver: The Rugby World Cup 2011 – talkSPORT Creative for talkSPORT
Bronze: Britain Loves Radio – Radio Advertising Bureau for Commercial Radio
Nominee: Red Nose Day – Fresh Air Production for BBC Radio Cross Trails for BBC Radio 1, 2 & Local Radio
Nominee: In The Mind of a Car Thief – Eagle Radio & Eagle Extra for UKRD Group

Speech Broadcaster of the Year
Gold: Victoria Derbyshire – BBC News for BBC Radio 5 live
Silver: Jeremy Vine – BBC Radio 2
Bronze: Evan Davis – BBC News for BBC Radio 4
Nominee: Nick Ferrari – LBC 97.3
Nominee: Jenni Murray – BBC General Factual for BBC Radio 4

Breakfast Show of the Year (10 million plus)
Gold: KISS Breakfast with Rickie, Melvin and Charlie – KISS
Silver: The Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show – Absolute Radio
Bronze: The Chris Evans Breakfast Show – BBC Radio 2
Nominee: Heart Breakfast (London) – London’s Heart
Nominee: 5 live Breakfast – BBC News for BBC Radio 5 live

News Journalist of the Year
Gold: Mike Thomson – BBC News for BBC Radio 4
Silver: Metro Radio News Team – Metro Radio
Bronze: JACKfm News Team – 106 JACKfm Oxfordshire
Nominee: John Sudworth – BBC Radio 4
Nominee: GMG Radio North West News Team – Smooth Radio, Real Radio & Real XS

Station Programmer of the Year
Gold: Andy Roberts – KISS
Nominee: Clive Dickens – Absolute Radio
Nominee: Moz Dee – talkSPORT

Best Interview
Gold: Eddie Mair interviews Julie Nicholson – BBC Radio 4
Silver: Jeremy Vine interviews Helena Tym – BBC Radio 2
Bronze: Victoria Derbyshire interviews Ken Clarke – BBC News for BBC Radio 5 live
Nominee: Mark Lawson interviews Ricky Gervais – BBC Radio Arts for BBC Radio 4
Nominee: Andrew Peach interviews Anne Diamond – BBC Radio Berkshire

Station of the Year (300,000 – 1 million)
Gold: 107.6 Juice FM
Nominee: BBC Radio Berkshire
Nominee: Free Radio Coventry & Warwickshire (Mercia)

Station of the Year (1 million plus)
Gold: Radio City 96.7
Nominee: BBC World Service
Nominee: BBC Radio 4 Extra

UK Station of the Year
Gold: BBC Radio 6 Music
Nominee: BBC Radio 2
Nominee: Kerrang! Radio

The Gold Award
Nicholas Parsons

Each record signed to the label will be screened personally by Universal bosses from around the world.

According to a statement: “PM:AM Recordings is formed of a unique set-up combining the A&R talents of Universal bosses from around the world. Each record signed to the label will have been screened through some of the most acutely tuned ears in the business, and in turn each release will receive worldwide synchronicity.”

Universal has already had recent success with Swedish DJ, remixer, and record producer Avicii, who’s track ‘Levels’ reached number one in the the UK dance charts – PM:AM Recordings will focus on releases of the same genre.

It covers all types of music, it’s always in May, it’s always 3 days, there’s over 300 new artists playing in over 30 venues and it’s by the seaside. The best bit is that my ticket cost £9.90 return from London Victoria. BOOM!

So what more could you want? What’s that… you want to hear all the bands before you go so you can decide who you want to see? Click here then… the Guardian’s already sorted that one out for you. They’ve also given you a little shortlist, so you can hit up the ‘ones to watch’… they’re good aren’t they.

You can see a map of venues here, which should make for interesting navigation when you’re smashed from about 3pm. TGE, now in it’s 7th year, has also become a mecca for industry types – growing beyond even the likes of Liverpool’s Soundcity and Manchester’s In The City.

Us, personally, we’re keen to see this lot:

Alt J
Alabama Shakes
Avalanche City
Bastille
Beth Jeans Houghton
Clock Opera
College
Com Truise
Cymbals
Django Django
Dry the River
Errors
Foxes
Francois & The Atlas Mountains
Friends
French Films
Gaz Coombes
Grimes
Gross Magic
HAIM
Halls
Hannah Cohen
Hot Panda
Howler
Hyde & Beast
I Ching
Keep Shelley in Athens
King Charles
Lapalux
La Femme
Lianne La Havas
Madeon
My Best Fiend
Mystery Jets
Niki & The Dove
O Children
Pond
Ray Morris
Regal Safari
The Sheepdogs
Shabazz Palaces
Splashh
Sun Glitters
Tanlines
Theme Park
Treetop Flyers
Tribes
We Are Augustines
We Are Scientists
Willy Mason
Young Magic

Of course, there’ll be some overlap, but well… plans very rarely work out the way they’re supposed to. And anyway, it’s all about being in the flow.

So enjoy! Let us know how you get on.

x

Tracks start at 89p, chart albums from £6.99 and ‘Deal of the Week’ albums for £4.99 – with a free track for first-time downloaders for a limted time only. (offer ends May 6).

The best bit is that your downloads also gain Nectar points! Wow.

Music Week reported that “Sainsbury’s is also guaranteeing the lowest prices its on pre-order items as part of a competative pricing ethos. When an MP3 is purchased and the price drops ahead of, or on the release date, Sainsbury’s will refund the difference.”

Mark Bennett, head of Entertainment (Online) said: “This launch of our new MP3 music service enables our customers across the UK to get digital music at great value. This is the first step in our expansion to offer digital entertainment alongside our existing range of CDs, Games, Film and books catalogue.”

Peter Selby, music manager added: “‘Downloading Made Easy’ is central to our music offering and we have ensured that the process is as simple as possible for all our customers, who can be safe in the knowledge that all their favourite music will be will be available at the touch of a button.”

Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media were ordered to start blocking access to The Pirate Bay in the next few weeks.

BPI Chief Executive Geoff Taylor said: “The High Court has confirmed that The Pirate Bay infringes copyright on a massive scale. Its operators line their pockets by commercially exploiting music and other creative works without paying a penny to the people who created them. This is wrong – musicians, sound engineers and video editors deserve to be paid for their work just like everyone else.

“Sites like The Pirate Bay destroy jobs in the UK and undermine investment in new British artists. We urge anyone using The Pirate Bay to explore the many digital music services operating ethically and legally in the UK – especially those carrying the Music Matters trustmark.”

The High Court Orders were made by Mr Justice Arnold following his ruling in February that both the operators and users of The Pirate Bay website infringe the copyright of music companies.

Filmed in Dublin by the awesome Andrew Jordan.

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Communion was formed in London in 2006 by Ben Lovett (of Mumford and Sons fame), former Cherbourg bassist Kevin Jones, and producer Ian Grimble to create a hub for talented songwriters and musicians to develop and flourish. From humble beginnings as a monthly club night in London’s Notting Hill, the organisation now boasts international Club Nights (featuring Mumford and Sons, Anna Calvi, Laura Marling, Peggy Sue and Noah & the Whale), a record label arm, annual music festivals ‘Bushstock’ & ‘Communion in the Redwoods’, and their own stages at major festivals such as The Great Escape, Camden Crawl, SXSW and Bestival.

So BIG birthday love, Communion… keep up the amazeballs work. x

According to reports, HMV Live – which operates Hammersmith Apollo and Camden’s Jazz Café in London – has also fielded interest from at least one undisclosed bidder.

Time to celebrate the industry’s achievements… see below for a list of the finalists:

LIVE MUSIC VENUE (Sponsored by Sennheiser)
The Leadmill, Sheffield
HMV Forum, London
The O2, London
The Lexington, London
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London

MUSIC & BRAND PARTNERSHIP (Sponsored by Henley Business School)
Converse Gigs & The 100 Club (Converse/Cornerstone Agency)
Lucozade & Various Artists (Billington Cartmell Agency)
On Track With Seat 2011 (Universal Music UK)
Bands In Transit (Love Live/Ford)
The Station Sessions, Live from St Pancras International (HS1/Emerge Media)

A&R AWARD (Sponsored by The Official Charts Company)
Mercury Records
Island Records
Asylum Records
Ministry Of Sound Recordings
XL Recordings

MANAGER OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Tour Support)
Stuart Camp (Rocket Music Management)
Jonathan Dickins (September Management)
Dave Holmes (3D Artist Management)
Harry Magee and Richard Griffiths (Modest! Management)
Jho Oakley (JHOManagement)

PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR – SINGLES
Announced at Awards (Based on annual market share)

PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR – ALBUMS
Announced at Awards (Based on annual market share)

INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER (Sponsored by Indigo)
Announced at Awards (Based on annual market share)

HIGH STREET RETAIL BRAND
Fopp
HMV
Tesco
Sainsbury’s
ASDA

ONLINE RETAIL BRAND
iTunes
Amazon
HMV
Play.com
eMusic

INDEPENDENT RETAILER
Rise, Bristol
Resident, Brighton
Banquet Records, Kingston Upon Thames
Sound it Out Records, Stockton on Tees

NON-RETAIL DIGITAL MUSIC SERVICE
VEVO
Deezer
We7
Spotify
The Orchard

RADIO STATION (Sponsored by PPL)
6 Music
Capital FM
Kerrang! Radio
Radio 1
Absolute Radio
Radio 2
Wave 105

RADIO SHOW (Sponsored by PPL)
Steve Lamacq (6Music)
The Ronnie Wood Show (Absolute)
The Chris Evans Breakfast Show (Radio 2)
Rickie, Melvin and Charlie In The Morning (KISS)
MistaJam (1Xtra)
The Roger Day Evening Show (BBC Radio Kent for BBC Local Radio across the South)
Jim Gellatly (In Demand: Uncut)

TV SHOW FEAT MUSIC
Later… with Jools Holland (BBC2)
The Jo Whiley Music Show (Sky Arts)
The X Factor (Syco/Thames/ITV)
Glastonbury (BBC2/BBC3/BBC4)
Professor Green Unseen (Channel 4)
David Guetta’s VIP Party! (BOX TV)

PROMOTIONS TEAM (Sponsored by Nielsen)
Island Records
Warner Bros
Virgin Records
Decca
Atlantic Records
Copmedia
Columbia Records

SALES TEAM
PIAS
EMI Music
Warner Bros
Proper Music
Universal Music
Sony Music

DISTRIBUTION TEAM
Arvato
Proper Music Distribution
Gem Logistics
Absolute
EMI

CATALOGUE MARKETING CAMPAIGN
The Smiths Complete (Rhino)
Steps: The Ultimate Collection (RCA/Sony)
Why Pink Floyd? (EMI)
Suede Re-issues (Demon)
The Who: Quadrophenia (Universal)
Nirvana: Nevermind (Universal)

ARTIST MARKETING CAMPAIGN (Sponsored by Box TV)
Adele (XL Recordings)
Jessie J (Island Records)
Olly Murs (Epic Records)
Frank Turner (PIAS/Xtra Mile)
Coldplay (Parlophone)
Lana Del Rey (Polydor Records)

PR CAMPAIGN
Adele (Purple PR)
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (Murray Chalmers PR)
One Direction (Hackford Jones)
Military Wives (Decca)
Emeli Sande (Virgin/EMI)
Ed Sheeran (Atlantic Records)

INDEPENDENT RECORD COMPANY
FatCat Records
Domino Recording Company
Thrill Jockey Records
XL Recordings
Bella Union

RECORD COMPANY (Sponsored by Sensible Music Group)
XL Records
Atlantic Records
Island Records
Ministry of Sound Recordings
Mercury Records

THE STRAT
Announced at Awards

A judging panel comprising senior execs from across the industry will vote for the ultimate winners, with the following exceptions…
The Independent Retailer category will be voted for by AIM
The Independent Record Company category will be voted for by the network of Record Store Day retailers
The Sales Team category will be voted for by ERA
The Live Venue category will be voted for by the MMF
The Strat will be decided by the Music Week editorial team