Today, MBW unveils the full list of finalists for voted categories at the upcoming Music Business UK Awards.
Taking place on the evening of Tuesday, November 4 in London, the Music Business UK Awards 2025 is presented by MBW in association with the event’s partner, YouTube.
It recognizes success across all areas of the UK music business, with a particular focus on those servicing UK-signed talent.
Our shortlists below have been chosen by a behind-closed-doors panel of music business leaders, participants, and experts.
Voting will commence in early October, across a wider panel of industry experts.
In addition to our voted categories, the Music Business UK Awards 2025 will also present several special awards.
These will include International Executive Of The Year, supported by PRS For Music, which will be collected by a non-British executive who has gone above and beyond for UK and Irish talent in the past 12 months.
Other tentpole awards will include the Trailblazer: Richard Antwi Award and the night’s closer, The Sir George Martin Award.
Two new awards are being introduced in 2025: Breakthrough Artist Manager Of The Year (decided by a closed panel) and Business Manager of the Year (voted).
Diamond tables for the awards have now completely sold out.
We have a very small handful of Gold, Platinum, and Silver (balcony) tables left.
The remaining tables will likely be sold this week. We will only be selling them to finalists.
Contact Rebecca@musicbizworldwide.com if you want to snap ’em up.
Here come the shortlists…
Songwriter Of The Year (non-featured) – supported by Hipgnosis
- Camille Purcell (Kamille)
- Emily Nash
- Janée Bennett (Jin Jin)
- Matt Hales (Aqualung)
- Max Wolfgang
- Nicholas Gale (Digital Farm Animals)
- Peter Rycroft (Lostboy)
- Phil Plested (Plested)
- Sam Roman (Rømans)
- Uzoechi Emenike (MNEK)
Producer Of The Year (non-featured) – Supported by YouTube
- Carl Bown
- Conor Dickinson & Will Brown (Manuka)
- Denzel Ugoji (ZEL)
- Emily Nash
- Markus Dravs
- John Morgan & Will Lansley (Punctual)
- Richard Olowaranti (P2J)
- Stuart Price
- Tom Hollings & Sam Brennan (Billen Ted)
- Zach Nahome
A&R Administrator (The Forbesie) – supported by PPL
A&R Of The Year: Adult Contemporary
- Alastair Kinross, Insanity/Sony Music UK
- Alastair Webber & Billy Webber, The Other Songs
- Fiona Pope, Decca
- Glyn Aikins & Joe Iddison, RCA
- Jamie Nelson, BMG
- Megan Fitzsimons, Sony Music Publishing
- Sam Mumford, Decca
- Tom Coulson-Smith, Concord
A&R Of The Year: Alternative
- Charlie Pinder, Reservoir
- Hugo Turquet, BMG
- Kenny McGoff, Kobalt Music
- Jack Greengrass & James Talbut, Island EMI
- Jamie Oborne, Dirty Hit
- Mark Lewis & Martin Toher, B-UniqueÂ
- Richard O’Donovan, Polydor
- Sarah Gabrielli, Sony Music Publishing
- Will Hunt, AWAL
- William Aspden, XL Recordings
A&R Of The Year: Contemporary Black Music – supported by Spotify
- AV, Epic Records UK
- Bride Asare Bediako, Johnny Pinchard & Tato Katsikeas, Believe
- Colin Batsa, EGA Distro
- Glyn Aikins, Riki Bleau & Shanice Edwards, RCA/Since 93
- Lunick Bourgess, Umbrella Songs
- Preye Crooks, Robots & Humans
- Sam Adebayo, Island Records UK
- Shani Gonzales, Warner Chappell
- Trenton Harrison-Lewis, ADA/Sicario
- Zaza Kazadi, Sony Music Publishing
A&R Of The Year: Dance/Electronic
- Adrienne Bookbinder, Sony Music Publishing UK
- Anton Powers, Ministry of Sound
- Briony Turner, Atlantic Records UK
- Darryl Parkinson, Kobalt Music
- Dipesh Parmar, Columbia
- Howard Corner, ADA
- Jack Duckworth, Polydor
- Jacob Porritt, Capitol
- Patrick Moxey, Payday
- Pete Simmons, Universal Music Publishing UK
A&R Of The Year: Pop
- Collette Goodfellow, UMPG
- Ed Howard, Atlantic
- Emma Tivnen, Kobalt
- Glyn Aikins & Joe Iddison, RCA
- Kim Frankiewicz, Concord
- Louis Bloom & Jack Greengrass, Island Records
- Jamie Spinks, Columbia
- Jo Charrington & Willem Ward, Capitol Records UK
- Joe Kentish, Warner Records/Parlophone
- Ollie Audouin, Sony Music Publishing UK
Artist Lawyer Of The Year
- Ally Horn, Russells
- James Sully, Reed Smith
- Kieran Jay, Harbottle & Lewis
- Lizzy Payne-James, Lee & Thompson
- Mark Krais, Bray & Krais
- Nick Eziefula, Simkins
- Nicky Stein, Clintons
- Sonia Diwan, Sound Advice
- Stephen Luckman, Sheridans
- Victoria Wood, Clintons
Business Manager of The Year
- Colin Young, CC Young & Co
- Dan Ross, NKSFB
- Janice Lloyd, SRLV
- Jason Coker, Sopher & Co
- Julie Symes, OJK
- Mike Skeet, GelfandÂ
- Pat Savage, OJK
- Richard Rosenberg, SRLV
- Sarah Donaghay, Saffery
- Tim Smyth, Limelight
Artist Manager Of The Year – supported by TikTok
- Bello
- Dukagjin Lipa, Radical Management
- Emily Braham, Yo&Co
- John Dawkins, Various Artists
- Milo Mitchum, Three Six Zero
- Nick Shymansky, One Day
- Owain Davies, OD Management
- Phoebe Gold, Up Close Management
- Ryan Richards, Future History
- Stephen Taverner, East City
UK Artist Management Company (The David Enthoven Award) – supported by Chorus TM
- All On Red
- Closer Artists
- Ignition Management
- Method Management
- Red Light Management
- September Management
- TaP Music
- Three Six Zero
- UROK
- Various Artists
Songwriter/Producer Management Company (UK)
- All On Red
- Fine Group
- First Column
- Flight Club
- Headlights Management
- Milk & Honey
- Raw Kingdom
- Red Light Management
- The Crypt
- Transmission Mgmt
Independent Publisher Of The Year (UK)
Major Publisher Of The Year (UK) – supported by Milk & Honey
Artist & Label Services Company Of The Year (UK)
Independent Label Of The Year (UK)
- B-Unique Records
- Domino
- Dirty Hit
- FAMM
- Heatwave Records
- NWS Music Group
- Partisan Records
- Rough Trade
- The Other Songs
- XL Recordings
Major Label: UK A&R Team Of The Year
Major Label: UK Record Company/Group Of The Year – supported by Vevo
- Atlantic Records
- Columbia Records
- Island EMI Label Group
- Polydor Label Group
- RCA
- Warner Records
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