The Music Enterprise UK Awards took place final evening (November 4) on the Grand Connaught Rooms in Covent Backyard, London.
The sold-out UK-focused ceremony, introduced by MBW in affiliation with YouTube, acknowledged and celebrated creative and trade expertise throughout songwriting, manufacturing, file labels, music publishers, expertise administration, and extra.
The primary main honor of the evening went to Jody Gerson, Chairman and CEO of Common Music Publishing Group (UMPG), who obtained the Worldwide Government of the Yr award, sponsored by PRS For Music.
The celebrated Sir George Martin Award, in the meantime, went to RCA Information Chairman and CEO, Peter Edge, introduced on stage by Steve Lacy.
In his acceptance speech, Edge paid tribute to the award’s namesake, telling the viewers: “Rising up in small-town Nuneaton, Warwickshire, I spent hours in my bed room misplaced in music. And the Beatles had been a part of the firmament. They’ve remained that for me, a touchstone I’ve gone again to repeatedly all through my profession.”
He added: “So tonight, to have my identify spoken in the identical sentence as Sir George Martin’s — I’m past humbled.”
Edge additionally shared “a number of guiding pillars” that he’s tried to comply with throughout his profession. “The primary and most necessary pillar,” mentioned Edge, is to “belief the artists”. The second is “to be affected person as they develop”.
“And eventually,” he added, “whenever you’re working with artists, you‘ve obtained to be prepared to take dangers with them. They’re so typically forward of the tradition. However the true greats, they modify the tradition.”
He additionally thanked “everybody who’s supported [him] through the years and made this journey potential,” and gave a shout-out to his “Sony Music household”, together with “Rob Stringer, Jason Iley, Fleck [John Fleckenstein] & the entire workforce at RCA”.
Different massive winners of the evening included Capitol Information UK, which scooped the Main Label: UK A&R Workforce Of The Yr award off the again of successes with the likes of Olivia Dean and Sammy Virji, whereas Capitol’s Jo Charrington and Willem Ward received the A&R Of The Yr: Pop award.
Polydor Label Group, in the meantime, which homes Capitol, Polydor Information, and 0207 Def Jam within the UK, picked up the prize for Main Label: UK File Firm/Group Of The Yr, and Polydor’s Richard O’Donovan received within the A&R Of The Yr: Various class.
Elsewhere, Writer Of The Yr (within the ‘main’ writer class) was scooped by Kobalt, whereas the award for Artist/Label Companies firm, judged solely on UK-signed unbiased tasks made by the nominees, went to The Orchard.
Artist Administration Firm of the Yr went to Ignition, UROK & Debbie Gwyther (in recognition of their joint success with Oasis’ record-breaking world comeback tour), whereas Owain Davies (Sam Fender) received particular person Supervisor of the Yr honors.
Milk & Honey received Songwriter/Producer Administration Firm of the Yr.
Along with our headline associate YouTube, supporters of this 12 months’s Awards included Hipgnosis, Milk & Honey, PPL, PRS For Music, Spotify, TikTok, Vevo and Refrain.
Right here’s each winner:
Worldwide Government Of The Yr – supported by PRS For Music
Jody Gerson
Sir George Martin Award
Peter Edge
Producer Of The Yr (non-featured) – Supported by YouTube
Zach Nahome
Songwriter Of The Yr (non-featured) – supported by Hipgnosis
Max Wolfgang
A&R Administrator (The Forbesie) – supported by PPL
Sarah Stern, Sony Music UK
A&R Of The Yr: Grownup Modern
Glyn Aikins & Joe Iddison, RCA
A&R Of The Yr: Dance/Digital
Adrienne Bookbinder, Sony Music Publishing UK
A&R Of The Yr: Pop
Jo Charrington & Willem Ward, Capitol Information UK
A&R Of The Yr: Modern Black Music – supported by Spotify
Zaza Kazadi, Sony Music Publishing
A&R Of The Yr: Various
Richard O’Donovan, Polydor
Trailblazer: Richard Antwi Award
DJ AG (Ashley Gordon)
Artist Lawyer Of The Yr
Nicky Stein, Clintons
Enterprise Supervisor of The Yr
Daniel Ross, NKSFB
Breakthrough Artist Supervisor
Emily Braham, Yo&Co
Songwriter/Producer Administration Firm (UK)
Milk & Honey
UK Artist Administration Firm (The David Enthoven Award) – supported by Refrain TM
Ignition, UROK & Debbie Gwyther
Artist Supervisor Of The Yr – supported by TikTok
Owain Davies, OD Administration
Main Label: UK A&R Workforce Of The Yr
Capitol Information UK
Unbiased Writer Of The Yr (UK)
Main Writer Of The Yr (UK) – supported by Milk & Honey
Kobalt
Artist & Label Companies Firm Of The Yr (UK)
The Orchard
Unbiased Label Of The Yr (UK)
NWS Music Group
Main Label: UK File Firm/Group Of The Yr – supported by Vevo
Polydor Label GroupMusic Enterprise Worldwide
