Organisers of the annual Music Week Awards have announced the list of nominees for the 2025 edition.
According to the recently released nominations, Burna Boy and Ayra Starr were nominated in the ‘Music & Brand Partnership’ category.
Bose Ogulu, Burna Boy’s mum, was nominated in the ‘Manager of the Year’ category for her work.
Below is the full list of nominations for the awards:
Music & Brand Partnership
- Black Sabbath x Adidas x Aston Villa FC x CAA – Kit Launch 2024/2025 Season
- Cat Burns x New Balance x Wasserman x OKQ Agency – European Ambassador Partnership
- Charli XCX x H&M x Warner Music – H&M Global Rebrand
- Coldplay x Warner Music x FC Barcelona x Spotify – Moon Music FC Barcelona Partnership
- Ezra Collective x Pale Waves x Maverick Sabre x Nova Twins x Metropolis Studios x Crack Magazine – Jack Daniel’s Presents Live To Vinyl
- Laufey x AWAL x Microsoft – Microsoft Live Performances
- Olivia Dean x DHL x Globe, Universal Music Group – From Rio With Love
- Ayra Starr x Saint Harison x Platoon x Honda x Orci – Honda Stage
- Raye x O2 x Live Nation x Wasserman – Priority Gig At O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
- Anne-Marie x Teddy Swims x Pepsi Co/Rockstar x Live Nation UK x Truant London – Summer Of Music
- Tom Grennan x Gillette x Various Artists Management x Sony/4th Floor Creative x Insanity – The Best A Man Can Get
- Burna Boy x G-Star x UTA – SS24 Global Campaign
Live Music Promoter (Company)
- AEG Presents UK
- Communion ONE
- DHP Family
- Kilimanjaro Live
- Live Nation
- Metropolis Music
- Music Plus Sport
- Senbla
- SJM Concerts
- TEG Live Europe
Manager Of The Year
- Alistair Goldsmith, Prof Jonathan Shalit OBE & Ade Shonubi – Chosen Music/FlyStr8
- Bose Ogulu – Spaceship Collective
- David Bianchi, Hannah Browne, Rebecca Dixon, Joseph Etchells, George Shepherd & Sheena Welch – Various Artists Management
- Neil Hughes & Charlotte Malecki – Tileyard Music
- Paul McDonald and Ryan Lofthouse – Closer Artists
- Peter Loraine, Adam Klein & Sarah Jackson – Fascination Management
- Sam Eldridge, Roy Eldridge and Kate Hardwick – UROK Management
- Sophie Kennard & Becci Abbott Black – Frame Artists
- Tony Beard & Liv Plunket – Tap Music
- Trenton Harrison-Lewis, Daniel Tuffin & Akosua Scantlebury – Ghetts
- Twiggy Rowley & Sam Pringle – Project Gold
- Wes Banton – D-Block Europe
A&R Award
- Atlantic
- Columbia
- Decca
- EGA Distro
- Island EMI Label Group
- Ministry Of Sound
- Polydor Label Group
- RCA
- Robots + Humans
- Sony Music Publishing
- Universal Music Publishing Group
- Warner Chappell Music UK
- Warner Records/Parlophone Label Group
Artist Marketing Campaign
- Aurora – Decca Records
- Blossoms – Odd SK/The Orchard
- Bring Me The Horizon – RCA
- Charli XCX – Atlantic
- Dua Lipa – Warner Records
- Kneecap – Heavenly Recordings / [PIAS]
- Nemzzz – ADA
- Nia Archives – Island EMI Label Group
- Nines – Zino Records / EGA Distro
- Rachel Chinouriri – Parlophone
- Robbie Williams – Columbia
- The Cure – Polydor Label Group
Catalogue Marketing Campaign
- Amy Winehouse – Universal Music Recordings
- Bananarama – London Records
- David Bowie – Rhino Records
- George Harrison – Dark Horse / BMG
- James Blunt – Atlantic
- Mason & Princess Superstar – Armada Music UK
- MF Doom – Rhymesayers/Secretly Distribution
- Natasha Bedingfield – Sony Music Commercial Group
- Oasis – Big Brother Recordings Ltd
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Universal Music Recordings/Polydor Label Group
- Suede – Demon Music Group
- Wham! – Sony Music Commercial Group
Festival Of The Year
- American Express Presents BST Hyde Park
- AVA Festival
- Bearded Theory
- Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
- Latitude Festival
- Liverpool Sound City
- Planet Rockstock
- BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend
- Reading & Leeds
- Wireless
- Grassroots Venue: Spirit Of The Scene – public voted
- Camden Assembly, London
- Little Buildings, Ouseburn, Newcastle
- The Leadmill, Sheffield
- The Bodega, Nottingham
- The Boileroom CIC, Guildford
- The Bunkhouse Music Venue, Swansea
- The Half Moon, Putney
- The Sugarmill, Stoke
- Tunbridge Wells Forum, Kent
- The Sound Lounge, Sutton
Independent Publisher Of The Year
- Beggars Music
- Concord Music Publishing
- Defected Music
- Dirty Hit
- Downtown Music Publishing
- Phrased Differently
- Reservoir
- Sentric
- Stellar Songs/Tim & Danny Music
- Tileyard Music Publishing
- Ultra Music Publishing
- Young Songs
Independent Record Company
- Communion Records
- Concord Label Group
- Defected Records
- Dirty Hit
- EGA Distro
- EMPIRE
- Heavenly Recordings
- Modern Sky UK
- NQ Records
- Partisan Records
- The Other Songs Group
- XL Recordings
International Marketing Team Of The Year
- [PIAS]
- Partisan Records
- Sony Music
- The Orchard
- Universal Music UK
- Warner Music UK
Label / Artist Services Company
- [Integral] UK
- Absolute Label Services
- ADA
- AWAL
- Believe
- Cooking Vinyl Limited
- EGA Distro
- FUGA
- Secretly Distribution
- SoundOn/TikTok
- The Orchard
- Virgin Music Group
Live Music Agency
- ATC Live
- CAA
- Earth Agency
- Mother Artists
- Primary Talent International
- Pure Represents
- UTA
- WME
Music Consumer Innovation
- Apple Music – Manchester In Focus
- Bring Me The Horizon x RCA x 4th Floor Creative – Post Human: Nex Gen NFC Card
- J Hus x 4th Floor Creative/Sony Music UK x Picnic Studios x P4SD – Alien Girl Interactive Video & Tokenised Engagement
- Meta x BRIT Awards – BRIT Awards 2024 Digital-first Partnership
- Music Glue – Ticket Access Pass
- Saarey Music – Saarey Music App
- Serenade x Whynow x Rise Records – Sum 41 x Rock Sound Collaboration
- TikTok – Add To Music App
- Universal Music UK x Yoto – Yoto Cards
- Vodafone x Glastonbury – The Official Glastonbury App
PR Campaign
- Beabadoobee – Inside Out
- Central Cee – Wired PR
- Charli XCX – Huxley
- Dua Lipa – DawBell
- English Teacher – Super Cat PR
- Ezra Collective – August Agency
- Idles – MoKho PR
- Jade – Simon Jones PR
- Nia Archives – 9T9T
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – The Outside Organisation
- Oasis – DawBell/Fear PR
- Rachel Chinouriri – Chalk Press Agency
Promotions Team Of The Year
- Atlantic
- Brace Yourself PR
- Columbia
- Got Your Back
- Listen Up
- Plugged In
- RCA
- Virgin Music Group
- Warner Records & Parlophone Label Group
- Your Army Ltd
Publisher Of The Year
- BMG UK
- Kobalt Music
- Sony Music Publishing
- Universal Music Publishing Group
- Warner Chappell Music UK
Radio Show
- Jordan North, Chris Stark & Siân Welby – Capital Breakfast, Capital
- Elton John – Rocket Hour, Apple Music 1
- Romesh Ranganathan – For The Love Of Hip Hop, BBC Radio 2/Sounds
- Jamz Supernova – BBC Radio 6 Music
- Jo Whiley – BBC Radio 2
- Jack Saunders – New Music Show, BBC Radio 1
- Remi Burgz – BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Rickie, Melvin and Charlie – BBC Radio 1
- Steve Lamacq – BBC Radio 6 Music
- Dotty – The Dotty Show, Apple Music 1
- Ace – The KISS R&B Show, KISS
- Jasmine Takhar – The Official British Asian Music Chart, BBC Asian Network
Radio Station
- BBC Asian Network
- BBC Radio 1
- BBC Radio 2
- BBC Radio 3
- BBC Radio 6 Music
- Capital Dance
- Capital Xtra
- Heart
- Hits Radio
- Kerrang! Radio
- KISS
- Radio X
Record Company
- Atlantic
- Columbia
- Decca
- Island EMI Label Group
- Ministry Of Sound
- Polydor Label Group
- RCA
- Relentless
- Robots + Humans
- Warner Records Parlophone Label Group
Sales Team Of The Year
- Believe UK
- [Integral] UK
- Lasgo Worldwide Media
- Proper Music Group
- Sony Music UK
- The Orchard
- Universal
- Virgin Music Group
Sync Team Of The Year
- Beggars Group
- Believe UK
- BMG
- Concord Music Publishing
- Kobalt Music Publishing
- Sentric
- Sony Music Entertainment
- Sony Music Publishing
- Universal Music Group, Globe
- Universal Music Publishing Group
- Warner Chappell Music UK
- Warner Music
Ticketing Company of the Year
- AXS Europe
- Dice
- Gigantic Tickets
- Music Glue
- Ticketek UK
- Ticketmaster
- Tixel
- Twickets Limited