PRS For Music sponsors Pop category at the nearly-here A&R Awards

Offered by Music Business Worldwide, the A&R Awards is the UK music business’s most pleasing evening out of the yr.

Now simply 11 days away, the occasion will happen at London’s Grand Connaught Rooms, on the night of Tuesday November seventh. Throughout 17 classes, essentially the most profitable UK execs, managers, producers and songwriters of the final 12 months will probably be celebrated by their friends. There may even be a handful of very particular awards recognizing some A&R giants and game-changing careers.

Tony Barton, Head of Author Relations, PRS for Music mentioned: “Pop songs have the flexibility to convey pleasure into individuals’s lives and outline moments in time. The A&R of the Yr: Pop Award recognises those that work relentlessly behind the scenes to help the inventive improvement of our gifted songwriter and composer members. We sit up for celebrating with you on the evening!”

PRS, led by CEO Andrea Czapary Martin, was within the information earlier this week courtesy of a record-breaking quarterly royalty distribution of $288.7 million (£239m).

The finalists within the PRS For Music-sponsored class are: Amber Davis – Warner Chappell UK,  Ed Howard – Atlantic Records UK, Glyn Aikins & Riki Bleau – RCA/Since ‘93, Joe Kentish – Warner Records UK, Kenny McGoff – Kobalt Music Publishing UK, Lisa Cullington – BMG, Mike McCormack – Universal Music Publishing UK, Nick Huggett & Nick Shymansky – Day One Music, Richard O’Donovan – Polydor, Saul Fitton – Sony Music Publishing UK, Shaurav D’Silva – Stellar Songs / Tim & Danny Music. A full checklist of this yr’s finalists will be discovered here.

The headline sponsor of the A&R Awards is, as at all times, Abbey Road Studios.Music Enterprise Worldwide