More awards incoming. The Music Week Awards take place on 3
Mar and the nominations for the judged awards were announced yesterday - shortlists for the reader voted awards will be announced later this week. Judged shortlists run thus:
Best
Digital Music Service sponsored by Sonopress: 3, AOL Music,
Karmadownload.com, Napster, Urban Digital Vending by Inspired
Broadcast Networks, Vital PIAS
Best
Radio Station sponsored by PPL: Clyde 1, 107.6 Juice FM, Kerrang!
105.2, Radio City 96.7, XFM
Best
Music Exploitation: ‘Thunderbirds’ by Busted in the
‘Thunderbirds’ film; ‘Oh, 2 Be A Speaker’
by Fatboy Slim in the O2 ‘Speakers’ ad; ‘Stop’
by Jamelia in the ‘Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason’
film; ‘You’ll Be Under My Wheels’ by Prodigy in the BMW 1 Series ad; ‘Confusion’ by The Zutons in the Peugeot ‘Shame’ ad
Producer of the Year sponsored by Sanctuary Studios: Jim Abiss for Kasabian
- ‘Kasabian’, Andy Green for Keane - ‘Hopes &
Fears’, Brian Higgins/Xenomania for Girls Aloud - ‘What
Will The Neighbours Say’, Tore Johansson for ‘**Franz
Ferdinand’ - Franz Ferdinand, Mike Skinner for The Streets**
- ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’
Best
PR Campaign: Duff Battye of Duff Press for Velvet Revolver,
Murray Chalmers of Parlophone for Jamelia, Rachel Hendry of
Darling Dept for The Killers, Matthew Rankin of Atlantic Records for Brian Wilson, Sundraj Sreenivasan of Polydor for **Scissor
Sisters**
Best
Catalogue Marketing Campaign: Chris Birrell of Demon Music Group for ‘The Very Best of Brazil’, Daryl Easlea of **Universal
Music** UK for ‘The Summer of Motown’, Emma Greengrass of Big Brother Recordings for ‘Oasis - Definitely Maybe
DVD’, Danny Keene of Demon Music Group for ‘Ian Dury
Re-issues’, John Reed of Sanctuary for The Kinks - ‘The
Village Green Preservation Society’
Best TV Concept Marketing Campaign: Grainne Devine Gill of Sony
BMG for Ultimate Dirty Dancing, Karen Meekings and Eddie Ruffett of UMTV for Pop Party 2, Marium Raja of Def Jam / Mercury for
Westwood, Catrin Thomas of EMI Virgin for The Best Worship Songs
Ever
Best
International Marketing Campaign sponsored by Interoute: Mirelle
Davis & Caroline Butler of Domino Records and Brian Cellar of Epic US for Franz Ferdinand, Chris Dwyer and Alex Myers of
Universal for Keane, Chris Dwyer and Rob Fleming of Universal for U2, Carole MacDonald and Mike Allen of EMI for Robbie Williams
- Greatest Hits, Sian Thomas of Universal for Jamie Cullum
Best
UK Marketing Campaign sponsored by Yahoo! Launch: Orla Lee of
Polydor for Scissor Sisters, Mark Mitchell of King Harvest and
Bart McDonagh of Domino for Franz Ferdinand, Jo Power of Sony
BMG for Kasabian, Siona Ryan of Parallel Lines for The Killers,
Poppy Stanton of Polydor for Girls Aloud, Jon Turner and Alex
Waldron of Island for Keane
More on all that at http://www.musicweekawards.com. In related news, the winners of Music Week’s Market Share Awards for 2005 were presented earlier this week, winners as follows:
Singles Company
1st BMG
2nd Universal / Polydor
3rd Universal / Island
Compilations Company
1st UMTV
2nd EMI / Virgin
3rd BMG
Artist Albums Company
1st BMG
2nd Polydor
3rd Sony
Best
Independent Label
1st Ministry of Sound
2nd Dramatico
3rd XL Recordings