It was the Music Week Awards in London last night celebrating those that work back stage in this old music business of ours (well, yours really, I just write about it sometimes). And the winners were...
Independent Store of the Year: Sister Ray, London
Digital Store of the Year: iTunes
Music Retail Chain of the Year: HMV
Sales Force of the Year: Universal
Distributor of the Year: EMI
Digital Music Service of the Year: 3 Music Store
Music Programmer of the Year: Emma Scrafton - Kerrang! Radio
Radio Station of the Year (sponsored by PPL): BBC Radio 2
Regional Promotions Team of the Year (sponsored by Nielsen Music Control): Polydor Regional
National Promotions Team of the Year: Island Records Group
Booking Agent of the Year: Paul Boswell, Free Trade
Concert Promoter of the Year: Simon Moran, SJM
Venue of the Year (sponsored by Red Stripe): The Luminaire
Publisher of the Year: EMI
Producer of the Year: Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse, Robbie Williams, Lily Allen)
The A&R Award (sponsored by MTV Networks UK & Ireland): Polydor
PR Campaign of the Year: Sundraj Sreenivasan (for The Sound of Girls Aloud)
International Marketing Campaign of the Year (Supported by T-Mobile): Mike Allen, Kevin Brown & Caitlin Gibbons - Corinne Bailey Rae
Catalogue Marketing Campaign on the Year: Chas Chandler - Slade Remastered
UK Marketing Campaign of the Year (sponsored by Yahoo! Music): Katherine Parrott and Dan Duncombe - Lily Allen
Independent Record Label of the Year (sponsored by VidZone Digital Media): Domino
Record Label of the Year: Polydor
Manager of the Year (sponsored by Sony Ericsson): Neale Easterby/Richard Ramsey - Empire
The Strat Award: Jazz Summers