2017 Music Week Awards: And the nominees are...

The contenders for this year’s Music Week Awards have been announced, with the industry’s best companies and executives set to shine on the music business’ biggest night out.

This year’s ceremony is set for April 5 at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, with winners decided by a combination of specialist panels and a wider group of senior music business executives.

After a stellar year for the music industry, there are some classic battles in store in the key categories – and some intriguing contests lined up for some of the new awards. Music Week received a record-breaking number of entries this year, with some shortlists expanded to reflect the unprecedented demand and high quality of the nominations.

As ever, the big award, The Strat, will be announced on the night, recognising an outstanding contribution to the music business by an exceptional individual.

Last year’s packed house saw legendary former Universal executive Max Hole pick up The Strat, while XL Recordings picked up the Record Company gong.

You can view the finalists for this year's awards in full below.

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A&R AWARD

Atlantic Records

BMG

Columbia Records

Decca Records

Polydor Records

Syco Music

Warner Bros Records

ARTIST MARKETING CAMPAIGN

Michael Ball & Alfie Boe (Decca Records)

Bastille (Virgin EMI)

Biffy Clyro (Warner Bros Records)

Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group)

Christine And The Queens (Because Music)

Craig David (Insanity Records)

Kano (Parlophone Records)

Little Mix (Syco Music)

The 1975 (Polydor Records)

Ward Thomas (Sony Music Commercial Group)

CATALOGUE MARKETING CAMPAIGN

Black Sabbath (BMG)

Phil Collins (Rhino)

Lush (4AD)

Proper Music / Ian Hunter

Elvis Presley (Sony Music Commercial Group)

Pete Tong With The Heritage Orchestra Conducted By Jules Buckley (Polydor/UMC/UMOD)

FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR

Bestival

Boardmasters

British Summer Time Hyde Park

Creamfields

Glastonbury Festival

Isle Of Wight Festival

INDEPENDENT RECORD COMPANY

Because Music

Bella Union

Boy Better Know

Dirty Hit

Glassnote Records

Jagjaguwar

Play It Again Sam

Transgressive Records

INDEPENDENT RETAILER

Banquet Records

Drift

Forever Records

Monorail

Rough Trade

LABEL/ARTIST SERVICES COMPANY

Absolute

ADA

Believe Distribution Services

Caroline International

Cooking Vinyl

Ditto Music

Kobalt Music Recordings

The Orchard

Red Essential

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR

Hamlins LLP

Lee & Thompson LLP

Lewis Silkin

Olswang

Reed Smith LLP

Russells Solicitors

Simons Muirhead & Burton LLP

SSB Solicitors

LIVE MUSIC AGENT (INDIVIDUAL)

Natasha Bent (Coda)

Mike Deane (Earth Agency)

Jules De Lattre (UTA)

Lucy Dickins (ITB)

Geoff Meall (UTA)

Steve Strange (X-ray)

LIVE MUSIC PROMOTER (COMPANY)

AEG Presents

Communion

DHP Family

Kilimanjaro Live

Live Nation

SJM Concerts

MANAGER OF THE YEAR

Riki Bleau (Since 93 / Avant Garde)

Mark Gillespie (Three Six Zero)

Richard Griffiths, Harry Magee and Will Bloomfield (Modest! Management)

Colin Lester (JEM Music Group)

Simon Moran, Conrad Murray and Dave Salmon (SJM Management)

Jamie Oborne (All On Red)

Dumi Oburota (Disturbing London)

Iain Watt and Martha Kinn (Machine Management)

MUSIC & BRAND PARTNERSHIP

Abbey Road Studios/Airbnb

CORD/Shell

Jack Daniels / Splendid Communications with This Feeling for Jack Rocks

Jägermeister/Bullet For My Valentine for Ice Cold Gigs

Sony Music UK/HSE Cake/EE/Britney Spears

Universal Music - Globe/Vans/MetallicaWarner Music Partnerships/Subway/Pepsi Max/Stormzy

Warner Music Partnerships/National Lottery/James Blunt

YouTube/Google Play Music/Africa Express

MUSIC RETAILER/STREAMING PLATFORM

Amazon Music

Deezer

Google Play Music

HMV

Sainsbury’s

Spotify

PR CAMPAIGN

Babymetal (The Noise Cartel)

Blossoms (Murray Chalmers PR)

The Carnabys (Fifth Element)

Christine And The Queens (Inside/Out)

Craig David (Dawbell)

Barry Gibb (RCA Records)

Grimes (Purple Entertainment)

Stormzy (Wired PR)

PROMOTIONS TEAM

Atlantic Records

Beggars Promotions

Caroline International

Copmedia

Hart Media

Island Records

RCA Records

Virgin EMI Records

PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR

BMG

Good Soldier Songs

Imagem Music

Kobalt Music Publishing

Reservoir

Sentric Music

Sony/ATV Music Publishing

Spirit B-Unique

Warner/Chappell Music

RADIO SHOW

A.Dot (BBC Radio 1Xtra)

Fresh Blood with Alex Baker (Kerrang! Radio)

Steve Lamacq (BBC 6 Music)

Annie Mac (BBC Radio 1)

MistaJam (BBC Radio 1/1Xtra)

Dermot O’Leary (BBC Radio 2)

Sunday Night Music Club with Danielle Perry (Absolute Radio)

RADIO STATION

Absolute Radio

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1Xtra

BBC Radio 2

BBC 6 Music

Classic FM

Planet Rock

RECORD COMPANY

BMG

Decca Records

Island Records

Sony Music Commercial Group

Syco Music

Virgin EMI Records

Warner Bros Records

SALES TEAM

PIAS

Proper Music Distribution

Red Essential

Sony Music

Warner Music

Universal Music

TICKETING COMPANY

Dice

Ents24

Eventbrite

Gigantic

Songkick

Ticketmaster/Ticketweb

Twickets

FINALISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE

Grassroots Venue

Independent retailer

WINNER TO BE REVEALED ON THE NIGHT

Outstanding Contribution To Charity

The Strat