Burna Boy, Bose Ogulu and Ayra Starr have been nominated for the 2025 Music Week Awards.
The event organisers announced the nominee list in a recently released statement. The statement said only projects between January 1 and December 31, 2024, were considered for nomination.
The Music Week Awards celebrate the contributions of industry professionals working behind the scenes, including record labels, music publishers, live events, A&R, radio, marketing, and PR.
Bose Ogulu, Burna Boy’s mum, was nominated in the ‘Manager of the Year’ category for her work and efforts in growing Spaceship Collective.
Burna Boy and Ayra Starr were also nominated in the ‘Music & Brand Partnership’ category.
Burna Boy earned a nomination for his campaign with G-Star and UTA, while Ayra Starr secured hers for her work with Saint Harison, Platoon, Honda, and Orci.
The event is scheduled to take place on May 8 at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House in London.
Below is the list of nominees:
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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