Music Week Awards 2013 nominations revealed

A whole host of record labels, shops and other music types are set to fight it out in industry staple, Music Week Awards 2013.

The likes of London’s Forum, Shepherd’s Bush Empire and O2 Arena are up against Sheffield’s Leadmill in the ‘Live Music Venue’ category, while 4AD, Bella Union, Rough Trade and more are listed for ‘Best Independent Record Company’.

The awards ceremony will be held on 11 April at The Brewery in London, with the full list of nominations as below:

Live Music Venue
- The Forum, London
- The Leadmill, Sheffield
- O2 Arena, London
- O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
- Parr Hall, Warrington
- The Lexington, London

Independent Record Company
- 4AD
- Bella Union
- Infectious
- Rough Trade
- Text Records

Record Company
- Atlantic Records
- Island Records
- Mercury Records
- Polydor Records
- RCA
- Virgin Records

Live Promoter (individual)
- Andy Copping, Live Nation
- Stuart Galbraith, Kilimanjaro
- Rob Hallett, AEG Live
- Anton Lockwood, DHP Group
- Simon Moran, SJM Concerts

Music & Brand Partnership
- Abbey Road & Volkswagen
(Abbey Road/Mediacom)
- The Beefeater London Sessions (EMI/Essentially)
- Coke & The Olympic Torch Relay (Frukt)
- Converse Represent (Cornerstone/100 Club)
- Melody Gardot & Piaget (Decca/Globe)
- Sennheiser & Labrinth (Sennheiser/Billington Cartmell)

A&R Award
- Black Butter Records
- Island Records
- Infectious Records
- Mercury Records
- Polydor Records
- Virgin Records

Manager of the Year
- Tim Clark and David Enthoven, IE
- Mark Gillespie, Three Six Zero Group
- Richard Griffiths, Harry Magee, Will Bloomfield, Modest!
- Ben Mawson and Ed Millett, TaP Management
- Adrian Sykes and Greg Castell, Decisive
- Stephen Taverner, East City

TV Show Featuring Music
- Abbey Road Studio Sessions w/Volkswagen Beetle
(Channel 4)
- Ibiza Rocks (Channel 4)
- Later… With Jools Hooland (BBC 2)
- Launched At Red Bull (Channel 4)
- The Crush (The Box/4Music)

Retail Brand
- Amazon
- Deezer
- iTunes
- Google Play
- HMV
- Rough Trade
- Spotify

Independent Retailer
- Banquet Records, Kingston
- Drift, Totnes
- Norman Records, Leeds
- Resident, Brighton
- Music Exchange, Nottingham

Radio Station
- Absolute
- BBC Radio 6Music
- BBC Radio 2
- Capital FM
- Kiss
- Smooth

Radio Show
- Chris Evans, Radio 2
- Bob Harris, Radio 2
- Huw Stephens, Radio 1
- Lauren Laverne, 6Music
- Rickie, Melvin & Charlie, Kiss
- Steve Lamacq, 6Music
- Ronnie Wood, Absolute

Music Media Brand
- Classic Rock
- The Fly
- Gigwise
- Kerrang!
- Mojo
- NME
- Q

Promotions Team
- Atlantic
- Columbia
- CopMedia
- Decca
- EMI
- Island
- Mercury

Sales Team
- EMI
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- Ministry Of Sound
- Sony
- Warner
- Universal

Distribution Team (digital or physical)
- Absolute
- Arvato
- Ditto Music
- EMI
- Essential
- Nova
-

Catalogue Marketing Campaign
- Everything But The Girl reissues, Demon/Edsel
- The Very Best Of Neil Diamond, Sony Music
- Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, Rhino
- James’ The Gathering Sound, Universal
- The Jam, The Gift, Universal

Artist Marketing Campaign
- Plan B, Atlantic
- Lana Del Rey, Polydor
- One Direction, Syco
- Emeli Sande, Virgin
- Mumford & Sons, Island
- Maverick Sabre, Mercury

PR Campaign
- Africa Express, RMP
- Alt-J, Inside/Out
- The Brit Awards 2012, Dawbell
- Biffy Clyro, Warner
- Elton John vs. Pnau, Dawbell
- Emeli Sande, EMI
- Stone Roses, Murray Chalmers