LONDON (CelebrityAccess) The Music Week Awards 2019 took place at the Battersea Evolution, drawing 1,300 industry execs to the London venue May 9.
The awards show, hosted by Radio 2’s Jo Whiley, saw Polydor and Atlantic take who two awards each, with Polydor taking home Record Company of the Year. Atlantic won the A&R Award, with the label’s Alec Boateng acknowledging “all the artists who follow their heart and soul.”
Island’s Darcus Beese was honored for a career that included working with artists like Amy Winehouse, U2, Mumford & Sons, Florence + The Machine and Hozier. Bono honored Beese in a video message, calling him “a prince of a man.” There were also messages of support from Universal Music Group chairman Sir Lucian Grainge and UK chairman David Joseph.
“Many, many congratulations on getting the Strat Award,” Grainge said. “I’m proud of your achievements and all of us within UMG are proud of them as well.”
The full list of winners is below:
MUSIC & BRAND PARTNERSHIP – Paloma Faith/Skoda/Sony Music/Fallon
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – Reed Smith
LIVE MUSIC AGENT (INDIVIDUAL) – Lucy Dickins, ITB
PROMOTIONS TEAM – Atlantic Records
PR CAMPAIGN – The 1975, Polydor Records
ACCOUNTANCY FIRM OF THE YEAR – Skeet Kaye Hopkins
MUSIC CONSUMER INNOVATION – Amazon Music, Alexa
LABEL/ARTIST SERVICES COMPANY – ADA
GRASSROOTS VENUE: SPIRIT OF THE SCENE – Sneaky Pete’s
LIVE MUSIC PROMOTER (COMPANY) – DHP Family
CATALOGUE MARKETING CAMPAIGN – Britney Spears, Sony Music Commercial Group
MANAGER OF THE YEAR – Jack Foster & Benny Scarrs, Neighbourhood Music
TICKETING COMPANY – Twickets
INDEPENDENT RECORD COMPANY – Dirty Hit
SALES TEAM – Warner Music UK
PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR – Universal Music Publishing Group
INDEPENDENT MUSIC RETAILER – Resident, Brighton
ARTIST MARKETING CAMPAIGN – George Ezra, Columbia Records
A&R AWARD – Atlantic Records
FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR – All Points East
RADIO SHOW – Lauren Laverne, BBC Radio 6 Music
RADIO STATION – BBC Radio 1
RECORD COMPANY – Polydor Records
THE STRAT – Darcus Beese
h/t Music Week
