{"id":235477,"date":"2025-07-03T18:53:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/?p=235477"},"modified":"2025-07-04T10:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T09:00:25","slug":"mbws-music-business-uk-awards-to-return-to-london-this-november-supported-by-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/mbws-music-business-uk-awards-to-return-to-london-this-november-supported-by-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"MBW&#8217;s Music Business UK Awards to return to London this November, supported by YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK music industry&#8217;s most enjoyable night out is BACK.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbizawards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Music Business UK Awards 2025<\/a>, presented by MBW, will take place on the evening of Tuesday, November 4, at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbizawards.com\/location\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms<\/a> in London.<\/p>\n<p>The event is once again presented in association with our headline supporter, <strong>YouTube<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As with previous years, the <strong>MBUK Awards<\/strong> will recognize the brightest and best of the UK music business \u2013 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Categories will celebrate achievement in fields including <strong>songwriting, production, A&amp;R, legal, artist management, music publishing<\/strong>, and <strong>recorded music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A clutch of extra-special moments will return, including our <strong>ICON Award<\/strong>, and an<strong> International Executive Of The Year<\/strong> prize, recognizing a non-British executive who has gone above and beyond for UK &amp; Irish music in the previous 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>The Sir George Martin Award<\/strong>, will celebrate an individual who has not only achieved global success in music, but also fostered a rare level of respect and friendship in the artist\/songwriter community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tim Ingham<\/strong>, founder of <em>Music Business Worldwide<\/em>, said: &#8220;This year&#8217;s Music Business UK Awards promises to be the best yet, and something of a birthday party in Music Business Worldwide&#8217;s 10th anniversary year!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re busy pulling together some special moments, honoring some extraordinary people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dan Chalmers<\/strong>, YouTube&#8217;s Head of Music for Europe, Middle East, and Africa, said: &#8220;It was a no-brainer decision for YouTube to continue as Headline Sponsor of the MBUK Awards and we couldn\u2019t be happier to be the main partner for the industry&#8217;s most enjoyable night out of the year as MBW celebrates its 10th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re proud to help make possible an awards ceremony that shines the spotlight on the most creative aspects of the business, the people and companies who most directly help artists realise their visions &#8211; from A&amp;Rs and managers to songwriters and producers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On top of all that, it\u2019s also always a fantastic evening of celebration and good vibes. Can\u2019t wait!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Fair warning (!):<\/strong> <\/span>Judging by previous years, we expect all Diamond and Platinum tables for the <strong>Music Business UK Awards<\/strong> to sell out <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>QUICKLY<\/strong><\/span>, ahead of the nominee shortlists being announced in September.<\/p>\n<p>For 2025 tickets and table information, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbizawards.com\/tables-tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official <strong>Music Business UK Awards<\/strong> website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To lock in your table, email <a href=\"mailto:Rebecca@musicbizworldwide.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rebecca@musicbizworldwide.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And to secure one of a limited number of sponsorship opportunities, contact <a href=\"mailto:Dave@musicbizworldwide.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dave@musicbizworldwide.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As with previous years, the MBUK Awards will recognize the brightest and best of the UK and international music business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235477"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235488,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235477\/revisions\/235488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}