The 2016 edition of the Artist And Manager Awards will take place on Thursday, November 24 at The Troxy in London.
As usual, the MMF and FAC event will bring together leading artists, the management community and the wider music industry to celebrate their biggest successes of recent months across a number of award categories.
Chief executive Annabella Coldrick told Music Week: “The relationship between artists and managers is one of the strongest and most important in the music industry. Changes in the modern business mean that innovative and hard working managers are able to create more exciting opportunities for their artists than ever before.”
At the Artist And Manager Awards 2016, the MMF, FAC and the wider industry will once again celebrate the successes of those on the frontline of our business.
The Breakthrough Manager Award will highlight those who have started working as a manager in the past three years and have had significant success in the past 18 months, helping to cultivate a breakthrough year for a band or artist through hard work and innovation.
The Artist of the Year Award will be presented to an act that has had an outstanding year, creating and delivering exceptional work, while the Manager of the Year Award will be given to an individual or management team that has shown the ability to formulate great strategy as well as being able to co-ordinate the many threads that make up a successful campaign.
The Pioneer Award will highlight exceptional individuals who are forging new pathways in the music industry and inspiring others to do the same.
The Industry Champion Award will recognise altruism in the music business, with the individual or company who receives the accolade holding the interests of the future of music at heart. The Artists' Artist Award will be presented to a hard working performer who is considered a dedicated ambassador that has made an outstanding contribution to musical life.
Finally, the Peter Grant Award will be given to a manager that has demonstrated the same commitment to elevating the status of artists in the music industry as the legendary Led Zeppelin manager did throughout his own career. Previous recipients include John Glover, Terry Blamey and Paul Loasby.
