Australian radio network Triple J and Mushroom Publishing CEO Ian James have been shortlisted for the International Music Awards at Musexpo.
The International Music Awards will be presented as part of the Musexpo music industry conference in Los Angeles in April.
James has been nominated for Music Publisher of the Year up against Jody Gerson from Universal Music Publishing (worldwide), Ron Perry of Songs Music Publishing (USA) and Willard Ahdritz of Kobalt Music Group (worldwide).
Triple J is up for Best Radio Station with 3FM (Holland), BBC Radio 1 (UK) and SiriusXM (USA).
The Musexpo International Music Awards will also honor the Music Industry Executive award with Irving Azoff (Azoff MSG Entertainment), Michael Rapino (Live Nation), Monte Lipman (Republic Records) and Steve Barnett (Capitol Music Group) competing for who the industry effectively says in the most powerful person in the music industry.
Voting is open for the 2nd annual International Music Industry Awards to take place during Musexpo on April 29 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.
The final voting period closes at 12:00PM PST on Monday, February 23rd 2015. The voting form can be accessed by clicking HERE (http://www.allaccess.com/anrw/vote).
Musexpo International Music Award nominees
MUSIC INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE:
IRVING AZOFF – Chairman & CEO, Azoff MSG Entertainment (worldwide)
MICHAEL RAPINO – President & CEO, Live Nation (worldwide)
MONTE LIPMAN – Chairman & CEO, Republic Records (U.S.A.)
STEVE BARNETT – Chairman & CEO, Capitol Music Group (U.S.A)
A&R EXECUTIVE
JOHN JANICK – Chairman & CEO, Interscope Records (U.S.A.)
MAX LOUSADA – Chairman & CEO, Warner Music Group (U.K.)
PETER EDGE – CEO, RCA Records Group (U.S.A.)
NICK RAPHAEL – President, Capitol Records (U.K.)
TALENT MANAGER:
JOHN SILVA – Founder, Silva Artist Management (U.S.A.)
RICHARD GRIFFITHS & HARRY MAGEE – Founders, Modest! Management (U.K.)
RON LAFFITTE – Founder, Ron Laffitte Management Group (U.S.A.)
SARAH STENNETT – Founder & CEO, Turn First Artists (U.K.)
BOOKING AGENT:
EMMA BANKS – Agent, CAA (U.K.)
MARTY DIAMOND – East Coast Head, Paradigm Agency (U.S.A.)
NEIL WARNOCK – Founder & Worldwide President, The Agency Group (worldwide)
TOM WINDISH – Founder, Windish Agency (U.S.A.)
FESTIVAL PROMOTER:
FOLKERT KOOPMANS – Founder & President, FKP Skorpio (Germany)
JUREK OWSIAK – Founder, Polish Woodstock (Poland)
PAUL TOLLETT – Founder, Coachella (U.S.A.)
VIJAY NAIR – Co-Founder, NH7/Only Much Louder (India)
MUSIC SUPERVISOR:
CARTER ARMSTRONG – Head of Film Music, Lionsgate Pictures (worldwide)
P.J. BLOOM – Founder, Neophonic (U.S.A.)
RACHEL LEVY – Vice President, Film Music, NBC Universal Pictures (U.S.A.)
STEVE SCHNUR – Worldwide Executive, Music & Music Marketing, Electronic Arts (worldwide)
MUSIC PUBLISHER:
JODY GERSON – Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group (worldwide)
IAN JAMES – Managing Director, Mushroom Music Publishing (Australia)
RON PERRY – President & Head of A&R, SONGS Music Publishing (U.S.A.)
WILLARD AHDRITZ – Founder & CEO, Kobalt Music Group (worldwide)
MUSIC ATTORNEY:
AARON ROSENBERG – Partner, Myman Greenspan Fineman Fox Rosenberg & Light (U.S.A.)
GARY MANDEL – Attorney, SSB Solicitors (U.K.)
PETER LEWIT – Partner, Davis Shapiro Lewit Grabel Leven Granderson & Blake, LLP (U.S.A.)
PETER PATERNO – Partner, King, Holmes, Paterno, Berliner, LLP (U.S.A.)
RADIO STATION:
3FM (HOLLAND)
BBC RADIO 1 (U.K.)
SIRIUSXM (U.S.A.)
TRIPLE J (AUSTRALIA)
DIGITAL COMPANY OR DIGITAL EXECUTIVE:
ALEXANDER LJUNG & ERIC WAHLFORSS – Co-Founders, SoundCloud (Germany)
ROB WELLS – President, Global Digital Business, Universal Music Group (worldwide)
SHAZAM
BEATS MUSIC
GLOBAL BRAND MUSIC INTEGRATION
APPLE
CONVERSE
HEINEKEN
T-MOBILE
NEW UNSIGNED/EMERGING INTERNATIONAL ARTIST:
NO WYLD (New Zealand)
LAUREL (U.K.)
MALKY (Germany)
TOVE STYRKE (Sweden)
