Artist Recommendations
THE MME AWARDS NETWORK OF MUSIC PROFESSIONALS
The MME Awards team is continuously working on finding all the emerging and trending artists from across Europe. We use many sources of available data from airplay, streaming to bookings and other relevant sources. One source that is particularly important for the selection of nominees comes from the input of our large network of European music professionals.
The MME Awards network of music professionals
These professionals work in all areas of the music sector and have a good overview of what is happening. Especially around the emerging artists in their country that have set their first steps towards an international career. For the MME Awards they are the eyes and ears in the vibrant and growing European music landscape. Currently music professionals from over 200 organsitations out of 36 countries receive our request for their input. Most of the professionals are represented by one of the Partners of the MME Awards and the EBU Radio stations.
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Every year in May we ask them to recommend us artists that qualify. Their recommendations are then added to our database and enriched with data from Soundcharts - airplay, streaming and social media figures. Each year hundreds of emerging artists from almost 40 countries end up in the MME Awards database.
During each summer the MME Awards selection team will crunch the input and come up with 15 nominees, each from a different European country representing the (musical) diversity of the continent. With the highly valued input of the network of professionals this selection process reflects the sound of Europea of today and tomorrow!
The two main qualifiers for recommending artists to the Music Moves Europe Awards are:
1 - Artist should be active outside their home country; we want to see activity across Europe or even worldwide. This activity can reflect in live shows, streaming or airplay.
2 - The MME Awards nominations are for artists that are still emerging/didn't break yet. The mission of the MME Award is to highlight European talent and support them in their promising careers.
Furthermore:
We ask the professionals to recommend artists from their home country first and then consider adding artists from other eligible countries..
They can recommend artists whose debut EP/album was not released more than 36 months before 1st of June of the year of recommendation. And/or in the past 60 months did not release more than 5 singles in a collection larger than 2 songs.
The artist did not participate in the Eurovision song contest.
Tarik Vanrompaey is a booker at Ancienne Belgique, a notible concert venue in Belgium. Starting at 16 with scouting music acts, who better to ask for his two cents on today's music scene? Go ahead and find out who will be the big stars of the future.
Matěj Burda is an Executive Manager at PLATFORMA. A platform (no pun intended) to push Czech music abroad. You can imagine he has all the knowledge we need for him to recommend artists to perform at MME Awards. Read more about him and the artists he recommended to the MME Awards.
Meet: Franz Hergovich. As project lead of Austrian Music Export (Mica) Franz Hergovich works with lots of artists to boost their international careers. Who better to speak up on their take on European music export? Let’s dive in and see who his current picks are.
As you may have guessed by her last name, she’s a Danish booker, working on NorthSide and Tinderbox. Two very successful festivals in Denmark. With this role, and her lengthy background in music - she makes up the perfect recommender. Curious to find out who she recommended for MME Awards 2024? Then don’t stop reading!
She knows all there is to know about music that works on radio. Her experience makes her the ideal person to tell us who she’d like to be nominated for this year’s MME Awards. A little hint: After Elmer. What that means? Well, you’re going to have to figure that out yourself. Keep reading!
The following organisations provide the professionals that serve as the curators for the MME Awards, each offering their recommendations for the nominees.
Country | Organisation | Association |
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Armenia | Music of Armenia | EMEE |
Austria | Austrian Music Export | EMEE |
Frequency Festival | Yourope | |
ORF/FM4 | EBU | |
Posthof | Liveurope | |
Szene Openair | Yourope | |
VTMOE | IMPALA | |
Waves Vienna | Yourope | |
WUK | Yourope | |
Belgium | Ancienne Belgique | Liveurope |
BIMA | IMPALA | |
Cactusfestival | Yourope | |
Club Circuit | Live DMA | |
Dour Festival | Yourope | |
Poppunt | EMEE | |
Pukkelpop | Yourope | |
Rock Werchter | Yourope | |
RTBF / TIPIK | EBU | |
VRT/Studio Brussel | EBU | |
Wallonie-Bruxelles International | EMEE | |
Bulgaria | BNR | EBU |
Croatia | Croatian Music Export | EMEE |
INmusic festival | Yourope | |
Močvara | Liveurope | |
RUNDA | IMPALA | |
Cyprus | Cyprus Music Information Centre | EMEE |
Czech Rep. | Colours of Ostrava | Yourope |
CR / Radio Wave | EBU | |
Palac Akropolis | Liveurope | |
PLATFORMA | IMPALA | |
Rock for People | Yourope | |
Sound Czech Arts and Theatre Inst. | EMEE | |
Denmark | Dansk Live | Live DMA |
DR/P6 | EBU | |
DUP | IMPALA | |
MXD | EMEE | |
NorthSide Festival | Yourope | |
Roskilde Festival | Yourope | |
VEGA | Liveurope | |
Estonia | ERR/Radio 2 | EBU |
Music Estonia | EMEE | |
Tallin Music Week | Yourope | |
Faroe Isl. | G! Festival | Yourope |
Finland | INDIECO | IMPALA |
LiveFIN | Live DMA | |
Music Finland | EMEE | |
Provinssi | Yourope | |
Ruisrock | Yourope | |
Tuska Festival | Yourope | |
YLE X | EBU | |
France | CNM | EMEE |
Deezer | Digital Music Europe (DME) | |
Fedelima | Live DMA | |
FELIN | IMPALA | |
L'Aeronef | Liveurope | |
Le Centre National de la Musique | EMEE | |
Le Printemps de Bourges | Yourope | |
Les Eurockeennes de Belfort | Yourope | |
MaMa Festival & Convention | Yourope | |
Radio France | EBU | |
Rock en Seine | Yourope | |
Trans Musicales de Rennes | Yourope | |
UPFI | IMPALA | |
Georgia | Bassiani | Liveurope |
Germany | ARD | EBU |
Das Fest | Yourope | |
Deezer | DME | |
FZW | Liveurope | |
Haldern Pop Festival | Yourope | |
Happiness Festival | Yourope | |
Initiative Musik | EMEE | |
Juicy Beats Festival | Yourope | |
Live Komm | Live DMA | |
Melt Festival | Yourope | |
Reeperbahn Festival | Yourope | |
Rocco de Schlacko | Yourope | |
Rock am Ring | Yourope | |
Southside Festival | Yourope | |
Summer Breeze Open Air | Yourope | |
Superbloom | Yourope | |
Taubertal Festival | Yourope | |
VUT | IMPALA | |
Wacken Open Air | Yourope | |
Greece | Principal Theater Club | Liveurope |
Music Export Greece/Gre.ex Music Office | EMEE | |
Hungary | BUSH | Yourope |
HAIL | IMPALA | |
Sziget Mark | Yourope | |
Iceland | Iceland Music | EMEE |
RUV Ras 2 | EBU | |
Ireland | AIM Ireland | IMPALA |
Music From Ireland/First Music Contact | EMEE | |
RTE/2FM | EBU | |
Italy | Deezer | Digital Music Europe (DME) |
Home Festival | Yourope | |
Ilosaarirock | Yourope | |
Italia Music Export S.I.A.E. | EMEE | |
KeepOn Live | Live DMA | |
Linecheck Music Meeting & Festival | Yourope | |
PMI / AUDIOCOOP | IMPALA | |
Puglia Sounds | EMEE | |
Rai Radio 2 | EBU | |
Santeria Toscana 31 | Liveurope | |
Spotify | DME | |
Sudwave Festival & Conference | Yourope | |
Latvia | Latvijas Radio 5 | EBU |
LPNVA | Live DMA | |
Music Export Latvia | EMEE | |
Positivus Festival | Yourope | |
Lithuania | Lithuanian Music Business Ass. | EMEE |
LRT Opus | EBU | |
Vilnius Night Alliance | Live DMA | |
Luxembourg | KulturLX | EMEE |
Luersl/100.7 | EBU | |
Music:LX | EMEE | |
Rockhal | Liveurope | |
Siren’s Call | Yourope | |
Malta | Malta Music Export | EMEE |
Netherlands | Best Kept Secret | Yourope |
Deezer | Digital Music Europe (DME) | |
Down The Rabbit Hole | Yourope | |
Dutch Music Export | EMEE | |
Lowlands | Yourope | |
Melkweg | Liveurope | |
NPO/3FM | EBU | |
Pinkpop | Yourope | |
Spotify | DME | |
STOMP | IMPALA | |
VNPF | Live DMA | |
North Macedonia | BLÅ | Liveurope |
MKC | Liveurope | |
Norway | By:Larm | Yourope |
Fono | IMPALA | |
Music Norway | EMEE | |
NKA | Live DMA | |
NRK/P3 | EBU | |
Oyafestivalen | Yourope | |
Taksirat | Yourope | |
Poland | Adam Mickiewicz Institute | EMEE |
ANPM | IMPALA | |
Music Export Poland | EMEE | |
OFF Festival Katowice | Yourope | |
Open’er / Orange Warsaw Festival | Yourope | |
Polski Radio | EBU | |
Stodola | Liveurope | |
Portugal | AMAEI | IMPALA |
Circuito | Live DMA | |
Musicbox | Liveurope | |
RTP/Antena 3 | EBU | |
Westway LAB | Yourope | |
Why Portugal? | EMEE | |
Romania | ARTmania Festival | Yourope |
INDIERO | IMPALA | |
Serbia | Exit Festival | Yourope |
RTS, Radio Belgrade 1 | EBU | |
Slovakia | Grape Festival | Yourope |
LaLa Slovak Music Export | EMEE | |
Nová Cvernovka | Liveurope | |
Pohoda Festival | Yourope | |
RTVS - Radio FM | EBU | |
Slovenia | Kino Siska | Liveurope |
MENT Ljubljana | Yourope | |
Music Slovenia | EMEE | |
Radio Slovenia/Val 202 | EBU | |
RUNDA | IMPALA | |
Spain | ASACC | Live DMA |
Bilbao BBK | Yourope | |
BIME | Yourope | |
Deezer | Digital Music Europe (DME) | |
Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals | EMEE | |
Institut d'Estudis Baleàrics | EMEE | |
Kultura Live | Live DMA | |
Los 40 Principales | EBU | |
Mad Cool Festival | Yourope | |
Primavera Sound | Yourope | |
Sala Apolo | Liveurope | |
Salasdeconciertos | Live DMA | |
UFI | IMPALA | |
Sweden | Debaser | Liveurope |
Music Export Sweden | EMEE | |
SOM | IMPALA | |
Spotify | DME | |
SR/P3 | EBU | |
Svensk Live | Live DMA | |
Way Out West | Yourope | |
Switzerland | Bad Bonn Kilbi | Yourope |
Greenfield Festival | Yourope | |
Gurtenfestival | Yourope | |
Montreux Jazz Festival | Yourope | |
OpenAir St. Gallen | Yourope | |
Paleo Festival Nyon | Yourope | |
Winterthurer Musikwochen | Yourope | |
Zermatt Unplugged | Yourope | |
Turkey | BMYD | IMPALA |
Ukraine | Atlas Weekend | Yourope |
Music Export Ukraine | EMEE | |
United Kingdom | AIM | IMPALA |
BBC Music | EBU | |
Deezer | Digital Music Europe (DME) | |
End of the Road Festival | Yourope | |
Green Man Festival | Yourope | |
Music Venue Trust | Live DMA | |
Spotify | DME | |
Village Underground | Liveurope |