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Awards Business News
Music Week Awards handed out
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 27 April 2012
The Music Week Awards ceremony took place at The Brewery venue in London yesterday, with XL the biggest winner taking away four awards, if you include the lifetime achievement trophy (or The Strat, as they insist on calling it), which was handed to the company’s founder Richard Russell.
The winners in full are as follows:
High Street Retail Brand: HMV
Online Retail Brand: iTunes
Independent Retailer: Sound It Out Records
Non-Retail Digital Music Service: Spotify
Live Music Venue: Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Radio Station: 6music
Radio Show: Steve Lamacq, 6music
TV Show Featuring Music: Later… with Jools Holland
Promotions Team: Atlantic
Sales Team: PIAS
Distribution Team: Proper Distribution
Catalogue Marketing Campaign: Rhino for The Smiths Complete
Artist Marketing Campaign: XL Recordings for 21 by Adele
PR Campaign: Purple PR for 21 by Adele
Music & Brand Partnership: Converse & Cornerstone for Converse Gigs @ The 100 Club
Publisher Of The Year – Singles: EMI Music Publishing
Publisher Of The Year – Albums: Universal Music Publishing
Independent Publisher: Kobalt
Manager Of The Year: Jonathan Dickins, September Management
A&R Award: XL Recordings
Independent Record Company: Bella Union
Record Company: XL Recordings
The Strat: Richard Russell, XL Recordings
