Music Moves Europe Awards 2022 – these are the nominees
The nominees of the Music Moves Europe Awards 2022 have been announced at the Linecheck Festival opening event at BASE Milano in Italy on 22 November.
The Music Moves Europe Awards are the European Union Prize for emerging artists representing the sound of today and tomorrow.
The aim of the awards is to celebrate upcoming European artists and support them in developing their international careers.
These are the 15 nominees of 2022
- Alina Pash (Ukraine)
- Anna (Italy)
- Balkan Taksim (Romania)
- Blanks (The Netherlands)
- Denise Chaila (Ireland)
- Дeva (Hungary)
- DORA (Spain)
- Francis of Delirium (Luxembourg)
- Friedberg (Austria)
- JADA (Denmark)
- Ladaniva (Armenia)
- Meskerem Mees (Belgium)
- Mezerg (France)
- Nenny (Portugal)
- Zoe Wees (Germany)
Awards ceremony and prizes
An international jury will select five winning artists and one artist will win the Grand Jury Award. All winners will be revealed at the Music Moves Europe Awards ceremony on 20 January 2022 at ESNS in Groningen, the Netherlands.
Each winner will receive €10.000,- each and the winner of the Grand Jury Award will receive €10.000 and a green touring voucher worth €5.000. One of the artists will receive the Public Choice Award, based on the outcome of the online vote available through the MME website.
The 2021 Public Choice Award Winner, the Ukrainian hip hop artist Alyona Alyona, is now a member of the jury of the Music Moves Awards.
All fifteen nominees will be invited to a business education day, with best practices in the music industry, organised by ESNS and its partners
- the live sector (Liveurope, Yourope and Live DMA)
- the recording industry (IMPALA and Digital Music Europe)
- International Music Managers Forum (IMMF)
- European Music Exporters Exchange (EMEE)
Background
The MME awards succeed the European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA) and the Music Moves Europe Talent Award (MMETA) and it is supported and handed out by the European Union since 2004.
The Prize has an impeccable track record, awarding artists such as Stromae, Adele, Mumford & Sons, Dua Lipa, Rosalía, Meduza, Lous and the Yakuza, Inhaler and last year's winner Alyona Alyona.