15 outstanding artists nominated for the Music Moves Europe Awards 2025

02 October 2024 - Press release

The highly anticipated Music Moves Europe Awards 2025 is thrilled to unveil the fifteen remarkable artists who have been nominated for these prestigious awards. Celebrating the extraordinary talents emerging from the European music landscape, these nominees are set to take centre stage and captivate audiences worldwide.

Announced at Ireland Music Week (Dublin), and simultaneously at the SoAlive Music Conference (Sofia) and Reconnect (Brno), on Wednesday, October 2nd, we proudly present the fifteen nominees for the Music Moves Europe Awards 2025; Boko Yout (SE), Daniela Pes (IT), HILLARI (NO), Joalin (FI), Judeline (ES), Kingfishr (IE), Loverman (BE), Maella (CZ), Mina Okabe (DK), Naomi Sharon (NL), Night Tapes (EE), UCHE YARA (AT), Woomb (BG), Yamê (FR) and Zimmer90 (DE).

European Union Prize
The Music Moves Europe Awards (MME Awards) is the European Union Prize celebrating the emerging artists who represent the European sound of today and tomorrow. The MME Awards are designed to accelerate the international careers of upcoming European artists. In the past 20 years; Zaho de Sagazan, Stromae, Alyona Alyona, ROSALÍA, Meduza, Dua Lipa, Sans Soucis, Hozier and Christine and the Queens won an MME Award.

Public Choice Award
Music fans across Europe can now vote to choose the winner of the MME Public Choice Award 2025 through the MME Awards website: https://mmeawards.eu. 

Prize package
Five artists will be selected as winners by an international jury and one artist will be chosen for the Grand Jury Prize. All winners will be revealed at the MME Awards ceremony on Thursday 16 January, 2025 at ESNS in Groningen, the Netherlands. Each winner will receive €10.000. The winner of the Grand Jury Award will receive an additional green touring voucher worth €5.000. The winner of the MME Public Choice Award 2025 will receive €5.000.

Live at ESNS
All fifteen nominees are invited to play at ESNS Festival in Groningen, the Netherlands and also to join the MME education program, with best practices in the music industry, organised by ESNS and the partners of the MME Awards: Liveurope, Yourope, Live DMA, IMPALA, Digital Music Europe, ICMP-CIEM, International Music Managers Forum (IMMF) and European Music Exporters Exchange (EMEE).

The MME Awards is a key component of the European Union's efforts to
support and promote the European music sector. It aims to empower emerging artists and professionals in the industry while fostering a united and diverse European music scene.