(l to r) Sat Bisla (A&R Worldwide); Monte Lipman (Republic); Lucian Grainge (UMG); Avery Lipman (Republic)
When Universal Music Group chairman Lucian Grainge starts showing up, your industry awards show has arrived. And with that, here are the winners list for A&R Worldwide’s International Music Industry Awards on Wednesday.
Not even Billboard got an invite to this one, baby! But hey, that just meant more chicken for Digital Music News. All paid for by A&R Worldwide, which concluded Musexpo 2017 with a classy awards luncheon.
Here’s the list of winners.
Digital Media Award
PRO of the Year
Music Supervisor of the Year
Booking Agent of the Year
Ron Bension
President, HOB Entertainment
Manager of the Year
A&R Executive of the Year
Publisher of the Year
Mio Vukovic
Senior Vice President of A&R/Head of Creative for the Disney Music Group
Radio Station of the Year
BBC Radio 1
International Music Persons of the Year Award
Monte Lipman
Chairman & CEO, Republic Records
Avery Lipman
President & COO, Republic Records
(award presented by Lucian Grainge, Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Group)
Also: check out our earlier Musexpo coverage here and here. And, get ready for some radio- and data-focused coverage from A&R Worldwide’s Radio Summit (currently happening).