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19:26:00

The thirty-third edition of ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) was successfully wrapped up on Saturday night at Groningen's Oosterpoort with the Noorderslag festival. At the 2019 edition many anniversaries were celebrated, European talents praised and both the festival and the conference highlighted diversity and sustainability.

Taking place from 16 to 19 January in the city of Groningen, the European music platform, continued its mission to promote the circulation of European music. The conference had its home base at De Oosterpoort, hosting a place to network and discuss the latest developments in the music sector for 4.135 international professionals from 44 countries.

Eurosonic, the European showcase festival, took place in 42 venues across the city centre of Groningen, where 342 acts showcased their music to music fans and professionals. Among them were 21 acts from the focus countries Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Noorderslag, which traditionally takes place at Groningen's Oosterpoort on the Saturday of ESNS, showcasing Dutch music with an emphasis on emerging talent. Noorderslag presents a wide variety of genres: from the authentic roots and americana at Dutch Roots, the poppy music of artists like Rondé and Nielson and the soul and r&b of RIMON and Jarreau Vandal, to the hip hop by Ares and Jacin Trill, Lewsberg’s indie and explosive punk by Ploegendienst.

European Music Awards Night
At the opening night of ESNS, Wednesday, January 16, the Music Moves Europe Talent Awards were presented for the first time at the European Music Awards Night: the European Union's new prize for popular and contemporary music. The prize celebrates and supports artists who represent the European sound of today and tomorrow. The Public Choice Awards, across six genres, were presented to Bishop Briggs (Pop, gb), Pip Blom (Rock, nl), Stelartronic (Electronic, at), Rosalía (RnB / Urban, es), Reykjavíkurdætur (Hip Hop / Rap, is) and Albin Lee Meldau (Singer-songwriter, se).

The European Music Awards Night also hosted the International Music Managers Forum (IMMF) Awards and the European Festival Awards. European festivals such as Wacken Open Air, NorthSide Festival and Rolling Stone Park were among the winners and ESNS creative director Peter Smidt received a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Peter Smidt, the founder of ESNS, retires from his European music platform after 33 years and was appointed Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau last Thursday.



Pop Media Prize and Pop Award 2018
The winner of the Popprijs of 2018 was awarded to Ronnie Flex at Noorderslag. Ronell Plasschaert had already won the Popprijs 2015 as a member of hip hop collective New Wave. The Pop Media Award went to FunX radio presenter Fernando Halman.

Conference: looking back and moving forward
The ESNS conference is regarded as one of the leading events for music professionals in Europe. With speakers like Tom Windish (Paradigm), Sharid Alles (3FM) Richard Jones (Key Music Management), Kim Bloem (MOJO), Ben Chapman (BBC) and Duncan Smith (Sony Playstation), Cindy Castillo (Mad Cool Festival), Fruzsina Szép (Lolapalooza Berlin) and Sammy Andrews (Deviate Digital). ESNS has been able to offer a varied program with a finger on the pulse of the European market.

The fiftieth anniversary of Mojo was celebrated at ESNS; former and current board members gave a unique insight into the history of the industry giant at the conference, while special memorabilia were auctioned at the Mojo Auction to support musicians and other creatives. In a keynote interview by Eric Corton, Pinkpop director Jan Smeets talked about the 50-year history of the Dutch festival.



In addition to the conference and the festival, ESNS supported initiatives from its partners in the city centre for the first time. Under the name of ESNS EXTRA and ESNS ART, showcases, parties and exhibitions were organized that were often open to people without an ESNS ticket.

Another first was the ESNS Academy, a program specially developed for students to offer young music lovers a glimpse into the (European) music industry. Participants were able to visit the festival and conference for a reduced rate.



ESNS Chart
Following the successful European Talent Exchange Program (ETEP), which promotes an exchange of European artists at international festivals, ESNS will launch the ESNS Chart this year. This list monitors the airplay of ESNS artists on radio stations outside their home country. The success of emerging European talent can be followed in the new Music Moves Europe Talent Chart. This top 100 list is based on airplay and streaming of the artists outside their home country.

ESNS 2019 in figures
ESNS was visited by 447 journalists from all over the world. As a result of the collaboration with the European Broadcasting Union, which celebrated its twenty-year partnership with ESNS this year, 36 European public broadcasters were present and broadcast the festival on public radio stations in 10 countries.

Total visitors: 42.789
Conference visitors: 4.135
Nationalities: 44
Acts: 342
Number of stages Eurosonic: 42
Number of stages Noorderslag: 10
Media: 447
EBU radio stations: 36
International festivals: 423
ETEP festivals: 130

Stream ESNS19 playlists here: http://smarturl.it/esns19

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02:56:00

For four days every January, the small Dutch city of Groningen becomes the centre of the European music scene with Eurosonic – the festival that has its 33rd edition in 2019.

Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) is like Europe’s version of SXSW, while still retaining the discovery vibe of the early days of the Austin festival. ESNS is Europe’s biggest showcase of rising acts – with festival bookers, labels, media and other industry figures bingeing on new bands by night and networking by day.

There is a heavy industry presence, but Eurosonic is by no means a chin-stroking music executive love-in – some 40,000 ‘real’ punters attend the festival every year, running between dozens of venues trying to catch the next big thing.

Here are seven reasons to visit Groningen for Eurosonic

Discover your new favourite band...
Each country featured at Eurosonic sends its most promising acts to the showcase every January, so even if much of the programme is a mystery, you’re a dead cert to find a future favourite act. Also, Eurosonic gets the head start on all other festivals through the year, with many veterans saying half the summer line-ups start to take shape in Groningen in January – with bookers, managers and artists meeting up and hammering out deals. But even if you’re not an industry head, Eurosonic is a chance to see the festival headliners of the future in a club in the Netherlands, before they take it out to the fields. Hundreds of acts have used Eurosonic as a springboard to way bigger things, but a few standouts include The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand, Robyn, The xx, Calvin Harris, Stormzy and Dua Lipa.

The conference means it’s more than a series of gigs
As Europe’s most prestigious showcase festival, Eurosonic attracts the biggest industry names, from labels heads and agents to managers, festival bookers, media companies, marketing executives and PR firms. Over the four days at the Oosterport hub, delegates can attend talks, panel discussions, songwriting workshops and lectures on a huge range of topics. Topics up for discussion in 2019 include innovation in ticket technology, conservation in the culture industry, festival innovation, the future of social media and music magazines, game soundtracks and many more.

Key speakers this year include veteran manager Richard Jones, who has worked with Bjork, PJ Harvey, Spice Girls and Pixies, while the BBC’s Ben Chapman will present the UK broadcaster’s new integrated BBC Sounds media platform. And even outside the official events, during the festival, every side room, table or edge of a couch has some hook-up going on between delegates. The conference programme also includes the European Festival Awards — a chance to look back on the innovators who have helped shape the year in live music.

The range of venues is staggering...
With hundreds of bands playing hundreds of gigs over four days, expect performances in a wide range of places, from historic venues to pop-up spaces. As well as iconic rock and pop venues like Vera, there’s been a chance in the past to watch intimate performances in tiny pubs, basement clubs, radio studios, grand theatres, pool halls, an outdoor market, conference halls and a 17th century church.

Groningen is a party city all year round – it just doubles down at Eurosonic...
Groningen is a student town, and over a quarter of its 200,000 citizens go to college. The average age for the whole city is 35, and you’re never more than a few steps away from a pub, venue or coffee shop, and there’s no official closing time. The Dutch will also party no matter the weather – On the second day of Eurosonic 2018, Dutch authorities issued a code red storm warning, with hundreds of flights cancelled and all public transport suspended. Still, venues were packed, and it was comically reassuring to see punters sprinting around in the hail, snow and wind trying to find underground venues on Google Maps.

The Noorderslag Dutch takeover...
Groningen’s huge conference centre De Oosterport acts as the festival hub, and for the first three days it’s a hive of networking, panel discussions, lectures, debates and industry meetings. However, on the Saturday, organisers decide there’s been enough talking and the industry heads are cleared out to make way for the festival-within-a-festival Noorderslag – an all-Dutch music showcase.

The spectacular event runs from the evening to the early hours, with a huge atrium stage and gigs happenings in 10 conference halls where deals have been sealed in the previous few days.

Explore a vibrant graphic art culture...
One of the main festival hubs is Vera – Groningen’s most famous club, that has hosted iconic acts on the rise, such as Joy Division, Slayer, Nick Cave, the Cure and even U2. Vera also functions as a graphic design and art collective, with striking one-off gig posters in the windows and limited edition collector’s item posters hanging in the halls as a permanent exhibition. You can also marvel at thousands of flyers, stickers and comic book art plastered to the walls.

If this whets your visual art appetite, the GRID Grafisch museum is an amazing place for a time-out from the festival. GRID is a museum devoted to the history of graphic design, printing and bookbinding. It runs regular exhibitions, but as an added bonus the resident craftsman and historian Peter Meijer will give you a guided tour of the permanent collection of vintage printing machines.

Go crate-digging...
As a city with such a rich musical legacy, Groningen has an amazing selection of record shops to visit during some festival down-time. The White Stripes got their big break when John Peel heard their album De Stijl in the cult record shop Platenworm, then brought it home and rinsed it on the radio. Platenworm is sadly now closed (but trading on discogs), but plenty of other vinyl emporiums will be supporting ESNS bands as well as showcasing their impeccably-curated collections. Standout record shops include Plato, with its historic shop-front, Magic Buzz for psychedelia, punk and garage rock, De Jongens van Hemmes for all your electronic music needs and the rare collectors’ items at Headline. Just a few to get you started...

The festival takes place in the city of Groningen, the Netherlands, from January 16 - 19, 2019. Tickets for the festival and registrations for the ESNS conference are currently available via esns.nl.

ABOUT ESNS
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is the key exchange for emerging European music talent, with a proven track record of helping to break new acts on the international music scene. With its first ever dual-country focus on the Czech Republic and Slovakia, ESNS stages more than 350 showcases alongside offering a full conference programme of around 150 panels and keynotes, alongside multiple networking opportunities and award ceremonies. The event attracts more than 4,000 conference delegates from all sections of the entertainment industry, including representatives of over 400 festivals.

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20:43:00

ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is announcing the first artists for its upcoming edition, taking place from January 16 - 19, 2019 in Groningen, The Netherlands. The first batch of acts, traditionally selected in cooperation with the national radio broadcasters, united within the EBU (European Broadcasting Union), consists of 29 up-and-coming European artists.



The following artists are set to play ESNS in January;
Any Other (it) - RAI/Radio 2
Apey & the Pea (hu) - MTVA/Petőfi Radio
Bass Astral x Igo (pl) - Polski Radio
Battle Beast (fi) – YleX
blackwave. (be) - VRT/Studio Brussel
Boy Azooga (gb) - BBC Music
Crimer (ch) – SRF
Delaporte (es) - Los 40 Principales
Eli (de) – ARD
Fleche Love (ch) - Couleur 3
Fontaines D.C. (ie) - RTE/2FM
Gurr (de) – ARD
Hatari (is) - RUV/RAS2
Holy Motors (ee) - ERR/Raadio 2
Isama Zing (sk) - RTVS/Radio_FM
Keep Razors Sharp (pt) - RTP/Antena 3
MAiKA (rs) - RTS/Radio Belgrade One
Mavi Phoenix (at) - ORF/FM4
Moha La Squale (fr) - Radio France/MOUV
Napoleon Gold (lu) - LUERSL/100.7
Noah Carter (dk) - DR/P3
Rimon (nl) - NPO/3FM
Ruth Koleva & The Fingertones (bg) – BNR
San Holo (nl) - NPO/3FM
Sarah Klang (se) - SR/P3
Sonnfjord (be) - RTBF/Pure FM
Tatum Rush (ch) – RSI
Torul (si) - Radio Slovenia/Val202
Very Cool People (lv) - Pieci/Latvijas Radio 5

Tickets and registrations
The presale date for festival dates will be announced soon. Registrations for the ESNS conference are currently available via esns.nl. The deadline to register for the medium rate is on September 27.

About ESNS
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is the key exchange for emerging European music talent, with a proven track record of helping to break new acts on the international music scene. With its first ever dual-country focus on the Czech Republic and Slovakia, ESNS stages more than 350 showcases alongside offering a full conference programme of around 150 panels and keynotes, alongside multiple networking opportunities and award ceremonies. The event attracts more than 4,000 conference delegates from all sections of the entertainment industry, including representatives of over 400 festivals.

About EBU
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is the world’s largest association of national broadcasters. The EBU will be broadcasting radio shows live from ESNS to several European countries.

Additional info:
https://esns.nl/

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04:20:00

 ESNS 2018 ended in the city of Groningen, The Netherlands. Taking place from January 17-19, 2018 the European Music Platform stayed true to its ethos of stimulating the circulation of European music by showcasing 352 European acts, among which 22 acts from this year’s focus country Denmark. During the day 4,092 international professionals from 42 countries participated in the ESNS conference in order to network and discuss all the latest developments in the European music industry.



Breaking Borders
Eurosonic Noorderslag kicked off on Wednesday evening with the European Border Breakers Awards. The award ceremony was hosted by Jools Holland and celebrated 10 European acts who broke borders with their music over the past year. The Head of Unit Creative Europe Barbara Gessler handed out the Public Choice Award to the Bulgarian singer Kristian Kostov.

On the same day ESNS announced the incorporation of streaming data in the airplay-based European Border Breakers Charts. This weekly set of charts will monitor new European artists who are receiving airplay outside of their country of origin even more accurately than before.

Festivals and European Talent Exchange Programme (ETEP)
In 52 venues in the city of Groningen 352 promising acts presented themselves to an audience of music professionals and other music lovers. At the conference the ETEP festivals presented their first selection of acts to be booked for their upcoming events. The acts with the most mentions were: IAMDDB (gb), Zeal & Ardor (ch), Meute (de), Superorganism (gb), Jacob Banks (gb), Tamino (be), Agar Agar (fr) and Altin Gun (nl).


Conference
During the ESNS conference the present state of the European music industry was covered from several perspectives. EPIC handled relevant topics such as safety, sustainability, volunteering, event technology and production innovations. Buma Music meets Tech dealt with topics such as blockchain, streaming services, bots and start-ups in tech. Additionally, diversity and women’s position in the music industry was highlighted in panels about the Keychange and Take A Stand projects.



Awards
Next to the European Border Breakers Awards the European Festival Awards and the A Greener Festival Awards were also handed out during ESNS. Amongst the winners at the European Festival Awards were Roskilde Festival, Sziget, MENT Ljubljana, ATC Live agent Alex Bruford and Lollapalooza Berlin festival director Fruzsina Szép. The A Greener Festival Awards applauded some of the best green initiatives which were presented by Das Fest, Roskilde Festival, Ilosaarirock, Metal Days, Welcome to the Village and Liberation Festival Utrecht.



Media
This edition also gained a great amount of attention in the media. The showcase festival and conference were attended by 479 journalists from all over the world. Due to the partnership with European Broadcasting Union 37 public radio stations from Europe participated in the event. The festival was covered by public radio stations from 12 countries, making 30 live broadcasts with a total of 41 hours.

Official numbers ESNS 2018
Total number of visitors: 40.288
Conference visitors: 4.092
Nationalities: 42
Acts: 352
Number of venues Eurosonic: 52
Number of venues Noorderslag: 10
Media & journalists: 479
EBU radio stations: 37
Live broadcasts from ESNS: 30 from 14 stations (a total of 41 hours)
International festivals: 420
ETEP festivals: 103

The next edition of ESNS will take place from January 16-19, 2018 in Groningen, The Netherlands. 



About ESNS
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is the place to discover and access the very best emerging European music talent. The event has a proven track record of helping to break new acts on the international music scene, with now well-known names such as Alma, Ásgeir, Aurora, Dua Lipa, Hozier, HER, Mø, My Baby, Rejjie Snow, Lost Frequencies, Roosevelt, Royal Blood, Seinabo Sey and Vök, having played at ESNS as up and coming talents. The B2B side of the event attracts more than 4,000 entertainment industry professionals from all sections of the industry, including representatives of over 400 European festivals, managers, agents, publishers, labels, tech companies and event suppliers. Each year, ESNS stages more than 350 showcases all over the city of Groningen as well as offering a comprehensive and focused conference programme of around 150 panels and keynotes. The event also hosts multiple networking opportunities, annual meetings by music associations, pitch sessions, dinners, parties and dedicated areas featuring the very latest thinking and technical innovation in the music, media, interactive and production industries. At this year's edition Denmark will be the ESNS focus country.

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22:27:00

On Monday 30th of October in Stockholm, Sweden, Skott was announced as a winner of the 2018 European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA), the European music awards for emerging artists with outstanding success across Europe. Skott was surprised on live radio at Musiken i P3, by DJ Emma Vikström.

Skott
Dreamlike folk, warm electronics and ethereal vocals conspire to draw you closer. Skott is Pauline Skött, a 25-year old singer-songwriter and musician from a tiny village just outside Stockholm. Early singles Porcelain and Wolf were praised by Lorde and Katy Perry, and the Swedish artist kept up the pace with a string of amazing singles in 2017. Skott cooperated with artists like Grey and Twelve'Len, and she is currently working on her debut album, expected to be released in 2018. 




Skott is the first European artist to be announced as a winner of an EBBA. A total of ten EBBA winners will be announced in the upcoming weeks. The winners will receive their award in a ceremony hosted by TV personality and musician Jools Holland at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival in Groningen, Netherlands, on 17 January 2018. The ceremony will feature performances by the winning acts. 



Public Choice Award
All EBBA winners are also in the running to win the Public Choice Award. Fans from all over the world can vote online from the end of November to Christmas for their favourite emerging artist. The winner of the Public Choice Award will be announced during the EBBA ceremony at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival in Groningen. Up to ten voters, chosen at random from different countries, will be invited to the award ceremony. Each will be able to bring a friend and the flight and hotel costs will be taken care of.

The EBBA
The EBBA celebrate new and border-breaking artists who create today and tomorrow's music. From Adele (United Kingdom) to Christine & the Queens (France), the EBBA winners represent some of the standout European sounds of recent years. Other previous winners include Dua Lipa, Stromae, Gabriel Rios, Hozier, Of Monsters and Men, Mumford & Sons, Aurora, Disclosure, John Newman, C2C, Tokio Hotel, The Script, Years and Years, Robin Schulz, Carnival Youth, MØ and Selah Sue.

From the group of enthusiastic gig-goers out on the weekend to the industry dedicated to making the music you love, Music Moves Europe. The EBBA are one of the EU's ways of celebrating European popular and contemporary music, by bringing the artists, the industry and the fans together to celebrate European music.

15th edition of EBBA
Every year, 10 European artists receive an EBBA to recognise their success in countries other than their own. This success is measured by: airplay, sales, live performances in Europe, position in the European Border Breakers Charts 

To be eligible for the 2018 awards, the artists must have achieved border-breaking success with their first international release in Europe between 1 August 2015 and 31 July 2016 and come from a country participating in the EU's Creative Europe programme.

The EBBA, now in their 15th year, is an EU Prize, organised by Eurosonic Noorderslag in partnership with the European Commission (Creative Europe) and the European Broadcasting Union, with support from Buma Cultuur, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Province of Groningen, the City of Groningen and Music Week. 

Additional info:
Facebook: http://smarturl.it/SkottFB
Instagram: http://smarturl.it/SkottIG
Twitter: http://smarturl.it/SkottTW
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/SkottSpotify
Playlist: http://smarturl.it/Skottify
On Creative Europe: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/about_en
EBBA website: https://www.europeanborderbreakersawards.eu/en/

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00:43:00

The winners of the 2017 European Border Breakers Awards (the ‘EBBA'), the European music awards for emerging artists, were honoured this evening at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival in the Dutch city of Groningen. Dua Lipa came out as the big winner of the evening, taking away the ‘Public Choice Award’ by an overwhelming amount of online voters.

Dua Lipa is a cool singer-songwriter from London, who writes love songs with a grand sound and a twist: strings, melancholic lyrics, electronic beats and dark, sensuous vocals. Hits include Be The One, Last Dance and Hotter Than Hell, proving that Dua Lipa is a mature artist in her own right, with a bright future ahead of her. Over the last year, she performed at a multitude of European festivals, including Lowlands, Frequency, Pukkelpop and Way Out West and charted in countries such as Denmark, The Netherlands, Germany and Austria.



The EBBA show also featured outstanding performances by all 2017 winners: Alan Walker (no), Jaakko Eino Kalevi (fi), Namika (de), Hinds (es), Filous (at), Jain (fr), Dua Lipa (gb), Natalie La Rose (nl) and Walking on Cars (ie). Also, and EBBA was awarded to Era Istrefi (al). In the upcoming year the EBBA TV show will be broadcasted by several European public channels.



The EBBA are funded under the European Union's (EU) Creative Europe programme. With the EBBA, the European Union wishes to highlight the success of 10 emerging European artists in selling albums and touring outside their home territory.

The EBBA
The EBBA celebrate new and border-breaking artists who are creating today and tomorrow's music. From Adele (gb) to Christine & the Queens (fr), the EBBA winners represent some of the standout European sounds of recent years. Other previous winners include Stromae, Gabriel Rios, Hozier, Of Monsters and Men, Mumford & Sons, Aurora, Disclosure, John Newman, C2C, Tokio Hotel, The Script, Years and Years, Robin Schulz, Carnival Youth, MØ and Selah Sue. Last year, 14 public TV stations televised the 2016 award show, which included performances by Oscar and the Wolf (be), Aurora (no) and Álvaro Soler (es).

From groups of enthusiastic gig-goers out on the weekend, through to an industry dedicated to making the music you love, ‘Music Moves Europe’. The EBBA is just one of the ways that the EU celebrates European popular and contemporary music, bringing the artists, the industry and the fans together to celebrate and enjoy the best of European music.

Every year, 10 European artists receive an EBBA in recognition of their success in countries other than their own. This success is measured by:
• airplay
• sales
• live performances in Europe
• position in the European Border Breakers Charts

The European Border Breakers Charts - launched earlier this year and compiled by Radiomonitor - rank tracks from around Europe based on airplay outside the act’s country of origin.

To be eligible for the 2017 awards, the artists must have achieved border-breaking success with their first international release in Europe between 1 August 2015 and 31 July 2016, and also come from a country participating in the EU's Creative Europe programme.

The EBBA, now in their 14th year, are an EU Prize, organised by Eurosonic Noorderslag in partnership with the European Commission (Creative Europe) and the European Broadcasting Union, with support from Buma Cultuur, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Province of Groningen, the City of Groningen and Music Week.

We thank SHURE for their technical support. The SHURE model 5575LE is the protected property of Shure incorporated and its subsidiaries

EBBA website: 
www.ebba-awards.eu


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19:31:00

Last night the four day birthday party of 30 year old Eurosonic Noorderslag ended in the city of Groningen, The Netherlands. Taking place from 13th  - 16th January, the European Music Platform stayed true to its ethos of stimulating the circulation of European Music by showcasing 345 European acts, among which 34 were from the 14 countries within the CEE focus region. During the day 4,124 international professionals from 40 countries participated in the Eurosonic Noorderslag conference and European Production Innovation Conference (EPIC) in order to network and discuss all the latest developments in the European music industry.

Founder and creative director Peter Smidt is proudly looking back at 30 successful years of Eurosonic Noorderslag. “In 30 years time the European and the Dutch music sector have grown immensely as well in quantity as quality.”



Breaking Borders
Eurosonic Noorderslag kicked off on Wednesday evening with the European Border Breakers Awards. This award ceremony was opened by the European Commission's First Vice-President Frans Timmermans, who also presented the EBBA Public Choice Award to the Latvian band Carnival Youth.

On Thursday January 14 Eurosonic Noorderslag, in partnership with the European Broadcasting Union and with the support of the European Commission, launched the European Border Breakers Charts. This weekly set of airplay-based charts will monitor new European artists who are receiving radio airplay outside of their country of origin.



Festivals and European Talent Exchange Programme (ETEP)
In 43 venues in the city of Groningen 345 promising acts presented themselves to an audience of music professionals and other music lovers.

At the conference today the ETEP festivals presented their first selection of acts to be booked for their upcoming events. The acts with the most mentions were: Blossoms (UK), Dubioza Kolektiv (BA), Nao (UK), John Coffey (NL) and Liima (DK/FI).



Christoph Hubert of Yourope:
“Last year we asked all European festival members of Yourope, which new acts were highlights from last years festival season. The list consisted of 85% of acts that played at Eurosonic Noorderslag 2015.”

Conferences
During the conference of Eurosonic Noorderslag the present state of the European music industry was covered from several perspectives. The European Production Innovation Conference (EPIC) handled relevant topics such as safety, sustainability, sound pollution and productional innovations. Buma Music meets Tech featured high profile keynote speakers and dealt with topics such as video content, video streaming services, start-ups in tech and music and the highly promising Blockchain system.







Media
The anniversary edition also gained huge attention in the media. The showcase festival and conference was attended by 425 journalists from all over the world. Due to the partnership of the European Broadcasting Union 37 public radio stations from Europe participated in the event. The festival was covered by public radio stations from 10 countries, making 20 live broadcasts with a total of 20 hours. The EBBA show will be broadcast by a proximally 15 European publication television stations.



Focus 2017
Next years edition of Eurosonic Noorderslag will focus on music from Portugal.
Sais Nuno Saraiva from WHY Portugal: “Being focus country at Eurosonic Noorderslag 2017 is the best opportunity to bridge the gap between the new music made in Portugal and other new music markets, introducing the wealth of musical genres currently made in Portugal to a much wider audience.”



Official numbers Eurosonic Noorderslag 2016
Total number of visitors: 42,100 (sold out)
Conference visitors: 4,124 (sold out)
Nationalities: 40
Acts: 345
Number of venues Eurosonic: 42
Number of venues Noorderslag: 11
Media & journalists: 425
EBU radio stations: 37
International festivals: 424
ETEP festivals: 95



The next edition of Eurosonic Noorderslag will take place from January 11 thu 14, 2017 in Groningen, The Netherlands. 



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17:08:00

Win a trip to the European Border Breakers Awards show with Jools Holland.

On January 13, the Dutch city of Groningen will be the place to be if you're a fan of the latest pop, rock, indie and dance sounds. Winners of the 2016 European Border Breakers Awards will perform in a televised show hosted by Jools Holland – and you could be in the audience.

All you have to do is vote at www.europeanborderbreakersawards.eu for your favourite artist from among the EBBA winners:

Álvaro Soler (Spain)
Aurora (Norway)
Carnival Youth (Latvia)
Christine and The Queens (France)
Kovacs (Netherlands)
Oscar And The Wolf (Belgium)
Robin Schulz (Germany)
Seinabo Sey (Sweden)
SOAK (Ireland)
Years & Years (United Kingdom)





















The act receiving the most votes will win the Public Choice Award.

Fifteen lucky voters, chosen at random from different countries, will be invited to the award show: each will be able to bring a friend and the prize includes their flight, hotel costs and the opportunity to attend a social media workshop given by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

The vote is open from December 1, 2015 until January 1, 2016.

About EBBA
The EBBA are about breaking down borders and recognising emerging European rock, pop and dance artists who achieved success in countries other than their own. These unique European music awards are funded under the European Union (EU) Creative Europe programme. With the EBBA, the European Union wishes to highlight the success of 10 debuting European artists in selling albums and touring outside their home territory.

From Adele (2009) to Milky Chance (2015), the winners of the EBBA represent the full breadth of European talent and diversity. Other previous winners include Stromae, Emeli Sandé, Gabriel Rios, Hozier, Melanie De Biasio, Of Monsters and Men, Woodkid, Mumford & Sons, Caro Emerald, Lykke Li, Disclosure, Katie Melua, John Newman, The Ting Tings, C2C, Tokio Hotel, The Script, Zaz, Nico & Vinz, Saybia, Damien Rice, KT Tunstall, Alphabeat, Milow and Afrojack.

Europe's cultural and linguistic diversity is a strong part of its cultural appeal, but linguistic barriers sometimes make it harder for artists to work internationally and achieve cross-border sales success. The EBBA seek to help them overcome these obstacle

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17:58:00

BandApp has won the Buma Music meets Tech Award, which includes a cash prize of €5,000.-. PresentBand was also among the prizewinners, receiving the Buma Music meets Tech Public’s Choice Award. They received the awards from jury chairman and moderator of the day Ralph Simon during Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen, which was co-organised by Buma.

Buma Music meets Tech Awards
The jury was looking for the concept that goes outside the box, and judged the entries on innovation and added value. Jury members Stephen O'Reilly (Shuffler), Daan Witteveen (Deloitte), Kirsten van Houten (Buma/Stemra), Ralph Simon (Mobilium) and Tijmen Ruizendaal (Chordify) decided that the entry from BandApp best fulfilled these requirements.

Jury: "There was a generally high standard of creativity, music and innovation. And a much increased implementation of data analytics with fan servicing. The judges unanimously decided that BandApp was a deserving winner of this years Award."


The public could vote for their favourite start-up using the #BMMT15 app. The start-up with the most stars, PresentBand, won the public prize, the Buma Music meets Tech Public’s Choice Award.

About Buma Music meets Tech
Following the successful first edition, Buma Music meets Tech was also part of the conference programme during this year's Eurosonic Noorderslag. The programme offers many lectures and discussions on the latest developments in the field of music and technology. It also provides a wide range of companies with the opportunity to present themselves. Music meets Tech is spread over three conference days. By presenting the 'Buma Music meets Tech Award' and the 'Buma Music meets Tech Public’s Choice Award', Buma aims to support innovation and to stimulate the further development of new, music-related concepts.

About Buma/Stemra
Buma/Stemra is the copyright organisation of authors and music publishers in the Netherlands and represents the interests of its members worldwide. Authors who transfer the commercial exploitation of their music copyright to Buma/Stemra can be sure they will receive the maximum remuneration to which they are entitled. They can count on high quality services and the extensive provision of information with regard to music copyrights and the latest developments and trends in the music industry. Buma/Stemra also promotes Dutch music as an international product by organising, sponsoring and financing numerous music events provided by Buma Cultuur.

Additional info:
http://www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/
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19:30:00

SPOTIFY REVEALS THAT 85% OF STREAMS COME FROM OUTSIDE THE HOME MARKETS OF THE EBBA WINNERS

Today The European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA) announces that they have teamed up with Spotify to study the locations of the listeners of the shortlisted artists.  Spotify undertook a study of the listenership of each of the ten EBBA winners, to identify how many of their streams came from outside of their own country. The winner was Klangkarussell, which saw more than 98% of their streams come from outside their home country of Austria, narrowly beating Hozier from Ireland with 97%. However, the results across the top ten were extremely impressive across the board, showing that more than 85% of the combined streams from the top ten artists came from outside of their home markets. 

The results of the 2015 EBBA winners were: 
1. Klangkarussell (AU) - 98%
2. Hozier (IE) - 97%
3. John Newman (UK) - 87%
4. Milky Chance (DE) - 87%
5. Tove Lo (SE) - 87%
6. Todd Terje (NO) - 86%
7. MO (DK) - 83%
8. Melanie De Biasio (BE) - 77%
9. Indila (FR) - 66%
10. The Common Linnets (NL) - 47%

Will Page, Spotify's director of Economics, commented:
"Both EBBA and Spotify share a common belief. The EBBA are about highlighting European Artists with Cross Border Success, and Spotify believes in giving music fans the ability to access and share to all the music in the world, irrespective of borders."

EBBA – next Wednesday
The European Border Breakers Awards 2015 will be handed out next Wednesday, January 14th, 2015, in the Stadsschouwburg Groningen in The Netherlands, during the opening night of Eurosonic Noorderslag. 

During the award show of the European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA) on Wednesday January 14, 2015 the 2015 EBBA winners Indila (FR), Melanie de Biasio (BE), MØ (DK) and The Common Linnets (NL) will perform. The show will be presented by BBC-legend Jools Holland and complemented by a guest performance of The Ting Tings (UK), EBBA winner 2009. This edition a new award will be added to the European Border Breakers Awards, the EBBA Best Festival Act. 

During the next months the EBBA show will be broadcast by many public TV-stations in Europe. In 2014 the EBBA show was broadcast by 16 public TV-stations in Europe. 

More info can be found here: www.europeanborderbreakersawards.eu

Additional info:
http://www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/
https://www.facebook.com/eurosonicnoorderslagfestival
https://twitter.com/ESNSnl


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