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Nominations Now Open for the Youth Music Awards 2025!

The Youth Music Awards, in association with Hal Leonard Europe, is back for its sixth year – and this one promises to be our biggest and best yet!

With 11 categories, we're shining a light on music producers, lyricists, music leaders, trailblazing projects, and more.

If you've taken part in a Youth Music-funded project or received funding through the NextGen Fund within the last five years, you’re eligible to be nominated.

Whether you're nominating yourself, someone else, or an organisation making a difference in music, submissions are now open via Award Force, our official nominations platform.

Deadline for nominations: 16 February 2025, 11pm

Eligibility:

  • You must be aged 18+ to nominate yourself.
  • You must be aged 16+ to nominate someone else.

Sponsors, judges, nominees and highlights

Youth Music Awards 2024 Judges

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Looking back on the Youth Music Awards 2023

News

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Nominees and Sponsors

Discover the 45 nominees across the 12 Youth Music Awards categories, and the award sponsors.

Judges

Meet the judges for the Youth Music Awards 2023 music categories.