The 10 winners of the European Border Breakers Awards 2014 were recently revealed. From now until 19th December 2014 the European public can vote for their favourite EBBA winner. The act that receives the most votes will win the highly coveted ‘Public Choice Award’, which was won by Kodaline last year.

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

Klangkarussell (Austria)
Melanie De Biasio (Belgium)
MØ (Denmark)
Indila (France)
Milky Chance (Germany)
Hozier (Ireland)
The Common Linnets (Netherlands)
Todd Terje (Norway)
Tove Lo (Sweden)
John Newman (United Kingdom)

In addition fifteen lucky voters, chosen at random from different countries, will be invited to the award show: each winner will be able to bring a friend and the prize includes their flight and hotel costs. Voting is open from 21st October to 19th December 2014.

Watch the video trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoRrmbo9_aE

Background
The winners are selected by market analyst Nielsen Music Control on the basis of sales and broadcast frequency, as well as votes cast by European Broadcasting Union radio stations and music festivals supporting the European Talent Exchange Programme.

The winners will receive their awards in a ceremony hosted by TV personality and musician Jools Holland at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival in Groningen, Netherlands, on January 14, 2015. The ceremony will feature performances by all or most of the winning acts. It will be streamed live via YouTube and broadcast by European TV channels and radio stations.

One of the winners will receive a Public Choice Award based on votes cast on the EBBA website from October 21 to 19 December. Up to 15 voters, chosen at random from different countries, will be invited to the award ceremony: each will be able to bring a friend and the prize includes their flight and hotel costs.

Now in their 12th year, the EBBA were previously funded by the EU Culture Programme and organised by Eurosonic Noorderslag in partnership with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), with support from Buma Cultuur, SNN, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Province of Groningen, the City of Groningen and Music Week.

Eurosonic Noorderslag promotes European artists and organises the European Talent Exchange Programme (ETEP), which encourages major music festivals to programme hot new talents in Europe.

Creative Europe is the new EU funding programme for the cultural and creative sectors. With a total budget of nearly €1.5 billion for 2014-2020, the programme aims to strengthen the international competitiveness of the sectors and to promote cultural diversity. The European music industry has an important role to play in both respects.

The European music industry makes a significant contribution to growth and jobs, as part of the cultural and creative sectors which provide more than 8 million jobs in the EU and account for up to 4.5% of Europe’s GDP. The total value of the EU recorded music market is around €6 billion a year. The European recorded music market presents around a fifth of the total music market which is worth close to €30 billion.

EBBA website www.europeanborderbreakersawards.eu
Creative Europe http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe
European Commission http://ec.europa.eu/culture/
Androulla Vassiliou’s website http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/vassiliou/index_en.htm
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