Country Music Social Media acts lead the way with 20 nominations with Helena Mace snagging 4 nods and Danny McMahon bagging three with Artist, Male and Listeners Song of the Year noms.
Kerry Fearon lands 3 nominations
for Artist, Female and Album of the Year
Excitement,
excitement everywhere at UKCR HQ as we bring on the finalists for the 2019 UK
Country Music Awards – CEO Allan Watkiss
Click here to see a UKCountryRadio.com Poll
Click to read about the 2019 UK Country Music Award SPONSORS
Click here to see a UKCountryRadio.com Poll
Click to read about the 2019 UK Country Music Award SPONSORS
In January presenters UKCountryRadio.com announced
the launch of their 2019 UK Country Music Awards described as
"celebrating the best in UK Country Music".
The UKCountryRadio.com sponsored UKCountryMusicAwards will
take place on Saturday 14th September 2019.
The 2019 Awards were initially launched
on the evening of Sunday 24th March with UKCountryRadio.com's launch show
featuring 2018 Award winners Hannah Johnson (UK Country Artist
Of The Year), Danny McMahon (Male Country Singer Of The
Year) and Wayne Jacobs (Listeners Club Song Award Winner 2012-2018)
at Sea Fish, Conisbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN12 3AG (Website).
The UK Country Music Awards are
presented by UKCountryRadio.com to celebrate the best in UK country music.
There are seven Awards:
UK Country Artist Of The Year: For a
UK artist who has demonstrated outstanding achievement over the last year
UK Country Album Of The Year: For an
album released since January 2018; The album must contain at least 7 tracks
UK Female Country Singer Of The
Year:
UK Male Country Singer Of The
Year: Sponsored by The Big Wide Wonderful World of Daffy Don Allen
UK Country Duo Of The Year
UK Country Group Of The Year: Sponsored
by Graham L.Hall
The Listeners' Club Song Award: Sponsored
by Country Music Social Media
The Gary Perkins Angel Award
ONLINE VOTING: Was
open to everyone, to determine the finalists in each category. It took place
during the Spring and voting ended on Friday May 31st 2019. You could only
submit the voting form once.
The finalists were announced on
UKCountryRadio.com on Sunday June 23, 2019 after several 1000 votes
During the summer,
UKCountryRadio.com presenters and
staff and Gold, Silver and Bronze Subscribers vote for the overall winner in
each category.
On Oct 14 (via email) CEO Mr
Allan Watkiss clarified the voting process: After the Finalists have been
determined by online voting they then go forward to a vote among UKCountryRadio.com’s
Bronze, Silver and Gold Subscribers along with their Radio Presenters. The
number of votes received in the first round of online voting (that determine
the nominees) are no longer a factor in determining the winner.
Click here to become a Gold, Silver or Bronze Subscriber (You can choose to subscribe £2, £5 or £10 per month)
(Note: You must be a Subscriber
at the start of the year of the Awards to be eligible to vote. Subscribing now
will not entitle you to vote for this year's Awards. You will be eligible to
vote from next year).
ALL the votes were counted and verified
by UKCountryRadio.com.
On Sunday 23rd June 2019 UKCountryRadio.com CEO Allan Watkiss presented a special programme in which he announced the Finalists for each of the Awards.
On Sunday 23rd June 2019 UKCountryRadio.com CEO Allan Watkiss presented a special programme in which he announced the Finalists for each of the Awards.
Then, from 2pm,
UKCountryRadio.com's very own weekend presenter Simon Large throughout
the afternoon announced the first performing artists for the Awards ceremony to
be held on Saturday 14th September at Radisson Blu East Midlands Airport.
Listen here to audio highlights here:
The event includes:
* The announcements of the
winners of the Awards
* A three-course celebratory
Awards dinner
* Live performances from Paul Martin And Blueridge, Danny McMahon (full band) and Lexie Green and more to be announced.
Book your tickets to
The UK Country Music Awards HERE
Standard tickets: £39.50 (include
3-course meal)
Priority Tickets: £44.50 (*
Includes seating on the front two rows of tables)
No-meal tickets: £25 (3-course
meal not included)
Radisson Blu East Midlands is
offering special rates on accommodation for this event: * £87 for a double room
, * £77 for a single room
The UK Country Music Awards 2019
Nominees
UK Country Artist Of The Year
(For a UK artist who has demonstrated outstanding achievement over the last year)
(For a UK artist who has demonstrated outstanding achievement over the last year)
Danny McMahon, Hannah Johnson, Helena
Mace, Holly Rose Webber, Jackson & Clarke, Kerry Fearon, Kezia Gill, Penny
Jayne Black, Wayne Jacobs, Zoe Newton
UK Country Album Of The Year
(For an album released since January 2018; The album must contain at least 7 tracks)
CHASING DREAMS -
Helena Mace | released March 5, 2018
HONKY TONK GIRL -
Kerry Fearon
CROSS COUNTRY - Michael
McMillan | released Jan 1, 2018
ANCIENT ROADS - The
Paul Mirfin Band | released July 12, 2018
SHINE A LITTLE
LIGHT - The Southern Companion | released Jan 12, 2019
Physical copies of Kerry Fearon available at gigs, PayPal via her website and at Jeans Country Music Store (Website | Facebook; 2 Scarffe's Entry BT78 1JH Omagh).
As a featured artist the album is also
available on UKCountryRadio.com’s ONLINE Store - Here (£10)
UK Female
Country Singer Of The Year
Hannah Johnson, Helena
Mace, Holly Rose Webber, Kelly Fearon, Penny Jayne Black
UK Male Country Singer Of The
Year
Danny McMahon, Phoenix Morby, Scott
Welsby, Stevie O'Connor, Wayne Jacobs
UK Country Duo Of The Year
Gasoline & Matches, Jackson
& Clarke, Memphis Belle, The Shires, Ward Thomas
UK Country Group Of The Year
Dirt Road Diary, Backwoods Creek,
The Chris Dunne Band, The Paul Mirfin Band, The Wandering Hearts
The UKCountryRadio.com Listeners'
Club Song Award
When I See You - Danny McMahon
Silhouettes - John Jenkins
Summerton - Longstay
Train Song - Megan Louise
Father Daughter
Dance - written by Wayne Jacobs
Listen to samples
The Gary Perkins
Angel Award
Andy Mottram
Guitarist with The Breeze, fronted by Gary Perkins for over 20 years, Andy is a finalist in recognition of his word organising a series of fundraising concerts shortly after Gary's death from cancer in December 2018
Chris Gill
Organiser of Gilly's Country Music Club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Chris is a finalist for consistently promoting country music artists for over 30 years
Helena Mace
The south coast-based singer-songwriter is a finalist for her hard work in developing her own career and supporting others despite being diagnosed with a benign brain tumour
SNUBS
Sadly, nobody I voted for received a
nomination.
Katy Hurt has released one of the best
EPs I’ve heard in a long time and two of the videos are outstanding.
Unfinished Business (EP; Amazon UK - UK iTunes) which debuted at #13 UK Country iTunes
Album Chart and peaked at #2 (#66 UK iTunes all-genres)
Maverick said ”We gave it a 5 STAR
review in our Jan/Feb issue of 2019, describing it as "a phenomenal EP
from one of the UK's brightest talents" – go check it out!
Katy is one of the hardest working
artists (along with her band) on the scene playing numerous gigs &
festivals each year.
Warner Bros Records artiste Catherine McGrath back
in April 2018 was poised to become the first international crossover star from
the burgeoning UK country scene. She played her first UK headline tour and headed
out to Australia to play some shows with Australian star Morgan Evans in September.
The Northern Irish
country singer scored her Official UK Top 100 Album Chart debut at No.13 with first album TALK OF THIS TOWN (3,839 sales | Amazon UK - UK
iTunes). She spent a second week on the chart (13-61; 1,300 sales,
2-week total 5,140). The album also debuted at No1. On the Official UK Country Album Top 20 (Week Ending 9 Aug 2018) and has spent multiple weeks on
the 20. It debuted at #1 UK Country iTunes Chart (#6 all-genres)
She got major airplay support from BBC Radio 2 for her
single Lost In The Middle. On
the BBC Radio 2 Playlist (4 Aug 2018)
Catherine’s Talk Of
This Town was named Album of the Week.
Aptly McGrath has commented on the
numerous, positive comparisons her work so far has drawn with early Taylor Swift material. She also
featured in a BBC Documentary Beyond Nashville and joined Hunter Hayes on the
mainstage at C2C 2019.
UK Country
Pop trio The
Adelaides were said to be “on the brink of something huge”
when the trio were invited to perform at CMA Fest taking place on 6-9 June 2019
(supporting the CMA Foundation & music education). A young
band, in every sense, Paris Georgia, Alicia Alba and Abi
Phillips, nonetheless hark back to the old time Country traditions of
talent, truth and integrity. The band have proved
themselves to be a formidable live act, wowing hardcore country audiences. In
October, the band will again support Charles Esten on his UK
tour [having done so in January] which includes a night at
the legendary Royal Albert Hall in
London.
Very
popular on the UK Festival scene this year the band
played shows on each day of the 2019 C2C Festival, as they did in
2018. They have performed support slots for Catherine McGrath, Megan
McKenna, Ashley Campbell & Mo Pitney, Andy
Brown and Key West. Those live shows went fantastically
well and The Adelaides went on to perform at very notable festivals
in summer 2018; The British Summer Time Festival in Hyde Park on
the same bill as Michael Bublé and Van Morrison, Ramblin’ Man Festival, Cornbury, Nashville
Meets London, Black Deer Festival and at the Long
Road Festival. This year will see plenty more festival appearances
including The British Country Music Festival on
14th September.
After
their first BBC Radio 2 spin on the Bob Harris Country Show a couple of weeks
back The Adelaides performed LIVE on BBC Radio 2 for Michael Ball (June 23)!
I’m no awards aficionado but that seems more like a popularity vote than a constructive awards process to me!— Simon J Birds (@djSJBirds) June 23, 2019
This is always a problem when you throw awards over to the public. Awards should go to people on merit and not to those with a good social media base. Sadly this happens not just in country music. “Buying” awards rather than earning them is meaningless & shallow. No credibility https://t.co/ldPus2wbhZ— Hotdisc (@HotdiscTop40) June 24, 2019
Ags Connolly – He performed a “fabulous” set at UKCountryRadio.com’s
2018 UK Country Music & Listeners Awards 11th Party. His album have
received glowing 5 STAR reviews in Country Music People.
BBC Radio
Shropshire said of his last album that it is “one of best UK albums I’ve ever
heard… I’ve been a huge fan seeing him live was absolutely
brilliant, his songs so strong” and that he is “One of finest performers to
come from UK”.
Jake Morrell – Respected by other UK artists he has played twice
at the C2C Festival and appearances at Glastonbury. Jake was ‘discovered’ by
Dermot O’Leary, who featured him on his Radio 2 Show. One influential listener
just so happened to be Glastonbury boss Emily Eavis, who immediately asked Jake
to perform at the iconic festival.
Jade Helliwell – The reigning 2-time
BCMA Female Vocalist of the Year won 2 awards in October retaining her Female
Artist of the Year crown and adding Song of the Year for ‘Boom Tick’. On May 21, 2018 she self-released 5
track EP INFATUATION (Amazon UK- UK iTunes) which debuted and peaked at #3 UK
iTunes Country Albums (#146 UK iTunes all-genre). She made several high profile 2018 festival appearances (Buckle
& Boots, Nashville Meets London, FSA Fest, Black Thorn) drawing a
nomination for BCMA Entertainer of the Year. On Nov 16, 2018 she released a new
single “Drive” (116 Records) which has received airplay on Chris
Country Radio. She has 70,000 Followers on Facebook.
Twinnie (Twinnie
Lee Moore) - She signed a record deal with BMG Rights Management on 23 August
2017 and the critically acclaimed country songstress, actress, and model shared
this journey on her 2019 Better When I’m Drunk EP for BMG—which dropped March 1
which climbed to No1 on the UK Country iTunes chart.
The first
single and title track from the EP, “Better When I’m Drunk” has
had massive exposure on Country Hits Radio.
She
joined the CMT Next Women Of Country UK Tour in May joining
Cassadee Pope & Logan Brill. Whilst recently in Nashville she performed at
the CMT Songbird Supper Club at the Historic Neihoff Building and attended the
2019 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on June 05, 2019. She will be
opening for Lauren Alaina on her July UK Tour.
The only
conclusion as to why none of the above were not nominated is that their
fanbases may not have been aware of these awards and don’t listen to UKCountryRadio.com
or the artists did not launch an online campaign for votes.
How many people listen to UKCountryRadio.com?
UKCountryRadio.com has been broadcasting online
since 2007.
They are an online radio station that plays
independent country music artists alongside established artists.
STATS
FACEBOOK: 6,036 Likes
TWITTER: 6,176
Followers
There are no published listener figures
on how many people on average listen each week or each month but in a recent
survey on the most popular UK country Facebook group Country Music Attendees (C2C) with over
8,000 members this was my findings.
85% 74 people said NO (never listen)
11% 10 people Yes (occasionally)
3% 3 people said yes (1 one which is a UKCR
presenter)
The UK Country Music Awards 2019 Award Sponsors
UKCountryRadio.com were looking
for sponsorship to help them put together their annual Birthday Party And
Awards, which performs the dual role of celebrating UKCountryRadio.com’s
birthday through a four-hour concert, and announcing the winners of the UK
Country Music Awards.
Last year UKCountryRadio.com
tried raising money to help fund the 2018 UK Country Music Awards. They stated
they needed £3,000 to enable them to stage an Awards ceremony
similar to 2017s.
The cost of sponsoring UKCountryRadio.com's UK Country Artist Of The Year Award was £1,000. It costs £250 to sponsor one of the Award categories (The sponsor does not have to be present at the ceremony - although a pair of tickets would be made available).
The cost of sponsoring UKCountryRadio.com's UK Country Artist Of The Year Award was £1,000. It costs £250 to sponsor one of the Award categories (The sponsor does not have to be present at the ceremony - although a pair of tickets would be made available).
Sponsor of UK Male Country Singer
Of The Year:
The Big Wide Wonderful World Of
Daffy Don Allen
Don Allen was
a radio presenter in North America until crossing the Atlantic to join Radio
Caroline South during the summer of 1965. He moved to Radio Caroline North
later in the year and became a big hit, renowned for his use of jingles and
wacky drop-ins.
Sponsor of UK Country Group Of The Year:
Sponsor of UK Country Group Of The Year:
Graham L.Hall's Country Spirit (Website;
Broadcaster, DJ, compere and musician Graham L.Hall is a proud supporter of
real music, playing real music with real feeling. His radio programme Country
Spirit has been broadcast on UKCountryRadio.com since the station's launch in
2007).
Sponsor of The UKCountryRadio.com
Listeners' Club Song Award:
Country Music Social Media (Country
Music Social Media works with Award-winning acts to build their fan base
through social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Reverbnation and
YouTube). Mission: To help Country singers
with their social needs for Branding.and promoting
Social media for country Singers.
Run by Rachel Sellick (Danny McMahon’s girlfriend) & Ken Meakin,
described by Russell Hill on Express FM as “one of the finest promoters in the
country” creates social media sites Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reverbnation, Wordpress plus many more.
Their current Country acts: Danny
McMahon, Grand Prairie Band, Hannah Johnson, Helena Mace, Hearts that Beat, Holly-Rose
Webber, Jackson & Clark, Michael McMillan, Merv and Maria, Penny Jayne
Black (Django Promotions Management), Ray Peters, Rett Russell, Steve Bonham, The
Paul Mirfin Band,Wayne Jacobs & Zoe Newton
Former acts include: Chloe
Chadwick, Emma Swindells, Emma Jane, Hannah Johnson, Lee Paul, Lily Garland, Martin
Boyd, The Pink Cowgirl (Dina Andrews) and more
This year Country Music Social
Media acts lead the way with 20 nominations with Helena Mace
heading the pack with 4 nods and Danny McMahon bagging three with
Artist, Male and Listeners Song of the Year category recognitions.
Just a
massive thank you to everyone that voted. It's much appreciated. :)
– Helena Mace
– Helena Mace
CMSM Acts:
Helena Mace – 4
nominations (Artist, Female, Album, Angel)
Danny McMahon – 3
nominations (Artist, Male, Song)
Holly Rose Webber – 2
nomination (Artist, Female)
Jackson & Clarke – 2
nominations (Artist, Duo)
Penny Jayne Black – 2
nominations (Artist, Female)
The Paul Mirfin Band - 2
nominations (Group, Album)
Wayne Jacobs – 3
nominations (Artist, Male, Song)
Michael McMillan – 1
nomination (Album)
Zoe Newton - 1
nomination (Artist)
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