Kezia Gill leads with 5 nominations
Jade Helliwell receives 4 nominations
Gary Quinn & Danny McMahon get 3 nods
Gary Quinn & Danny McMahon get 3 nods
Voting has now closed
The British Country Music Awards 2019 will be held on
Saturday 9th November at the Concorde Conference Centre
Friday
8 November 2019 - Night People, Manchester (105
Princess Street M1 6DD) Free to members, £20 non members 8PM
Alan
Finlan, Meg McPartlin, Tom Wright, Cat McKenna, Katee
Kross, Megan Louise Hosted by Beau Filler (USA) + After Party DJ BCMA
Event
BCMA British Country Music Association Awards Show Line Up
Saturday
9 November 2019 – Concorde Conference Centre, Manchester
Airport, Manchester WA15 8XQ
William
Michael Morgan, Emma Jade, Stevie O’Connor, Kezia Gill, Gareth
Nugent hosted by Gary Quinn BCMA
Event Tickets (£35) & VIP Packages (£70)
Awards
Guidelines & Membership Entitlements
ELIGIBILITY PERIOD: The eligibility period for each award was 1st
July 2018 to June 30th 2019.
British Country Music Association Awards Nominations
Process And Membership Entitlements
Only
members in good standing of the British CMA can take part in the nomination and
voting process for our annual awards.
Who could nominate?
BCMA Members. Each member could send up to three
nominations per award category.
Artist
members were allowed to nominate themselves if they so wish.
NOMINATIONS: Opened on 20 July 2019 and closed on 10 August 2019.
(3 weeks)
All
the nominations were collated and presented to the British CMA board, who drew
up a shortlist for each award.
The
shortlist goes forward to the voting process for members to vote.
VOTING:
Voting will open on 20th Aug 2019 and closed on 17th Sept 2019. (4 weeks).
The
Voting is controlled and adjudicated by an independent body and the results are
released on awards night.
These
are the 2019 BCMA Nominations for 14 awards:
NEW =
New to the Category for 2019 compared to the 2018 nominees
UK Horizon Award
For
UK emerging/new artists who have had an exemplary year based on overall
recognition and activity whether through album, song, radio airplay, publicity,
touring, or other criteria within the eligibility period (cannot be nominated
twice for this award). Artist will not have previously won an award in any
category other than writer or video.
Remember
Monday, Alan Finlan, Katee Kross, Emily Lockett, Gareth Nugent
UK Duo of the Year
For
a UK act made up of 2 members who have had an exemplary year
based on overall recognition and activity whether through album, song, radio
airplay, publicity, touring, or other criteria within the eligibility period.
Gasoline
& Matches, The Shires, Holloway Road, Cinder Hill NEW, Ward
Thomas
UK Album of the Year
For
Country albums released by UK artists within the eligibility period (1 July
2017 - June 30, 2018) (5 tracks or more will constitute an Album). In
the United Kingdom, any record with more than four distinct tracks or with a
playing time of more than 25 minutes is classified as an album for sales-chart
purposes.
UK Musician of the Year
For
UK Country musicians who have had an exemplary year based on overall
recognition and activity whether through performing on an album or
song, touring, or other criteria within the eligibility period.
Tom
Wright, Luke Thomas, Steven Marks, Sarah Jory NEW, Oliver
Hopkins
UK Video of the Year
For
Country videos released by UK artists within the eligibility period.
Kezia Gill – ‘Local Man’s Star’
Gasoline & Matches – ‘Tequila’s Healer’
Gary Quinn – ‘Bumpin’ Into You’
Danny McMahon – ‘When I See You’
Jade Helliwell – ‘Drive’
UK Male Vocalist
For
a UK male artist (s) who have had an exemplary year based on overall singing
performance whether through album, song, radio airplay, publicity, touring, or
other criteria within the eligibility period.
Gary
Quinn, Stevie O’Connor NEW, Gareth Nugent NEW, Danny
McMahon, Jake Morrell NEW
UK Band of the Year
For
a UK act made up of 3 (or more) members who have had an exemplary
year based on overall recognition and activity whether through album, song,
radio airplay, publicity, touring, or other criteria within the eligibility
period.
Morganway,
Backwoods Creek, The Wandering Hearts, Remember Monday NEW, The
Southern Companion NEW
UK Song of the Year
For Country songs released by UK artists (either
separately or on an album or EP) within the eligibility period.
Danny McMahon – When
I See You
Jade Helliwell – Stormchaser
Kezia Gill – Local
Man’s Star
Twinnie – Better
When I’m Drunk
Gary Quinn – Bumpin’
Into You
UK Female Vocalist
For
a UK female artist(s) who have had an exemplary year based on overall singing
performance whether through album, song, radio airplay, publicity, touring, or
other criteria within the eligibility period.
Kezia
Gill, Jade Helliwell, Emma Jade NEW, Laura Oakes,Twinnie NEW
UK Entertainer of the Year
For
UK artists who have had an exemplary year based on overall recognition and
activity whether through album, song, radio airplay, publicity, touring, or
other criteria within the eligibility period.
Jade
Helliwell, Kezia Gill NEW, Stevie O’Connor NEW, Twinnie
NEW, The Wandering Hearts
Best Original UK Festival
For
UK festivals that predominantly showcase and promote original UK Country
artists.
Millport
Country Music Festival, Buckle & Boots, Dixie Fields NEW, FSA
Festival, The Long Road NEW,
International Song of the Year
For
Country songs released in the UK by international artists (either separately or
on an album or EP) within the eligibility period – award given primarily to the
artist with writers also acknowledged.
Maren Morris – The Bones
Blake Shelton – God’s Country
Luke Combs – Beer Never Broke My Heart
Royal South – Cry, Cry
Lewis Brice - Blessed
International Album of the Year
For
Country albums released in the UK by international artists within the
eligibility period.
Luke Combs – THE PREQUEL
Brooks & Dunn – REBOOT
Maren Morris – GIRL
Cassadee Pope – STAGES
Sarah Darling - WONDERLAND
International Touring Act
For international artists who
have had an exemplary year based on overall recognition for their
performances and touring activity in the UK within the eligibility period.
Sarah Darling NEW, Royal South NEW, Lauren Alaina NEW, William Michael Morgan NEW, American Young
Kezia Gill leads with 5 BCMA award nominations
Derby Based Singer/Songwriter Kezia
Gill lead the pack with 5 BCMA award
nominations (Album, Video, Song, Female, Entertainer).
She has been singing
professionally for over 10 years and is described as “a delicious mix of Irish
and country influence, her sound is completely unique”
2017 saw the official release of
her self titled Album “Kezia”. It received support from BBC Introducing and the
title track “House Of Cards” reached no 22 in the line dance charts.
2018 was an extremely successful
year, seeing Kezia win Female Vocalist of the year at the CCN Awards,
and take home the Peoples Choice Award for Soloist of the year at the BCMA
Awards. She once again was nominated for 2019 CCN Female Vocalist of the year but
beaten out by Lynnette Marie.
As a popular member on the Buckle
& Boots Australia Tour in January 2019 and won this year's Aristrocrat
Entertainer of the Year quest at West Tamworth League Club during the Tamworth
Country Music Festival activities.
One of the more significant
talent search-type events during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, Aristcrat
carried a cash prize of $2,000 for the senior winner which she shared with her
band.
Kezia appeared at The
International Showcase at Toyota Park joining artists from USA, Canada and New
Zealand. She performed "They Fall",
"Diane" Cam cover and joined Gary Quinn on "Shallow" (Lady Gaga/ Bradley Cooper
cover).
On April 26, 2019 Kezia dropped a 6 track EP DEAD
ENDS & DETOURS (Copper Music | Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Spotify) described as "a
piece of genius" by SJ Birds Redroad FM.
It debuted at #22 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#709 UK iTunes all-genres) rising to a #20 peak (#527; #448 UK iTunes all-genres) the following days it was placed at #32 (below 800 all-genres and fell off the top 200 on April 28.
It debuted at #22 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#709 UK iTunes all-genres) rising to a #20 peak (#527; #448 UK iTunes all-genres) the following days it was placed at #32 (below 800 all-genres and fell off the top 200 on April 28.
On July 12, 2019 she released a single “I'm Here” (Kezia Gill/ Copper Music | Amazon UK - iTunes) to raise awareness of Mental Health. It debuted at #20 UK Country iTunes Singles Chart and peaked at #9 (#523 iTunes all-genres; #492 peak) and charted for 3 days on the UK Country iTunes Singles Top 200 Chart
The song has received 38,000
Spotify streams and she currently has 7,400 Monthly Spotify listeners.
She also performed at the 2019 Millport
Country Festival and has just been announced as the first of 2 acts to perform
at Country On The Clyde 2020, to be held
over the weekend of the 14th-15th March, 2020 at The Ferry, Glasgow. The event
takes place on The Ferry, Glasgow over the same weekend as C2C2 Glasgow and is
perfect way to spend your afternoons as a music fan.
"Kezia
Gill is one of the most exciting artists to emerge on the British Country Scene
in recent years, and I'm sure we will be hearing much more from this very
talented young lady" - B J Thomas, CEO British CMA
BCMA TEAM
BCMA Directors are: BJ
Thomas (CEO), Jeanne Jordan (Secretary
Director), Lara Goodfellow (Director of Media & PR), Karl
Hancock (Buckle and Boots Country Music Festival CEO), Wayne
Hadlow (Founder FSA Festival), Todd Thomas (Director Of
Nashville), Dan Biddle (Director Of Nashville)
MISSION
The British Country Music
Association (BCMA) is committed to supporting the very best in UK and
International Country music artists.
Working closely with our friends,
industry partners and the Country music community in the UK, we are here to
heighten the awareness of Country Music and support its on-going growth by
recognizing excellence in the genre. The BCMA will be a place to have fun and
celebrate success.
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