British Country Music Association Awards 2019 Nominees

Kezia Gill leads with 5 nominations

Jade Helliwell receives 4 nominations
Gary Quinn & Danny McMahon get 3 nods

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The British Country Music Awards 2019 will be held on Saturday 9th November at the Concorde Conference Centre

BCMA Showcase

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.

The Southern Companion – SHINE A LIGHT (11 tracks; released 25 Jan 2019  Amazon UK)

Ward Thomas – RESTLESS MINDS (15 tracks; released Feb 8, 2019 Amazon UK)

Kezia Gill - DEAD ENDS & DETOURS (6 tracks 26 April 2019 Amazon UK)

Simon James - Happy Ever After (12 tracks; 28 June 2019 Amazon UK)

Katy Hurt - Unfinished Business EP (5 tracks; 22 March 2019 Amazon UK)

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.

On June 16, 2019 Gill published Local Man's Star (>> Official Video)

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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