Youth Music Awards 2025 Nominations Open!

The Youth Music Awards, in partnership with Hal Leonard Europe, is back for its sixth year! Celebrating 11 categories including producers, lyricists, music leaders, and more.

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

Submit your nominations via Award Force by 2 March 2025, 11pm.

lockdownt and livvy k host the youth music awards 2024

Youth Music Awards 2024

The fifth Youth Music Awards in association with Hal Leonard Europe took place on Wednesday 16 Oct 2024 at Troxy, London. 

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yv shells at the youth music awards 2023

Youth Music Awards 2023

The fourth annual Youth Music Awards, in association with Hal Leonard Europe, took place on Wednesday 18 Oct 2023 at Troxy, London.

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The Spit Game win Live Performance Award at the Youth Music Awards 2022

Youth Music Awards 2022

Lethal Bizzle, Vick Hope and more celebrated the projects and people shaping the next generation of UK music at the Youth Music Awards 2022.

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matt griffiths and YolanDa Brown present the youth music awards 2021

Youth Music Awards 2021

The second Youth Music Awards was a special coming together of the forward-thinking people and projects making, learning and earning in the grassroots UK music scene.

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Youth Music Awards 2019

The inaugural Youth Music Awards, in association with Hal Leonard Europe, shone a much needed spotlight on young people, focusing on the power of music and its capacity for creating change.

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Youth Music Awards

The Youth Music Awards celebrates the most forward-thinking projects and people making, learning and earning in music. From artists and entrepreneurs to grassroots projects and young leaders, the event recognises an exciting range of trailblazers from across the scene.

An incredible line-up of music industry figures make up the judging panel each year, with the likes of Amelia Dimoldenberg, MNEK, BICEP, Eve, and Gilles Peterson contributing in the past.

The Youth Music Awards are open to Youth Music NextGen Fund recipients or anyone who has taken part in a Youth Music funded project in the past five years.