Songlines Music Awards 2021 nominations announced | Songlines
Thursday, April 8, 2021

Songlines Music Awards 2021 nominations announced

The nominees for this year’s Songlines Music Awards have been revealed. Did your favourite artist make the cut? Catch up with the contenders vying in each of the seven categories

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Now in their 13th year, the awards celebrate the remarkable range of musical talent from around the world covered in Songlines magazine throughout 2020 (issues #155 to #164 inclusive). Check out all of this year’s nominees on our Songlines Music Awards page here.

All the nominees in the geographical categories (Africa & Middle East, Americas, Europe, Asia & Pacific and Fusion) were chosen by our crack team of contributors based around the world and the Best Artist and Best Group nominees were voted by you, the Songlines readers. The winners of these categories will be announced in the June issue (#168, out May 14) and the Newcomer and World Pioneer award winners will be announced at a Songlines Music Awards event later this year. More details about this to be announced.

The Songlines Music Awards 2021 playlist featuring tracks from all the nominees is now available to listen to on Apple Music  Deezer  Qobuz  Spotify 

Explore the Songlines Music Awards 2021 nominees now!

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