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Organization

The EBBA Awards were launched by the European Commission⁵ and are a European Union award.⁶ Since 2009, the awards are organised by Eurosonic Noorderslag and the award is presented at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival.⁷

Partners

• European Broadcasting Union (EBU)⁸
• The European Talent Exchange Program (ETEP), which creates a network between European popular music festivals, facilitating the booking of European bands from outside their home country.⁹ It also gives information to the media about emerging European artists.¹⁰

Selection of the winners

The artists or groups nominated for the European Border Breakers Awards are selected on the basis of the following criteria:

• The success of the first international release in European countries other than the home territory of the artist in the past year.
• Radio airplay given to an artist by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) radio channels.
• The artist's success at European festivals (ETEP) outside of his/her home country.¹¹

Public Choice Award

Since 2010, an online vote takes place to choose which EBBA Award winner will receive the Public Choice Award, on top of the "regular" award.¹² The first winner was Belgian singer-songwriter Milow.¹³ The German rock & roll band The Baseballs won in 2011.¹⁴ Selah Sue from Belgium won the prize in 2012.¹⁵

The show

Since 2009 the award ceremony takes place every year in January, during the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival, in the Dutch city of Groningen, presented by BBC host and musician Jools Holland.¹⁶ EBBA Award winners perform live during the show, as well as during the festival itself. Winners from previous years are invited to perform as special guests. The ceremony is recorded by the public broadcaster NOS/NTR and broadcast through NPO 3.¹⁷ The show is annually broadcast on several European television channels.

Background

The EBBA Awards were initiated by the European Commission in 2004.¹⁸ With the awards, the European Commission aims to stimulate the cross-border circulation of popular music repertoire and to highlight Europe's great musical diversity. The European Border Breakers Awards are supported through the Culture Programme of the European Union, which seeks to promote cross-border mobility of artists and culture professionals; to encourage the transnational circulation of cultural and artistic output; and to foster intercultural dialogue.¹⁹

List of winners

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Public Choice Award: Milow

2011

Public Choice Award: The Baseballs

2012

Public Choice Award: Selah Sue

2013

2014

2015

Winner Public Choice Award: The Common Linnets²⁰

Best festival act award (awarded for the first time at this edition): Jungle²¹

2016

Public Choice Award: Carnival Youth²²

2017

Public Choice Award: Dua Lipa

2018

Public Choice Award: Kristian Kostov

2019

2020

• Meduza (Italy)
• Girl in Red (Norway)
• Naaz (Netherlands)
• Anna Leone (Sweden)
• Pongo (Portugal)
• Harmed (Hungary)
• 5K HD (Austria)
• Flohio (United Kingdom)

Public Choice Award: Naaz (Netherlands)²⁶

2021

• Alyona Alyona (Ukraine)
• Inhaler (Ireland)
• Julia Bardo (Italy)
• Lous and the Yakuza (Belgium)
• Melenas (Spain)
• Rimon (Netherlands)
• Sassy 009 (Norway)
• Vildá (Finland)

Public Choice Award: Alyona Alyona (Ukraine)²⁷

2022

The list of 2022 winners:²⁸

• Grand Jury MME Award: Meskerem Mees (Belgium)
• MME Awards:
  • Mezerg [fr] (France)
  • Alina Pash (Ukraine)
  • Denise Chaila (Ireland)
  • Дeva (Hungary)
  • Blanks (Netherlands)
• Public Choice Award: Ladaniva (Armenia)

2023

The list of 2023 winners:²⁹

• Grand Jury MME Award: Sans Soucis (Italy)
• MME Awards:
  • July Jones (Slovenia)
  • Kids Return (France)
  • OSKA (Austria)
  • Queralt Lahoz (Spain)
  • Schmyt [de] (Germany)
• Public Choice Award: Jerry Heil (Ukraine)

2024

The list of 2024 winners:³⁰

• Grand Jury MME Award: Zaho de Sagazan (France)
• MME Awards:
  • Yunè Pinku (Ireland)
  • Bulgarian Cartrader (Bulgaria)
  • Giift (Denmark)
  • freekind. (Slovenia)
  • Ralphie Choo (Spain)
• Public Choice Award: Zaho de Sagazan (France)

2025

The list of 2025 winners:³¹

• Grand Jury MME Award: Yamê (France)
• MME Awards:
  • Judeline (Spain)
  • Kingfishr (Ireland)
  • Naomi Sharon (Netherlands)
  • Night Tapes (Estonia)
  • Uche Yara (Austria)
• Public Choice Award: Judeline (Spain)

See also

• MTV Europe Music Award for Best European Act
• European Parliament Lux Prize

External links

• Official website
• EBBA on the culture portal of the European Commission
• Website Eurosonic Noorderslag

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