Billboard is bringing again its peer-voted Energy Gamers’ Selection Award for 2024, asking music trade members from all sectors to honor the chief they consider had probably the most influence throughout the enterprise previously 12 months.
Voting is now open to all Billboard Professional members, each current and new, with one vote per member per spherical.
The Energy Gamers’ Selection Award will run alongside Billboard’s annual Energy 100 rating of the music trade’s most influential executives, which will probably be introduced in February.
Billboard launched its first Gamers’ Selection Award with the Energy 100 checklist final January, adopted by the Nation Energy Gamers’ Selection Award that concluded in June and the R&B/Hip-Hop Energy Gamers’ Selection Award in August and the Latin Energy Gamers’ Selection Award in September. In 2024, the peer-voted award will broaden to additionally cowl Worldwide Energy Gamers and Prime Music Legal professionals.
The second spherical of voting for the Energy Gamers’ Selection Award is now underway with 20 semifinalists and can run by way of Jan. 1. They’re:
- Omar Al-joulani (President of Touring, Dwell Nation Concert events)
- Irving Azoff (Chairman/CEO, The Azoff Firm)
- Tunde Balogun (President, Love Renaissance [LVRN])
- Bang Si-Hyuk (Chairman, HYBE)
- Marty Diamond (Govt VP, Managing Govt, Wasserman Music)
- Lucy Dickins (World Head of Up to date Music and Touring, WME)
- David Dunn (Co-Founder/Managing Companion, Shot Tower Capital)
- Seth England (Companion/CEO, Huge Loud)
- J. Erving (CEO, Human Re Sources)
- Arthur Fogel (President, World Touring, Chairman, Dwell Nation Concert events)
- Jody Gerson (Chairman/CEO, Common Music Publishing Group)
- Daniel Glass (Founder/CEO, Glassnote Information)
- Lucian Grainge (Chairman/CEO, Common Music Group)
- Mike Knobloch (President of Music and Publishing, NBCUniversal)
- Walter Kolm (Founder/CEO, WK Leisure/WK Information)
- Rell Lafargue (President and Chief Working Officer, Reservoir)
- Jesús López (Chairman/CEO, Common Music Latin America & Iberian Peninsula)
- Jay Marciano (Chairman/CEO, AEG Presents)
- Niki Roberton (Senior VP of Artistic, RCA)
- Emmanuel Zunz (Founder/CEO, ONErpm)
5 finalists will compete within the third spherical of voting, starting Jan. 2, to pick out a winner. Voting concludes Jan. 14 at 11:59 p.m. EST.
Vote now and in case you are not but a member of Billboard Professional, be a part of right here.