The wait is over. In 2025, Billboard U.Okay. shall be internet hosting its inaugural Energy Gamers record, often known as the Energy 100, for the U.Okay. and Eire’s world-beating music business professionals.
Whereas Billboard’s Energy 100 ranks the music business’s most influential executives globally, this record will rejoice and recognise the executives and members which can be on the forefront of the U.Okay. and Eire’s music scene, and boosting the area’s vastly proficient artists on a worldwide scale
Billboard U.Okay.’s Energy Gamers record shall be printed in June 2025, and shall be celebrated with an unique occasion on the upcoming inaugural SXSW London.
Additional particulars shall be shared within the coming months.
“The U.Okay. and Eire has lengthy been dwelling to a few of the most influential figures in world music, shaping the business and driving artists to new heights,” says Mo Ghoneim, president of Billboard U.Okay. “We look ahead to spotlighting the executives main this cost with Billboard U.Okay.’s Energy Gamers, from labels to reside, streaming to rights, and past.”
The information follows a interval of success for British and Irish artists in recent times. In 2024, there have been appearances for Hozier, Dua Lipa, Charli XCX, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran on Billboard’s Yr-Finish Prime Artists charts. Rising stars, in the meantime, like Lola Younger, Aretmas, Myles Smith and extra are rising their audiences domestically and internationally.
2025 may even be a bumper 12 months for concert-goers with the U.Okay. internet hosting a few of the most in-demand excursions and reside experiences: Oasis will kick off their reunion tour in Wales earlier than heading across the globe, and superstars like Lana Del Rey, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, Usher and extra come into marketplace for enormous exhibits.
There are challenges to be met, too: Grassroots music venues face decimation with out pressing motion; laws on synthetic intelligence is paramount to the federal government’s agenda on development; artists are discovering touring a loss-making endeavour; the reside and pageant panorama continues to evolve and convey new obstacles. These themes will form the inaugural U.Okay. Energy Gamers, however the doorways are vast open.
The Energy Gamers record shall be peer-nominated and chosen by the Billboard U.Okay. group. Nominations open Feb. 4 and can shut in two weeks on Feb. 17. events can fill within the nominations kind right here. For any queries, please contact power100@uk.billboard.com or tsmith@uk.billboard.com.
