The winners of the 2013 European Border Breakers Awards, celebrating border breaking talents in European pop music, were announced today by Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth and the European music conference and showcase festival Eurosonic Noorderslag.

The winners of the 2013 awards are:

-  Nabiha (Denmark) 

-  Ewert and The Two Dragons (Estonia) 

-  French Films (Finland) 

-  C2C (France) 

-  Emeli Sandé (Great Britain) 

-  Of Monsters and Men (Iceland) 

-  Dope D.O.D. (Netherlands) 

-  Amor Electro (Portugal) 

-  Juan Zelada (Spain) 

-  Niki and the Dove (Sweden)

The winners will receive their awards in a televised ceremony hosted by TV personality and musician Jools Holland at Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen, Netherlands, on 9 January 2013. The ceremony – including performances by most of the winning acts – will be broadcast by Dutch National Television (NTR) and will also receive European coverage through TV channels and radio stations.