This is EBBA
On the opening evening of Europe’s biggest live music industry gathering of the year – EuroSonic Noorderslag – 10 European acts will receive a European Border Breaker Award during a spectacular TV-show presented by BBC-legend Jools Holland, recorded at Oosterpoort Theatre Groningen and broadcast throughout Europe.
With the European Border Breakers Award – which are funded by the EU Culture Programme - the European Commission and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) wish to highlight the success of 10 debuting European artists in selling albums and touring outside their home territory. The prize aims to stimulate the cross-border circulation of artists' works and to highlight Europe's great musical diversity.
The awards ceremony will take place on January 14th on the opening night of The European Music Conference and Showcase Festival EuroSonic Noorderslag. The ceremony will be recorded by Dutch national television NOS / NPS who will also broadcast the show that same weekend.
Former winners of an European Border Breaker Award include now established artists such as Carla Bruni, Adele, Katie Melua, Damien Rice, The Thrills, Gabriel Rios, The Fratellis, Basshunter, Dolores O’ Riordan and many more.
New for 2010: The public choice EBBA
A novelty for 2010 is the introduction of the Public Choice EBBA: one of the 2010 winners will be chosen by the European audience as the most popular border breaking act in Europe and will be rewarded with the Public Choice EBBA.
The voting for the Public Choice Award takes place online at www.europeanborderbreakersawards.eu from end of November until the end of the year.
The voting is supported by EBU radio stations throughout Europe. The winner of the Public Choice EBBA will be announced during the ceremony on January 14th in Groningen.
Selection criteria
The following selection criteria are used to select the award winning acts:
- First album released outside the home territory of an artist or group from the 34 countries participating in the EU cultural program.
- Sales in EU Member states outside the country of production during the last year (between 01/09 and 31/08/2009);
- Radio airplay information; all public radio stations from EU countries will provide their most played list of new European acts.
- The artist's ability to perform live, their touring capacity and success at European festivals outside of his/her home country
These data are compiled by EMO in cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union, the Billboard Information Group and the ETEP festivals.
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