They’re back – in a big way.

The A&R Awards in association with Abbey Road Studios return to London on the evening of Wednesday, November 1 – and today we can reveal who’ll be battling it out to win one of the UK-focused ceremony’s coveted trophies.

A wide range of individual and team awards will be handed out on the night to those working in both independent and major sectors across record labels, publishing and management – as well as standout artistic talent.

The ‘Breaking Artist’ Award will recognise an emerging British (or British-signed) artist – either on their first album or pre-their first album – who shows real promise for a sustainable future career.

The Songwriter Of The Year and Producer Of The Year awards will recognise the finest behind-the-scenes UK musical creatives, voted on by a worldwide panel of expert and experienced A&R figures.

Then we get to the individual A&R awards – also counting A&R duos – which are once again segmented by genre.

To be clear: the nominees and winners of these categories have done great things within these genres over the past year, but are certainly not exclusively defined by them.....