The Association of Independent Music (‘AIM’) is the trade body created by and for the UK’s independent recorded music community, providing a collective voice for this vibrant, entrepreneurial sector. AIM represents over 800 businesses from self-releasing artists and micro-labels to the largest and most well-respected global record labels. AIM represents and promotes its members globally and provides a range of services, enabling members to grow, grasp new opportunities and break into new markets, empowering and strengthening the sector. Representation, diversity and inclusion are inherent to all of AIM’s activities and is proud to be part of the Music Week ‘Women in Music Award'.

The BPI is the representative voice for the UK’s world-leading record companies and label businesses, and champions British music. Through its public affairs-led work, it aims to foster a policy and business environment in which its members and their artists can thrive, promoting the rights of hundreds of independent labels and those of world-leading record companies Sony Music UK, Universal Music UK and Warner Music UK, alongside those of the artists, performers and label members of PPL.

The BPI runs The BRIT Awards, is home to the Mercury Prize, co-owns the Official Charts, and administers the BRIT Billion and The BRIT Certified Awards. It safeguards the success of recorded music and the rights framework that underpins it, supported by its industry-leading content protection work and its promotion of music exports through international events and trade missions, such as LA Sync, and the successful industry/government-funded Music Export Growth Scheme, which achieves a 14:1 return on investment for the UK. The BPI drives innovation by bringing the music and tech communities together through such initiatives as Grow Music and its Innovation Podcasts and Insight Sessions; publishes authorative market data including its All About the Music yearbooks, and offers members free training and networking among other benefits.

With its Equity & Justice Advisory Group, the BPI promotes Diversity, Equity & Inclusion across music and, as a signatory of the Music Climate Pact, is committed to an industry that operates sustainably in reducing its carbon impact. The BPI recognises the vital importance of the talent pipeline and of music/creative arts education in enabling access and opportunities for people of all backgrounds to realise their potential, which it also supports through The BRIT Trust charity.

Downtown is the world’s leading music services company. It's global ecosystem supports millions of creators, rights holders and their partners to manage their music as a business and get paid fairly for their work. Across its four core divisions - Publishing, Distribution, Artist & Label Services and Royalties & Financial Services - Downtown collectively serves over 5,000 business clients and reaches over 4 million creators & artists in 145 countries.

Music Support is a registered charity founded in 2016 by people from the UK music industry for people who work in the industry. We provide help and support to anyone experiencing challenges with substance use, addiction and/or mental health. Our team has been impacted personally by these issues and seen friends, colleagues and heroes lose their careers, families and even their lives. Our core services include training in Mental Health First Aid and bespoke workshops to empower individuals to look after the wellbeing of their colleagues (and themselves), Support Services to include a confidential Helpline and provision of assessments and treatment, ‘Safe Hubs’ backstage at festivals, providing a space for artists and crew to take time out and speak to fully-qualified counsellors and/or Mental Health First Aid trained staff, a Family and Friends Service, designed to help loved ones (including colleagues) of those supporting someone with mental ill-health, problematic drinking, drug use or other addictions and our Connections and Community hub, offering events and peer support groups that provide spaces to build resilient relationships and promote wellbeing. For further information visit www.musicsupport.org

O2, one of the UK’s biggest mobile networks, is proud sponsor of 20 venues across 14 cities in the UK – including iconic venues like O2 Academy Brixton and O2 Victoria Warehouse Manchester, as well as the world’s number one entertainment venue, The O2 in London. Through Priority Tickets, O2 offers its customers access to thousands of gigs and events across the UK, up to 48 hours before general sale. In 2024, over 1.5 million tickets were sold through the Priority Tickets platform.

Here for music since 1914, PRS for Music is a world-leading music collective management organisation representing the rights of more than 175,000 talented songwriters, composers and music publishers. Redefining the global standard for music royalties, PRS for Music ensures songwriters and composers are paid whenever their musical compositions and songs are streamed, downloaded, broadcast, performed and played in public.
For 110 years it has grown and protected the rights of the music creator community, paying out royalties with more accuracy, transparency and speed. In 2023, PRS for Music paid out £943.6m in royalties and collected a record £1.08 billion in revenues

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

UK Music is an industry-funded body, established in October 2008, to represent the collective interests of the recorded, published and live arms of the British music industry. Through collective representation, UK Music promotes the interests of record labels and music publishers (major and independent), songwriters, composers, lyricists, musicians, managers, producers, promoters, venues and collection societies. Through member engagement we ensure a collective voice across the sector is identified. Through lobbying we ensure that voice is heard.

Vevo is the world's leading music video network, connecting an ever-growing global audience to high quality music video content for more than a decade. Vevo offers fans worldwide a vast array of premium content to choose from, showcasing official music videos alongside a constantly developing lineup of live performances and innovative original programming. From top superstars to rising new talents, Vevo brings incomparable cross-promotional support to artists across the musical spectrum, at every stage of their careers.

Virgin Music Group is the world’s leading partner to independent music companies and artists who require a standalone team with global infrastructure and local expertise in every major music market around the world. Virgin Music Group offers compelling, efficient, and highly flexible global solutions with the most advanced marketing technology available for independent record labels, artists and entrepreneurs who want to succeed.