Doors open at 12 PM and the program will begin promptly at 12:15 PM. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Enjoy lunch compliments of BuzzAngle Music & TiVo. Join us as we honor excellence and welcome artists, executives, and influencers who have impacted the Association, its members, the industry-at-large, and billions of fans around the world.
The Music Biz Awards will honor rising singer/songwriter
Julia Michaels (Breakthrough Artist Award); the legendary
Nile Rodgers (Chairman’s Award); record-breaking smash
‘Despacito’ (Outstanding Achievement Award); and global star
Ed Sheeran (Artist of the Year). We will then bestow the prestigious Harry Chapin Memorial Humanitarian Award on mega-manager
Scooter Braun — whose keynote conversation with interviewer
Hilary Rosen will focus on his philanthropic mission. New this year, Music Biz officially introduces its Music Business Hall of Fame by inducting its first honoree, Tower Records' founder
Russ Solomon. Acclaimed actor and director
Colin Hanks, who directed the 2015 Tower Records documentary All Things Must Pass, will help us pay tribute to Solomon.
