European Border Breakers Awards
| European Border Breakers Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Award to stimulate cross border success of debuting European artists |
| Date | January (Eurosonic Noorderslag opening night) |
| Location | Oosterpoort Theatre, Groningen |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Presented by |
Eurosonic Noorderslag European Commission |
| Hosted by | Jools Holland |
| First awarded | 2004 |
| Last awarded | 2016 |
| Official website | ebba-awards.eu |
| Television/Radio coverage | |
| Network | NOS/NTR, broadcast through NET3 |
The European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA) is an annual prize awarded to recognise the success of ten emerging artists or groups who reached audiences outside their own countries with their first internationally released album in the past year. Winners of a European Border Breakers Award include Adele, MØ, Lykke Li, Katie Melua, Damien Rice and Mumford and Sons.
The EBBA Awards were launched by the European Commission and are a European Union award. Since 2009, the awards are organised by Eurosonic Noorderslag and the award is presented at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival.
The artists or groups nominated for the European Border Breakers Awards are selected on the basis of the following criteria:
Since 2010, an online vote takes place to choose which EBBA Award winner will receive the Public Choice Award, on top of the "regular" award. The first winner was Belgian singer-songwriter Milow. The German rock & roll band The Baseballs won in 2011.Selah Sue from Belgium won the prize in 2012.
Since 2009 the award ceremony takes place every year in January, during the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival, in the Dutch city of Groningen, presented by BBC host and musician Jools Holland. EBBA Award winners perform live during the show, as well as during the festival itself. Winners from previous years are invited to perform as special guests. The ceremony is recorded by the Dutch public broadcasting channel NOS/NTR and broadcast through NED3. The show is annually broadcast on several European television channels.
The EBBA Awards were initiated by the European Commission in 2004. With the awards, the European Commission aims to stimulate the cross-border circulation of popular music repertoire and to highlight Europe's great musical diversity. The European Border Breakers Awards are supported through the Culture Programme of the European Union, which seeks to promote cross-border mobility of artists and culture professionals; to encourage the transnational circulation of cultural and artistic output; and to foster intercultural dialogue.
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