21/12/2022
🎉Congratulations 🎉
We are so glad that Tzu-Cheng Wang is a part of the awards nominees!
We will keep producing good music, and bring positive energy to our community 🎵
🎉 The nominees for the 2023 Music PEI Awards are... 🎉
Music PEI is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2023 Music PEI Awards! These awards recognize the outstanding achievements and contributions of Prince Edward Island's talented musicians and industry professionals. The awards were adjudicated by a selection of independent music industry professionals both regionally and internationally.
This year, the leading artist with seven nominations goes to rising star Lawrence Maxwell. Maxwell had nominations in every top category including FACTOR Album of the Year, SOCAN Songwriter of the Year, Lennox Island First Nation Music Video of the Year, Whitecap Entertainment Entertainer of the Year and Holland College Musician of the Year. His album Ballad of Miles was also nominated for the Caledonia House Roots Recording of the Year and The Buzz Album Art of the Year.
We also have four artists with four nominations each - Alicia Toner, Andrew Waite, Lennie Gallant, and The Burning Hell.
Our public vote category, Whitecap Entertainer of the Year, opens today, December 19th until January 6th, 2023. You can cast your vote on Music PEI’s online awards platform at https://awards.musicpei.com. Nominees in this category are Alicia Toner, Andrew, Waite, Cory Gallant, Lawrence Maxwell, and Lennie Gallant.
The winners will be announced during the 2023 Music PEI Week, which will be held March 8th-12th, 2023. Tickets will be on sale in the new year and can be purchased through the Music PEI website.
We congratulate all of the nominees on their incredible talent and achievements and look forward to celebrating with them at the awards party. Thank you to all of the members of the Prince Edward Island music community for your continued support and dedication to making great music and Music PEI would also like to acknowledge the jurors who took time out to adjudicate the submissions for the 2023 awards.
Music PEI is grateful to our funders and we acknowledge the financial support from FACTOR (through the Government of Canada and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters), The Province of Prince Edward Island and Innovation PEI, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), the City of Charlottetown and SOCAN.
Music PEI is also fortunate to experience tremendous sponsorship support from our community and we wish to acknowledge Dyne Holdings, Lennox Island First Nation, Hearts and Flowers, Maritime Electric, Souris Credit Union, Hopyard, Whitecap Entertainment, Atlantic Lottery, The Buzz, Combat Computers, PEI Mutual, Holland College, Rising Tide Community Fund Inc., Upstreet Libra, The Guild, Downtown Charlottetown, Fiddling Fisherman Lookout, Discover Charlottetown, Caledonia House, KENT Building Supplies, Long & McQuade, Arsenault Best Cameron & Ellis, Cymba Music Publishing and SRL Solutions.
Read the full list of nominees: https://www.musicpei.com/2022/12/2023-music-pei-awards-nominees/