The recently appointed chair of British Phonographic Industry (BPI), broadcaster and multi-instrumentalist YolanDa Brown is delighted to announce winners of the 2022 Drake YolanDa Awards. The annual Drake YolanDa Awards are a series of cash prizes presented to emerging young musicians aged between 16-30, enabling them to showcase their talent and assist them in taking their careers to the next level.
Ten promising artists will be awarded £3000 each, with ten additional runner up prizes of £500 each, intended to support each winners’ artistic development in areas including touring, artistic development, recording new music, music videos, marketing, branding and purchasing new equipment.
This Years’ judging panel of industry experts including Amy Lamé, Mayor of London’s Night Tsar, Joel Borquaye - Senior Editor Spotify London, Ben Lewis - CEO Young Voices have awarded the following artists with the prize (in no particular order):
JERUB
Kymara
Erica Manzoli
B-ahwe
John Dhali
Renato Paris
Finn Doherty
Ceitidh Mac
Ana De Llor
LOBA
The winners will be presented with their awards and perform live on 10th October at a celebration concert, taking place at Boisdale Of Canary Wharf in London attended by music professionals and media.
YolanDa Brown says: “For many artists, access to finance is always a big stumbling block to achieving their dreams. James and I are happy to support artists to move another step closer to making them a reality.”
