years and years

Commercial Radio Awards nominations revealed

Years & Years, James Bay, Jess Glynne and Blonde are among the UK artists nominated for the 2016 Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards.

Anita Awbi
  • By Anita Awbi
  • 27 Apr 2016
  • min read
Years & Years (above), James Bay, Jess Glynne and Blonde are among the UK artists nominated for the 2016 Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards.

Both Years & Years and Glynne have been shortlisted in the PPL Breakthrough Artist of the Year and PPL Most Played UK Artist on Commercial Radio categories.

Bay, Blonde and Sigala go head to head with the pair for the Artist of the Year gong, while Ellie Goulding, Olly Murs and Ed Sheeran are also up for the Most Played Artist crown.

Elsewhere, Classic FM, Jazz FM, Planet Rock, Absolute Radio and LBC stations are nominated in the Station of the Year (2 million + TSA) category, which has been sponsored by PRS for Music.

The full list of award categories, nominees and ticket info can be found at http://www.commercialradioawards.org/

The ceremony takes place on 17 May at the Roundhouse, London and will also include the yet-to-be-announced Industry Leader Award and the Music Champion Award.