Clio Music Awards 2025: Submission Deadline Extension, Six New Mediums & More

The Clio Music Awards is approaching a major benchmark as the deadline nears for entries in the annual celebration of music marketing, brand collaborations and music in advertising.

On Monday, September 23, it was announced that Clio Music will extend its deadline for entries through October 11, three weeks after its initial marker of September 20. The forthcoming award program is scheduled for the evening of January 30, 2025. As it has in the past, the affair falls during Grammy Week in Los Angeles, with a jury of notable music industry names from record labels, touring, publishing, streaming and more. Among this year’s Jury Chair representatives include Amaechi Uzoigwe (Run the Jewels Inc; Portfolio A), Camille Hackney (Atlantic Records), Michelle An (Interscope Geffen A&M), Frank Harkins (Music Legacy Recordings), Darin Wolf (Live Nation), Tom Eaton SVP (Universal Music Publishing Group), Jean Scofield (Mophonics) and Evelin Garcia (The Walt Disney Studios – The Hive).

The forthcoming program comes with something new as six mediums have been added to the mix, including Live Music, Design Craft, Digital & Social Media Craft, Merchandise & Premiums, Use of Music in Advertising Craft, and Use of Music Innovation. As of this year, mediums are now grouped into three areas, including music marketing, branded content and brand collaborations and the use of music in ads and trailers/teasers.

Additionally, two new juries have been added seeing entries face off in Live Music and in Use of Music in Advertising Craft. Click here for more on the Clio Music Awards, including mediums, categories, key dates and entry fees.

Outside of the Clio Music Awards, the entity has announced their Clio Music Salon Series in Culver City for September 24. The two-part session will feature a presentation dubbed “Step into the Music: The Future of Immersive Live Entertainment,” where attendees will hear from a panel of creative leaders taking music to the next level with “innovations in stage, sound and sight.” Among the speakers include Butch Allen (VP, Global Business Development), Tait Anders Rahm (Co-Founder, Raw Cereal), Daniel Jean (Producer, Moment Factory) and Kerstin Hovland (Creative Director and Co-Founder of Electronic Countermeasures). 

The second session is a conversation titled “The (R)evolution of the Music Video in The Digital Age,” which will be moderated by Michael Kauffman (Executive Director of Clio Music) and hone in on the powerful resurgence of the music video. The panelists include Michelle An (President, Head of Visual Creative, Interscope Geffen A&M), Hannah Lux Davis (Director), Bryan Younce (EVP, Video Production, Sony Music Entertainment) and Warren Fu (Director). Each session will be followed by networking, drinks and light bites.