mainstream music industry, working at an executive level across major music industry companies. From 2018 (with the exemption of some categories) there will be four nominees announced within each of the seventeen categories. In order to ensure that the artists nominated for an Unsigned Music Award meet a certain criteria, three of the four nominees chosen are put forward by the UMA Voting Panel, with the remaining nominee in each category being selected from the list of applications submitted through the UMA website. TV and media coverage In 2016, the first ever Unsigned Music Awards was televised on Monday, 31 October 2016 at 9:30pm, four days after the event took place on Sky, Freeview and Freesat via the digital TV network, Showcase. Since 2016 UNILAD have been the official media partner for the Unsigned Music Awards. Awards In 2016, there were 17 categories up for grabs at the Unsigned Music Awards. The winners are as follows: References British music awards