Cemoir Music Awards 2025

Introduction

Cemoir Music Awards 2025 (abbreviated as CMAs 2025) is an annual music awards ceremony presented by Cemoir, celebrating achievements in music across multiple genres and categories. The 2025 ceremony marks the second edition of the awards, following Irish hip-hop group Kneecap’s win for Album of the Year with their self-titled debut, and Irish band Fontaines D.C.’s victories in Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for “Starburster,” the lead single from their fourth studio album Romance.

For 2025, the Cemoir Music Awards will present ten main categories. Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Debut of the Year, Producer of the Year, and European Song of the Year (also known as Eurovision Song of the Year) remain unchanged from the previous edition, while the number of nominees has expanded. The Song of the Year category has increased from 20 to 24 nominees, and Artist of the Year has added two additional nomination slots.

The International Cemoir Music Award (ICMA) has evolved into a year-long selection process, following Kneecap’s dual wins in both the international and main categories. For ICMA 2025, a total of 51 countries submitted entries. Throughout November 2025, both the longlist and shortlist were announced on Cemoir’s social media platforms.

Album of the Year from Türkiye continues to pay homage to Cemoir’s homeland, highlighting emerging talent and notable productions from Türkiye’s contemporary music scene across a variety of genres.

This edition introduces two new main categories. Breakthrough of the Year recognizes musicians whose artistic vision has created a global sensation or marks the discovery of a major new voice. Collaboration of the Year honors outstanding cooperative works that contributed to some of the year’s most acclaimed music.

In CMAs 2025, 18 genre-focused awards will also be presented across six spotlighted genres: Rock, Punk, Dance, Pop, Hip Hop, and Singer-Songwriter. Cemoir has additionally stated that, in future editions, these genre-specific awards may vary or expand depending on the strength and volume of artistic output within each genre.

CMAs 2025: Winners & Nominations

Manchester-based post-punk band Maruja won the ceremony’s top honor, Album of the Year, for their debut LP Pain to Power. The band also secured victories in four additional categories: Song of the Year for “Look Down On Us,” Debut of the Year, Punk Album of the Year, and Punk Song of the Year. This marks the second time a debut album has won Album of the Year, following Kneecap’s victory in 2024.

Turnstile achieved major success with wins in both Artist of the Year and Breakthrough of the Year, supported by the impact of their widely acclaimed sophomore LP Never Enough, its promotional campaigns, and their highly publicized tour of the same name.

While Pulp, Miley Cyrus and Celeste dominated their respective genre categories—Rock, Pop and Singer-Songwriter—each securing three awards, while artists such as Rochelle Jordan, Bad Bunny, ROSALÍA, Loyle Carner, Kae Tempest, and Clipse each received at least one award within their fields.

After a year-long selection process, Bad Bunny won the International Cemoir Music Award (ICMA) with the entry “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS,” representing Puerto Rico. This marked Puerto Rico’s first nomination and first victory in the ICMA. Linda Martini of Portugal placed second with “Passa-Montanhas,” while Norwegian post-hardcore band Honningbarna finished third with “Soft Spot.”

In Türkiye’s dedicated category, Sren won Album of the Year from Türkiye with their debut album Başka Bir Hayat Mümkün, highlighting the strength of the Turkish alternative rock scene. The other two nominated artists, HERYOL and mojave, received honorable mentions for their contributions to the growth and vitality of the local music landscape in 2025.

For a complete list of winners and nominees, please refer to the tables below. Additional information can be found on Cemoir’s official social media channels.

Presentation of the twelve Album of the Year of 2025 Nominees

`Album of the Year`	`Artist of the Year`
Blindness – The Murder Capital hopefully ! – Loyle Carner LUX – ROSALÍA More – Pulp NEVER ENOUGH – Turnstile Never Exhale – DITZ Pain to Power – Maruja Pirouette – Model/Actriz private music – Deftones Self Titled – Kae Tempest Something Beautiful – Miley Cyrus The Art of Loving – Olivia Dean	Deftones Maruja Miley Cyrus Model/Actriz Pulp ROSALÍA The Murder Capital Turnstile
`Song of the Year`	`Breakthrough of the Year`
“Allbarone” – Baxter Dury, JGrrey “Berghain” – ROSALÍA, Björk & Yves Tumor “Bless The Bold Future” – Kae Tempest “Bloom Baby Bloom” – Wolf Alice “Can’t Pretend To Know” – The Murder Capital “Cinderella” – Model/Actriz “Could’ve Been Different” – McKinley Dixon, Blu & Shamir “Dracula” – Tame Impala “Eusexua” – FKA twigs “Four” – DITZ “House With A Pool” – Joy Crookes “Ladida” – Rochelle Jordan “Look Down On Us” – Maruja “Loud” – Olivia Dean “lyin” – Loyle Carner “milk of the madonna” – Deftones “NEVER ENOUGH” – Turnstile “NUEVAYoL” – Bad Bunny “People Watching” – Sam Fender “Reborn” – Miley Cyrus “Spike Island” – Pulp “Sugar On My Tongue” – Tyler, The Creator “The Birds Don’t Sing” – Clipse, John Legend & Voices of Fire “Woman Of Faces” – Celeste	Antony Szmierek – Service Station At The End Of The Universe Geese – Getting Killed Maruja – Pain to Power McKinley Dixon – Magic, Alive! Olivia Dean – The Art of Loving Rochelle Jordan – Through The Wall ROSALÍA – LUX Turnstile – NEVER ENOUGH
`Debut Album of the Year`	`Producer of the Year`
Bittersüß – Abor & Tynna In Limerence – Jacob Alon Louder, Please – Rose Gray Pain to Power – Maruja Tether – Annahstasia Unreal – Leggs	Brendan Yates James Ellis Ford Kenny Beats Samuel William Jones Seth Manchester Zach Nahome
`Collaboration of the Year`	`International Album of the Year (ICMA)`
“Berghain” – ROSALÍA, Björk & Yves Tumor with London Symphony Orchestra “Lotus” – Little Simz, Michael Kiwanuka & Yussef Dayes “Mind Loaded” – Blood Orange, Caroline Polachek, Lorde & Mustafa “Selfish” – Dave & James Blake “The Birds Don’t Sing” – Clipse, John Legend with Voices of Fire “Walk of Fame” – Miley Cyrus & Brittany Howard	Bittersüß – Abor & Tynna (Austria) Vom Tun und Lassen – Heisskalt (Germany) Cancionera – Natalia Lafourcade (Mexico) Soft Spot – Honningbarna (Norway) Passa-Montanhas – Linda Martini (Portugal) DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS – Bad Bunny (Puerto Rico) SPANISH LEATHER – Guitarricadelafuente (Spain) APONIA – Svart Ridå (Sweden)
`Album of the Year from Türkiye`	`European Song of the Year (Eurovision)`
Başka Bir Hayat Mümkün – Sren HERYOL – heryol Kandırma Kendini – mojave manifestival – manifest Tavşan Uykusu – Dilan Balkay Tek Kişilik Masa – Selin	“Baller” – Abor & Tynna (Germany) “Bara Bada Bastu” – KAJ (Sweden) “Deslocado” – Napa (Portugal) “Esa Diva” – Melody (Spain) “Ich Komme” – Erika Vikman (Finland) “Tavo Akys” – Katarsis (Lithuania)
`Rock Album of the Year`	`Rock Artist of the Year`
ICONOCLASTS – Anna von Hausswolff Lonely People With Power – Deafheaven More – Pulp private music – Deftones The Bad Fire – Mogwai The Clearing – Wolf Alice	Deafheaven Deftones Pulp Sam Fender Suede Wolf Alice
`Rock Song of the Year`	`Punk Album of the Year`
“If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some Of The Others” – Mogwai “Bloom Baby Bloom” – Wolf Alice “Doberman” – Deafheaven “milk of the madonna” – Deftones “People Watching” – Sam Fender “Spike Island” – Pulp	Blindness – The Murder Capital Getting Killed – Geese NEVER ENOUGH – Turnstile Never Exhale – DITZ Pain to Power – Maruja Pirouette – Model/Actriz
`Punk Artist of the Year`	`Punk Song of the Year`
DITZ Geese Maruja Model/Actriz The Murder Capital Turnstile	“Can’t Pretend To Know” – The Murder Capital “Cinderella” – Model/Actriz “Four” – DITZ “Look Down on Us” – Maruja “NEVER ENOUGH” – Turnstile “Uno II” – Viagra Boys
`Dance Album of the Year`	`Dance Artist of the Year`
Allbarone – Baxter Dury DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS – Bad Bunny DON’T TAP THE GLASS – Tyler, The Creator EUSEXUA – FKA twigs THE BPM – Sudan Archives Through The Wall – Rochelle Jordan	Bad Bunny Baxter Dury FKA twigs Rochelle Jordan Saint Etienne Sudan Archives
`Dance Song of the Year`	`Pop Album of the Year`
“Allbarone” – Baxter Dury “Dracula” – Tame Impala “Eusexua” – FKA twigs “Ladida” – Rochelle Jordan “NUEVAYoL” – Bad Bunny “Sugar On My Tongue” – Tyler, The Creator	EURO-COUNTRY – CMAT Juniper – Joy Crookes LUX – ROSALÍA Perimenopop – Sophie Ellis-Bextor Something Beautiful – Miley Cyrus The Art of Loving – Olivia Dean
`Pop Artist of the Year`	`Pop Song of the Year`
Joy Crookes Lady Gaga Miley Cyrus Olivia Dean ROSALÍA Sophie Ellis-Bextor	“Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga “Berghain” – ROSALÍA, Björk & Yves Tumor “House With A Pool” – Joy Crookes “Loud” – Olivia Dean “Reborn” – Miley Cyrus “Vertigo” – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
`Hip Hop Album of the Year`	`Hip Hop Artist of the Year`
hopefully ! – Loyle Carner Let God Sort Em Out – Clipse Lotus – Little Simz Magic, Alive! – McKinley Dixon Self Titled – Kae Tempest The Boy Who Played the Harp – Dave	Clipse Dave Kae Tempest Little Simz Loyle Carner McKinley Dixon
`Hip Hop Song of the Year`	`Singer-Songwriter Album of the Year`
“Bless The Bold Future” – Kae Tempest “Could’ve Been Different” – McKinley Dixon, Blu & Shamir “Lotus” – Little Simz, Michael Kiwanuka & Yussef Dayes “lyin” – Loyle Carner “The Birds Don’t Sing” – Clipse, John Legend & Voices of Fire “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Fallacy” – Antony Szmierek	Double Infinity – Big Thief Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party – Hayley Williams Essex Honey – Blood Orange In Light – Charlie Cunningham Son Of Spergy – Daniel Caesar Woman of Faces – Celeste
`Singer-Songwriter Artist of the Year`	`Singer-Songwriter Song of the Year`
Big Thief Blood Orange Celeste Charlie Cunningham Daniel Caesar Florence + The Machine	“Everybody Scream” – Florence + the Machine “Ice in My OJ” – Hayley Williams “Mind Loaded” – Blood Orange, Caroline Polachek, Lorde & Mustafa “Of Amber” – Jacob Alon “There She Goes” – Curtis Harding “Woman of Faces” – Celeste

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