Itisnow Radio Music Awards 2026
Friday 20th March
Entries start Tuesday 6th January and end on Thursday 5th February. Voting for certain categories start Saturday 7th February and end Saturday 28th February 2026. Please read entries and rules at bottom of page.
​PLEASE NOTE: You can enter for more than one award.

Categories

• Best Independent Female Track/Single.
• Best Independent Male Track/Single
• Best Independent Band Track/Single.
• Best Female Artist/Vocalist.
• Best Male Artist/Vocalist.
• Best Rock / Alternative: Best Rock Artist, Best Alternative Rock, and Indie Pop Rock. / Artist
• Best Electronic: Best EDM Artist, Best Electronic Act, and Best Dance/Electronic Record. Pop/ Urban / Hip-Ho, Rap/Hip-R&B/Soul, and Urban Act. / Artist
• Best Americana, Blues, Folk, Country, / Artist
• Plus a Special Award

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• Rules & Entries  Please Note for any entries we must have have played your music since March 2025
  
• Please Fill out form below to enter or email [email protected]. Highlight question mark by comment for more information. Best Song please state song you would like to enter and name of artist plus Country you are from. All other Categories Please state which one and Country you are from. Special Award all entries for other Categories will be entered. Any questions please feel free to ask and good luck all

Entries updating every day.
Best Independent Female Track/Single
Taylor D - Strange Addiction
Andrea Jenkins - Royaltea
Andrea Jenkins - Sanity
Malissa Whitehouse - Over a Lifetime
Melissa Pettignano - Jesus, You’re the One Band and Orchestral Holiday Mix
Melissa Pettignano - I Belong to You, Jesus
Christine Clifford - Thank God It's Friday
Christine Clifford - Born in the Country
​Birdy Young - wild child
Rosalie Hovencamp - Surrender My Burden
Rosalie Hovencamp ft Afterlife - Cleansed in His Love
​Gauri Paighan - Repeat It
Emily Irene Glazener Perkins - Merry Christmas, a Happy One too
Birdie Nichols - No Cattle Kind of Cowboy
Kelly Coberly - My Father Thinks I'm Special 
Kelly Coberly - Heaven Will Be Mine Someday
Kelly Coberly - One More Altar Call
Kelly Cresswell - My Regrets
Amy Rowbottom - American Heart
Amy Rowbottom - Inferno blaze
Amy Rowbottom - Cyber match
Amy Rowbottom - Eagle libre
JoceLien - Diamond In The Rough
Tracey Ball - Unthinkable
Emily Glazener - Pretty Blue Eyes 
Kelly Coberly - My Pastures Are Green

Best Independent Male Track/Single
Ryan Painter - Here's To The Cowgirl
Ryan Painter - Brand New Rodeo
David Schaefer - Dancing In The Summer Rain
​David Schaefer - Wonderland
Brad Thomas - Shake the Dust
Zahir Hussain - Raaton Ke Banjaare
okleland - ​U-Turn 
Andy Smith - I Want To Take You Far
Andy Smith - How Do We Keep Moving On
Drew Faith - Sometimes I Cry
Scott McDonald - Wave
Brian Glover - Yesterday is Gone
Brentwood - To Do
Here Comes the Train' - the oohz.
J.Edmond - Some Way
J.Edmond - Search Lights
J.Edmond - Dear Therapist 
J.Edmond - Granite (feat. Jebb, Owen Radford, Jeremy Peck and Somber Mercy)
Dean Crawford - A Baby And A Broken Heart
MIGGS - Party Ride.
MELØ - Midnight People
MELØ - I Don’t Speak French
Fresh Caps - My Anchor
Rob Fillo - Wandering Footprint
Rollin Jewett - Meteor
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Best Independent Band Track/Single.
Martyrs - October Kind
Jak Fiddler Band - So I Ride
The HarveyGrey Collective - A New Tomorrow
The Splitz - Forever and a Day 
Ana & Gene - Narcissistic You
Anthony O'Neill & the Murder - Your Big Day
Anthony O'Neill and the Murder - Nashville Mourning
The Pleasure Merchants - Rest In Me
Sun-Pinned Leaves - Heaven Doesn’t Need Another Angel
Sun-Pinned Leaves - Fool Me Once
Take It Or Leave It - Run
​The Birds & The Bees - No Need To Ask
Attic Theory - Savour The Moment
Black Sunday - Looking Down
The Frestonians - Fake Friends
Emily Glazener-Perkins & Caitlin Grey - Gold Dust Woman
Secretary of Fate - Dust of a Future Past
Secretary of Fate feat. Damien Edwards - Look to the Future Now
Secetrary of Fate feat. Danny Vaughn - When the Night is Darkest
Spiral Orbit - Big Red
Lorena + The Tide - The Enemy
Baulk at the Moon - Morning Herald
Baulk at the Moon - Silver Whiskers
​Saturnine Sorrows - The River Flows With You
ET Boys - Woe Am I
​Artic Baba - See you now
Different Devilz - Buried Bones
Rollin Jewett & Elizabeth Ertel - Summer Wine


Best Female Artist/Vocalist.
Taylor D,
Caitlin Grey
Andrea Jenkins
Malissa Whitehouse
Melissa Pettignano
​Emily Irene Glazener Perkins
​Christine Clifford
Birdy Young
Rosalie Hovencamp
Birdie Nichols 
Laura Kelsey
Kelly Coberly
Kelly Cresswell
Amy Rowbottom
JoceLien 

Best Male Artist/Vocalist.
Jak Fiddler
Anthony O'Neill
Zahir Hussain
​Andy Smith
Drew Faith
Scott McDonald
​Brian Glover
the oohz
Tac Boy of ET Boys
J.Edmond
Dean Crawford
MIGGS
MELØ
Rob Fillo


Best Rock Band/ Alternative: Best Rock Artist, Best Alternative Rock, and Indie Pop Rock.
Martyrs, 
The Splitz
Ana & Gene
The Pleasure Merchants
​Take It Or Leave It
The Major Resolve
Rosalie Hovencamp
Scott McDonald
​Taylor D
Attic Theory
Brian Glover
Black Sunday
The Frestonians
Secretary of Fate
Spiral Orbit
Lorena + The Tide
Amy Rowbottom
Baulk at the Moon
Saturnine Sorrows
ET Boys
Different Devilz
MELØ

Best Electronic: Best EDM Artist, Best Electronic Act, and Best Dance/Electronic Record. Pop/ Urban / Hip-Ho, Rap/Hip-R&B/Soul, and Urban Act. / Artist
​Andrea Jenkins
Amy Rowbottom
ET Boys
JoceLien 
Fresh Caps

Best Americana, Blues, Folk, Country / Artist,
Ryan Painter
Anthony O'Neill and the Murder
Sun-Pinned Leaves
​Christine Clifford
Birdy Young
Drew Faith
Brian Glover
​Laura Kelsey
MEDD & SHAW
Kelly Coberly
Amy Rowbottom
Dean Crawford
MIGGS
Rob Fillo
Rollin Jewett

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