InterContinental Music Awards 2024 Finalists
We would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to all the entrants who participated in the InterContinental Music Awards 2024 competition. We are pleased to announce all the Finalists for best of every continent! Finalists are now in the final round of the contest and the winners will be announced on August 25 (Get your Ticket for the Online Awards Ceremony Here). Your ticket purchase includes a 35% discount on your music submission for the 2025 Intercontinental Music Awards!
Congratulations to all the Finalists!
Important Note for entrants: Please carefully review the complete list of finalists as you may have been selected in categories beyond your initial submission.
Africa
African Contemporary
- “Soft Life” by Baba Kuboye – United States
- “Miracle Working God” by Selassie Brown – United States
African Hip Hop
- “For Me” by Proklaim – Namibia
African Pop
- “Philomina” by BadmanTeey – Sweden
African Reggae/Ragga/Dancehall
- “Break the Barrier” by Anslom – Papua New Guinea
- “Zion Train” by Anslom – Papua New Guinea
- “Jail Bird” by Anslom – Papua New Guinea
African RnB/Soul
- “Uzophendula” by Pure Gold – South Africa
Soukous
- “My love-Soukouss” by Nono Manzanza – Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- “Tonnerre De Brest” by Djouna Big-One – Congo, Democratic Republic of the
America
Alternative
- “Siddhartha” by TADINI – “United Kingdom”
- “Aftermath” by Helen O’Shea – “United States”
- “BUT YOU DO GOTTA” by GRACE GARLAND – “United States”
- “Smarter Than” by BrandiWyne – “United States”
- “Anime Baby” by BrandiWyne – “United States”
- “Density” by Alanna Patricio – “United States”
American Roots
- “That’s How You Country” by Jarrid Lee – Canada
- “River of Ages” by Grant Maloy Smith – United States
Americana
- “One Man Band” by Bo Ely – United States
Blues
- “The Yards” by Noshir Mody – United States
- “B Blues” by Peter Xifaras – United States
- “Never Get Away (Feat. Natalie Jean, Kitt Wakeley)” by Justine Blazer – United States
- “Money Is Your Honey” by Dr. J. B. Blues – Germany
Contemporary Instrumental
- “THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING IN SPRING” by Yang Zhang – United States
- “Sueños de Madinat Al Zahra” by Tsode – Spain
- “LOST” by Ruth Rossel – Germany
- “Tears Of Humanity” by Peter Xifaras – United States
- “Night Wind” by Peter Sterling – United States
- “Cosmic Lover” by Peter Sterling – United States
- “Morning Bell” by Michael Whalen – United States
- “Anywhere, Anytime, Anything for You” by Michael Whalen – United States
- “Angel Hanaels Song” by Karen Salictah Jamali – United States
- “Christmas Angel” by karen Salicath Jamali – United States
- “To Grandpa” by Helena Maria Falk – United States
- “Beautiful Tonight” by Ed Bazel – United States
- “Exploration” by Dominik Kisiel – Poland
- “Showtime” by David Fogel – United States
- “Harbor Cove” by Christina Tourin – United States
- “The Other Half” by Abhirup Roy – India
- “Remains of Ancient Trees” by Cicada – Taiwan
Country
- “Try To Hide (ft. Justine Blazer)” by Tom Bender – United States
- “Mrs. Right” by Lyn_Sey – United States
- “Be The Man” by Lee Newton – United States
- “That’s What a Heartbreak Tastes Like” by Jonathan – Canada
- “Life Sentence” by Jason Ray Welsh – United States
- “Up On Stage” by Jarrid Lee – Canada
- “High Fivin Hearts (feat. Lonnie Park)” by Coconut Creek – United States
- “Five Minute Smoke Break” by Amy Jo – United States
Dance/Electronic
- “Armor” by Mo Dinka – United States
- “Move Your Body Slowly” by Miist – United States
- “An Elevated Life” by Hollan Holmes – United States
- “Chemistry” by BEERANDFLIES – United States
- “Diamonds From The Sky” by Amy McAllister – United States
Folk
- “When You Forget My Name” by Susan L. Lipson – United States
- “Why Don’t They Choose Me?” by Michelle Lockey – United States
- “Back to Life” by Andrea Valeri – Italy
Gospel/Contemporary Christian
- “Feeling Of Inadequacy” by Mo Dinka – United States
- “Heaven Won” by Mo Dinka – United States
- “Dear Lord Jesus” by Melissa Pettignano – United States
- “I Hear You Callin'” by Lyn_Sey – United States
- “Recover (radio remix)” by Jennifer Lewin – Canada
- “To All the Gabbys in the World” by Darla Z – United States
- “Please Help Me Forgive” by Darla Z – United States
- “A Little Glimpse of Heaven” by Billy Ray – United States
Jazz
- “Green-Skinned Train” by Zhuoyuan Li – China
- “Beautiful Eyes” by William Mendelbaum – France
- “Key To My Heart” by Thumper & Generation One – United States
- “In The Absence Of Answers” by Noshir Mody – United States
- “A Love Song” by Noshir Mody – United States
- “CHASIN’ RAINBOWS” by Marie-Claire Giraud – United States
- “Frank’s Song ( Outlander )” by Marie-Claire Giraud – United States
- “You & I” by Joey calveiro – United States
- “Sombras” by Joey calveiro – United States
- “De Longe” by Gili Lopes – United States
- “When We Danced” by Cayla Brooke – Canada
Smooth Jazz
- “Only With You” by Yulia & Ricky Bolognesi – United States
- “Cherry Pops” by Evan Carydakis – Australia
Latin Music
- “Somewhere Over The Rainbow-Salsa Version (feat. Bianca Zalez)” by Orchestra Fuego – United States
- “Leo’s Jam 2.0” by Leonardo Garcia – United States
- “Viajar, (Travel)” by Christopher Rapkin – United States
- “Bat Sheva (The Daughter of 7even)” by Tomer George Cohen (George & The Good Vibes) – Israel
Native American Music
- “Black Wolf” by Steven Newton – United Kingdom
- “Lets Get Gone” by Jarrid Lee – Canada
- “Life Spiral” by Deborah Martin & Erik Wollo – United States
Pop
- “Caught In The Woods” by The Woods – United States
- “Volcano” by Tess Posner – United States
- “Where Is It Written” by Susan E. Eck – Canada
- “Married In Vegas” by Rachel Lincoln – United States
- “Jimmy D” by Pop Baby – United States
- “Unstoppable” by Pop Baby – United States
- “I Should’ve Done Better” by Michelle Lockey – United States
- “Woman Of The Day” by Meg Pfeiffer – United States
- “Falling in love slowly” by Junwen Wu – China
- “My Sky” by Emmanuel Kelly – Australia
- “In The In Between” by Boys’N’Barry – United States
- “Moonstruck” by Alanna Patricio – United States
- “Eternity” by Alanna Patricio – United States
Indie Pop
- “I Am A Snail” by Noush like sploosh – United Arab Emirates
R&B
- “Blue Love” by The Frost Duo – United States
- “Silk & Satin” by Qian – United States
- “Love Lessons” by Kristina Murrell – United States
- “Callin’ Out” by JC Sol – Canada
- “Land Of Beauty” by Daniel John – Grenada
- “Forever” by D Summers – United States
- “Smooth” – Radio Edit by ConFunkShun – United States
- “The Power of Love” by CHARM™️ – United States
- “Love’s Recipe” by Alisa Inez – United States
Rap
- “Sink” by Scee – United States
- “While You Are Young” by Braxill – United States
Reggae
- “Johnny Don’t Cry” by Colle´ Kharis – United States
- “Life of Purpose” by Colle´ Kharis – United States
Rock
- “Kickin‘ Stones” by The Mighty One – Canada
- “Better Man” by Rocky Michaels – United States
- “Eagle” by Rocky Michaels – United States
- “The Raven” by Nicholas Andrea – United States
- “Me And My Demons” by Jay Luke – United States
- “It’s Up To You” by Dr. J. B. Blues – Germany
- “The Witches Song” by Dr. J. B. Blues – Germany
- “Spend A Little Time” by Chel Hill – United States
- “Real Close Up” by Annie Minogue Band – United States
- “Sandbox” by Annie Minogue Band – United States
- “Love Makes My World (feat. Christine Corless)” by Ban Brothers – United States
Asia
Asian Classical
- “Pathiniyak Wi” by Ranasinghe W M R K Kanchanamala Ranasinghe – “Sri Lanka”
Asian Dance & Electronic
- “Sentamil Naadudhaan” by S. J. Jananiy – “India”
- “Brilliant night sky” by Laka·Umaw – “Taiwan”
Asian Jazz & Crossover
- “Siasing” by žž瑋琪 (žžWei-Chi) – “Taiwan”
- “Be Like Me” by žž瑋琪 (žžWei-Chi) – “Taiwan”
- “Walking in Taipei” by žž瑋琪 (žžWei-Chi) – “Taiwan”
- “Womb For Sale” by žž瑋琪 (žžWei-Chi) – “Taiwan”
- “Some Days” by Hami Keivan – “Iran”
- “Bourbon Street Stroll” by Charu Suri – “United States”
- “French Quarter (Raga Charukesi)” by Charu Suri – “United States”
- “Vrindavan Sojourn” by Avra Banerjee – “Australia”
Asian Pop
- “MEHRE” by Tariq Yama – “Afghanistan”
- “Tum Ne Khoja Mujhko” by S. J. Jananiy – “India”
- “Give Her My Love (Chinese version)” by Miist – “United States”
- “She (Chinese version)” by Miist – “United States”
- “Syuhud Qalbu” by Fitri Haris – “Malaysia”
- “KAATRIN MOZHI” by Devan Ekambaram & Rita Thyagarajan – “India”
- “The wind through the island brings me home” by Cliff – “Taiwan”
- “Wallah Wallah” by Avra Banerjee – “Australia”
Asian Rock
- “Into You” by Sonny – “Indonesia”
- “Snatch It” by Shitalchandra – “India”
Bollywood Music
- “Zindagi” by Sumeet Tappoo – “India”
- “Bachpan Ke Din” by Sumeet Tappoo – “India”
Carnati
- “Ganesha Kumara” by Dr P.V.Bose – “India”
Hindustani
- “Govind Leeno Mol” by Sumeet Tappoo – “India”
- “Yamuna Yearnings” by Avra Banerjee – “Australia”
Sufi folk rock / Sufi rock
- “Have and Have Nots” by Samir Bodhi – “United States”
Zhongguo Feng
- “二十樓” by Namewee – “Malaysia”
Australasia
Australasian Blues & Roots
- “A Hiki I Ke Aloha ‘Āina Hope Loa” by A‘ea‘e – “United States”
Australasian Jazz
- “Catch Me” by Christine Manetta – “Australia”
Australasian Pop
- “Right Now” by STUDEO – “Australia”
- “Season to Believe” by Kat Greta – “Australia”
- “Best Friend” by Genevieve Cesarano – “Australia”
Australasian Urban
- “One Woman One Day” by Christine Manetta – “Australia”
Europe
Britpop
- “Sarbatoare” by HARA – “Romania”
Celtic
- “Aftermath – For My Father” by Helen O’Shea – “United States”
- “The White Rose” by George Voukanos – “Greece”
- “Avondale” by Christina Tourin – “United States”
European Folk
- “Le Rever” by Mike Surratt – “United States”
- “Remain” by Marta Duarte d’Almeida – “Portugal”
- “Rollercoaster” by HARA – “Romania”
- “Noapte Alba” by HARA – “Romania”
European Jazz
- “The Shadow’s Love” by Ricky Bolognesi – “Italy”
- “Is It Me” by Cynthia Thijs Coenraad – “Netherlands”
- “I Wanna Stay With Me” by Cynthia Thijs Coenraad – “Netherlands”
European Rock
- “The silence” by The sand – “Spain”
Europop
- “Mother” by Yhael May – “Spain”
Flamenco
- “Chiringuito el Loro” by Gaspar – “Spain”
- “Viajar, (Travel)” by Christopher Rapkin – “United States”
- “Matica de Ruda” by Alxaraf – “Spain”
Middle East
Tarab
- “Rady Ya Rab (feat. Ahmed EL Barbary)” by Remon Sakr – “Egypt”
Oriental
- “Haki Ma Naal” by RAND – “Lebanon”
Middle Eastern Pop
- “This is The country” by Ahmed Alhosani – “United Arab Emirates”
- “Elniya Betrouh” by Ahmed Alhosani – “United Arab Emirates”
- “The World is Blind (feat. Abu)” by Dr Tarek Nadim – “United Kingdom”
Fusion Music
- “Struggle” by Mohammad Sabri – “Iran”
Pangea
Ambient
- “Winter Horizon” by Mingo – United States
- “Cisne” by jBenlloch – Spain
- “A Treasured World” by David Helpling & Jon Jenkins – United States
Classical
- “Where the Heart Is (Orchestral Version)” by Zhiyi Wang – United States
- “Dance of Fireflies” by Ssu-Yu Huang – United States
- “The Courage of Despair Orchestral (Tribute to Ukraine)” by Paul Long – United States
- “Lamento” by Luis Alberto Naranjo – Spain
- “Adagio Molina” by Luis Alberto Naranjo – Spain
- “Elisions for piano” by Livio Ventura – Italy
- “Landscape for piano” by Livio Ventura – Italy
- “Pie Jesu” by James Adler – United States
- “Beautiful Garden” by James Adler – United States
- “That Star in the Picture (A Portrait for Soprano with Accompaniment)” by James Adler – United States
- “Reflections” by Fatjon Pu;a – Albania
- “Mist Waves—for solo violin and strings” by Douglas Knehans – United States
- “Passacaglia – Handel’s Healing Harp” by Christina Tourin – United States
- “THE MIRACLE MAN” by ANGEL – Spain
Classical Crossove
- “Flying” by Robin Spielberg – Classical Crossove
New Age
- “Prayer in A minor” by Yulia – United States
- “Transcend: Asatoma” by Sarves Thiru – United Kingdom
- “Starlight” by Sangeeta Kaur – United States
- “All Love” by Sangeeta Kaur – United States
- “Aurora” by Sangeeta Kaur – United States
- “World of Empathy” by Samir Bodhi – United States
- “Liberate” by Radhika Vekaria – United States
- “Le Rever” by Mike Surratt – United States
- “Silver Lining” by Lazypianist – China
- “Abiding (Reprise)” by Janice Lacy – United States
- “Dreaming of Daybreak” by Janice Lacy – United States
- “Nocturne” by Janice Lacy – United States
- “Midnight Angel” by Rudy Adrian – United States
- “Jade Dreams” by Darlene Koldenhoven – United States
- “The Promise” by Christos Danakas – Germany
- “Unite” by Christina Tourin – United States
Singer/Songwriter
- “I Love You” by Upamanyu Mukherjee – India
- “7:55” by Upamanyu Mukherjee – India
- “Look At Us Now” by Tharani Maria aka TM Tones – United Kingdom
- “Who’s the Showstopper?” by Tharani Maria aka TM Tones – United Kingdom
- “Making of Us” by Sarah Rose – United Kingdom
- “Love I Never Wanted” by Sarah Rose – United Kingdom
- “Yoga Dhinathai Anusaripome” by S. J. Jananiy – India
- “Who Hears the Broken?” by Michelle Lockey – United States
- “Floating Cats” by Karolyn Pareseum – France
- “The Man Cave – Song” by Eytan Ribner – United States
- “Way back home (feat. Ilya Kasatkin)” by Anton Levin – Argentina
Soundtrack
- “The Reporter’s Ardor” by Odysseas Papathanasiou Terzis – Greece
- “Love and Fear (Theme from Dalai Mongol)” by Levi Chen | Liquid Gardens – United States
- “Dead Giant’s Battlefield” by Danca – Spain
- “Lonely Way Back” by Danca – Spain
- “Don’t Trust Those Roots” by Danca – Spain
- “Final Resolution” by Dana James Presson – United States
- “Nothin’ Gets Lost” by Ban Brothers – United States
World Music
- “Hupa” by Yupasuingi – Taiwan
- “Not Like the Spirit Is Not Watching” by Yaway·Mawring – Taiwan
- “Taiwan Barbet” by Toshihiro Wakaike & Poorva 181 – Taiwan
- “The Dawn” by Suren Lama – Nepal
- “Natemalidu a sepi (Dreamscape)” by Seredaw – Taiwan
- “Sivane Sivane Om” by S. J. Jananiy – India
- “KALI” by Radhika Vekaria – United States
- “Sound and Recent Sorrow…” by Levi Chen | Liquid Gardens – United States
- “OnE (On Earth)” by DILI KI – Spain
- “Thirumagal” by Devan Ekambaram – India
- “Ganga Kaleidoscope” by Avra Banerjee – Australia
- “Naadi” by Rahul Sridhar – United States
Performance Categories
Best Instrumentalist
- “Back to Life” by Andrea Valeri – Italy
- “Bourbon Street Stroll” by Charu Suri – United States
- “Mist Waves—for solo violin and strings” by Douglas Knehans – United States
- “Darne Jan (Originally a Folk Song)” by Hami Keivan – Iran
- “Sombras (Originally by Chucho Valdés)” by Joey calveiro – United States
- “Remain” by Marta Duarte d’Almeida – Portugal
- “Rondo Capriccioso in E major, Op. 14 (Originally by Felix Mendelssohn)” by Sophia Agranovich – United States
- “Fantasia in F-Sharp minor, Op. 28 – Sonate ecossaise (Originally by Felix Mendelssohn)” by Sophia Agranovich – United States
- “Dance like David danced (Originally by Joshua Aaron)” by Tak Kwan – Canada
- “David Maslanka Remember me arr. Sagstetter” by Tess Remy-Schumacher and Andreas Sagstetter – Germany
- “Kitt Wakeley ASA for Cello solo and EDM/Electronica” Interpreting by Tess Remy- Schumacher – Germany
- “ASA Reimagined for Solo Cello (Originally written by Kitt Wakeley)” Interpreting by Tess Remy-Schumacher – United States
- “Beautiful Eyes” by William Mendelbaum – France
- “Hai-ang Painting Fantasy for Violin and Piano” by Ya-ching Chang – Taiwan
- “Hai-ang Paint -Picking Tea” by Ya-ching Chang – Taiwan
- “Hai-ang Paint – Hungting Dance” by Ya-ching Chang – Taiwan
- “A La Manera de Piazzolla” by Yhael May – Spain
- “Nocturno” by Yhael May – Spain
- “Canción de Cuna” by Yhael May – Spain
- “Where the Heart Is (Orchestral Version)” by Zhiyi Wang – United States
Best Production
- “Ganga Kaleidoscope” by Avra Banerjee – Australia
- “Love Makes My World (feat. Christine Corless)” by Ban Brothers (Gautam Banerjee and Swagata “Ban” Banerjee) – United States
- “A Love Song” by Noshir Mody – United States
- “Flying” by Robin Spielberg – United States
- “Miracle Working God” by Selassie Brown – United States
Best Vocalist
- “I Danmark Er Jeg Født (Originally by Henrik Rung, Poul Schierbeck, Sebastian, H.C. Andersen)” Interpreting by Anita Lerche – Denmark
- “Toxic Places” by Beebee Bassey – Nigeria
- “The White Rose” by George Voukanos – Greece
- “Pie Jesu (Originally a Traditional Latin Text)” Interpreting by James Adler – United States
- “Erik Santos Medley (Originally by Erik Santos)” Cover by Jonard Ortega Deniega – Philippines
- “Rama Ninne Namminanu (Originally by Saint Thyagaraja)” Cover by Kavitha Jayaraman – United States
- “Barco Negro (Originally by Caco Velho, Piratini)” Cover by Marta Duarte d’Almeida – Portugal
- “I Saw The Light (Originally by Hank Williams)” Cover by Mbira Spirit – Canada
- “Aguanile (Originally by Hector Lavoe, Willie Colon) ” Cover by Natalis – United States
- “Dil Mein Jo Dard” by Nidhi Praveen – India
- “All by Myself (Originally by Celine Dion)” Cover by Nikolas Draskovic – Slovakia
- “Ay Linda(Originally by Anonyme )” Cover by Sophie Mosser – France
- “UNTOUCHABLE (Originally by ITZY)” Cover by Vivi – Canada
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