HONOUR ROLL 2021

14th Annual MMF Canada Honour Roll
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
LOCATION: Online

Read the Press Release here.

Event Recap on FYI Music News.

Honour Roll Award

PIERS HENWOOD & NICK BLASKO || AMELIA ARTISTS

Piers Henwood and Nick Blasko learned their trade by self-managing their own bands in the late ‘90s, before becoming professional managers in 2002 with their first client, Tegan and Sara. Supporting Tegan and Sara’s global career for over 18 years along with their longtime staff at Amelia Artists, they’ve passionately advocated for past and present clients including Bedouin Soundclash, Buck 65, Luca Fogale, The Librarian, The Funk Hunters, Astrocolor, Jets Overhead, Flash Lightnin', Gold & Youth, Luluc, and Fintan.

In collaboration with their artists and label partners, Piers and Nick’s work has resulted in over 1.5 million albums sold in the pre-streaming era, hundreds of millions of track streams, seven Gold certifications, twelve JUNO Award nominations with four wins, and a diverse list of accomplishments with Tegan and Sara – a Grammy nomination, an Academy Awards nomination, a New York Times Best Seller, and a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award recognizing cultural contributions in Canada and abroad.

SLAIGHT MUSIC || GARY SLAIGHT & DERRICK ROSS

Slaight Music is a music company incubator with the mandate to support the Canadian music community through various initiatives and to develop Canadian talent via strategic partnerships with industry peers. They work with artists from across the country and across the musical spectrum, helping to further careers and get great music heard. Under the leadership of Gary and Derrick Ross, Slaight Music continues to be an important part of the industry. 

JESSIE REYEZ, MAURICIO RUIZ, BYRON WILSON

Jessie Reyez is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and rising global superstar with an ever growing number of accolades. Mauricio Ruiz began working with Reyez while mentoring youth at The Remix Project in Toronto. The duo began to develop her first songs and, soon after, Ruiz joined forces with Byron Wilson and the group entered into a management deal. Ruiz and Byron have been guiding Reyez’s career to international proportions ever since, helping her to be become one of Canada’s most notable emerging artists.