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MUSIC WEEK AWARDS 2008: A&R Award.
WINNER - ISLAND
Polydor was victorious in the A&R category in 2007, winning the award for the part it played in the successes of James Morrison, Klaxons and Take That.
This year, it is awarded to sister Universal company Island Records, which emerged as a clear winner in the category buoyed by its success with some of the year's best selling artists Amy Winehouse, Mika and the Sugababes.
Under the leadership of Island president Nick Gatfield, Winehouse's sophomore album Back To Black clocked up sales to end the year as the biggest-selling album of 2007 by a healthy margin. A&R'd by Island Records A&R manager Darcus Beese, alongside Guy Moot and Felix Howard from EMI Publishing, the album was originally released in October 2006 but amassed the majority of its sales last year. The success for the Londoner has continued this year with Winehouse walking away with five Grammys in February.
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