Best Artist, Breakout Artist, and Best Station Nominees for 2025
- Smooth Jazz Network
- 2 days ago
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Voting Has Begun!
It's time to celebrate your favorites of the year!
Over 300 artists released singles this past year and with so many accomplishments it was difficult to even narrow the field of nominees to 15 in each category.
All of the nominees had a successful 2025, getting their music out and getting heard amidst the vast number of releases.
Congratulations to all of our nominees!
Best Artist of 2025 Nominees:
3rd Force
Adam Hawley
Bob James
Boney James
Dave Koz
Eric Darius
Greg Manning
Jeff Lorber
Jeff Ryan
Kayla Waters
Kirk Whalum
Mindi Abair
Najee
Pamela Williams
Vincent Ingala
Breakout Artist of 2025 Nominees:
Adrian Crutchfield
Althea Rene
Deepak Thettu
Doug Jones
Evan Taylor
James 'PJ' Spraggins
Jazz In Pink
Jeff Bradshaw
Marion Meadows
Michael Mani
Nathan Mitchell
Phylica Rae
Saxl Rose
Tanya Nolan
Tony Saunders
Local Radio Station of 2025 Nominees:
KUNV Las Vegas
WDJZ Daytona Beach
WJZA Atlanta
WNOZ New Orleans
WSBZ Ft Walton Beach
WSIE St. Louis
Head over to the voting page to cast your vote, and don't forget to come back tomorrow! You can vote once per day through Monday, December 1st 11:59 PM PST.
Winners will be announced in our annual BEATS magazine, available on our website at no cost on Friday, December 19th.