The 50 Most Powerful People In Aussie Music In 2015: #30-#11

The countdown to uncover the most powerful person in Australian music this year continues with today's revelation of the #30 to #11 highest-ranking individuals in the industry as part of the 2015 Australian Music Industry Directory (AMID) Power 50.

Today's crop is a particularly colourful crew, filled with the sorts of people and personalities without whom there wouldn't even be an Australian music industry to bother ranking in the first place; the kind of applause-worthy workhorses like Brett Cottle (APRA AMCOS), Susan Heymann (Chugg Entertainment), Dan Rosen (ARIA & PPCA), Claire Collins (Bossy Music), Tim Levinson (aka Urthboy, Elefant Traks), Peter Noble (Bluesfest), Mardi Caught (Warner Music Australia) and Danny Rogers (Lunatic Entertainment), to name a handful.

the 2015 amid power 50: #30-#11

Head here to see the countdown, or check our subscription-based industry site for more about this year's rankings.

Following today's unveiling, we've now seen all of the new faces on this year's list bar one ultra-impressive individual who has made their debut inside the top 10 (eclipsing last year's highest new entrant, Dror Erez, who entered at #19) — see the full list of debutantes with tomorrow's reveal of the top 10 most-powerful identities in Australian music.

Of course, as is to be expected, there will be cheers and jeers aplenty as a result of the fresh rankings, with some incumbent entries categorically trouncing their earlier efforts to settle in at hitherto untold heights, while others will no doubt feel the sting of a downward slide — but, hey, that's the music industry, baby.

Stick around for tomorrow's conclusion — it's going to get fiercely competitive in here.