Welcome to The Music Power 50 for 2025
View Previous Power 50 ListsThe Music Power 50 is an annual celebration of leadership and Australian music impact for the year. This year we’ve looked at entries across five broad areas to ensure that the tapestry of industry sectors are reflected. The individuals are by no means an exhaustive list of leaders in the industry, but are our panel’s selection from over 150 nominations of passionate people working diligently to move Australian music forward commercially and culturally.
Over half the list are first-time entrants who are making a positive impact and creating moments for the next generation of industry leaders to take inspiration from.
Inclusion on the list is more than just a celebration of the past year, however. It’s also a signpost for the next. The Power 50 are the people who are shaping the future of Australian music, both globally and locally. They are the people the industry looks to when it comes to healthy culture and protection of artists’ rights. They are the people who will determine whether Australians continue to hear their own songs and stories reflected back to them. The Power 50 is a celebration of the success that has been carved out and a reminder of the responsibility to use that success to create more doors for Australian artists to walk through.
Here’s to the Class of 2025.
This year our fifty are listed in alphabetical order to reflect the interconnected rather than heirachical nature of our diverse industry.
Adelle Robinson (Fuzzy Operations)
Adit Gauchan & Nick Lupi (One Day Entertainment)
Andy Irvine & Viv Mellish (GYRO.Group)
Ash Hills (UNIFIED Artist Management)
Ben Turnbull & Chris O'Brien (Destroy All Lines)
Christo Van Egmond (TEG Van Egmond)
David Vodicka (Media Arts Lawyers)
Esti Zilber (Sounds Australia)
Harry Moore (Lonely Lands Agency)
Jaddan Comerford (UNIFIED Music Group)
Jaime Gough (Concord Music Publishing ANZ)
James Fava (Intergalactic Fantastic)
Jeff Drake & Ryan Sabet (Kicks Entertainment)
John Zaccaria & Duane McDonald (Face To Face Touring)
Kathy McCabe (News Corp Australia)
Kiri Martin & Nic Kelly (2Day FM / Hit Network)
Linda Bosidis & Chris Maund (Mushroom Music)
Maggie Collins (Association of Artist Managers)
Maria Amato (Australian Independent Record Labels Association)
Matt Gudinski (Mushroom Group)
Michael Christidis, Nicholas Greco, Filippo Palermo & Christian Serrao (Untitled Group)
Michael Chugg (Chugg Entertainment / Chugg Music)
Mikaela Lancaster (Spotify AU/NZ)
Millie Millgate (Creative Australia)
Natalie & Ricky Kradolfer (Amplify Music Education)
Nathan McLay (Virgin Music / Future Classic)
Sahara Herald (Frontier Touring)
Sebastian & Michael Chase (MGM Distribution)
Simone Ubaldi & Andrew Parisi (Sundowner Artists)
Susan Heymann (Frontier Touring)
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