page_title: European Border Breakers Award
section_title: Selection of the winners
hierarchical_section_title: European Border Breakers Award / Selection of the winners
caption_attribution_description: English: EBBA Awards 2012 -- All Winners -- by Mike BreeuwerNederlands: EBBA Awards 2012 -- Alle winnaars -- door Mike Breeuwer
context_page_description: The European Border Breakers Award was an annual prize awarded to recognise the success of ten emerging artists or groups who reached audiences outside their own countries with their first internationally released album in the past year. Winners of a European Border Breakers Award include Adele, Dolores O'Riordan, MØ, Tiziano Ferro, Lykke Li, Katie Melua, Damien Rice, Mumford and Sons and Dua Lipa. In 2019 the prize was renamed as Music Moves Europe Talent Awards.
context_section_description: The artists or groups nominated for the European Border Breakers Awards are selected on the basis of the following criteria:
  The success of the first international release in European countries other than the home territory of the artist in the past year.
  Radio airplay given to an artist by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) radio channels.
  The artist's success at European festivals (ETEP) outside of his/her home country.
caption: EBBA Awards 2012 – All Winners
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