R&B/Hip-Hop Top Executives to Compete, Vote for Power Players Award – Billboard

The second round of voting is now open for Billboard‘s R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players’ Choice Award — a new award honoring the executive in the genres whose peers believe has had the greatest impact across the music business over the past year, from recording and publishing to managing and touring and beyond.

The peer-voted award will run alongside Billboard‘s annual R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players list of the genres’ most influential executives. Voting is open to all Billboard Pro members, both existing and new, with one vote per member.

Billboard launched its first Players’ Choice Award with the Power 100 list earlier this year, followed by the Country Power Players’ Choice Award that concluded last month.

The current, second round of voting will narrow down the top 15 nominees into the final five top executives. The 15 semifinalists are:

If you are not yet a member of Billboard Pro, you can join here and vote here.

The third round of voting will begin July 10, to select the winner from that list. Voting concludes July 23 at 11:59 p.m. EST.