InterContinental Music Awards 2024 Winners
The 2024 InterContinental Music Awards showcased outstanding global talent across a spectrum of genres and artists. This year’s awards ceremony celebrated the finest in international music, spanning from pop to hip-hop, classical to folk. The winners of the 2024 InterContinental Music Awards exemplified the pinnacle of global musical excellence.
2024 ICMA Winners
Danca (Daniele Carmosino & Christof Unterberger)
BEST OF PANGEA
“Dead Giant’s Battlefield” – Soundtrack
2024 Performance Category Winners
Continental Finalists
Africa
African Contemporary
- “Soft Life” by Baba Kuboye – United States
- “Miracle Working God” by Selassie Brown – United States
African Hip Hop
- “For Me” by Proklaim – Namibia
African Pop
- “Philomina” by BadmanTeey – Sweden
African Reggae/Ragga/Dancehall
- “Break the Barrier” by Anslom – Papua New Guinea
- “Zion Train” by Anslom – Papua New Guinea
- “Jail Bird” by Anslom – Papua New Guinea
African RnB/Soul
- “Uzophendula” by Pure Gold – South Africa
Soukous
- “My love-Soukouss” by Nono Manzanza – Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- “Tonnerre De Brest” by Djouna Big-One – Congo, Democratic Republic of the
America
Alternative
- “Siddhartha” by TADINI – “United Kingdom”
- “Aftermath” by Helen O’Shea – “United States”
- “BUT YOU DO GOTTA” by GRACE GARLAND – “United States”
- “Smarter Than” by BrandiWyne – “United States”
- “Anime Baby” by BrandiWyne – “United States”
- “Density” by Alanna Patricio – “United States”
American Roots
- “That’s How You Country” by Jarrid Lee – Canada
- “River of Ages” by Grant Maloy Smith – United States
Americana
- “One Man Band” by Bo Ely – United States
Blues
- “The Yards” by Noshir Mody – United States
- “B Blues” by Peter Xifaras – United States
- “Never Get Away (Feat. Natalie Jean, Kitt Wakeley)” by Justine Blazer – United States
- “Money Is Your Honey” by Dr. J. B. Blues – Germany
Contemporary Instrumental
- “THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING IN SPRING” by Yang Zhang – United States
- “Sueños de Madinat Al Zahra” by Tsode – Spain
- “LOST” by Ruth Rossel – Germany
- “Tears Of Humanity” by Peter Xifaras – United States
- “Night Wind” by Peter Sterling – United States
- “Cosmic Lover” by Peter Sterling – United States
- “Morning Bell” by Michael Whalen – United States
- “Anywhere, Anytime, Anything for You” by Michael Whalen – United States
- “Angel Hanaels Song” by Karen Salictath Jamali – United States
- “Christmas Angel” by karen Salicath Jamali – United States
- “To Grandpa” by Helena Maria Falk – United States
- “Beautiful Tonight” by Ed Bazel – United States
- “Exploration” by Dominik Kisiel – Poland
- “Showtime” by David Fogel – United States
- “Harbor Cove” by Christina Tourin – United States
- “The Other Half” by Abhirup Roy – India
- “Remains of Ancient Trees” by Cicada – Taiwan
Country
- “Try To Hide (ft. Justine Blazer)” by Tom Bender – United States
- “Mrs. Right” by Lyn_Sey – United States
- “Be The Man” by Lee Newton – United States
- “That’s What a Heartbreak Tastes Like” by Jonathan – Canada
- “Life Sentence” by Jason Ray Welsh – United States
- “Up On Stage” by Jarrid Lee – Canada
- “High Fivin Hearts (feat. Lonnie Park)” by Coconut Creek – United States
- “Five Minute Smoke Break” by Amy Jo – United States
Dance/Electronic
- “Armor” by Mo Dinka – United States
- “Move Your Body Slowly” by Miist – United States
- “An Elevated Life” by Hollan Holmes – United States
- “Chemistry” by BEERANDFLIES – United States
- “Diamonds From The Sky” by Amy McAllister – United States
Folk
- “When You Forget My Name” by Susan L. Lipson – United States
- “Why Don’t They Choose Me?” by Michelle Lockey & Stephen Joseph – United States
- “Back to Life” by Andrea Valeri – Italy
Gospel/Contemporary Christian
- “Feeling Of Inadequacy” by Mo Dinka – United States
- “Heaven Won” by Mo Dinka – United States
- “Dear Lord Jesus” by Melissa Pettignano – United States
- “I Hear You Callin'” by Lyn_Sey – United States
- “Recover (radio remix)” by Jennifer Lewin – Canada
- “To All the Gabbys in the World” by Darla Z – United States
- “Please Help Me Forgive” by Darla Z – United States
- “A Little Glimpse of Heaven” by Billy Ray – United States
Jazz
- “Green-Skinned Train” by Zhuoyuan Li – China
- “Beautiful Eyes” by William Mendelbaum – France
- “Key To My Heart” by Thumper & Generation One – United States
- “In The Absence Of Answers” by Noshir Mody – United States
- “A Love Song” by Noshir Mody – United States
- “CHASIN’ RAINBOWS” by Marie-Claire Giraud – United States
- “Frank’s Song ( Outlander )” by Marie-Claire Giraud – United States
- “You & I” by Joey calveiro – United States
- “Sombras” by Joey calveiro – United States
- “De Longe” by Gili Lopes – United States
- “When We Danced” by Cayla Brooke – Canada
Smooth Jazz
- “Only With You” by Yulia & Ricky Bolognesi – United States
- “Cherry Pops” by Evan Carydakis – Australia
Latin Music
- “Somewhere Over The Rainbow-Salsa Version (feat. Bianca Zalez)” by Orchestra Fuego – United States
- “Leo’s Jam 2.0” by Leonardo Garcia – United States
- “Viajar, (Travel)” by Christopher Rapkin – United States
- “Bat Sheva (The Daughter of 7even)” by Tomer George Cohen (George & The Good Vibes) – Israel
Native American Music
- “Black Wolf” by Steven Newton – United Kingdom
- “Lets Get Gone” by Jarrid Lee – Canada
- “Life Spiral” by Deborah Martin & Erik Wollo – United States
Pop
- “Caught In The Woods” by The Woods – United States
- “Volcano” by Tess Posner – United States
- “Where Is It Written” by Susan E. Eck – Canada
- “Married In Vegas” by Rachel Lincoln – United States
- “Jimmy D” by Pop Baby – United States
- “Unstoppable” by Pop Baby – United States
- “I Should’ve Done Better” by Michelle Lockey & Stephen Joseph – United States
- “Woman Of The Day” by Meg Pfeiffer – United States
- “Falling in love slowly” by Junwen Wu – China
- “My Sky” by Emmanuel Kelly – Australia
- “In The In Between” by Boys’N’Barry – United States
- “Moonstruck” by Alanna Patricio – United States
- “Eternity” by Alanna Patricio – United States
Indie Pop
- “I Am A Snail” by Noush like sploosh – United Arab Emirates
R&B
- “Blue Love” by The Frost Duo – United States
- “Silk & Satin” by Qian – United States
- “Love Lessons” by Kristina Murrell & Sonny King (T. Word) – United States
- “Callin’ Out” by JC Sol – Canada
- “Land Of Beauty” by Daniel John – Grenada
- “Forever” by D Summers – United States
- “Smooth” – Radio Edit by ConFunkShun – United States
- “The Power of Love” by CHARM™️ – United States
- “Love’s Recipe” by Alisa Inez – United States
Rap
- “Sink” by Scee – United States
- “While You Are Young” by Braxill – United States
Reggae
- “Johnny Don’t Cry” by Colle´ Kharis – United States
- “Life of Purpose” by Colle´ Kharis – United States
Rock
- “Kickin‘ Stones” by The Mighty One – Canada
- “Better Man” by Rocky Michaels – United States
- “Eagle” by Rocky Michaels – United States
- “The Raven” by Nicholas Andrea – United States
- “Me And My Demons” by Jay Luke – United States
- “It’s Up To You” by Dr. J. B. Blues – Germany
- “The Witches Song” by Dr. J. B. Blues – Germany
- “Spend A Little Time” by Chel Hill – United States
- “Real Close Up” by Annie Minogue Band – United States
- “Sandbox” by Annie Minogue Band – United States
- “Love Makes My World (feat. Christine Corless)” by Ban Brothers – United States
Asia
Asian Classical
- “Pathiniyak Wi” by Ranasinghe W M R K Kanchanamala Ranasinghe – “Sri Lanka”
Asian Dance & Electronic
- “Sentamil Naadudhaan” by S. J. Jananiy – “India”
- “Brilliant night sky” by Laka·Umaw – “Taiwan”
Asian Jazz & Crossover
- “Siasing” by žž瑋琪 (žžWei-Chi) – “Taiwan”
- “Be Like Me” by žž瑋琪 (žžWei-Chi) – “Taiwan”
- “Walking in Taipei” by žž瑋琪 (žžWei-Chi) – “Taiwan”
- “Womb For Sale” by žž瑋琪 (žžWei-Chi) – “Taiwan”
- “Some Days (feat. Dave Weckl & John Patitucci)” by Hami Keivan – “Iran”
- “Bourbon Street Stroll” by Charu Suri – “United States”
- “French Quarter (Raga Charukesi)” by Charu Suri – “United States”
- “Vrindavan Sojourn” by Avra Banerjee – “Australia”
Asian Pop
- “MEHRE” by Tariq Yama – “Afghanistan”
- “Tum Ne Khoja Mujhko” by S. J. Jananiy – “India”
- “Give Her My Love (Chinese version)” by Miist – “United States”
- “She (Chinese version)” by Miist – “United States”
- “Syuhud Qalbu” by Fitri Haris – “Malaysia”
- “KAATRIN MOZHI” by Devan Ekambaram & Rita Thyagarajan – “India”
- “The wind through the island brings me home” by Cliff – “Taiwan”
- “Wallah Wallah” by Avra Banerjee – “Australia”
Asian Rock
- “Into You” by Sonny – “Indonesia”
- “Snatch It” by Shitalchandra – “India”
Bollywood Music
- “Zindagi” by Sumeet Tappoo – “India”
- “Bachpan Ke Din” by Sumeet Tappoo – “India”
Carnati
- “Ganesha Kumara” by Dr P.V.Bose – “India”
Hindustani
- “Govind Leeno Mol” by Sumeet Tappoo – “India”
- “Yamuna Yearnings” by Avra Banerjee – “Australia”
Sufi folk rock / Sufi rock
- “Have and Have Nots” by Samir Bodhi – “United States”
Zhongguo Feng
- “二十樓” by Namewee – “Malaysia”
Australasia
Australasian Blues & Roots
- “A Hiki I Ke Aloha ‘Āina Hope Loa” by A‘ea‘e – “United States”
Australasian Jazz
- “Catch Me” by Christine Manetta – “Australia”
Australasian Pop
- “Right Now” by STUDEO – “Australia”
- “Season to Believe” by Kat Greta – “Australia”
- “Best Friend” by Genevieve Cesarano – “Australia”
Australasian Urban
- “One Woman One Day” by Christine Manetta – “Australia”
Europe
Britpop
- “Sarbatoare” by HARA – “Romania”
Celtic
- “Aftermath – For My Father” by Helen O’Shea – “United States”
- “The White Rose” by George Voukanos – “Greece”
- “Avondale” by Christina Tourin – “United States”
European Folk
- “Le Rever” by Mike Surratt – “United States”
- “Remain” by Marta Duarte d’Almeida – “Portugal”
- “Rollercoaster” by HARA – “Romania”
- “Noapte Alba” by HARA – “Romania”
European Jazz
- “The Shadow’s Love” by Ricky Bolognesi – “Italy”
- “Is It Me” by Cynthia Thijs Coenraad – “Netherlands”
- “I Wanna Stay With Me” by Cynthia Thijs Coenraad – “Netherlands”
European Rock
- “The silence” by The sand – “Spain”
Europop
- “Mother” by Yhael May – “Spain”
Flamenco
- “Chiringuito el Loro” by Gaspar – “Spain”
- “Viajar, (Travel)” by Christopher Rapkin – “United States”
- “Matica de Ruda” by Alxaraf – “Spain”
Middle East
Tarab
- “Rady Ya Rab (feat. Ahmed EL Barbary)” by Remon Sakr – “Egypt”
Oriental
- “Haki Ma Naal” by RAND – “Lebanon”
Middle Eastern Pop
- “This is The country” by Ahmed Alhosani – “United Arab Emirates”
- “Elniya Betrouh” by Ahmed Alhosani – “United Arab Emirates”
- “The World is Blind (feat. Abu)” by Dr Tarek Nadim – “United Kingdom”
Fusion Music
- “Struggle” by Mohammad Sabri – “Iran”
Pangea
Ambient
- “Winter Horizon” by Mingo – United States
- “Cisne” by jBenlloch – Spain
- “A Treasured World” by David Helpling & Jon Jenkins – United States
Classical
- “Where the Heart Is (Orchestral Version)” by Zhiyi Wang – United States
- “Dance of Fireflies” by Ssu-Yu Huang – United States
- “The Courage of Despair Orchestral (Tribute to Ukraine)” by Paul Long – United States
- “Lamento” by Luis Alberto Naranjo – Spain
- “Adagio Molina” by Luis Alberto Naranjo – Spain
- “Elisions for piano” by Livio Ventura – Italy
- “Landscape for piano” by Livio Ventura – Italy
- “Pie Jesu” by James Adler – United States
- “Beautiful Garden” by James Adler – United States
- “That Star in the Picture (A Portrait for Soprano with Accompaniment)” by James Adler – United States
- “Reflections” by Fatjon Pula – Albania
- “Mist Waves—for solo violin and strings” by Douglas Knehans – United States
- “Passacaglia – Handel’s Healing Harp” by Christina Tourin – United States
- “THE MIRACLE MAN” by ANGEL – Spain
Classical Crossove
- “Flying” by Robin Spielberg – United States
New Age
- “Prayer in A minor” by Yulia – United States
- “Transcend: Asatoma” by Sarves Thiru – United Kingdom
- “Starlight” by Sangeeta Kaur – United States
- “All Love” by Sangeeta Kaur – United States
- “Aurora” by Sangeeta Kaur – United States
- “World of Empathy” by Samir Bodhi – United States
- “Liberate” by Radhika Vekaria – United States
- “Le Rever” by Mike Surratt – United States
- “Silver Lining” by Lazypianist – China
- “Abiding (Reprise)” by Janice Lacy – United States
- “Dreaming of Daybreak” by Janice Lacy – United States
- “Nocturne” by Janice Lacy – United States
- “Midnight Angel” by Rudy Adrian – United States
- “Jade Dreams” by Darlene Koldenhoven – United States
- “The Promise” by Christos Danakas – Germany
- “Unite” by Christina Tourin – United States
Singer/Songwriter
- “I Love You” by Upamanyu Mukherjee – India
- “7:55” by Upamanyu Mukherjee – India
- “Look At Us Now” by Tharani Maria aka TM Tones – United Kingdom
- “Who’s the Showstopper?” by Tharani Maria aka TM Tones – United Kingdom
- “Making of Us” by Sarah Rose – United Kingdom
- “Love I Never Wanted” by Sarah Rose – United Kingdom
- “Yoga Dhinathai Anusaripome” by S. J. Jananiy – India
- “Who Hears the Broken?” by Michelle Lockey & Stephen Joseph – United States
- “Floating Cats” by Karolyn Pareseum – France
- “The Man Cave – Song” by Eytan Ribner – United States
- “Way back home (feat. Ilya Kasatkin)” by Anton Levin – Argentina
Soundtrack
- “The Reporter’s Ardor” by Odysseas Papathanasiou Terzis – Greece
- “Love and Fear (Theme from Dalai Mongol)” by Levi Chen | Liquid Gardens – United States
- “Dead Giant’s Battlefield” by Danca (Daniele Carmosino & Christof Unterberger) – Spain
- “Lonely Way Back” by Danca (Daniele Carmosino & Christof Unterberger) – Spain
- “Don’t Trust Those Roots” by Danca (Daniele Carmosino & Christof Unterberger) – Spain
- “Final Resolution” by Dana James Presson – United States
- “Nothin’ Gets Lost” by Ban Brothers – United States
World Music
- “Hupa” by Yupasuingi – Taiwan
- “Not Like the Spirit Is Not Watching” by Yaway·Mawring – Taiwan
- “Taiwan Barbet” by Toshihiro Wakaike & Poorva 181 – Taiwan
- “The Dawn” by Suren Lama – Nepal
- “Natemalidu a sepi (Dreamscape)” by Seredaw – Taiwan
- “Sivane Sivane Om” by S. J. Jananiy – India
- “KALI” by Radhika Vekaria – United States
- “Sound and Recent Sorrow…” by Levi Chen | Liquid Gardens – United States
- “OnE (On Earth)” by DILI KI – Spain
- “Thirumagal” by Devan Ekambaram – India
- “Ganga Kaleidoscope” by Avra Banerjee – Australia
- “Naadi” by Rahul Sridhar – United States
Performance Categories
Best Instrumentalist
- “Back to Life” by Andrea Valeri – Italy
- “Bourbon Street Stroll” by Charu Suri – United States
- “Mist Waves—for solo violin and strings” by Douglas Knehans – United States
- “Darne Jan (Originally a Folk Song- feat. Dave Weckl & Ricardo Osorno)” by Hami Keivan – Iran
- “Sombras (Originally by Chucho Valdés)” by Joey calveiro – United States
- “Remain” by Marta Duarte d’Almeida – Portugal
- “Rondo Capriccioso in E major, Op. 14 (Originally by Felix Mendelssohn)” by Sophia Agranovich – United States
- “Fantasia in F-Sharp minor, Op. 28 – Sonate ecossaise (Originally by Felix Mendelssohn)” by Sophia Agranovich – United States
- “Dance like David danced (Originally by Joshua Aaron)” by Tak Kwan – Canada
- “David Maslanka Remember me arr. Sagstetter” by Tess Remy-Schumacher and Andreas Sagstetter – Germany
- “Kitt Wakeley ASA for Cello solo and EDM/Electronica” Interpreting by Tess Remy- Schumacher – Germany
- “ASA Reimagined for Solo Cello (Originally written by Kitt Wakeley)” Interpreting by Tess Remy-Schumacher – United States
- “Beautiful Eyes” by William Mendelbaum – France
- “Hai-ang Painting Fantasy for Violin and Piano” by Ya-ching Chang – Taiwan
- “Hai-ang Paint -Picking Tea” by Ya-ching Chang – Taiwan
- “Hai-ang Paint – Hungting Dance” by Ya-ching Chang – Taiwan
- “A La Manera de Piazzolla” by Yhael May – Spain
- “Nocturno” by Yhael May – Spain
- “Canción de Cuna” by Yhael May – Spain
- “Where the Heart Is (Orchestral Version)” by Zhiyi Wang – United States
Best Production
- “Ganga Kaleidoscope” by Avra Banerjee – Australia
- “Love Makes My World (feat. Christine Corless)” by Ban Brothers (Gautam Banerjee and Swagata “Ban” Banerjee) – United States
- “A Love Song” by Noshir Mody – United States
- “Flying” by Robin Spielberg – United States
- “Miracle Working God” by Selassie Brown – United States
Best Vocalist
- “I Danmark Er Jeg Født (Originally by Henrik Rung, Poul Schierbeck, Sebastian, H.C. Andersen)” Interpreting by Anita Lerche – Denmark
- “Toxic Places” by Beebee Bassey – Nigeria
- “The White Rose” by George Voukanos – Greece
- “Pie Jesu (Originally a Traditional Latin Text)” Interpreting by James Adler – United States
- “Erik Santos Medley (Originally by Erik Santos)” Cover by Jonard Ortega Deniega – Philippines
- “Rama Ninne Namminanu (Originally by Saint Thyagaraja)” Cover by Kavitha Jayaraman – United States
- “Barco Negro (Originally by Caco Velho, Piratini)” Cover by Marta Duarte d’Almeida – Portugal
- “I Saw The Light (Originally by Hank Williams)” Cover by Mbira Spirit – Canada
- “Aguanile (Originally by Hector Lavoe, Willie Colon) ” Cover by Natalis – United States
- “Dil Mein Jo Dard” by Nidhi Praveen – India
- “All by Myself (Originally by Celine Dion)” Cover by Nikolas Draskovic – Slovakia
- “Ay Linda(Originally by Anonyme )” Cover by Sophie Mosser – France
- “UNTOUCHABLE (Originally by ITZY)” Cover by Vivi – Canada