Jo Walker Meador International Award
Award Criteria
This Award recognizes outstanding achievement by an individual in advocating and supporting Country Music’s marketing development in territories outside the United States. Media Executives and Live Music Industry Professionals would be eligible if their involvement reached outside of their primary role, otherwise their eligibility for the Wesley Rose International Media Achievement Award or Rob Potts International Live Music Advancement Award would exclude them.
2022 – Bobbi Boyce, CMA (UK)
2021 – Chris York, SJM Concerts, Country to Country Festival UK (UK)
2020 – John Esposito, Warner Music Nashville (USA)
2019 – Susan Heymann, Chugg Entertainment (Australia)
2018 – John Marks, Spotify, USA and Milly Olykan, C2C/AEG Presents (UK)
2017 – Rob Potts, Rob Potts Entertainment Edge (Australia)
2016 – Jeff Walker, AristoMedia (USA)
2014 – Scott Borchetta, Big Machine Label Group (USA)
2013 – Jeff Walker, AristoMedia (USA)
2012 – Scott Borchetta, Big Machine Records (USA)
2011 – Ralph Murphy, ASCAP (USA)
2010 – John Lomax III (USA)
2009 – Michael Chugg, Michael Chugg Entertainment (Australia)
2008 – Mark Moffatt (USA)
2007 – Heather Ostertag, FACTOR (Canada)
2006 – Alan McBlane, Mcb3 (UK)
2005 – Greg Swain, Telstra (Australia)
2004 – Jeff Green, R&R (USA)
2003 – Meryl Gross (Australia)
2002 – Sheila Hamilton, Canadian Country Music Association (Canada)
2001 – Iain Snodgrass, Universal Music International (UK)
2000 – Jeffrey Stothers, Gone Country Promotions
1999 – Sarah Brosmer & Kate Farmer, MCA Nashville & Universal International
1998 – Judy Seale, Refugee International
1997 – Barry Coburn, Ten Ten Management
1996 – Bob Saporiti, Warner/Reprise Records Nashville
1995 – CMT: Country Music Television
1994 – Trisha Walker-Cunningham, TWI