They Can Win the Music Publishers' Prize

Artists such as Zara Larsson, Lars Winnerbäck, Cobrah, and Yaeger have a chance to receive an award at the Music Publishers' Award Gala this year. C Gambino can be posthumously rewarded for this year's breakthrough.

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They Can Win the Music Publishers' Prize
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Among this year's nominees are Zara Larsson, who can receive the prize for this year's international success in competition with, among others, Ludwig Göransson and the songwriting duo Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh.

Martin and Salmanzadeh are also nominated for the prize for this year's song for Ariana Grande's "We can't be friends (wait for your love)".

One of the nominees in the category for this year's breakthrough is the rapper C Gambino, who was shot to death in a parking garage in Gothenburg at the beginning of June. Also in the breakthrough category are Hanna "Yaeger" Jäger, Ellen Krauss, and Kristin Carpenter.

The winners will be announced during the gala, which takes place at Artipelag in Stockholm on November 8.

This year's lyricists: Annika Norlin & Jonas Teglund, Karl Sundström (Terra), Lars Winnerbäck, Sarah Klang.

This year's composers: Clara "Cobrah" Blom Christensen, Hannes Roovers & Isac Hördegård (Medium), Daniel Ögren & Anna Ahnlund, Ludwig Göransson, Oscar Chase.

This year's international success: Max Martin & Ilya Salmanzadeh, Ludwig Göransson, Oscar Görres, Zara Larsson.

This year's breakthrough: C Gambino, Ellen Krauss, Hanna "Yaeger" Jäger, Kristin Carpenter.

This year's song: "Andas in andas ut" (Thomas Stenström), "Kite" (Benjamin Ingrosso), "One of your girls" (Troye Sivan), "We can't be friends (wait for your love)" (Ariana Grande).

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