Berlin votes: From October 27th to November 6th, 2025 the audience decides which track has the title “Best song by a Berlin act” deserved – with the Listen to Berlin Awards 2025.
The awards are celebrating her this year ten year anniversary – and show once again how diverse and courageous the capital’s music scene sounds.
They are behind the initiative Berlin Music Commission, 100.6 FluxFM and the Music Expresswhich together call for participation.
Nine selected artists are available to choose from – nominated by Berlin music professionals from the media and scene.
🎧 The shortlist 2025
- Balbina – “Between 2 Worlds” | Art-pop, language-conscious & cinematic | Nominated by Andreas Borcholte (DER SPIEGEL)
- Bella Wakame – “shades of nambei” | Percussion & Modular, great electronics | Nominated by Stephanie Grimm (taz)
- Ebow – “Tired” | Concise rap voice, intimate observation | Nominated by Hella Wittenberg (Music Express)
- LIYO – “Narcissist and Marxist” | Indie pop with bite | Nominated by Jacek Slaski (TipBerlin)
- Lisa Harres ft. Ralph Heidel – “Melted Being” | Between composition and club | Nominated by Melanie Gollin & Rosalie Ernst (Between Two and Four)
- liska – “Hunger Games” | Radically open pop with depth | Nominated by Silvia Silko (Tagesspiegel)
- Madanii – “Dast” | Avant-Pop / Alt-R&B / Trap | Nominated by Jonathan Lüders (100.6 FluxFM)
- RAPK – “Outland” | Kreuzberg crew with force | Nominated by Tobias Wilinski (ThemaTakt)
- TAM & Nomé – “Trip” | Self-esteem instead of pose | Nominated by Annett Scheffel (Die Zeit, SZ, Musikexpress)
💬 Vote now
What counts here is not a streaming algorithm, but rather resonance: Which track will capture the tone of this city in 2025?
Until November 6th Music fans can cast their vote on
👉 listen-to-berlin.de/bester-song
🎤 Awards ceremony & live show
The Listen to Berlin Awards ceremony takes place on November 11, 2025 in the Boiler house of the Kulturbrauerei instead – moderated by Diona Bathily and MC Fitti.
Standing on stage Charlotte Colace, Headjet, Lyre and Puppetmastaz.
The evening also marks the start of the Most Wanted: Music (MW:M) – the Berlin Music Conference, which took place from November 11th to 13th the interaction between the scene, business and technology is highlighted.
🚀 MW:M Live & Conference
Over 150 speakers in 90 sessions discuss future topics AI&R until sustainability.
MW:M Live (November 12th – 13th) presents over 30 acts from Berlin, Germany and Europe – supplemented by the MW:M Live Artist Academy and Listen to Berlin: Youth.
🎶 Ten years of Berlin sound diversity
Ten years Listen to Berlin Awards means ten years of music beyond hype – with a focus on attitude, sound experimentation and the creative energy of this city.
Berlin remains a laboratory and resonance space: Pop as an open design that constantly reinvents itself.
👉 Vote now and become part of the Berlin music scene: listen-to-berlin.de/bester-song