The East Coast Music Nominees for 2021 were announced on March 2, 2021.

The Awards Breakdown by Region:

Cape Breton 23New Brunswick 39

Newfoundland and Labrador 35

Nova Scotia 94

P.E.I. 25

Classified from Nova Scotia leads the nominations with 8. Rose Cousins from PEI follows with 6 nominations

Beolach, Catherine MacLellan, David Myles, Neon Dreams and Rich Auoin eachreceived 4 nominations.

Here are a few sample categories nominations:

Country Recording:

Brooklyn Blackmore-Laurie LeBlanc-Lawrence Maxwell-Norma MacDonald-The Heavy Horses

Folk Recording:

David Myles-Dylan Menzie-Jennah Barry-Rube & Rake-Sherman Downey<,p>Group Recording:

Beolach-Jessica Rhaye & the Ramshackle Parade-Dylan-Les Babies-Rube & Rake-Sorrey

Pop Recording:

BRDGS-Kim Harris-Kinley-Rachel Beck-Sorrey

Rock Recording:

Beauts-Chris Colepaugh-Kestrels-Like A Motorcycle-Nap Eyes

Solo Recording:

Catherine MacLellan-Classified-David Myles-Dylan Menzie-Rose Cousins

Songwriter:

Catherine MacLellan-Classified-David Myles-Joel Plaskett-Rose Cousins

Contemporary Roots Recording:

Catherine MacLellan-Coco Love Alcorn-Emilie Landry-Mike McKenna Jr.-Rose Cousins

Song of the Year:

Classified-Like A Motorcycle-Neon Dreams-Rachel Beck-Rich Aucoin

Fans Choice:

Beolach-Classified-David Myles-Jimmy Rankin-Lennie Gallant-Like A Motorcycle-Neon Dreams-Rich Aucoin-Rose Cousins

Album of the Year:

Classified-Joel Plaskett-Neon Dreams-Rachel Beck-Rose Cousins

For all the nominations refer to ecma.com (website)