The MA International Song Contest and Music Awards is back! The 2026 event will start accepting entries later this year in 2025. Get your songs ready for the world's biggest viral music and songwriting event of 2026.
Music Aid 2026 is a viral music event for songwriters, musicians, singers, bands and producers and it supports many good causes, aid projects and charities. Participants win awards for their music, showcase their talent to the world, support good causes and appear in music charts. The event is held in association with Music Aid FM, the International Song Copyright Organization and Song Copyright Office (SCO), SubmitMySong.com, the UKSC UK Songwriting Contest, The Commonwealth Song Contest, the ISA International Songwritng Awards, international charities, major music industry partners and media partners. This is an opportunity to win awards, earn rewards, promote your music, increase your global online presence and boost your career in music.
HOW IT WORKS
Submit your track or video and it will be seen and heard around the world in this international viral event. Participants can promote and sell tracks during the event and have permission to use our trade marked Music Aid branding to show official participation. The most popular songs will share a prize fund and receive awards and trophies. Importantly, this is also a major benefit event so you will be promoting your music and talent while also helping others! Taking part in this event is an easy way to promote your music and increase hits, views, sales and streams for your videos and tracks on Spotify, YouTube, Soundcloud, Vimeo, Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok and all social media, music streaming platforms and your own artist websites etc.
ORIGINAL SONGS / COVER SONGS / VIDEO / AUDIO
There are Awards prizes for Cover Songs, Original Songs, Songwriters, Female Solo Artists, Male Solo Artists, Singer/Songwriters, Bands, Music Videos, Instrumental Performance, Instrumental Compositions, Live Performance/Gigs and even Educational Videos.
THE CHARTS
Charts are updated in real time based on streams, views, shares, Likes etc. You will see live trends and the position of your songs in the event in real time. Use the charts to see the most popular artists and songs in each country and genre and see how your entry compares to others in the event. See global charts for trending and popular entries worldwide by country, category, genre, tag etc.
A BENEFIT EVENT
All advertising revenue during the event is donated to charitable causes with no upper limit or cap, and all proceeds from the sale of music tracks and albums from the Music Aid Music Store during the entire year is also donated to these causes. In addition, thousands of dollars of advertising space and promotion is given and allocated to charities. Charities also reveive a portion of entry fees as affiliates to the event. Music Aid also donates part of every entry fee to be used to establish Music Aid centres. Music Aid International has been providing aid and support to charities and good causes and has worked with some of the world's biggest organizations, including The United Nations UNV program, since it was founded way back in 1998. Find out more here.
HOW IT WORKS
Submit your track or video and it will be seen and heard around the world in this international viral event. Participants can promote and sell tracks during the event and have permission to use our trade marked Music Aid branding to show official participation. The most popular songs will share a prize fund and receive awards and trophies. Importantly, this is also a major benefit event so you will be promoting your music and talent while also helping others! Taking part in this event is an easy way to promote your music and increase hits, views, sales and streams for your videos and tracks on Spotify, YouTube, Soundcloud, Vimeo, Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok and all social media, music streaming platforms and your own artist websites etc.
ORIGINAL SONGS / COVER SONGS / VIDEO / AUDIO
There are Awards prizes for Cover Songs, Original Songs, Songwriters, Female Solo Artists, Male Solo Artists, Singer/Songwriters, Bands, Music Videos, Instrumental Performance, Instrumental Compositions, Live Performance/Gigs and even Educational Videos.
THE CHARTS
Charts are updated in real time based on streams, views, shares, Likes etc. You will see live trends and the position of your songs in the event in real time. Use the charts to see the most popular artists and songs in each country and genre and see how your entry compares to others in the event. See global charts for trending and popular entries worldwide by country, category, genre, tag etc.
A BENEFIT EVENT
All advertising revenue during the event is donated to charitable causes with no upper limit or cap, and all proceeds from the sale of music tracks and albums from the Music Aid Music Store during the entire year is also donated to these causes. In addition, thousands of dollars of advertising space and promotion is given and allocated to charities. Charities also reveive a portion of entry fees as affiliates to the event. Music Aid also donates part of every entry fee to be used to establish Music Aid centres. Music Aid International has been providing aid and support to charities and good causes and has worked with some of the world's biggest organizations, including The United Nations UNV program, since it was founded way back in 1998. Find out more here.
INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST AND MUSIC AWARDS
The world's biggest international songwriting contest starts accepting song entries in September 2025. If you are a songwriter or performing artist with original material you need to be in this important global music event. Music Aid International and has partnered with the world famous UK Songwriting Contest (UKSC) and The Association of UK Songwriters and Composers, The SCO Song Copyright Office and Song Copyright Organization (songcopyright.org), The Commonwealth Song Contest (CSC), The International Songwriting Awards (ISAs), and other major music industry players. These establlshed and prestigious bodies and professionals have come together to create this unique and important international music event.
Winning songwriters and artists receive rewards and trophies and international promotion with winning songs featured on a compilation album. Finalists are chosen by panels of top expert music industry judges. This is followed by a large open international public vote and a specialist panel of over 10,000 invited music professionals and industry. The people's vote and thousands of musical peers from around the world choose the winners. And everyone who enters has the chance to represent their own country. There is no other songwriting event like this.
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100% of proceeds from this event support Music Aid projects and charitable causes.