Clio Music

04/29/2025

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Clio Music
Entry Information

Built on Clio’s enduring reputation for recognizing the most creative and culturally relevant advertising and communications, Clio Music celebrates the visceral power of music to connect consumers and brands around the world. The program is dedicated to awarding the creative contributions of the marketers and communicators that push boundaries, permeate pop culture, and establish a new precedent for artist promotion, music marketing, brand collaborations, and the use of music in advertising and trailers.

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Why You Should Enter
Judging Process
FAQs

Media Requirements

Please remove the following before uploading any media:

– Agency Credits
– Individual Credits
– Agency Logos
– Slates

If you have any questions about media requirements, please click the envelope icon below and send us a message.

Image Upload

NOTE: All medium types require an image to be uploaded to the entry in order to submit payment

Cover Image Specs:

  • Resolution:
    – 640 x 360 pixels (minimum) (16:9)

In the event that your entry is awarded a statue, the image provided will be used as a thumbnail on the Winners’ Gallery on the Clio website.

Execution Image Specs:

Video Upload

Required Spec for Video Uploads:

All bars, slates, and black must be removed from videos.

All videos must be submitted through the entry system on the Upload tab.

PDF Upload

Required Spec for PDF Uploads:

Audio Upload

Required Spec for Audio Uploads:

URL

Required Spec for URL:

Physical Entries

All physical components must arrive at the Clio office no later than Friday, October 11, 2024.

Please mail all physical entries to:
Clio Awards
104 W 27th St
10th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 1-212-683-4300

Clio Music allows for physical entries in the Design, Design Craft, Design-Gig Posters, and Merchandise & Premium mediums. All physical entries submitted are optional for this medium and categories.

Physical entry submission instructions:
    • Resolution*:
      – 2400 x 3000 pixels (portrait minimum)
      – 3000 x 2400 pixels (landscape minimum)* Please note the following exceptions:
      Digital/Mobile, Social Media,
      Film/Video, Film/Video Craft,
      and the Use of Music mediums
      – 800 x 600 pixels (portrait minimum)
      – 600 x 800 pixels (landscape minimum)
    • File Type:
    • .jpg
    • .png
    • Color Mode: RGB
    • File Size: Up to 50 MB
    • Resolution: 640 x 480 (minimum)
    • File Type: mp4
    • Compression: h264
    • Sound: AAC 44khz
    • File Size: Up to 500 MB
    • File Size: Up to 50 MB
    • PDFs can be either single page or multiple pages.
    • PDFs do not need to be 300dpi resolution.
    • We suggest using Adobe’s ‘Reduced Size PDF’ feature when saving your file.
    • File type: .mp3
    • Sampling rate: 44 KHz (44,100 Hz)
    • Bit rate: 196 KB/s (maximum)
    • Sound: Stereo
    • File size: up to 50 MB
    • Entrants must keep the URL accessible online for judging through January, 2026.
    • Please provide any login credentials required to access the URL.
    • Please do not have the case study video within the URL.*
    • URL entered may not contain agency name at any point, including but not limited to website, webpage title or within the URL link.
      * note: Entrants are able to upload video footage within our media upload portion. 
    • Please provide the appropriate Judging Label and Entry Detail forms in the package with the physical sample.
    • Please DO NOT glue, tape, or otherwise permanently attach the forms to the entry.
    • Please provide an actual sample of the work as the target audience would have received it.