THE 2025 EXCELLENCE ISSUE Music Inc.’s annual Excellence Awards have been an MI industry staple since their founding in the early 1990s. The annual poll of our reading retailers and suppliers has yielded accolades for some of our industry’s biggest brands and rising stars. For this year’s installment, we polled some 200 readers to award the top five retailers, top five suppliers and top 10 products that helped move our industry forward in 2025. Flip through these next few pages and learn timeless business lessons from some of MI’s brightest. By Michael Gallant, Katie Kailus & Kimberly Kapela
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