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2009 Annual ZMR Music Awards
ZoneMusicReporter.com is continuing the tradition of hosting an annual Music Awards program. Welcome to the ZMR Music
Awards. Last years NAR awards were a huge success.
As we expected the cream rose to the top of a very competitive field
of nominees. We hope this years awards are bigger and better than
ever. Like last year, there is no submittal fee or registration
required for an artists or label to qualify. If you meet
the qualifications listed below, your included
in the field of award qualifiers:
- An Artist or
Label must have had a recording(s) that appeared in the
Top 50 of our Top 100 Chart for the period December
2008 thru November 2009 to qualify for all catagories
except "Album of the Year".
- To qualify for "Album of the Year" a recording had to
appear in the Top 10 of our Top 100 Chart for the
period December 2008 thru November
2009.
- Your recording didn't appear in previous years NAR
LifeStyle Music Awards qualifier
list.
That's it. If you have a recording meeting those three
criteria, you're eligible for nomination.
In addition, this year we have categorized the recordings in
their respective award categories. We have taken this step to assist
the Broadcasters in the voting process. All categorization
was the responsibility of ZMR and is final.
Where can I find the list of
Qualifying Recording?
A listing on all recordings that qualify will be released January 17th, 2010!
What are the Award
Categories?
There are 15 award categories. The
categories are:
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Album of the Year
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Best New
Artist
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Best Instrumental -
Piano
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Best Instrumental -
Acoustic
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Best Contemporary
Instrumental Album
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Best Vocal
Album
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Best
Electronic
Album
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Best Ambient
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Who does the
voting?
Voting for the
Category Nominations and Category Award winners will be done by
the Broadcasters (Show Hosts) that have reported Top 20 Playlist
to ZoneMusicReporter during the December 2008 thru November 2009 time period. This is a
far-reaching panel of Industry experts and lovers of the music
ZoneMusicReporter represents. We could not think of a more worthy and
knowledgeable panel to decide both the Category Nominees and Category
winners.
How does the Awards process
work?
The complete rules and process is
available on the Rules page.
When will the Category Nominees and
Awards Winners be announced?
These are the important dates to
remember:
The
2009 Qualifiers will be announced on
Sunday January 17th, 2010.
Nomination voting will open on
Monday January 25th,
2009.
Category
Nominees will be announced on the ZoneMusicReporter
site on Sunday February 14th,
2010.
Category
Finalists voting will open on Monday February 22nd,
2010.
Award
Winners will be announced on the
ZoneMusicReporter site on
Sunday March 14th, 2010.
What do the Award Winners receive?
The
winner in each category will receive an engraved award
trophy. The four remaining nominees in each category will
receive a Certificate.
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