Well, it’s getting to be that time of year again! We’re beginning to plan our 2014 SoulTracks Readers’ Choice Awards, the world’s leading award dedicated to independent soul music. The awards will be broadcast in December, but we will be planning and voting long before then.
And we need your help! From now until October 10, we will be accepting nominations for this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards. The Awards will be designed to honor the best of independent soul music artists and releases of the past year as well as the top Major Label Album of the Year.
To be nominated, an artist must have released an album (or had the album reached its commercial peak) between October 1, 2013 and September 30, 2014. And other than the Major Label Album of the Year, all other nominees must have released their music independently. You can see the full eligibility rules by clicking here.
Here are the categories:
Independent Album of the Year
Major Label Album of the Year
Song of the Year
Female Artist of the Year
Male Artist of the Year
Duo or Group of the Year
New Artist of the Year
Lifetime Achievement Award
From the nominated artists, albums and song, we’ll pick 12 finalists in each category. Then we’ll come back to you, the SoulTrackers, to vote on the winners. The winners will be announced in our December broadcast of the SoulTracks Readers’ Choice Awards.
So, let us know what music you want nominated for the Awards. You can make your nominations in the comment section below!