20 Reasons to Nominate Artists for the Arctic Music Awards 🏆
🏆 Submit Award Nominations HERE (it's free)
Deadline: March 8, 2023
Hey! – Are you an aspiring musician looking to take your career to the next level? Or maybe you know someone with incredible talent who deserves recognition for their hard work?
Either way, a music award nomination can help open up new opportunities, build credibility, and boost confidence. Whether you're looking to grow your fanbase, expand your network, or advocate for a cause you believe, a music award nomination can help you achieve your goals.
The music must be available online and released after January 1, 2020. Nominees in the Indigenous category must be able to provide community references or validate their status.
Here are 20 reasons you should consider nominating yourself or someone you know for an Arctic Music Award:
Cost & Time: Nominations are 100% free and take less than 2 minutes.
Accessibility: Anyone can nominate (or self-nominate) any artist as long as they currently live in, or were primarily raised above the Arctic Circle, tree line, or in areas where average July temperatures are below 10°C. They must also have released new music after January 2020.
Credibility: Nominations and awards can add a lot of credibility to an artist's bio, making them more likely to receive future awards, funding, and media interviews.
Exposure and Publicity: Winning an award can lead to increased exposure and publicity for an artist, especially in the media, with many publications and websites covering award ceremonies and winners. Furthermore, the winners are determined by public voting.
Validation & Joy: Being nominated or winning an award can provide validation for an artist's hard work and talent. It feels amazing to be recognized by your peers, and while emotions can't pay the rent, it also doesn't hurt.
Bragging Rights & Statuette: The Arctic Music Award comes with a beautiful statuette – made of glass and shaped like an iceberg – which is ideal to place in your studio or home and show off to friends, family, and other music industry professionals.
Industry Relationships: Winning or being nominated for an award can attract the attention of record labels, agents, and other industry professionals.
Artist Collaborations: Awards can lead to future collaboration opportunities since the artists will be seen as more credible with other artists.
Awareness & Advocacy: Awards can help raise the profile of a particular cause or issue that an artist cares about, bringing attention and awareness to important topics.
Sense of Community: Nominating other artists for an award can help foster a sense of community and support within the music industry.
Stand Out: Awards can help an artist stand out in a crowded music market and differentiate themselves from other artists. All nominees will be able to say they were "nominated for an Arctic Music Award!"
Make History: This is the first-ever award of it's kind.
Boost Confidence: Being nominated or winning an award can boost an artist's confidence and motivation to continue pursuing their music career.
More Performance Opportunities: Winning or being nominated for an award can help an artist secure more and better-paying performance opportunities.
Grow Social Media: Awards can help an artist gain more followers and engagement on social media.
Marketing Tool: Nominating yourself or others for an award can be a great marketing tool and generate buzz around an artist's name and work.
Inspiration: Nominating yourself or someone you know for an award can help inspire others in the music industry to pursue their own dreams and passions.
Fun: Nominating yourself or someone you know can be fun and exciting.
Fan Connection : Awards can help an artist connect with fans and build a dedicated following, increasing their impact and influence in the music industry.
Pride and Accomplishment: Winning or being nominated for an award can be a great source of pride and accomplishment, rewarding an artist for their hard work and dedication.
So what are you waiting for?
With a relatively high chance of winning, you could be on your way to adding "award-winning artist" to your bio, standing out in a crowded music market, attracting new music industry professionals, securing more performance opportunities, and much more.
🏆 Submit Award Nominations HERE (it's free)
Deadline: March 8, 2023
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Acknowledgment
The events were made possible with support from Hitmakerz, Nunavut Music, and the Government of Nunavut. We also acknowledge the financial support of FACTOR and Canada’s private radio broadcasters.
About Hitmakerz
Founded in 2016, Hitmakerz is a full-service record label based in Nunavut. Specializing in creating world-class Inuit and Indigenous music, Hitmakerz has studios in Iqaluit, Ottawa, and Toronto. A social enterprise, their mission is to create viable careers in the arts for Inuit and Indigenous artists through music, media, and education, as well as to empower artists to share their stories and strengthen their culture. For more information, go to hitmakerz.com