Youth Music Awards 2021

Nominations & Voting

A: Yes, however nominations are screened for the following 6 points:

1. Artist must have released music between 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.

2. Music must have been released between 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.

3. Recording of music must be distributed and found on at least 1 of these major streaming platforms: Spotify, YouTube or SoundCloud.

4. All artists must be below 35 years old and a Singaporean/PR.

5. For bands with multiple individuals, at least 50% must be below 35 years old and Singaporean/PR.

6. Only nominations made between 22 February 2021 to 7 March 2021 are valid.

Did all nominees receive a nomination submission?

A: Yes. We do not consider nominees we have not received.

Why do I not see myself in the list of nominees even though my music is very popular?

A: There could be 3 reasons.

1: No one submitted your name in that category.

2: It could have been submitted but may not have fit the 6 screening criteria.

3: You may have landed outside of the 5 nominees

Why are there 2 ways for the public to vote?

A: Voting can be done via this website. For the 1st time, YMA voting can also be done via Twitter. This is a lot more work for the organisers in tracking the tweets. However, the desire was to help allow users to vote via an existing commonly used social platform, while also using an open platform like Twitter to be able to grow awareness of the awards and greater recognition for nominees via platform and RTs from fans. Awards like MAMA (KR), MTV EMAs, American Music Awards, have used Twitter to great effect.

Does it make a difference if I vote on Twitter instead of the website?

A: A vote on Twitter is the same weightage as a vote on the website. Voters on Twitter can vote via 2 ways depending on their level of convenience and preference.

1. Like or RT the official artist card*

2. Custom your own tweet with @Artistname #YMA21 #EventCategory+

* An official artist card has the necessary hashtags for the organisers to track and count it as a vote

+ If artist does not have a Twitter account, #artistname. Please refer to the official artist cards to reference the correct #EventCategory hashtag.

How often can I vote on the website?

A: You can vote once per day per category-nominee. This means you can vote across multiple categories in a day, and technically multiple artists in a category. But you are unable to vote for the same artist in the same category more than once per 24 hours.

Why is there a limit on the number of times per day that i can vote for my favourite artist?

A: This is to add 1 layer of protection against anyone who utilises bots to perform an automated action and bias the vote count.

How do you protect against spam votes?

A: The Bandwagon tech team has implemented a unique fraud prevention platform which uniquely and accurately identifies users without the need for logging in. It overcomes use of Incognito, VPNs, cookie blockers to conduct any fraudulent activity toward voting. Our solution is compliant with GDPR and CCPA personal data privacy protection.

Do I need to sign up to vote?

A: No you do not. You only need to click a vote button on the website or tweet to vote.