RMA's Recommended Listening List
For 2018-2020
Aka: The Entry List For The RMA Awards
Join The RMA, Send In Your Music - Or Enter Your Favorite Artist, And Vote In The RMA Awards
First-Round Voting And Judging Information
The following entries were made by members of The Rock Music Alliance (The RMA) who are record companies, individual members, and artists themselves;
and, screened by our Screening Judges for accuracy, eligibility, being entered into appropriate categories and genres, and we believe are worthy of recognition.
* In the next step of The RMA Awards process - the entire membership of The RMA and judges will vote on these entries to determine The Nominees for Awards-Round voting!
Join The RMA, Send In Your Music Or Your Favorite Artist's Music, And Vote In The RMA Awards!
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Awards Process
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The RMA Awards have three main sections: The Top Of Rock Awards which includes Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year and more;
The Best In Rock which includes Guitarist Of The Year, Bassist Of The Year and more; and The Best In Your Genre Awards which includes
Best Album, Best Song and more per genre of Rock that we make a distinction of. Our panel of judges will decide the nominations for
The Best In Rock Awards and the nominees from The Best In Your Genre Awards will go on to The Top Of Rock Awards.
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Important!
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Judging is based on the strength of musical talent, performance, songwriting, production, overall impact of emotion conveyed,
and consistency of these qualities; not on popularity, fame, chart positions, or sales.
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RMA Awards Entry List Navigation
The Top Of Rock Awards:
The nominees from The Best In Your Genre Awards will go on to this section of The RMA Awards.
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The Best In Rock:
Our Panel Of Judges will nominate the musicians who will go on to this section of The RMA Awards.
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The Best In Your Genre Awards (Entries) - Choose A Genre:
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The Best In Your Genre Awards (Entries)
From the following list nominations will be made.
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Best Album
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Awarded to the artist, performers, songwriters, and production team of a full album release
based on the album's total impact combining songwriting, musicality, production, performance,
emotion imparted, and consistency of these qualities throughout the songs/tracks of the album.
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Best Song/Track
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Awarded to the artist, performers, songwriters, and production team of a song/track on either an album or single release;
based on the total impact combining songwriting, musicality, production, performance, and emotion imparted.
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Best Songwriting
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Awarded to the artist and songwriters of a song/track that appears on an album or single release for the strength of the songwriting itself;
based on structure, lyrics, and emotion imparted.
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Best Production
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Awarded to the artist and production team of a song/track that appears on an album or single release; based on the
strength of the sound recording quality, arrangement, and the overall effectiveness in conveying emotion and/or energy.
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Best Male Vocal Performance
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Awarded to the artist, and male vocal performers either solo, duo, or group for an outstanding recorded performance
on either an album track or single; based on abilities displayed, vocal strength, execution of melody, and emotion or
energy conveyed.
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Best Female Vocal Performance
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Awarded to the artist, and female vocal performers either solo, duo, or group for an outstanding recorded performance
on either an album track or single; based on abilities displayed, vocal strength, execution of melody, and emotion or
energy conveyed.
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Best Guitar Performance
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Awarded to the artist and guitar player/s on a song/track for an outstanding recorded performance of overall playing
or solos in either a solo, duo, or group performance on either an album track or single; based on abilities displayed,
tone, melody, and emotion or energy conveyed.
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Best Musical Performance
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Awarded to the artist, and musical performers either solo, duo, or group for an outstanding recorded performance
on either an album track or single; based on overall musicianship and/or song/tracks that contain unusual instrumentation
including but not limited to keyboards and orchestral instruments, and/or unusual use of instruments, and the overall effectiveness
in conveying emotion or energy.
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Best Epic
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Awarded to the artist, musical performers, writers, and production team for an outstanding song/track on either an album or single release - with more than
3 sections (verse, chorus, bridge); or, these sections have been extended or varied in some way; or, the running time of the song/track is greater than
4:30 (minutes:seconds).
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Song Title
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Release
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Format
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Released
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Genre
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Web Links
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Listen Links
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Best Video
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Awarded to the artist and video production team - for an outstanding visual presentation of a song/track
released either solely on video, album format, or single format.
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Best Album
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Awarded to the artist, performers, songwriters, and production team of a full album release
based on the album's total impact combining songwriting, musicality, production, performance,
emotion imparted, and consistency of these qualities throughout the songs/tracks of the album.
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Best Song/Track
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Awarded to the artist, performers, songwriters, and production team of a song/track on either an album or single release;
based on the total impact combining songwriting, musicality, production, performance, and emotion imparted.
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Best Songwriting
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Awarded to the artist and songwriters of a song/track that appears on an album or single release for the strength of the songwriting itself;
based on structure, lyrics, and emotion imparted.
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Best Production
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Awarded to the artist and production team of a song/track that appears on an album or single release; based on the
strength of the sound recording quality, arrangement, and the overall effectiveness in conveying emotion and/or energy.
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Best Male Vocal Performance
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Awarded to the artist, and male vocal performers either solo, duo, or group for an outstanding recorded performance
on either an album track or single; based on abilities displayed, vocal strength, execution of melody, and emotion or
energy conveyed.
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Best Female Vocal Performance
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Awarded to the artist, and female vocal performers either solo, duo, or group for an outstanding recorded performance
on either an album track or single; based on abilities displayed, vocal strength, execution of melody, and emotion or
energy conveyed.
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Best Guitar Performance
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Awarded to the artist and guitar player/s on a song/track for an outstanding recorded performance of overall playing
or solos in either a solo, duo, or group performance on either an album track or single; based on abilities displayed,
tone, melody, and emotion or energy conveyed.
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Best Musical Performance
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Awarded to the artist, and musical performers either solo, duo, or group for an outstanding recorded performance
on either an album track or single; based on overall musicianship and/or song/tracks that contain unusual instrumentation
including but not limited to keyboards and orchestral instruments, and/or unusual use of instruments, and the overall effectiveness
in conveying emotion or energy.
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Best Epic
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Awarded to the artist, musical performers, writers, and production team for an outstanding song/track on either an album or single release - with more than
3 sections (verse, chorus, bridge); or, these sections have been extended or varied in some way; or, the running time of the song/track is greater than
4:30 (minutes:seconds).
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Artist
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Song Title
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Release
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Format
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Released
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Genre
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Web Links
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Listen Links
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Best Video
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Awarded to the artist and video production team - for an outstanding visual presentation of a song/track
released either solely on video, album format, or single format.
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Best Album
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Awarded to the artist, performers, songwriters, and production team of a full album release
based on the album's total impact combining songwriting, musicality, production, performance,
emotion imparted, and consistency of these qualities throughout the songs/tracks of the album.
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Best Song/Track
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Awarded to the artist, performers, songwriters, and production team of a song/track on either an album or single release;
based on the total impact combining songwriting, musicality, production, performance, and emotion imparted.
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Best Songwriting
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Awarded to the artist and songwriters of a song/track that appears on an album or single release for the strength of the songwriting itself;
based on structure, lyrics, and emotion imparted.
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Best Production
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Awarded to the artist and production team of a song/track that appears on an album or single release; based on the
strength of the sound recording quality, arrangement, and the overall effectiveness in conveying emotion and/or energy.
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Best Male Vocal Performance
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Awarded to the artist, and male vocal performers either solo, duo, or group for an outstanding recorded performance
on either an album track or single; based on abilities displayed, vocal strength, execution of melody, and emotion or
energy conveyed.
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Best Female Vocal Performance
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Awarded to the artist, and female vocal performers either solo, duo, or group for an outstanding recorded performance
on either an album track or single; based on abilities displayed, vocal strength, execution of melody, and emotion or
energy conveyed.
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Best Guitar Performance
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Awarded to the artist and guitar player/s on a song/track for an outstanding recorded performance of overall playing
or solos in either a solo, duo, or group performance on either an album track or single; based on abilities displayed,
tone, melody, and emotion or energy conveyed.
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Best Musical Performance
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Awarded to the artist, and musical performers either solo, duo, or group for an outstanding recorded performance
on either an album track or single; based on overall musicianship and/or song/tracks that contain unusual instrumentation
including but not limited to keyboards and orchestral instruments, and/or unusual use of instruments, and the overall effectiveness
in conveying emotion or energy.
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Best Epic
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Awarded to the artist, musical performers, writers, and production team for an outstanding song/track on either an album or single release - with more than
3 sections (verse, chorus, bridge); or, these sections have been extended or varied in some way; or, the running time of the song/track is greater than
4:30 (minutes:seconds).
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Best Video
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Awarded to the artist and video production team - for an outstanding visual presentation of a song/track
released either solely on video, album format, or single format.
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