Hello music releasing friends of the record label persuasion.<\/p>\n
Today is the deadline for albums to be considered for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize. The qualifying period is June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011.<\/p>\n
It has come to light that some labels, artists and managers think that releasing your record at the end of this qualifying period helps your chances at a nomination, given the reasonable hypothesis that a May release puts a record to the top of mind of our jurists.<\/p>\n
We just want you to know that the facts do not necessarily bear this out.<\/p>\n
Here is a tally of release months vs. Polaris nominations. These number are based on the past five years of Polaris Short Lists.<\/p>\n
Short List records release from the previous qualifying year (26):<\/p>\n
June (3)
\nJuly (2)
\nAugust (6)
\nSeptember (7)
\nOctober (7)
\nNovember (0)
\nDecember (1)<\/p>\n
Short List records released from the current qualifying year (24):<\/p>\n
January (3)
\nFebruary (3)
\nMarch (8)
\nApril (4)
\nMay (6)<\/p>\n
Winner release dates: August, October, May, September, March.<\/p>\n
As you can see, it doesn’t really matter too much when you release a record. And November is wide open. Do keep that in mind when you are planning your next Polaris-worthy recording.<\/p>\n
Keep up the good work, keep releasing quality music, and good luck with the Long List on June 16th.<\/p>\n
Sincerely,<\/p>\n
Polaris Music Prize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hello music releasing friends of the record label persuasion.<\/p>\n
Today is the deadline for albums to be considered for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize. The qualifying period is June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011.<\/p>\n
It has come to light that some labels, artists and managers think that releasing your record at the end of this qualifying period helps your chances at a nomination, given the reasonable hypothesis that a May release puts a record to the top of mind of our jurists.<\/p>\n
We just want you to know that the facts do not necessarily bear this out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polaris-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"