24/04/2024
Dear listeners!
In just a few minutes, we'll begin announcing our nominees for Whisperings: "Album of the Year."
We'll announce them one at a time, every hour or so, in random order, until all four nominees are announced.
Be sure to congratulate the artists on their nomination... make their day a joyful one!
Insight: "Album of the Year" candidates are determined based on a number of factors. First, if a *majority* of an album is getting spins on the broadcast (or a minimum of six tracks from an album selected), it's considered a contender. Also, as a general rule, 90% of the album should be both solo piano and original music.
Then, having our candidates, we look at the data. We can tell very clearly which albums, as a whole, are most popular with listeners based on track interaction (thumbs up/down - added to favorites). We narrow the contenders down to four, based on a variety of factors, but track interaction by listeners weighs heavily in determining which candidates become "finalists."
So your final four nominees are albums in which virtually all the tracks in rotation are getting positive reactions from listeners. No album gets "perfect" scores, of course, as listeners have differing tastes, but when it comes to the final four, as a whole, it's pretty easy to tell which albums that you, our audience, love the most.
With that said, we will shortly begin presenting the nominees...
