Music & eligibility
Official eligibility rules and release windows will be published with the 2027 nominations.
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A shared standard.
The 2027 nominees and voting dates have not been announced. Here is what to expect when the official ballot opens.
2027 voting information
Subscriber pre-voting
The nomination process for 2027 will be shared when the nominees are announced.
Nominee selection
The official nominees and award categories will be listed on the voting page before voting opens.
Final voting & verification
Voting rules and result verification details will be published before the 2027 ballot opens.
The release
window matters.
For the 2026 cycle, most genres used the 2025 calendar year. Soca used a separate Carnival-related window: November 1, 2024 through October 31, 2025.
Published rule documents and later event announcements contain different 2026 voting dates. The completed 2026 cycle is presented here as an archive; no new voting period is announced.