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==Voting Platform== | ==Voting Platform== | ||
[[Snap Poll]] was used for the very first MMI Listeners' Picks poll in 2006. However, as multiple votes from the same computer were only limited by a simple cookie on this free website poll, some individuals managed to vote more than once. This prompted Toni Sant to establish a fairer voting system via Facebook, where each account holder could only vote once in each category. The first Facebook MMI Listeners' Picks app was developed by [[James Attard]] in 2007. He also produced an upgraded Facebook app for the following year's poll. [[Kenneth J. Vella]] developed a new Facebook MMI Listeners' Picks app in 2009 and upgraded it substantially in 2010. Uptake on Facebook in 2007 was relatively low since the social networking site had not gained the level of popularity it was to enjoy in subsequent years. In 2009, the app was plagued with a number of bugs resulting mostly from a radically altered API on Facebook. 498 individual Facebook users voted in 2010. | [[Snap Poll]] was used for the very first MMI Listeners' Picks poll in 2006. However, as multiple votes from the same computer were only limited by a simple cookie on this free website poll, some individuals managed to vote more than once. This prompted Toni Sant to establish a fairer voting system via Facebook, where each account holder could only vote once in each category. The first Facebook MMI Listeners' Picks app was developed by [[James Attard]] in 2007. He also produced an upgraded Facebook app for the following year's poll. [[Kenneth J. Vella]] developed a new Facebook MMI Listeners' Picks app in 2009 and upgraded it substantially in 2010. Uptake on Facebook in 2007 was relatively low since the social networking site had not gained the level of popularity it was to enjoy in subsequent years. In 2009, the app was plagued with a number of bugs resulting mostly from a radically altered API on Facebook. 498 individual Facebook users voted in 2010. | ||
==Table of Picks== | |||
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<th><tr><td>'''Year'''</td><td>'''Album'''</td><td>'''EP'''</td><td>'''Single'''</td><td>'''Online'''</td><td>'''Video'''</td><td>'''Overseas'''</td></tr></th> | |||
<tr valign="top"><td>[[MMI 2011 Listeners' Picks Poll|2011]]</td><td>'''Album'''</td><td>'''EP'''</td><td>'''Single'''</td><td>'''Online'''</td><td>'''Video'''</td><td>'''Overseas'''</td></tr> | |||
<tr valign="top"><td>[[MMI 2010 Listeners' Picks Poll|2010]]</td><td>'''Album'''</td><td>'''EP'''</td><td>'''Single'''</td><td>'''Online'''</td><td>'''Video'''</td><td>'''Overseas'''</td></tr> | |||
<tr valign="top"><td>[[MMI 2009 Listeners' Picks Poll|2009]]</td><td>Moonstomp - [[The Rifffs]]</td><td>Running in Circles<br />- [[Chasing Pandora]]</td><td>''Champagne Charlie's Ghost''<br />- [[The Rifffs]]<br />(tied) ''Mindwreck'' - [[Relikc]] | |||
</td><td>''Tomorrow'' - [[Relikc]]</td><td>''[[Lucija u Samwel]]'' - [[No Bling Show]]</td><td>Age of Decay - [[Joe Mizzi]]<br /> | |||
''Into the Silence'' - [[Airstrip One]]</td></tr> | |||
<tr valign="top"><td>[[MMI 2008 Listeners' Picks Poll|2008]]</td><td>'''Album'''</td><td>'''EP'''</td><td>'''Single'''</td><td>'''Online'''</td><td>'''Video'''</td><td>'''Overseas'''</td></tr> | |||
<tr valign="top"><td>[[MMI 2007 Listeners' Picks Poll|2007]]</td><td>'''Album'''</td><td>'''EP'''</td><td>'''Single'''</td><td>'''Online'''</td><td>'''Video'''</td><td>'''Overseas'''</td></tr> | |||
<tr valign="top"><td>[[MMI 2006 Listeners' Picks Poll|2006]]</td><td>Ignite - [[Fire]]</td><td colspan="2">''Feel the Rain'' (EP) - [[Chasing Pandora]]</td><td>''Head in the Clouds''<br />- [[8 Ugly]]</td><td>n/a</td><td>Hellraiser<br />- [[Krokus]]</td></tr> | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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* [http://www.tonisant.com/blog/2008/09/so-far-so-goodso-what.shtml MMI 2008 Listeners' Picks nominations] | * [http://www.tonisant.com/blog/2008/09/so-far-so-goodso-what.shtml MMI 2008 Listeners' Picks nominations] | ||
* [http://www.tonisant.com/blog/2009/09/so-far-so-goodso-what.shtml MMI 2009 Listeners' Picks nominations] | * [http://www.tonisant.com/blog/2009/09/so-far-so-goodso-what.shtml MMI 2009 Listeners' Picks nominations] | ||
* [http://www.tonisant.com/blog/2010/01/shout-to-top.shtml MMI 2009 Listeners' Picks] - top picks | |||
[[Category:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene]] | [[Category:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene]] | ||
[[Category:Working Lists]] | [[Category:Working Lists]] | ||
Revision as of 08:23, 11 December 2011
The MMI Listeners' Picks poll aims to establish the top favourite releases of the year among Toni Sant's Mużika Mod Ieħor podcast listeners. The poll was established on 15 September 2006 [1] when an initial list of nominations was published on Toni Sant's Blog. After this, the annual list of initial nominations has appeared sometime between late September and late November through the same channel.
Toni Sant has always admitted on his podcast and blog that he is somewhat selective with the final list of nominations, but from the published list it is fairly evident that the scope has always been to include as many titles as possible at the nomination stage.
The top selections from podcast listeners for each year are announced during the first podcast of the following year.
Categories
The first poll ran with only four categories: Top Album, Top Single or EP, Top Internet Release, and Top Overseas-based Release. The Top Video category was introduced in 2007. A separate category for EPs was created in 2008 due to the larger number of EPs that year, however, this was merged with Top Album in 2011 as there was only a small number of EPs released that year.
Voting Platform
Snap Poll was used for the very first MMI Listeners' Picks poll in 2006. However, as multiple votes from the same computer were only limited by a simple cookie on this free website poll, some individuals managed to vote more than once. This prompted Toni Sant to establish a fairer voting system via Facebook, where each account holder could only vote once in each category. The first Facebook MMI Listeners' Picks app was developed by James Attard in 2007. He also produced an upgraded Facebook app for the following year's poll. Kenneth J. Vella developed a new Facebook MMI Listeners' Picks app in 2009 and upgraded it substantially in 2010. Uptake on Facebook in 2007 was relatively low since the social networking site had not gained the level of popularity it was to enjoy in subsequent years. In 2009, the app was plagued with a number of bugs resulting mostly from a radically altered API on Facebook. 498 individual Facebook users voted in 2010.
Table of Picks
| Year | Album | EP | Single | Online | Video | Overseas |
| 2011 | Album | EP | Single | Online | Video | Overseas |
| 2010 | Album | EP | Single | Online | Video | Overseas |
| 2009 | Moonstomp - The Rifffs | Running in Circles - Chasing Pandora | Champagne Charlie's Ghost - The Rifffs (tied) Mindwreck - Relikc | Tomorrow - Relikc | Lucija u Samwel - No Bling Show | Age of Decay - Joe Mizzi Into the Silence - Airstrip One |
| 2008 | Album | EP | Single | Online | Video | Overseas |
| 2007 | Album | EP | Single | Online | Video | Overseas |
| 2006 | Ignite - Fire | Feel the Rain (EP) - Chasing Pandora | Head in the Clouds - 8 Ugly | n/a | Hellraiser - Krokus | |
See also
- Mużika Mod Ieħor
- MMI 2006 Listeners' Picks Poll
- MMI 2007 Listeners' Picks Poll
- MMI 2008 Listeners' Picks Poll
- MMI 2009 Listeners' Picks Poll
- MMI 2010 Listeners' Picks Poll
- MMI 2011 Listeners' Picks Poll