YouTube announces nominees and opens fan voting for its first-ever Music Awards

Earlier this month, YouTube announced its first-ever Music Awards — a live event taking place in New York City on November 3rd featuring performances from across the planet from entertainment giants like Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, and Eminem. Now, the nominees and more details are being revealed, including the fact that fan votes will be the decider in each of six categories. The nominees themselves were picked based on YouTube data collected between September 2012 and August 2013, with metrics like shares, comments, subscriptions, likes, and other YouTube fan engagement stats guiding the ...

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