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TDY Awards 2020: How to vote for favorite stars including BTS, Niall Horan, Ariana Grande, Cardi B and Harry Styles

The voting categories are released following a schedule and so far, two categories are left for the grab including Artist of the year and Fandom of the year

TDY Awards 2020 presented by 96.5 Radio.com is regarded for its "new and modern" award show concept where fans decide the winners on hundred percent public voting through the 965tdy site as well as social media voting. Winners of all the categories will be announced in the one-of-a-kind TDY Awards 2020, during a LIVE, ON-AIR broadcast on Saturday, January 16th, beginning at 7 PM ET, and complete with hosts, acceptance speeches, interviews, music and more! 

The voting categories are released following a schedule and so far, two categories are left for the grab including Artist of the year and Fandom of the year. For the ongoing voting on the Artist of the year award, the nomination list features the biggest musicians of the world including BTS, Drake, Cardi B, Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, Justin Beiber, Harry Styles, Lady Gaga, Megan Thee Stallion, Miley Cyrus, The Weeknd, Nial Horan, Lewis Capaldi, Halsey and Dababy.

To vote for an individual category, fans can log in to the site and vote once per hour. For social media voting, there is no limit on how many votes can be cast per hour, only every user has to follow the official 96.5 Radio station’s Twitter handle to make their social media votes count. Artist of the year voting ends on Sunday, December 13 at 11:59 PM ET. To vote through Twitter, use #TDYAwards + #ArtistoftheYear both the hashtags to make it count. Participating in Twitter polls lends extra +1000 points while voting through the site gives 100 points. For each social media voting, 10 points will be counted with accurate hashtags both for Twitter and Instagram. Follow the pages on Instagram and Twitter, include ‘Followed’ and ‘Following’ while voting in your Public Posts/Tweets and/or Retweets and Replies to get an instant boost of 100*votes. 

According to the site, votes will be counted electronically and transparently through SecondStreet polls. Each Category’s social media Voting is counted through Sprout Social Media Analytics Software (#TDYAwards and @965TDY are required for accurate counting). Social Media Data is then exported to a spreadsheet and sorted by Category, Nominee, and Voting Type. Nominee Vote Counts are then imported to a secure, formulated Excel spreadsheet where the Nominee Vote Counts are weighed by Point Values and/or Point Multipliers, as explained in How to Vote, to produce the Nominee Ranks.

For each category, the voting lasts for a week. Voting for the next category Fandom of the year will commence on December 14 and end on December 21.