WHY IMAN AWARDS 2017 HAS A THEME, ORGANIZERS REVEAL

 The organizers of Islamic Music and Associated Nominees (IMAN) Awards,

 Synergy Media, have explained the reason behind having a theme for the

 2017 edition of the awards. According to them, the theme: “Opening The

 Hall Of Fame” for IMAN Awards 2017 is borne out of the need to

 identify and celebrate some individuals in the society who have

 contributed immensely to the growth of the Islamic music through what

 they do.

 “For instance, there are people in the media, some of whom are

 interestingly not Muslims, but have consistently supported the growth

 of Islamic music by giving the artistes the veritable platform to

 exhibit and promote themselves to the public. Likewise, there are

 people in the music marketing business who are passionate about

 promoting and marketing the productions of the Islamic artistes. And

 some of them too are, unbelievably, not Muslims. So, it is about ten

 out of this set of distinguished individuals that would be admitted

 into the IMAN Awards Hall Of Fame starting from the 2017 edition.” The

 organizers rationalized.

 Speaking further, the organizers pointed out that, all the 40

 categories in IMAN Awards 2017 remain competitive for which winners

 would be determined by the votes of the members of the public after

 nominations must have been released for each category, but that the

 organizers reserve the rights to determine and select individuals to

 be admitted into the hall of fame on yearly basis which does not

 affect whether any of them is still nominated for any competitive

 award(s) alongside.

 “A marketer, a producer, a director or even a media professional, may

 be nominated in any of the relevant competitive categories of the

 awards and may still be considered for admission into the hall of

 fame. But that does not say he has an open sesame to winning the award

 category if he or she does not canvass for votes from the members of

 the public to beat other nominees. And not winning does not mean such

 an individual will not be admitted into the hall of fame as it must

 have been communicated to the person ahead of time that he would be

 one of the entrants into the hall of fame. Contrarily, winners in the

 competitive categories would only be known at the awards,” Synergy

 Media clarified.

 The organizers also disclosed that entrants into the hall of fame

 would be decorated with rosettes, presented with Certificates of

 Admission, and have their autographs imprinted on a special white

 banner to be known as: IMAN Awards Hall Of Fame Banner which would be

 displayed at every subsequent edition of the awards for everyone to

 see and appreciate the contributions of such individuals to the growth of Islamic music over the years. And the organizers concluded by

 stating that IMAN Awards 2017 would be holding in July.