About

Acclaim Magazine acknowledges the Traditional Owners of this land and we pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The Acclaim All-Stars initiative has been created as a means for the fans and participants in Australian hip hop music to formally acknowledge and celebrate the successes of Australian hip hop artists. 2020 sees the launch of All-Stars, an online event that will occur annually.

All-Stars is a production of Acclaim Magazine, Australia’s longest running media platform dedicated to hip hop music and culture.

Structure
In year one, the Acclaim All-Stars initiative includes three award categories:

Wild Card – Presented by Beats by Dr Dre
In addition to the above awards, Acclaim will select one artist or group from outside of the finalists list to receive a Wild Card. This card will be reserved for an emerging talent, deemed worthy of the spotlight that this card will give them. The Wild Card recipient will be featured in the Finals Team cover alongside the awards finalists and will be profiled on the All-Stars site.

Timeline

Voting for the Acclaim 2020 All-Stars commences on October 1st 2020 and closes October 31st 2020.

Five finalists in each award will be announced on November 13th via the unveiling of a Finals Team digital cover.

The winner of each award will be announced over the following weeks with digital cover-features unveiled to coincide with each award announcement.

Rookie of the Year Industry Voting Panel

Partners
The Acclaim 2020 All-Stars initiative would not be possible without the support of our partners. The Major Presenting partner for the Acclaim 2020 All-Stars is JD Sports Australia 

Our Award partners are:
Rookie of the Year – Puma AU

People’s Champ –
MVP –

Award nominee criteria and nominee short-listing has been qualified with the assistance of HipHopCharts.com.au

Prizes

Rookie of the Year

• Apparel and footwear courtesy of PUMA Australia
• Headphones, speaker and earphones courtesy of Beats by Dr. Dre
• Legal advice/services from one of Australia’s leading law firms specialising in entertainment and media law- Media Arts Lawyers
• A PR package to support the servicing of a single or an EP release courtesy of Call & Response
• A RODE AI-1 Starter kit
• Ableton Live 10 Suite license
• Ableton Push 2
• Sound of the Future Ableton training with Ableton certified trainer Dizz1
• A feature interview to run on acclaimmag.com in support of the winner’s next release (album or single)
• A custom artist merchandise package courtesy of Super Special
• A digital advertising campaign with acclaimmag.com
• A full day of recording time at Studios 301 (For a Sydney-based winner, or if able to travel to Sydney within 12-months: 1 Day Recording Session (10 Hours) in Studio 2 with Engineer & Studio Assistant (valued at $1925) Or if an interstate winner unable to travel to Sydney: 1 Track Unattended Mix & Master
  (valued up to $1309)
• Higher Ground Consultancy
  1 x Consulting Session (Brand Development)
  2 x Consulting Sessions (Media Training)

People’s Champ 

• Headphones, speaker and earphones courtesy of Beats by Dr. Dre
• Support with the facilitation of international, music industry opportunities and mentorship via Sounds Australia.
• Legal advice/services from one of Australia’s leading law firms specialising in entertainment and media law- Media Arts Lawyer
• A RODE NT2-A condenser microphone
• A feature interview to run on acclaimmag.com in support of the winner’s next release (album or single)
• A custom artist merchandise package courtesy of Super Special
• A digital advertising campaign with acclaimmag.com
• A full day of recording time at Studios 301 For a Sydney-based winner, or if able to travel to Sydney within 12-months: 1 Day Recording Session (10 Hours) in Studio 2 with Engineer & Studio Assistant (or if an interstate winner unable to travel to Sydney: 1 Track Unattended Mix & Master
  (valued up to $1309)

MVP

• Headphones, speaker and earphones courtesy of Beats by Dr. Dre
• Legal advice/services from one of Australia’s leading law firms specialising in entertainment and media law- Media Arts Lawyers
• A RODE NT2-A condensor microphone
• A feature interview to run on acclaimmag.com in support of the winner’s next release (album or single)
• A custom artist merchandise package courtesy of Super Special
• A digital advertising campaign with acclaimmag.com
• A full day of recording time at Studios 301 (For a Sydney-based winner, or if able to travel to Sydney within 12-months: 1 Day Recording Session (10 Hours) in Studio 2 with Engineer & Studio Assistant (or if an interstate winner unable to travel to Sydney: Unattended Mix & Master
  (valued up to $1309)