CRITERIA
FOR INCLUSION IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR INCLUSION?
Influence and contribution.
Those who had contributed significantly to the field, and as a result, strongly influenced it. This status could be achieved through authorship, composition, production, and performance.
Talent and creativity.
Those who through their enormous talent and creativity, inspired peers and other members of the entertainment and music communities, such as composers, noted and prolific songwriters, arrangers, writers of music scores, performing arts production designers, pioneers and creators of new schools, movements, concepts or genres.
Support
Those who supported and nourished music and the performing arts
, such as music and performing arts magazines, journals and publications editors and publishers, individuals who created music and performing arts scholarships, performing arts historians, deans of schools of music, educators, individuals who preserved the heritage of the arts, promoted talent, and worked for the better advancement of the performing arts and related disciplines.
The decision makers.
The most powerful people in the industry, the producers, noted critics and writers, all those who had helped shape the face of music and performing arts, and influenced their course, past, present, and future.
Wide public recognition.
Distinguished
personalities and famous people who are widely recognizable by peers and recognized by the public, such as the stars, the celebrities, the household names, the headliners and newsmakers.
Honorees and awards winners
Winners of important contests and festivals, nominees and recipients of major awards given by the industry.
Record Holders.
Artists, entertainers, performers, singers, musicians, composers, songwriters, lyricists and producers who climbed the charts, who had international hits ( gold or platinum) and similar endeavors.
