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 | | To be eligible for nomination, a record must have been released between July 1, 2001 and August 19, 2002, and must not have been certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies at the time of its nomination. |
 | | The complete Long List, including the nominating Listmaker for each album, can be found at the Shortlist website,which also features twenty-five full-length songs from the nominated albums in Windows Media format. |
 | | Last year’s Long List nominees included The White Stripes, (nominated before their album was picked up for major label distribution), At The Drive In, Basement Jaxx, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Nortec Collective, Res and many other ahead-of-the-curve artists whose reputations have grown in the subsequent twelve months. |
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