Top 18 in FemMetal Awards 2022 (And why it matters?)

Ever wondered what the winners of the FemMetal Awards get?

They do get a digital certificate (soon to be sent to the winners) and a bigger picture than the other nominees in the year’s Hall of Fame (under construction). However, the winners and a number of the runner-ups, and sometimes even bands who finished third, receive an advertisement space on the sidebar and footer of the FemMetal website. These ads are already running, and display by default an advertisement to the latest release by each of the Top 18 bands (except for the Most Influential Personality winner, in which the ad advertises the person’s most active social media outlet). The winners can decide to change the advertisements later on.

The number of advertisement spaces given increased to 18 this year after 15 last year. The 15 ads for the FemMetal Awards winners and high-achiever nominees were clicked 11,644 times last year by our 166,482 visitors.

So who are the Top 18 in FemMetal Awards 2022? And how are they calculated?

Each category in the FemMetal Awards has a weight associated with it. To determine the Top 18, based on the results of the voting, we arrange the winners of each award by the weight of their category, using the number of votes received as a tie-break for categories with equal weights. Then we remove repeated names, and repeat the same step for the runner-ups, excluding the write-in and Most Influential Personality this time, until we have 18 different names. Sometimes, in the case of the same acts winning multiple first and second places, a third-place winner might get into the Top 18.

So who were the top 18 this year? If you’re scrolling down on the desktop you might have seen some of the ads running already. However, if you’re using your phone, the ads would be further down below this article. In any case, here’s a list of the Top 18 acts in FemMetal Awards 2022.