The Recording Academy has announced changes to its nomination process for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, scheduled to take place on January 31, 2022. Previously, Grammy nominations were finalized by 15-30 music industry “peers” representing their “genre communities.” Effective immediately, the final pool of nominees for nearly all Grammy awards will be decided by a majority vote of Academy voting members. Additionally, two new categories will be added: Global Music Performance and Música Urbana Album, bringing the total number of categories to 86. The eligibility period for the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards is already underway, and continues through September 30, 2021.
The “general” including the “Big Four” of Album, Song, and Record of the Year, and Best New Artist and “genre” categories will eliminate committees, but the “Craft” categories (Producer, Packaging and Liner Notes) will continue to be decided by a select group of industry professionals. The committ
Grammy Awards eliminate secret committees after allegations that nominations process is tainted
The Academy was slammed last year when Canadian artist The Weeknd got zero Grammy nominations.
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Updated: May 1, 2021, 09:00 AM IST
The organizers of music s Grammy Awards on Friday announced an end to the so-called secret committees that have led to allegations that the highest honours in the industry are open to rigging.
The Recording Academy said that nominations for the next Grammy Awards in January 2022 will be selected by all of its more than 11,000 voting members, instead of by committees of 15-30 industry experts whose names were not revealed.
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The Recording Academy is making changes after the backlash from
The Weeknd and many other musicians. According to a new report, Grammys has changed a few rhings for the next event including removing secret voting committess.
Among the alterations are Elimination of Nominations Review Committees In General and Genre Fields and Reduction In Number of Categories Voter May Vote . Additionally, two new categories are now added (Best Global Music Performance Global Music Field and Best Musica Urbana Album Latin Music Field). The next event will also show adjustments which will create less controversial craft categories that involve production and presentation.
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After rigging claims sullied the repute of the once-prestigious Grammy Awards, the organizers of the show have now decided to change the rules of the nomination process.
The Recording Academy issued a statement, months after accusations were made by several artists of ‘secret’ committees that allow rigging and corruption to take place in the nomination process of the award show.
The Academy claimed that for next year, the nominations will be picked by all of its over 11,000 voting members and not just the select few industry experts that were running committees.