Grammys add 5 new categories and 1 special merit award

[Teletubby 149,870]

The five new competitive categories brings the total of Grammys to 91, the highest it has been since 2010.

New categories:

• Songwriter of the year, non-classical 
“This category recognizes the written excellence, profession and art of songwriting for non-performing and non-producing songwriters. This category is for songwriters whose body of work released for the first time during the current eligibility year represents artistic excellence in the area of songwriting.”

• Best alternative music performance 
“This category recognizes artistic excellence in an alternative performance…that embraces attributes of progression and innovation in both the music and attitudes associated with it. It is often a less intense version of rock or a more intense version of pop and is typically regarded as more original, eclectic or musically challenging. It may embrace a variety of sub-genres or any hybrids thereof and may include performances that do not fit into other genre categories.”

• Best Americana music performance 
“This category recognizes excellence in performances of Americana music: contemporary music that incorporates elements of various American roots music and vocal styles, including country, roots-rock, folk, bluegrass, R&B, and blues, resulting in a distinctive roots-oriented sound that lives in a world apart from the pure forms of the genres upon which it may draw. While acoustic instruments are often present and vital, Americana often uses a full electric band.”

• Best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media 
 “This Category recognizes excellence in score soundtrack albums comprised predominantly of original scores and created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current video game, or other interactive media (AR/VR/portable devices, etc.), released within the qualification period. At least 2/3 of the musical tracks for the album must have been used in the shipped game product, as either in-game, live action play, or Cinematics within the video game or interactive media product.”

• Best spoken word poetry album 
“This category recognizes excellence in spoken word poetry albums…Albums of spoken word poetry with or without music collaboration or accompaniment, and instructional recordings are eligible. (If the recording has musical accompaniment but is primarily spoken word, the narrator would be eligible while the musical accompanist(s) may be identified in parentheses.)

 

 

New special merit award: Best song for social change  
"will recognize creators of message-driven music that responds to the social issues of our time and has the potential for positive global impact… Submissions must contain lyrical content that addresses a timely social issue and promotes understanding, peacebuilding and empathy…This special merit award will be determined by a blue-ribbon committee and ratified by the Recording Academy board of trustees.”

 

Album eligibility (update) 
To be eligible for Grammy Award consideration, an album must contain greater than 75 percent playing time of newly recorded (within five years of the release date), previously unreleased recordings. The previous eligibility rule was 50 percent.

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[JgHaus78 1,977]

Is Lana finally gonna get a Grammy now? 

[nATAH 49,717]

omg when Warframe finally wins a grammy

already deserved for this

 

 

[Teletubby 149,870]

1 minute ago, JgHaus78 said:

Is Lana finally gonna get a Grammy now? 

no

[AkariGaga 1,106]

Songwriter of the year 👏👏👏

they should have added this category years ago

[KORG 4,756]

Songwriter, social change, alternative..

Where the hell were these when BTW came out?!

[DoremonLove 8,147]

Give born this way tht grammy for social change. I dont care how late it is.

[Anderson123 38,444]

Songwriter of the Year is pretty huge, glad to see it's something finally added. "Song of the Year" is already an award given to the songwriter but glad to see it's gonna be recognized as much as the Artist and Producer. Music written for video games or other media is also very important, can't believe it took them this long.

[high culture 2,158]

51 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

Best spoken word poetry album

Lana Del Rey coming running

[Economy 49,829]

1 hour ago, NATAH said:

omg when Warframe finally wins a grammy

already deserved for this

 

 

There's parts of it that sound like a darker version of something that would get played on hunger games

[Suuus 5,632]

Hold my hand grammy here we gooo

[JgHaus78 1,977]

7 hours ago, Teletubby said:

Yes

[androiduser 7,438]

7 hours ago, KORG said:

Songwriter, social change, alternative..

Where the hell were these when BTW came out?!

What about Gaga would make her eligible for the new songwriting category? it's literally for songwriters who are not performers.

Alternative?? that would mean her work is not eligible for pop and dance categories, you can't have it all. Gaga is not an alternative act... adding a few elements of alternative music does not make a pop star an alternative performer. The same way wearing a metal tshirt doesn't make her a heavy metal artist. The delusion is real.

[StrawberryBlond 14,873]

It sounds like whoever made this is a massive Lana fan who is sick of her never winning awards or even getting nominated. So, as I'm also a Lana fan, I'm down with that! But the last one - song for social change? Give me a break. This isn't the Teen Choice Awards or MTV awards, which had similar awards (that were voted for by the public, I might add). This is the Grammys, this is about artistic excellence regardless of what your song's about and it shouldn't be about creating awards for the sake of it. This is only going to encourage artists to make political songs now with no genuine feeling behind them, just to be in with a chance of winning this. But it is a 'merit' award so does it not technically count towards your awards tally?

[Gagaplayer315 14,078]

13 hours ago, Teletubby said:

Best song for social change

Hold my hand coming for the first merit award