Grammy Awards add 3 new categories, including Best Pop Dance Recording

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Best Pop Dance Recording
Recognizes tracks and singles that feature up-tempo, danceable music that follows a pop arrangement. Eligible pop dance recordings also feature strong rhythmic beats, significant electronic-based instruments with an emphasis on the vocal performance, melody and hooks. Dance remixes are eligible in the best remixed recording category only and may not be entered in best pop dance recording.

This new category joins two existing categories for dance music – best dance/electronic recording and best dance/electronic album.

There was some controversy this year when Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” was placed in best dance/electronic recording –which it won. Pop superstars have a clear advantage over dance artists who are not household names. Previous winners in this category include Madonna, Cher, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga and Rihanna. Presumably, most artists of that ilk would be placed in the new best pop dance recording category.

 

Best African Music Performance
A track and singles category that recognizes recordings that utilize unique local expressions from across the African continent. Highlighting regional melodic, harmonic and rhythmic musical traditions, the category includes but is not limited to the Afrobeat, Afro-fusion, Afro Pop, Afrobeats, Alte, Amapiano, Bongo Flava, Genge, Kizomba, Chimurenga, High Life, Fuji, Kwassa, Ndombolo, Mapouka, Ghanaian Drill, Afro-House, South African Hip-Hop, and Ethio Jazz genres.

Best Alternative Jazz Album
This category recognizes artistic excellence in alternative jazz albums by individuals, duos, groups/ensembles, with or without vocals. Alternative jazz may be defined as a genre-blending, envelope-pushing hybrid that mixes jazz (improvisation, interaction, harmony, rhythm, arrangements, composition, and style) with other genres, including R&B, hip-hop, classical, contemporary improvisation, experimental, pop, rap, electronic/dance music, and/or spoken word. It may also include the contemporary production techniques/instrumentation associated with other genres.

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[JustTea 4,339]

2 hours ago, Teletubby said:

Best Pop Dance Recording

Chromatica deserved

 

[Space Cowboy 11,670]

Ok but Ga wouldve dominated Pop Dance Recording, early in her career.

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Dua Lipa is coming for another Grammy

[Bradley 57,651]

If this had been introduced earlier, Gaga would've had 5 more Grammys. 

This seems like the category made for ARTPOP and Chromatica.