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Who will win Record of the Year at the 2022 Grammys? This category is awarded to the artists, producers, and engineers for the year’s best recording. This differs from Song of the Year, which strictly reserved for songwriters. High-profile commercial hits often rise to the top here, so will that be the case this year as well? Scroll down for our official odds in the category, which are based on the combined predictions of Gold Derby users. The odds are constantly changing, so we’ll be updating this list regularly as the season progresses.
From 2019 to 2021, there were eight Grammy slots for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist, up from five nominees per category in previous years. This year the academy further expanded that to 10 slots. And that’s not the only major change at the Grammys lately. After a...
From 2019 to 2021, there were eight Grammy slots for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist, up from five nominees per category in previous years. This year the academy further expanded that to 10 slots. And that’s not the only major change at the Grammys lately. After a...
- 4/3/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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Who will win Song of the Year at the 2022 Grammys? This category is awarded strictly to the songwriters of the year’s best composition. This differs from Record of the Year, which goes to the artists, producers, and engineers. So which scribe or scribes will take it in 2022? Scroll down for our official odds, which have been calculated based on the combined predictions of Gold Derby users. The odds are constantly changing, so we’ll be updating this list as the season progresses.
From 2019 to 2021, there were eight Grammy nomination slots in this category, as well as in Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist. That was up from five nominees per category as had been the previous standard. And this year the top four categories were expanded again to 10 slots. But that isn’t the only recent shakeup. After prolonged criticism of the voting system,...
From 2019 to 2021, there were eight Grammy nomination slots in this category, as well as in Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist. That was up from five nominees per category as had been the previous standard. And this year the top four categories were expanded again to 10 slots. But that isn’t the only recent shakeup. After prolonged criticism of the voting system,...
- 4/3/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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The 2022 Grammy Awards are coming up, and there are a lot of new factors to keep in mind considering both the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the voting system. Things have changed following the continuous controversies regarding the voting process, which has yielded questionable nominations and snubs, including The Weeknd‘s shocking shutout in 2021. So there are a lot of questions about how the music industry’s highest-profile ceremony will adapt. Here’s what we know so far.
SEE2022 Grammy predictions: Album of the Year
When are the awards?
The 64th Annual Grammy Awards broadcast was originally for January 31, 2022, but had to be postponed due to the Covid-19 Omicron variant. They’re now set to air on Sunday, April 3.
In an official statement, the recording academy and CBS network said, “After careful consideration and analysis with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and our many partners,...
SEE2022 Grammy predictions: Album of the Year
When are the awards?
The 64th Annual Grammy Awards broadcast was originally for January 31, 2022, but had to be postponed due to the Covid-19 Omicron variant. They’re now set to air on Sunday, April 3.
In an official statement, the recording academy and CBS network said, “After careful consideration and analysis with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and our many partners,...
- 3/15/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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The day before the 2022 Grammy Awards nominees were announced, representatives from the Recording Academy, which oversees the awards, began informing members of the media that the four top awards — the “Big Four” of Best Album, Song, Record and New Artist — would be expanded to ten from the previous eight. While the timing of the move was unusual, it was positioned by CEO Harvey Mason jr. as a long-discussed topic that, once they saw the large number of great nominees, presented “an incredible opportunity for us to honor more artists and shine a light on more great music, and potentially offer a greater opportunity for more genres of music to be honored,” he told Variety on Monday.
But late Wednesday, one day after the nominees were officially announced, the New York Times listed the artists and recordings that had been added to the big categories at the last minute, based on an earlier,...
But late Wednesday, one day after the nominees were officially announced, the New York Times listed the artists and recordings that had been added to the big categories at the last minute, based on an earlier,...
- 11/25/2021
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
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The Recording Academy decided to expand the number of Grammy nominees just 24 hours before the list was announced on Tuesday — to the benefit of artists including Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Abba and Lil Nas X — according to a report in the New York Times.
The move, which saw the list of nominees in the top four general categories grow from eight nominees to 10, was positioned as a natural progression by CEO Harvey Mason jr. when asked about it by Variety on Monday. “We saw it as an incredible opportunity for us to honor more artists and shine a light on more great music, and potentially offer a greater opportunity for more genres of music to be honored,” he said.
As for the abruptness of the move, “It’s something that we’ve talked about for quite some time but it ended up happening fairly recently,” he said. “We looked at...
The move, which saw the list of nominees in the top four general categories grow from eight nominees to 10, was positioned as a natural progression by CEO Harvey Mason jr. when asked about it by Variety on Monday. “We saw it as an incredible opportunity for us to honor more artists and shine a light on more great music, and potentially offer a greater opportunity for more genres of music to be honored,” he said.
As for the abruptness of the move, “It’s something that we’ve talked about for quite some time but it ended up happening fairly recently,” he said. “We looked at...
- 11/25/2021
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
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At the 2021 Billboard Music Awards in May, The Weeknd cryptically indicated that new music would be on the way just a year after his hit “After Hours” album. “I just want to say the ‘After Hours’ are done and the dawn is coming,” he said as he accepted an award for “Blinding Lights.” Then on August 2 the singer-songwriter posted a teaser video for “The Dawn is Coming.” Watch it above.
SEEThe Weeknd songs, ranked: Counting down his sweet 16 greatest hits, no matter what the Grammys think
“After Hours” was a number-one hit, and it produced one of the most successful singles in Billboard Hot 100 history. “Blinding Lights” spent four weeks at number one, but the real story was its staying power. It set two new records: the most weeks ever spent in the top five for a single song (43), and the most weeks ever spent in the top 10 (57). In fact,...
SEEThe Weeknd songs, ranked: Counting down his sweet 16 greatest hits, no matter what the Grammys think
“After Hours” was a number-one hit, and it produced one of the most successful singles in Billboard Hot 100 history. “Blinding Lights” spent four weeks at number one, but the real story was its staying power. It set two new records: the most weeks ever spent in the top five for a single song (43), and the most weeks ever spent in the top 10 (57). In fact,...
- 8/2/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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BTS might be on the cusp of a huge Grammys windfall. It didn’t quite happen in 2021 despite debuting at number-one last summer with their first fully English-language single, “Dynamite.” But a few more number-one hits since then have proved they’re not a passing fad. And their second English single, “Butter,” could break them into the Record of the Year race where they couldn’t before.
SEETop 4 Grammy trends to watch out for now that the nomination review committees are gone
“Dynamite” did get BTS on the board: they earned a nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, a first for the band and a first for any K-pop act. However, they lost that nomination to Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande‘s collaboration “Rain on Me,” and they didn’t make the cut in any other categories.
This year could be different, though. Since “Dynamite” dropped less than a year ago,...
SEETop 4 Grammy trends to watch out for now that the nomination review committees are gone
“Dynamite” did get BTS on the board: they earned a nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, a first for the band and a first for any K-pop act. However, they lost that nomination to Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande‘s collaboration “Rain on Me,” and they didn’t make the cut in any other categories.
This year could be different, though. Since “Dynamite” dropped less than a year ago,...
- 6/10/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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The Recording Academy’s Board of Trustees has officially appointed Harvey Mason Jr. as the Academy’s President/CEO, effective June 1.
Mason had been in the position on an unpaid, interim basis since January 2020. He was named to the post when former president Deborah Dugan was put on administrative leave 10 days before the 2020 Grammy Awards. She was terminated on March 3 of that year and has since sued the Recording Academy.
Ironically, Dugan was brought in following the departure of former CEO Neil Portnow, who resigned following controversial comments in 2018, when he answered a question about the Academy’s allegedly sexist voting and lack of female representation by saying female artists needed to “step up.”
Mason was formerly the chair of the Academy’s Board, a position he will now relinquish.
In a joint statement, search committee co-chairs John Burk and Leslie Ann Jones praised Mason. “We are delighted that Harvey...
Mason had been in the position on an unpaid, interim basis since January 2020. He was named to the post when former president Deborah Dugan was put on administrative leave 10 days before the 2020 Grammy Awards. She was terminated on March 3 of that year and has since sued the Recording Academy.
Ironically, Dugan was brought in following the departure of former CEO Neil Portnow, who resigned following controversial comments in 2018, when he answered a question about the Academy’s allegedly sexist voting and lack of female representation by saying female artists needed to “step up.”
Mason was formerly the chair of the Academy’s Board, a position he will now relinquish.
In a joint statement, search committee co-chairs John Burk and Leslie Ann Jones praised Mason. “We are delighted that Harvey...
- 5/13/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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The Weeknd said he still plans to boycott the Grammys after the Recording Academy announced it would get rid of the “secret committees” that, for years, finalized the nominees for major categories.
The Recording Academy announced its rule change Friday, April 30th, saying the categories decided by the “Nominations Review Committees” (“15-30 highly skilled music peers who represented and voted within their genre communities”) would now be “determined by a majority, peer-to-peer vote of voting members of the Recording Academy.”
In a statement provided to The New York Times Monday,...
The Recording Academy announced its rule change Friday, April 30th, saying the categories decided by the “Nominations Review Committees” (“15-30 highly skilled music peers who represented and voted within their genre communities”) would now be “determined by a majority, peer-to-peer vote of voting members of the Recording Academy.”
In a statement provided to The New York Times Monday,...
- 5/3/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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The 2021 Grammys sparked controversy with their nominations and snubs — par for the course for the institution, whose own former CEO Deborah Dugan alleged vote-rigging and conflicts of interests in the nominations process. But on Friday, April 30, the recording academy announced a big shakeup: all nomination review committees are gone, which has the potential to solve one of the Grammys’ biggest transparency problems.
Under the previous system, academy members at large would vote, but final nomination decisions in many categories, including the top four general field categories, were made by committees made up of 15 to 20 anonymous members. On one hand, those small panels have probably leveled the playing field for deserving acts with lower public profiles: surprise Album of the Year contenders like Brandi Carlile and Jacob Collier (“Djesse Vol. 3”) probably owe their nominations to the committees.
SEEEarly pop contenders for 2022 Grammys: Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato and BTS are among artists...
Under the previous system, academy members at large would vote, but final nomination decisions in many categories, including the top four general field categories, were made by committees made up of 15 to 20 anonymous members. On one hand, those small panels have probably leveled the playing field for deserving acts with lower public profiles: surprise Album of the Year contenders like Brandi Carlile and Jacob Collier (“Djesse Vol. 3”) probably owe their nominations to the committees.
SEEEarly pop contenders for 2022 Grammys: Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato and BTS are among artists...
- 4/30/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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Tonight, we come together — virtually — for the Grammy Awards, “Music’s Biggest Night,” and do our best to celebrate the music of the worst year of so many people’s lives. It’s finally spring, and as much as the season will bring back horrifying memories of what happened at this time a year ago, there’s also the pride and cautious elation that we’ve gotten through it, so far.
With a similar sense of cautious elation, we can feel pride that the music industry has largely survived the tragic past year, so far. Based on what Variety has learned from Grammys executive producer Ben Winston, CBS EVP Jack Sussman and Recording Academy chief Harvey Mason jr., tonight’s show will be celebratory but respectful, Covid-conscious but unifying, traditional but something new, a celebration of human achievement and endurance that will also be primetime, network-tv entertainment. Tonight’s show...
With a similar sense of cautious elation, we can feel pride that the music industry has largely survived the tragic past year, so far. Based on what Variety has learned from Grammys executive producer Ben Winston, CBS EVP Jack Sussman and Recording Academy chief Harvey Mason jr., tonight’s show will be celebratory but respectful, Covid-conscious but unifying, traditional but something new, a celebration of human achievement and endurance that will also be primetime, network-tv entertainment. Tonight’s show...
- 3/14/2021
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
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The Grammys are controversial for their secrecy; they don’t release eligibility or submissions lists like the Oscars or Emmys do, and they don’t reveal who’s on the nomination review committees that decide many categories. But while they’re certainly not the only ones who keep much of their process under wraps, it’s an increasing problem for the recording academy since they keep alienating the talent they’re supposed to be celebrating. Now The Weeknd has announced that he’ll be sitting out the Grammys from now on.
The Weeknd told the New York Times, “Because of the secret committees. I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys.” This follows his shocking snubs at this year’s awards. It’s not uncommon for an artist to under-perform in the nominations relative to expectations (this year we also thought Lady Gaga and...
The Weeknd told the New York Times, “Because of the secret committees. I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys.” This follows his shocking snubs at this year’s awards. It’s not uncommon for an artist to under-perform in the nominations relative to expectations (this year we also thought Lady Gaga and...
- 3/12/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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With the Grammy Awards coming up on Sunday, it’s remarkable that interim Recording Academy president/CEO Harvey Mason, jr. has time to talk with the press — although that could have been said at virtually any point in the past 14 months. Suddenly dropped into the job after Deborah Dugan’s surprise ouster in January, Mason has weathered a controversy-plagued 2020 Grammys, the pandemic — during which he oversaw the distribution of some $22 million in Covid relief to the music community by MusiCares, the Academy’s charitable wing — and then the Grammy nominations and the ever-shifting preparations for how they will hold a truly unprecedented and Covid-safe awards on Sunday. Then on Thursday, the controversy around the Weeknd’s shocking exclusion from all 2021 Grammy nominations flared up again, when the artist said he will not submit his music for the awards until the controversial “secret committees” that the Academy utilizes to determine final...
- 3/12/2021
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
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The Grammys will be handed out on Sunday night, March 14, during a ceremony hosted by Grammy-nominated comedian and “Daily Show” star Trevor Noah. But who will take home trophies this year? Scroll down for our predictions in 32 categories, listed in order of our racetrack odds with projected winners highlighted in gold. Do you agree with our forecasts?
Our odds are based on the combined predictions of our registered users, including the Editors who cover awards full-time for Gold Derby, the Top 24 Users who got the highest scores predicting last year’s Grammy winners, and the All-Star Top 24 who had the best predictions scores when you combine the results for the past two years, so those two elite groups of prognosticators are especially important to pay attention to.
SEEEverything to know about Grammys 2021
The Grammy nominations shocked us in many ways with left-field bids for under-the-radar artists like Black Pumas and Jacob Collier,...
Our odds are based on the combined predictions of our registered users, including the Editors who cover awards full-time for Gold Derby, the Top 24 Users who got the highest scores predicting last year’s Grammy winners, and the All-Star Top 24 who had the best predictions scores when you combine the results for the past two years, so those two elite groups of prognosticators are especially important to pay attention to.
SEEEverything to know about Grammys 2021
The Grammy nominations shocked us in many ways with left-field bids for under-the-radar artists like Black Pumas and Jacob Collier,...
- 3/11/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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When the Grammy nominations were announced back in November, the lineup for Album of the Year was especially perplexing. But one thing that I was able to derive from the surprising snubs and inclusions was that it meant Taylor Swift could more likely steamroll to her third career trophy in the category for “Folklore.” But this seemingly forgone conclusion has made me reexamine this category and now I can’t help but wonder how the field was rounded out in a way that seems to help Swift so much.
The first thing that makes me question this lineup is how arbitrary much of it seems. Only three of the actual nominees were in our top 25 based on the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users: Swift, Dua Lipa (“Future Nostalgia”) and Post Malone (“Hollywood’s Bleeding”). The remaining nominees were positioned 28th (Haim‘s “Women in Music Pt. III...
The first thing that makes me question this lineup is how arbitrary much of it seems. Only three of the actual nominees were in our top 25 based on the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users: Swift, Dua Lipa (“Future Nostalgia”) and Post Malone (“Hollywood’s Bleeding”). The remaining nominees were positioned 28th (Haim‘s “Women in Music Pt. III...
- 3/10/2021
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
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The 2021 Grammy Awards are coming up. However, there has been a lot of uncertainty since the entertainment industry was rocked by the Covid-19 pandemic. And the Grammys specifically have been in flux following multiple controversies around the recording academy’s treatment of women and people of color, not to mention alleged irregularities in voting. So there are a lot of questions about how the music industry’s highest-profile kudos will adapt. Here’s what we know so far.
When are the awards?
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards telecast is scheduled for March 14, 2021.
What music is eligible?
Songs and albums are eligible if they were released from September 1, 2019, through August 31, 2020.
When does voting for the nominations take place?
Recording academy members vote for the nominees from September 30, 2020, to October 12, 2020.
When are the nominations announced?
The full list of nominees will be revealed on November 24 at 9:00am Pacific/12:00 Noon Eastern.
When are the awards?
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards telecast is scheduled for March 14, 2021.
What music is eligible?
Songs and albums are eligible if they were released from September 1, 2019, through August 31, 2020.
When does voting for the nominations take place?
Recording academy members vote for the nominees from September 30, 2020, to October 12, 2020.
When are the nominations announced?
The full list of nominees will be revealed on November 24 at 9:00am Pacific/12:00 Noon Eastern.
- 3/8/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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We have, by and large in this pandemic year, lost our grasp on time, tossing out heralded routines and watching some minutes skirt by while others seem to drag without end. And yet Clive Davis remains unperturbed. The 88-year-old music executive’s storied pre-Grammy bash, which he hosted Saturday night in virtual form, lasted a formidable five hours — almost as long as its in-person counterpart. Davis, however, swapped out the usual ballroom hors d’oeuvres, champagne flutes, and side-of-the-room gossip for a potpourri of at-home artist performances, interviews, and decades-spanning reminiscence.
- 1/31/2021
- by Amy X. Wang
- Rollingstone.com
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Longtime outside counsel to the Recording Academy Joel Katz has resigned from Greenberg Traurig, the firm announced Monday.
Katz has long been one of the most influential attorneys in the music business. In addition to his work for the academy, which included the 2017 extension of Grammys broadcast deal that will keep the awards show on CBS through 2026, Katz has also acted as outside counsel for the Michael Jackson estate and was involved in the $750 million sale of Jackson’s 50 percent stake in Sony/Atv Music Publishing to Sony Corp.
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Katz has long been one of the most influential attorneys in the music business. In addition to his work for the academy, which included the 2017 extension of Grammys broadcast deal that will keep the awards show on CBS through 2026, Katz has also acted as outside counsel for the Michael Jackson estate and was involved in the $750 million sale of Jackson’s 50 percent stake in Sony/Atv Music Publishing to Sony Corp.
Ousted Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan in January 2020 ...
- 1/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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Longtime outside counsel to the Recording Academy Joel Katz has resigned from Greenberg Traurig, the firm announced Monday.
Katz has long been one of the most influential attorneys in the music business. In addition to his work for the academy, which included the 2017 extension of Grammys broadcast deal that will keep the awards show on CBS through 2026, Katz has also acted as outside counsel for the Michael Jackson estate and was involved in the $750 million sale of Jackson’s 50 percent stake in Sony/Atv Music Publishing to Sony Corp.
Ousted Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan in January 2020 ...
Katz has long been one of the most influential attorneys in the music business. In addition to his work for the academy, which included the 2017 extension of Grammys broadcast deal that will keep the awards show on CBS through 2026, Katz has also acted as outside counsel for the Michael Jackson estate and was involved in the $750 million sale of Jackson’s 50 percent stake in Sony/Atv Music Publishing to Sony Corp.
Ousted Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan in January 2020 ...
- 1/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Top Recording Academy officials agreed with Grammy nominees for best children’s album that the 2021 nominations for the category are not diverse, according to a report in Billboard.
The article states that during a Dec. 11 meeting with members of the Family Music Forward organization and two acts that asked for their nominations to be withdrawn from the category, Recording Academy officials — including interim president/CEO Harvey Mason, jr. and chief diversity officer Valeisha Butterfield Jones — conceded that the nominees and the nomination-review committee for the category were not sufficiently diverse.
Early last month, the Okee Dokee Brothers, Alastair Moock and collaborator Anand Nayak, and the children’s act Dog on Fleas publicly asked the Academy to withdraw their nominations from the category because all of the nominees were white. Following the Dec. 11 meeting, the Academy determined that the three acts will not be included and the Grammy for the category...
The article states that during a Dec. 11 meeting with members of the Family Music Forward organization and two acts that asked for their nominations to be withdrawn from the category, Recording Academy officials — including interim president/CEO Harvey Mason, jr. and chief diversity officer Valeisha Butterfield Jones — conceded that the nominees and the nomination-review committee for the category were not sufficiently diverse.
Early last month, the Okee Dokee Brothers, Alastair Moock and collaborator Anand Nayak, and the children’s act Dog on Fleas publicly asked the Academy to withdraw their nominations from the category because all of the nominees were white. Following the Dec. 11 meeting, the Academy determined that the three acts will not be included and the Grammy for the category...
- 1/8/2021
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
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Updated: The Grammy Awards are being postponed until March 14 due to coronavirus-related concerns, a rep for the show confirms to Variety.
“After thoughtful conversations with health experts, our host and artists scheduled to appear, we are rescheduling the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards to be broadcast Sunday, March 14, 2021,” a statement reads.
“The deteriorating Covid situation in Los Angeles, with hospital services being overwhelmed, ICUs having reached capacity, and new guidance from state and local governments have all led us to conclude that postponing our show was the right thing to do. Nothing is more important than the health and safety of those in our music community and the hundreds of people who work tirelessly on producing the show.We want to thank all of the talented artists, the staff, our vendors and especially this year’s nominees for their understanding, patience and willingness to work with us as we navigate these unprecedented times.
“After thoughtful conversations with health experts, our host and artists scheduled to appear, we are rescheduling the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards to be broadcast Sunday, March 14, 2021,” a statement reads.
“The deteriorating Covid situation in Los Angeles, with hospital services being overwhelmed, ICUs having reached capacity, and new guidance from state and local governments have all led us to conclude that postponing our show was the right thing to do. Nothing is more important than the health and safety of those in our music community and the hundreds of people who work tirelessly on producing the show.We want to thank all of the talented artists, the staff, our vendors and especially this year’s nominees for their understanding, patience and willingness to work with us as we navigate these unprecedented times.
- 1/5/2021
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
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Even before the pandemic, the 2021 Grammy Awards were going to be very different from previous shows.
For the first time in 40 years, the show will not be produced by veteran Ken Ehrlich, who announced in 2019 he’d be stepping aside for longtime James Corden producer Ben Winston. Ehrlich brought such familiar signature touches — thematic medleys with generation-spanning duet partners, understated nods to the social cause of the moment, and a certain old-school showbiz razzmatazz — that it’s hard to imagine the Grammys without him.
More pointedly, the 2020 Grammys took place against an ugly backdrop of mismanagement allegations and longstanding accusations of gender and racial misrepresentation in the awards, the Recording Academy and the industry. This was capped by a blockbuster legal complaint filed against the Academy in January by ousted president/CEO Deborah Dugan, who was placed on leave just days before the show amid strongly worded but vague accusations of “misconduct.
For the first time in 40 years, the show will not be produced by veteran Ken Ehrlich, who announced in 2019 he’d be stepping aside for longtime James Corden producer Ben Winston. Ehrlich brought such familiar signature touches — thematic medleys with generation-spanning duet partners, understated nods to the social cause of the moment, and a certain old-school showbiz razzmatazz — that it’s hard to imagine the Grammys without him.
More pointedly, the 2020 Grammys took place against an ugly backdrop of mismanagement allegations and longstanding accusations of gender and racial misrepresentation in the awards, the Recording Academy and the industry. This was capped by a blockbuster legal complaint filed against the Academy in January by ousted president/CEO Deborah Dugan, who was placed on leave just days before the show amid strongly worded but vague accusations of “misconduct.
- 9/30/2020
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
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The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards are held in 2021, but the eligibility period for these kudos celebrating the best in music actually started on September 1, 2019, ending on August 31, 2020. So who will win Album of the Year?
This eligibility period is new for the Grammys. The recording academy moved up their calendar in 2020 in response to the Oscars, which moved their ceremony up to early February, which was when the Grammys usually aired. So the Grammys shifted their telecast to early January and adopted an eligibility calendar that ended a month earlier.
SEEGrammy Album of the Year: All the Winners in Grammy Awards History
But that’s not the only change the Grammys have undergone in recent years. For the 61st annual event held in 2019, the academy expanded its top four general field categories from five nominees to eight in part as a response to criticisms over a lack of diversity among the nominees and winners.
This eligibility period is new for the Grammys. The recording academy moved up their calendar in 2020 in response to the Oscars, which moved their ceremony up to early February, which was when the Grammys usually aired. So the Grammys shifted their telecast to early January and adopted an eligibility calendar that ended a month earlier.
SEEGrammy Album of the Year: All the Winners in Grammy Awards History
But that’s not the only change the Grammys have undergone in recent years. For the 61st annual event held in 2019, the academy expanded its top four general field categories from five nominees to eight in part as a response to criticisms over a lack of diversity among the nominees and winners.
- 8/28/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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The Grammy Award for Record of the Year goes to the artists, producers, engineers and mixers behind the year’s best recording. So who will win when awards are handed out in 2021? The eligibility period for the 63rd annual kudos is September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2020. Scroll down to see the top contenders.
The Grammy eligibility period used to be a little different. It previously ran from October 1 through September 30, but the recording academy shifted everything by a month as a result of the Oscars decision to hold their 2020 Oscars in early February, which had been the Grammys’ turf. So music’s biggest night moved to January and it tweaked its calendar. That means a lot of 2021’s major contenders had already been released by the time the 2020 awards were handed out.
SEEGrammy Album of the Year: All the Winners in Grammy Awards History
Record of the Year honors the year’s best song,...
The Grammy eligibility period used to be a little different. It previously ran from October 1 through September 30, but the recording academy shifted everything by a month as a result of the Oscars decision to hold their 2020 Oscars in early February, which had been the Grammys’ turf. So music’s biggest night moved to January and it tweaked its calendar. That means a lot of 2021’s major contenders had already been released by the time the 2020 awards were handed out.
SEEGrammy Album of the Year: All the Winners in Grammy Awards History
Record of the Year honors the year’s best song,...
- 8/24/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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Following on its new diversity initiatives in collaboration with Color of Change, the Recording Academy announced on Thursday morning its latest class of members.
The organization sent invitations to 2,300 artists, songwriters, producers and other music professionals to join the organization in 2020. Academy members can vote in the annual Grammy Awards, submit their work for Grammy consideration, and propose changes to Academy rules.
The Academy says the new class is 48% female, and comprises 21% of people of African American and African descent, 8% identifying as Hispanic, and 3% Asian American/Pacific Islanders. Last year’s new members were 49% female,...
The organization sent invitations to 2,300 artists, songwriters, producers and other music professionals to join the organization in 2020. Academy members can vote in the annual Grammy Awards, submit their work for Grammy consideration, and propose changes to Academy rules.
The Academy says the new class is 48% female, and comprises 21% of people of African American and African descent, 8% identifying as Hispanic, and 3% Asian American/Pacific Islanders. Last year’s new members were 49% female,...
- 7/9/2020
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
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As the music industry continues to explore ways of addressing longstanding racial inequality, the Recording Academy is partnering with civil rights nonprofit Color of Change for a series of new initiatives, atop a $1 million donation to the organization, the two organizations announced on Tuesday.
Color of Change will work with the Grammys’ parent organization on several diversity-based initiatives. It will help the Academy create a black music advisory group, which aims to get more black voters into the Academy, as well as develop a diversity summit for the music industry and tackle legislative issues.
Color of Change will work with the Grammys’ parent organization on several diversity-based initiatives. It will help the Academy create a black music advisory group, which aims to get more black voters into the Academy, as well as develop a diversity summit for the music industry and tackle legislative issues.
- 7/7/2020
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
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On June 10 the often embattled recording academy announced changes to the Grammys that will take effect at the upcoming 2021 awards. Those amendments include a change in Best New Artist eligibility requirements and tweaks to existing categories in R&b, rap and Latin fields. Do you think those moves are a step in the right direction for an organization often accused of being out of step?
Best New Artist rules are often in flux since the evolution of the music industry amid changing technologies and trends makes the already subjective category even more confusing. In recent years the academy has placed a limit on the amount of music an artist can have released to be considered a new artist (no more than 30 singles/tracks or three albums). But in an era of LPs and mixtapes, it’s possible for artists to exceed that before truly achieving widespread prominence. So the academy...
Best New Artist rules are often in flux since the evolution of the music industry amid changing technologies and trends makes the already subjective category even more confusing. In recent years the academy has placed a limit on the amount of music an artist can have released to be considered a new artist (no more than 30 singles/tracks or three albums). But in an era of LPs and mixtapes, it’s possible for artists to exceed that before truly achieving widespread prominence. So the academy...
- 6/11/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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To say that interim Recording Academy president/CEO Harvey Mason jr. has had a challenging first few months on the job is an understatement of epic proportions. In January, just days after taking the role on a temporary basis after former president/CEO Deborah Dugan’s controversial ouster, he steered the Recording Academy through the most tumultuous Grammy Awards in its history. In March came the coronavirus pandemic, which saw him and MusiCares chair Steve Boom leading the Academy’s charitable wing to distribute nearly $20 million to members of the music community who had been impacted by the virus. In May, the entire nation erupted into protests after George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police, and he led the organization’s efforts in response to it, which included participating in Blackout Tuesday and donating $1 million to Color of Change. He also oversaw the Academy’s board meetings...
- 6/10/2020
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
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The 2021 Grammys are more than a year away, assuming they happen on schedule, which we can hardly assume given the unpredictable trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic. But while it may seem too early to consider who might win, the truth is the eligibility period is already more than half over. So you can now start placing your bets for Album of the Year here in our predictions center. We’ll be adding candidates throughout the season as albums are announced and released. Predictions for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist will open at a later date.
Because the Oscars moved up their awards to early February in 2020, the Grammys decided to move up their entire awards calendar. The cutoff date used to be September 30, but now the deadline is August 31. That means current eligibility cycle started on September 1, so by the time this year...
Because the Oscars moved up their awards to early February in 2020, the Grammys decided to move up their entire awards calendar. The cutoff date used to be September 30, but now the deadline is August 31. That means current eligibility cycle started on September 1, so by the time this year...
- 3/30/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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