Recording Academy Grammy Awards® Make Major Changes For 63rd Grammys
The Recording Academy® announced today that it has made major changes to several rules and guidelines that reflect its ongoing commitment to evolve with the musical landscape and to ensure that the GRAMMY Awards® nominating process and rules are more transparent and fair.
Among the changes are updates to the Best New Artist category, Latin, R&B and Rap Fields, Nominations Review Committees, and more. The new changes go into effect immediately for the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards. Some of the category name changes are:
Best Urban Contemporary Album ——-> Best Progressive R&B Album
Best Rap/Sung Performance ——-> Best Melodic Rap Performance
Latin Pop Album ——-> Best Latin Pop Or Urban Album
Latin Rock, Urban Or Alternative Album ——-> Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album
"I’m excited to announce our latest changes, as we're constantly evaluating our Awards process and evolving it to ensure the GRAMMY Awards are inclusive and reflect the current state of the music industry," said Harvey Mason Jr., Chair & Interim President/CEO of the Recording Academy. "The Academy accepts proposals for rule changes from members of the music community throughout the year that are carefully reviewed and, if accepted, ultimately ratified at our annual Board meeting, a process that we are proud to have continued in this challenging year."
"As a peer-driven and peer-voted award, members of the music community are directly involved in the growth and preservation of the GRAMMYs® process,” said Bill Freimuth, Chief Awards Officer at the Recording Academy. “Each year we receive a number of rule change proposals from artists, producers and songwriters asking us to reevaluate our process to better reflect the current state of the music industry and how it's evolved over the past 12 months.”
For the full list of rule amendments for the 63rd GRAMMY Awards, visit here.
