The Recording Academy
26 May 2021
The Recording Academy, the organizers of the prestigious Grammy Awards, has updated its rules for the album of the year category, giving more producers and songwriters a better chance at winning the top award. The academy on Wednesday announced that any producer, songwriter, engineer or featured artist on an album nominated for album of the…
3 May 2021
The Grammy Awards will no longer use "secret" committees to select which acts get nominated for the prestigious music awards following criticism from artists and allegations of rigging. The Recording Academy on Friday said nominations for the 2022 awards would be decided by its entire voting membership of more than 11,000, rather than the anonymous…
5 Nov 2020
The Recording Academy has announced that the Grammy Award for "Best World Music Album" has been renamed. The award will now be called "Best Global Music Album". The award which is presented annually to recording artists for quality albums in the world music genre has now been renamed to reflect a "more relevant, inclusive" term.…
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