The Grammys have historically used the large number of categories available to spread the love among most major artists in any given year, so it’s not like there was some hyper-elitist gatekeeping going on or anything. Though even with the improvements in transparency about the process, we likely won’t see a huge change in which artists get nominated, save for the likely inclusion of more commercially popular fare. Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, and more can expect good news
Last year’s 2,710 invitations to new members were 48% female and drew 55% of their body from “traditionally underrepresented groups.” This is part of the push to reach 2,500 women Academy members by 2025. The Academy also took much bigger steps than in years past towards diversifying its membership. (Read: BTS has a real chance to become the first K-pop act to get a Record of the Year nomination, for “Butter.”) In practice, this could well mean populist artists that have historically been overlooked will get a better shot at Grammy statues. Instead, now the nominees will simply be the artists who received the largest number of votes from the entire body of eligible Academy members. Which is a fairly large pool from which to be selecting, meaning there was quite a bit of cherry-picking going on. Prior to this, groups of artists, creators, and “industry experts” (whatever that means) curated the final lists of nominations, essentially picking whoever they wanted from the top 20 candidates determined by the broader Grammy voting body. The Recording Academy has officially disbanded the “secret” nominating committees of years past. It Is 2021, Star Citizen Has Raised $400,000,000, And Is Still Not Outīattlefield 2042 Is Now One Of The Worst Reviewed Games In Steam History Thanks to some changes made in the wake of last year’s controversy over The Weeknd being completely shut out, despite having one of the most successful albums of the year (and, in the case of “Blinding Lights,” one of the biggest singles of the century thus far), there’s a new process in place-not necessarily a more discerning one, but certainly more democratic.īeware of the racially coded language that will be used when discussing Isaiah Stewart and LeBron JamesĪn Original Seiko ‘Apple Watch’ From 1988 Is up for Auction