Online Voting A Grammy Winner!
The Recording Academy™ has completed its annual review of awards rules and regulations and established a series of new amendments to guide the Grammy Awards® process moving forward — the biggest innovation will be the transition to online voting, a move that provides the Academy’s 13,000+ voting members greater access and flexibility than ever before. For the first time, voting members will cast their Grammy Awards votes online rather than by paper ballot. This transition will provide greater flexibility for touring artists, eliminate the possibility of invalid ballots, and protect further against fraudulent voting. All voting members in good standing will be eligible to vote online in both rounds for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.
Other new amendments: • Songwriters will now be recognized in Album Of The Year category; • Nominations Review Committees will be established for Rap, Contemporary Instrumental and New Age fields; • Album definition will expanded to allow for more inclusion in the Classical, Dance and Jazz fields — to be eligible for Grammy® consideration, an album must comprise a minimum total playing time of 15 minutes with at least five distinct tracks or a minimum total playing time of 30 minutes with no minimum track requirement. This definition expansion allows for greater inclusion of music creators who produce longer pieces, particularly in the Classical, Dance and Jazz categories. • An exception will be made in the Best Song Written For Visual Media category, allowing the film version of a track to be entered in the category, even if a different version of the track is submitted in other categories.
Key Grammy Dates: Eligibility Period: Oct. 1, 2016 — Sept. 30, 2017; First-Round Ballot Period: Oct. 16-29, 2017; Nominations: Nov. 28, 2017; Final-Round Ballot Period: Dec. 7-21, 2017; 60th Annual Grammy Awards: Jan. 28, 2018 in New York! To learn more about the Grammy Awards process, visit grammy101.com.
