Grammys to introduce new awards for songwriting, song for social change

sixtieth Annual Grammy Awards – Present – New York, U.S., 28/01/2018 – Grammy Awards trophies are displayed backstage throughout the pre-telecast. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) – The Grammy Awards may have 5 new classes ranging from subsequent yr’s ceremony, organisers stated on Thursday, together with honours for songwriting, in addition to a particular recognition for the most effective music for social change.

The Recording Academy stated it was including a prize for songwriter of the yr (non-classical), which might recognise “probably the most prolific non-performing and non-producing songwriters for his or her physique of recent work launched throughout an eligibility yr”.

New classes additionally embody finest different music efficiency, finest Americana efficiency, finest rating soundtrack for video video games and different interactive media and finest spoken phrase poetry album.

The Recording Academy additionally stated it could introduce a particular advantage award for finest music for social change, for which submissions wanted to “include lyrical content material that addresses a well timed social concern and promotes understanding, peacebuilding and empathy”.

The winner will likely be chosen by a committee and ratified by the Recording Academy Board of Trustees.

“We’re so excited to honor these numerous communities of music creators via the newly established awards and amendments, and to proceed cultivating an atmosphere that conjures up change, progress and collaboration,” Recording Academy Chief Govt Harvey Mason Jr. stated in a press release.

“The Academy’s prime precedence is to successfully characterize the music those who we serve, and annually, that entails listening to our members and making certain our guidelines and tips mirror our ever-evolving business.”

The 2023 Grammy Awards would be the sixty fifth version of the annual ceremony, the very best honors within the music business.

This yr’s ceremony was pushed again to April from January amid a spike in COVID-19 instances and moved from Los Angeles to the MGM Grand Backyard Area in Las Vegas. learn extra

Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Enhancing by Alison Williams

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