Grammy changes award rule
The Grammys are doing their best to fix one of the most egregious snubs in recent years.
The group behind the music industry’s top honours said on Wednesday it would change the eligibility rules for its coveted best new artiste category so that a musician like Lady Gaga is not excluded again.
Even though the chart-topping dance/pop singer was clearly the biggest new artiste to emerge on the music scene in 2009, she was deemed ineligible for consideration because she had been nominated the year before in a different category. Now, the Recording Academy has decided that a previous nomination — but not a victory — will not stand in the way of a best new artiste nomination. It’s a nod to an increasing trend where an artiste releases a debut single long before the first alb-um comes out.
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