New Grammy Categories?

[JennyLewisFan Joined: Sep 3rd, 2019 Topics: 14 Posts: 1370 View Predictions]

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What categories would you like to see in the Grammys? I have a small list.

Pop:

Best Pop Song

Alternative:

Best Alternative Music Recording (think more Bon Iver and Björk)

Gospel/Christian Music renamed to Religious Music (or any other suitable name):

Best Religious Song (to consider Gospel, Contemporary Christian Music and Roots Gospel), similar to American Roots Song
Best Religious Performance (to consider Gospel, Contemporary Christian Music, Roots Gospel and Religious Choir Performances), similar to American Roots Performance
Best Gospel Album
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Best Roots Gospel Album
Best Chants/Hymns/Choral Album (for albums containing religious songs performed by choirs e.g chants and hymns)

Reggae:

Best Reggae Performance
Best Reggae Song

World Music:

Best World Music Performance
Best World Music Song

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[Prada Joined: Dec 1st, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 9339 View Predictions]

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Honey, there are WAY too many categories as is.  #NoNewCategories

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[JennyLewisFan Joined: Sep 3rd, 2019 Topics: 14 Posts: 1370 View Predictions]

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Prada wrote:

Honey, there are WAY too many categories as is. #NoNewCategories

It doesn’t necessarily have to be a new one. You could suggest mergers or removals. Renames too.

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[theexterminator Joined: Dec 15th, 2016 Topics: 4 Posts: 499 View Predictions]

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Pop song

Metal album

Pop/rock instrumental performance

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[AuxPlayer Joined: Sep 19th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 197 View Predictions]

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I think the Rock category is a mess. Rock voters are purists and nominate bland traditional rock music that has no cultural impact. If they’re going to continue this, at least give Alternative Music its own light.

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[Andresg770 Joined: Nov 17th, 2010 Topics: 9 Posts: 1101 View Predictions]

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I like the idea of having more awards for “world music” (whatever that means these days) artists and songwriters, but I wonder about the logistics of a Song category: How could they select nominees fairly when the pool of eligible songs will be in different languages (and voters presumably will only be able to understand the lyrics of some)?

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[AuxPlayer Joined: Sep 19th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 197 View Predictions]

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Andresg770 wrote:

I like the idea of having more awards for “world music” (whatever that means these days) artists and songwriters, but I wonder about the logistics of a Song category: How could they select nominees fairly when the pool of eligible songs will be in different languages (and voters presumably will only be able to understand the lyrics of some)?

I’ve always wondered… Are the Grammys only allowed to nominate English-language pieces in the GF and mainstream Genre fields (Pop, Rock, Dance, R&B, Rap)?

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[theexterminator Joined: Dec 15th, 2016 Topics: 4 Posts: 499 View Predictions]

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AuxPlayer wrote:

I’ve always wondered… Are the Grammys only allowed to nominate English-language pieces in the GF and mainstream Genre fields (Pop, Rock, Dance, R&B, Rap)?

Nope.

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[Dan Jo Joined: Aug 16th, 2017 Topics: 6 Posts: 804 View Predictions]

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It may be acceptable or not but I thought of these several times.

Best Christmas Music Album/ Best Holiday Music Album

Best Contemporary Country Album

Best Traditional Country Performance

And I hope they’re going to reinstate the Best Country Collaboration with Vocals category.

 

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[BICTH Joined: Nov 3rd, 2016 Topics: 3 Posts: 2974 View Predictions]

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Biggest Fraud

it’s about time they add alternative performance and alternative song, the alternative category always house better nominees than most others, they should get an expansion. with today’s news, a pop song category seems even more necessary so that pop songwriters can have a space to compete without committee interfering

AuxPlayer wrote:

I’ve always wondered… Are the Grammys only allowed to nominate English-language pieces in the GF and mainstream Genre fields (Pop, Rock, Dance, R&B, Rap)?

despacito wasn’t even that long ago… hell the first winner in roty and soty was italian, foreign music can compete, it’s just they are doomed to be way less competitive

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[alex00g2 Joined: Sep 20th, 2017 Topics: 1 Posts: 447 View Predictions]

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The good old “let’s add new categories until all of our faves get an award” thread. Comes around every year.

People think we can fix everything by just adding more categories and making the voting system more complex – some people think the Grammys should force people to sit there and rank each artist/song/album in order or something like that.

When you make voting systems more complex you discourage voters, especially those who are busy, like Touring Musicians and those who have poor time management skills – which includes a lot of very talented artists.

The BRIT awards are better with far fewer categories.

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the idea of ranking vote is for general field only.

If voters can’t do that simple thing, they shouldn’t be voter.

 

and yes alternative deserve its own song/performance category.

 

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[James Otto Sweet Heart Joined: Sep 15th, 2011 Topics: 34 Posts: 1988 View Predictions]

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Dan Jo wrote:

I hope they’re going to reinstate the Best Country Collaboration with Vocals category.

I second this.

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