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Here's how the GRAMMYs are changing this year

It's a major shake-up for the awards ceremony

Author: Emma DoddsPublished 27th Jun 2018

The GRAMMYs are arguably one of the most prestigious awards that a musician can win. Not only that, but the awards ceremony - which takes place every January - is one of the biggest nights in showbiz.

This year saw the 60th ceremony, but bosses on the music board have now announced a massive shake-up for the way nominees are decided upon.

Speaking to Billboard, Recording Academy president Neil Portnow revealed that instead of choosing from five nominees for the categories of record, song and album of the year as well as best new artist, they'll now choose from eight.

He said in a statement that the changes, which will take effect immediately for the next ceremony in January 2019, would "create more opportunities for a wider-range of recognition in these important categories," adding that it would allow "more flexibility to our voters when having to make the often challenging decisions about representing excellence and the best in music for the year."

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Camila Cabello and Young Thug

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Dua Lipa and Calvin Harris

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He said, "Throughout the year, we team up with music people across all genres and disciplines to consider revisions and subsequently make amendments to our rules and entry guidelines to ensure we're keeping up with our ever-changing industry and meeting the needs of music creators.

"We look forward to celebrating all of our nominees when they are announced later this year," he concluded.

The votes are cast by Voting Members of the Recording Academy, which is made up of artists, engineers, producers and songwriters across all music genres. However, to be eligible to vote, members must have either creative or technical credits on a minimum of six commercially-released tracks on a physical music release, or 12 on a digital album.

Bruno Mars was the biggest winner at last year's ceremony, winning all six of the categories he was nominated for, including '24K Magic' which won Record of the Year.