Grammy nominations to be announced after sweeping changes

LOS ANGELES – The Recording Academy volition denote nominees for its 64th Grammy Awards connected Tuesday morning, but it’ll beryllium the archetypal twelvemonth selections person been made aft immoderate sweeping changes.

The academy earlier this twelvemonth ditched anonymous enactment committees and present allows its much than 11,000 voters to chose nominees successful definite categories, with the afloat rank eligible to measurement successful connected apical honors similar medium and opus of the year.

The displacement comes aft The Weeknd called the Grammys “corrupt” aft helium was unopen retired of 2021′s ceremony, contempt having past year’s biggest song.

This year’s announcement volition beryllium made connected a livestream opening astatine noon Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific astatine https://live.grammy.com/.

Possible nominees see Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Coldplay and K-pop radical BTS, which triumphed astatine Sunday's fan-voted American Music Awards. The Weeknd, who collaborated connected Kanye West's deed medium “Donda,” has said helium would nary longer taxable his enactment for Grammy consideration.

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Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. has said he is committed to rebuilding spot successful the Grammys and has worked to summation its membership.

The Grammy Awards volition beryllium handed retired Jan. 31 successful Los Angeles. Last year's ceremonial was held nether strict pandemic conditions. While fewer details astir adjacent year's ceremonial person been released, the academy has committed to staging the amusement and using an inclusion rider, which is meant to summation diverseness among those moving connected the ceremonial astatine each levels.

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