Grammy announces new categories, there will be an award for Songwriter of the year

Recently, the Academy has officially announced 5 categories that will be present at next year’s Grammy Awards. In which the category that has been interested for many years but never appeared is the Musician of the Year category. This is also an opportunity for the Academy to honor those who write the lyrics or write the melody for a song.

“This new category was born truly for those with expertise in songwriting,” said Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. To share. Accordingly, musicians must have at least 5 songs that they are recognized as “unique” as a musician or co-composer.

“Someone who writes and records themselves is not eligible for this category. This must be a category in which they compose songs for other artists. We wanted to highlight professional musicians,” he said. continued, “Musicians are the heart of this industry, there wouldn’t be a song without musicians. We thought about how we could do more, to showcase. musicians to more people and more integrated with different genres of music”.

It can be said that the new category is a big step forward for all musicians. Remember last year, an update to the Grammy’s rules allowed any musician, producer or artist to be featured on a nominated album Album of the Year to be considered a nominee.

Four other new Grammy categories next year include Best Vocal Album, Best Alternative Music Performance, Best Americana Music Performance, and Best Video Game Soundtrack.