After increasing the Huge 4 classes to incorporate 10 nominees apiece in 2022, the Recording Academy has reversed the change for the 2024 Grammy Awards. That brings it again to eight nominees in every of Album of the 12 months, Music of the 12 months, Report of the 12 months, and Greatest New Artist. (Till 2018, there have been simply 5 nominees apiece in these classes.) The variety of nominees underneath the Album of the 12 months banner will additional dwindle because of a brand new eligibility rule: A featured musician, producer, songwriter, or engineer on an album will want credit on at the least 20 % of a nominated album to get the nod. For 2022, that share had fallen from the standard 33 % to zero, which means any contributor would get in on the nomination.
Earlier this week, the Academy added three new classes: Greatest Different Jazz Album, Greatest Pop Dance Recording, and Greatest African Music Efficiency. Two classes—producer of the 12 months, nonclassical; and the recently added songwriter of the 12 months, nonclassical—have additionally been moved into the overall subject, which means all voting members can vote on them. These are the primary additions to the overall subject since 1959.
