On June 16th 2016, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced that it will now accept streaming only songs toward the issuing of a Grammy Award. The move was one of five new rule changes that will take place immediately and will effect the make up the 2017 Grammy Award nominees. The revision will apply to both albums and singles that have been released on streaming service such as Apple Music, Spotify, and Tidal.
Under the new rules, albums and singles must be released from October 1st 2015 and September 30th 2016 to be eligible for the 2017 Grammy Awards Show. The 59th annual Grammy Awards will air on February 12th 2017, while the nominees for those awards will be announced on December 6th 2016. Bill Freimuth, senior vice president of the awards said, "We noticed that there were a number of higher-profile artists who were choosing to release through streaming-only, and we did not want to be exclusionary toward them."
Other rule changes include a decrease in the number of categories that Academy members can vote in, from 20 to 15, along with, album of the year, best new artist, record of the year, and song of the year. There will now be two Blues categories, best traditional Blues album and best contemporary Blues album. The best new artist will no longer have to release a full album to qualify. Those nominees need only release a minimum of five singles. And, the best rap/sung collaboration was changed to best rap/sung performance.
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