Grammys Add New Categories, Including Songwriter of the Year
June 9, 2022 3:36PM EDT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 10: Lady Gaga attends the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards – Press Room at Staples Center on February 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jerod Harris/FilmMagic)
The Grammys are adding five new categories including songwriter of the year.
They will also have a special song for social change award.
The new non-classical songwriter category will recognize one individual who was the most prolific non-performing and non-producing songwriter for a body of new work.
This is different than song of the year that awards the songwriter or songwriters who wrote lyrics or melodies to one song.
The other new categories are:
- Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
- Alternative Music Performance
- Americana Music Performance
- Score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media.
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