67th Annual Grammy Awards explained

67th Annual Grammy Awards
Date:	February 2, 2025
Location:	Crypto.com Arena Los Angeles, California
Host:	TBA
Most Awards:	TBA
Most Nominations:	TBA
Network:	CBS Paramount+
Previous:	66th
Main:	Grammy Awards
Next:	68th

The 67th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will honor the best recordings, compositions, and artists from September 16, 2023, to August 30, 2024, as chosen by the members of the Recording Academy, on February 2, 2025. In its 22nd year at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the ceremony will be broadcast on CBS and available to stream on Paramount+.^[1] A host for the ceremony is yet to be announced.

Background

For the 2025 ceremony, the Recording Academy announced several changes for different categories and updates on eligibility rules.^[2] No new categories were introduced for the first time in four years.^[3] In an urgent letter to the 12,000 voting members of the Recording Academy, chief executive officer (CEO) Harvey Mason Jr. urged them to cast their votes with "purpose, intention, and integrity" and without "bias, grudge-holding, or careless voting."^{[4] [5]}

Category changes

• Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical was moved from the Production, Engineering, Composition & Arrangement Field to the Pop & Dance/Electronic Field.
• Best Pop Dance Recording was renamed to Best Dance Pop Recording.
• Best Dance/Electronic Music Album was renamed to Best Dance/Electronic Album. Its category criteria was amended to establish that albums must consist of at least 50% Dance/Electronic recordings to qualify.
• Conjunto music will now be recognized under Best Regional Roots Music Album, instead of Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano).
• Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media was amended to establish a qualification that more than 50% of the music on an otherwise eligible recording must be derived from new episodes or new programming released during the Grammy eligibility year for which it entered.
• Best Song for Social Change, a Special Merit Award, was renamed to the Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change Award. It will now be recognized as a CEO's Merit Award, with the finalists and recipients selected annually by a committee composed of a community of peers dedicated to "artistic expression, the craft of songwriting, and the power of songs to affect social change."^[6]

Criteria amendments

• All eligibly-certified featured artists with less than 50% of playing time will be awarded a Winners' Certificate for all genre album categories. This rule does not apply to Best Musical Theater Album or the General Field and Craft categories.
• The annual fee media companies must pay to enter a recording in the online entry process was increased to $180.
• Criteria for Best Traditional R&B Performance was amended to "more accurately represent recordings that embody the classical elements of R&B/soul music, distinguishing them from contemporary interpretations of the genre."
• Criteria for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album was amended to expand the category by "broadening its scope and welcoming more entries from the musical theater community." Its album eligibility criteria was also updated, requiring that albums must contain more than 75% of newly recorded (previously unreleased) performances.
• Criteria for Best Children's Music Album was amended with a requirement for lyrics and English-language translations to be included in entry submissions. An intended audience range was also defined as "infant to 12 years old".
• Submission guidelines for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical were amended with the hopes of allowing a "wider representation of the songwriter community", with the minimum submission threshold in which a songwriter is credited as a songwriter or co-writer (not a primary or featured artist or producer) being reduced from five to four songs. The additional number of songs a songwriter may enter in which they are also credited as a primary or featured artist, or any other supporting role was also increased from four to five.

Winners and nominees

First round voting will take place from October 4 to October 15, 2024. The nominees are set to be announced on November 8 in a livestream on the official Grammy YouTube channel. Final round voting will then take place from December 12, 2024, to January 3, 2025, ahead of winners being revealed during the Grammy Premiere Ceremony and telecast on February 2.^{[7] [8]}

Classical

CEO's Merit Awards

Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change Award

The Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change Award honors songwriters of "message-driven music that speaks to the social issues of our time and has demonstrated and inspired positive global impact." This award is renamed after Belafonte for his legacy in music and activism.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Grammy Awards to Air Live in February 2025. 21 May 2024. Fekadu. Mesfin. The Hollywood Reporter.
2. Web site: Frazier . Nina . June 14, 2024 . GRAMMY Awards Updates For The 2025 GRAMMYs: Here's Everything You Need To Know About GRAMMY Awards Categories Changes & Eligibility Guidelines . June 14, 2024 . Grammy Awards.
3. Web site: Grein . Paul . June 14, 2024 . Grammys 2025: No New Categories, But 10 Rule Tweaks . June 14, 2024 . . en-US.
4. Web site: Garcia . Thania . July 26, 2024 . Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. Implores Academy Members to Vote With ‘Intention and Integrity’ . July 28, 2024 . Variety . en-US.
5. Web site: Grein . Paul . July 26, 2024 . In a Letter to Recording Academy Members, CEO Harvey Mason Jr. Urges Them to ‘Vote with Purpose’ . subscription . July 28, 2024 . Billboard . en-US.
6. Web site: Grein . Paul . July 17, 2024 . Recording Academy Renames Best Song for Social Change Award in Honor of Harry Belafonte . July 18, 2024 . Billboard . en-US.
7. Grein . Paul . May 21, 2024 . Here's the Date of the 2025 Grammy Awards . May 21, 2024 . Billboard.
8. Paul . Larisha . May 21, 2024 . Grammys Sets 2025 Ceremony and Nominations Dates . May 21, 2024 . Rolling Stone.