The Recording Academy has updated its rules for the album of the year Grammy, giving more producers and songwriters a better chance at winning the top award.
The academy announced today (Wed) that any producer, songwriter, engineer or featured artist on an album nominated for album of the year will also earn a nomination, even if the music creator co-wrote one song on the 10-track project.
Before the change, songwriters or producers would need to be credited with at least 33% or more playing time on the album to be eligible for nomination, a rule implemented in 2017.
The new change reflects how the Grammys handled album of the year before 2017, when producers, engineers or featured artists would earn a nomination for album of the year even if they worked on one song.
Songwriters were not included at that time, and were added when the 2017 change was introduced.
