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They also said the next Grammy Awards show
would go ahead as planned in January 2021, despite the
coronavirus epidemic that has sidelined multiple cultural
events.
Under the new rules, released by the Recording Academy, members
of the committees that nominate artists for the Grammys must
declare in advance whether they have any financial, family or
other ties to artists being considered.
A failure to voluntarily disclose such ties will result in the
person being barred from taking part in the process in the
future.
Allegations that the Grammy nominations process is tainted were
made in a complaint filed in January by the former chief
executive of the Recording Academy, Deborah Dugan.
The academy at that time described Dugan's claims that its
members pushed artists they have relationships with as
"categorically false, misleading and wrong." Dugan was later
fired.
All the changes and the rules for the Grammy Awards will be
published on the Recording Academy's website to reflect an
"ongoing commitment to evolve with the musical landscape and to
ensure that the GRAMMY Awards nominating process and rules are
more transparent and fair," the academy said in a statement.
Recording Academy interim president Harvey Mason Jr. told
Variety in an interview on Wednesday that planning for the 2021
Grammys on Jan. 31 was underway, with three options being
considered.
"One is the traditional show with the full crowd, two is a
limited crowd, and three is no crowd, and there's creative
around all three of those ideas: how and where we would film it.
But none of them involve changing or postponing the date," Mason
said.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Tom Brown)
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