The eligibility interval for the upcoming 68th Grammy Awards will finish on Aug. 30. That is the second yr in a row that the eligibility interval has closed on that date. The eligibility interval extends from Aug. 31, 2024, to Aug. 30, 2025.
The Grammy eligibility yr ran from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30 yearly for greater than three a long time — from the twentieth annual Grammy Awards (which lined the interval from Oct. 1, 1976, by way of Sept. 30, 1977) by way of the 51st annual Grammy Awards (Oct. 1, 2007, by way of Sept. 30, 2008).
The schedule has been extra irregular since then. It closed on Aug. 31 in 2009, 2019 and 2020; on Sept. 15 in 2023 and on Aug. 30 in 2024.
In a message to voting members in 2023, Harvey Mason, Jr., the Academy’s CEO, make clear the explanations the academy is pushing for an earlier near the eligibility yr. “This alteration advantages our awards course of and grants us flexibility all through Grammy season — particularly associated to our nominations announcement timeline and the reserving of the Grammy telecast, Premiere Ceremony, Recording Academy Honors Introduced by the Black Music Collective and different necessary celebrations all through Grammy Week.”
The Recording Academy additionally revealed different key dates associated to the 2026 Grammy Awards:
- Media Firm Registration: July 7-Aug. 22
- On-line Entry Course of: July 16-Aug. 29
Comic Trevor Noah has hosted the final 5 Grammy ceremonies. If he’s requested to host once more, he’ll be part of Andy Williams, who hosted the primary seven Grammy telecasts, and John Denver, who hosted six occasions, as essentially the most frequent Grammy hosts.
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