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Grammy's Rule Book Unearthed · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. One of the more
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  Speaker 1: controversial Grammy Awards year any year out has been Best
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  Speaker 1: New Artists. Some of the issues have arisen over questions
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  Speaker 1: like what defines and artists as knew, how is their
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  Speaker 1: worth as an artist determined? Well, The Grammys decided to
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  Speaker 1: make their sixty six page rule book public for the
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  Speaker 1: very first time. It sheds at least some light on
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  Speaker 1: what criteria voters should be judging on on the Best
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  Speaker 1: New Artist category. The rule book states, in part the
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  Speaker 1: primary element to consider is the artist performance. If the
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  Speaker 1: artists wrote all or most of their songs, this may
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  Speaker 1: be a secondary consideration. Production elements of the recording should
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  Speaker 1: not be considered. It still doesn't address the controversy around
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  Speaker 1: why certain artists was several years as a professional musician
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  Speaker 1: under their belt are sometimes nominated for Best New Artists,
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  Speaker 1: but it does make it clear why winners should be chosen.
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