It’s been 10 years since the Academy Awards announced it would increase the number of Best Picture nominees from five to a possible 10. Last…
It’s been 10 years since the Academy Awards announced it would increase the number of Best Picture nominees from five to a possible 10.
Last June, the Recording Academy one-upped them by inflating the number of nominees for the Big 4 Grammy categories — Album, Record and Song of the Year, plus Best New Artist — from five to eight. So when music’s big night goes down on Sunday in Los Angeles, there will be 12 more contenders vying for those top prizes.
While this makes room for more commercial competitors and so, more star power — potentially pumping up declining Grammy ratings — it also weakens the honor of the nomination itself. But isn’t everyone happy just to be nominated?
Yes, it’s great to see the increased diversity in both women and people of color in this year’s Big 4 nominees: Cardi B, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Childish Gambino, Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves, Janelle Monáe, Ella Mai and H.
