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The Grammy Awards are awarded in a series of categories, each of which isolate a specific contribution to the recording industry. The standard awards list nominees in each category from which a winner is selected. Grammy categories have been added and removed over time. ==Changes in recent years== 2012 On 6 April 2011 the Recording Academy announced a major overhaul of many Grammy Award categories.〔(Recording Academy Awards Category Restructuring )〕 In 2012, the number of categories fell from 109 to 78. Some categories were discontinued, others were merged or renamed. 2013 On 8 June 2012, the Academy announced a few changes as of 2013, including the addition of three new categories: Best Classical Compendium, Best Latin Jazz Album and Best Urban Contemporary Album. This meant the number of categories in 2013 rose to 81. According to the Academy, the Best Classical Compendium is "for an album collection containing (...) newly recorded material of performances (vocal or instrumental) by various soloist(s) and/or ensemble(s) involving a mixture of classical subgenres."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=THE RECORDING ACADEMY®'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING RESULTS IN CONTINUED EVOLUTION OF GRAMMY® CATEGORIES )〕 Albums entered in this category cannot be entered in other classical album categories, but individual tracks can. The intent for the newly formed Best Latin Jazz Album is "to recognize recordings that represent the blending of jazz with Latin, Iberian-American, Brazilian, and Argentinean tango music."〔 The new Best Urban Contemporary Album category is for albums with contemporary songs derivative of R&B. It is for artists who blend contemporary styles with R&B music, such as urban (euro)pop, urban rock and/or urban alternative. Other changes for the 2013 Grammy Award season were: *Best Small Ensemble Performance category (in the classical field) has been renamed Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance. *Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album has been split into two categories: Best Latin Pop Album and Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album, thereby returning to the situation prior to 2012. *The Best Banda or Norteño Album and Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album categories have been merged into one category: Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano). *Mastering engineers will now be considered nominees and award winners in the Record of the Year category. 2014 From 2014, there will be further changes. One is the introduction of a new category, Best American Roots Song, which will encompass all of the subgenres in the American Roots Music field such as Americana, bluegrass, blues, folk and regional roots music. The award will be presented to the songwriter(s). The Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category, introduced in 2012, will be split and will recognise metal performances only. Hence it will be renamed Best Metal Performance (returning to the situation prior to 2012). Hard rock performances will now be screened in the Best Rock Performance category, thus losing its own genre award. The two Music Video categories will be renamed. The Best Short Form Music Video will become the Best Music Video category, while the Best Long Form Music Video will now be known as Best Music Film. The rules and description of these two categories will not change. Also new for 2014 is the Music Educator Award per the Grammy Website "...to recognize current educators (kindergarten through college, public and private schools) who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who demonstrate a commitment to the broader cause of maintaining music education in the schools..."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A TOTAL OF 25 SEMIFINALISTS FROM ACROSS THE U.S. ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST-EVER MUSIC EDUCATOR AWARD PRESENTED BY THE RECORDING ACADEMY® AND THE GRAMMY FOUNDATION® )〕 2015 The Recording Academy introduced further changes beginning on the 2015 ceremony: particularly allowing samples or interpolations of previously written songs in all songwriting categories, most notably the Song of the Year category. Additional changes include: * the introduction of Best American Roots Performance in the American Roots Music Field * Dance/Electronica Field to Dance/Electronic Music Field * * renaming Best Dance/Electronica Album to Best Dance/Electronic Album * introduction of Contemporary Instrumental Music Field * * renaming of Best Pop Instrumental Album to Best Contemporary Instrumental Album * restructuring the categories of the Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Field * * creation of Best Gospel Performance/Song, with both the artist(s) and songwriter(s) as recipient(s) * * creation of Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song, with both the artist(s) and songwriter(s) as recipient(s) * * introduction of Best Roots Gospel Album * moving Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album to the Pop Field * changing Best Classical Vocal Solo (albums and tracks) to Best Classical Solo Vocal Album (limited to albums only) * renaming Best Instrumental Arrangement to Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals * renaming Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) to Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella The introduction of the changed will push the total number of categories to 83.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Grammy Award categories」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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