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CompiledbyAmyK.S:llman

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TheRecordingAcademyisanothernameforNa:onalAcademy

ofRecordingArts&ScienceswhichisalsocalledNARAS.Learn

moreaboutTheRecordingAcademyatGRAMMY.org

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abouttheGRAMMYAwards

AGRAMMYisawardedbyTheRecording

Academy'svo:ngmembershiptohonorexcellenceintherecordingartsandsciences.

Itistrulyapeerhonor,awardedbyandtoar,stsandtechnicalprofessionalsforar,s,c

ortechnicalachievement,notsalesorchartposi7ons.

ReadabouttheGRAMMYAwardsVo:ngProcesshere.

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HowareGRAMMYwinnersselected?

OnlyVo:ngMembersofTheRecording

Academyvoteonenteredrecordings.

GRAMMY.orghasaninforma:vepageofFAQs

onTheVo:ngProcess.

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Whoarevo:ngmembersofThe

RecordingAcademy? RecordingAcademyvo:ngmembersare

professionalswithcrea:veortechnicalcredits

onsixcommerciallyreleasedtracks(ortheirequivalent). Thesemayincludevocalists,conductors,songwriters,composers,

engineers,producers,instrumentalists,arrangers,artdirectors,

albumnoteswriters,narrators,andmusicvideoar:stsand

technicians.

ReadaboutNARASmembershipbenefitshere.

ReadaboutNARASmembershiptypeshere .

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Howarerecordingsenteredinthe

GRAMMYs?

RecordingAcademymembersandrecord

companiesenterrecordingsandmusicvideosreleasedduringtheeligibilityyear.

Allentriesarescreenedinordertoverify

eligibility.

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Whatdoscreeningcommi\eesdo?

Reviewingsessions...areheldtoensurethat

enteredrecordingsmeetspecificqualifica,ons

andhavebeenplacedinappropriatecategories.

Thepurposeofscreeningsisnottomakear:s:c

ortechnicaljudgmentsabouttherecordings,but

rathertomakesurethateachentryiseligibleand

placedinitspropercategory. Thisinforma:onisquotedfrom

GRAMMYAwardsVo:ngProcess.

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CATEGORIES&FIELDS

OnFebruary13,2011,awardswerepresented

in109CATEGORIES.

Those109CATEGORIESaregroupedin30FIELDS.

ClickHEREtoreadabout53rdGRAMMY

AwardsCategoryInforma:on.

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Vo:ngforCATEGORIESwithinFIELDS Allvo:ngmembersmayvoteinFOURCATEGORIES

withintheGENERALFIELD1. RecordoftheYear,

2. AlbumoftheYear,

3. SongoftheYear,and

4. BestNewAr:st. Eachvo:ngmembermayvoteinNOMORETHAN8

outofthe29addi:onalFIELDS.

Avo:ngmembermayvoteforanyofthecategorieswiththeirchosenFIELDS.

VotersareinstructedtovoteonlyintheirFIELDSofexper:se.

ClickHEREtoseethelistofFIELDSandCATEGORIESforthe53rdGRAMMYAwards.

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Whatcategoriesareinthe

AMERICANROOTSFIELD? AmericanaAlbum

BluegrassAlbum

Tradi:onalBluesAlbum

ContemporaryBluesAlbum

Tradi:onalFolkAlbum

ContemporaryFolkAlbum

HawaiianMusicAlbum

Na:veAmericanMusicAlbum

ZydecoorCajunMusicAlbum

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Anyonevo:nginanyofthe

categorieswithintheAmerican

RootsFieldmaycastavoteintheHawaiianMusicAlbumcategory.

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TheRecordingAcademymaintains

strictconfiden:alityonhowmanyvotesarecastwithineachcategory.

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Sothereisabsolutelynowayof

knowinghowmanyvotesarecast

intheHawaiianmusiccategory,or

howmanyvotesweregarneredby

thewinningalbum.

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Andthereisnowayofknowing

whetherthewinningalbumwinsbyamarginof10,000votesor

1,000votesor100votesor1vote.

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Everyvotedoesma\er.

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DoGRAMMYvotersneedtobe

informedaboutHawaiianmusic? TheGRAMMYAwardisawardedbyandto

ar,stsandtechnicalprofessionalsforar,s,c

ortechnicalachievement

Industryprofessionalsarevo:ngonar:s:cor

technicalachievement.

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SHOULDGRAMMYvotersbeinformed

aboutHawaiianmusic? Absolutelyyes.

Butremembervoterscastvotesonthebasis

ofpeer-evaluatedar:s:candtechnicalexcellence.

ANDtheCategoryDescrip:onallowsfor

BOTHrecordingsofamoretradi:onal

natureaswellascontemporaryrecordings

containingsubstan:altradi:onalelements.

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FinalExam

QCanonevotemakeadifferenceinthe

HawaiianMusicAlbumcategory?

AQuitepossible.