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The 64th annual Grammy Awards will be held in Las Vegas. The ceremony has been scheduled at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 3, hosted by Trevor Noah and organised by Recording Academy, CBS and CMT. Initially, the award ceremony was scheduled for March 14, in Los Angeles, but was postponed due to COVID-19 and its new variant Omicron surge in the United Nations. CBS will air the live ceremony. 

The Grammys will supposedly include an "inclusion rider" ensuring a diverse team working on and off stage to present the highest honours in the music industry, organizers said on August 4. The Recording Academy, partnered with racial justice nonprofit Color of Change, stated that it is the first music awards show to take such a step. The inclusion move comes after the 2020 cultural protests against systemic racism in the US. 

Following allegations of rigging in major categories, 'Grammy' Awards organisers have decided to end the practice of ‘secret’ committees. Instead, the nominations for the 2022 will be based on the decision of 11,000 voting members, stated The Recording Academy. Earlier, the award received criticisms from musicians like The Weekend, Zayn Malik, and Halsey claiming the selection of the awardees was not transparent. However, the academy earlier… read-more

English singer Zayn Malik has fumed at the Grammy award's ceremony slated to take place on March 15. Expressing discontentment, Zayn blamed the jury over transparency and taking considerations for nominations. Reportedly, the move came after his album 'Nobody is Listening' did not make it to the awards, as it crossed the August nomination cut-off date. Notably, ‘The Weekend's’ single hit ‘Blinding lights’, which was in US Top-10, was… read-more

Canadian singer Drake has asked for the Grammy Awards to be replaced with “something new that we can build up over time and pass on to the generations to come." The rapper, who has had a tumultuous relationship with The Grammys, posted on social media after the 2021 nominee list overlooked The Weeknd's best-selling album of the year, After Hours. The Grammys "empathised" saying that some "deserving" acts miss out every year.