Grammy Awards: "Music Created Solely by AI Is Not Eligible for Awards... Human Creators Must Be Involved"

Amid the growing craze for artificial intelligence (AI), the Grammy Awards, the most prestigious music awards ceremony in the United States, has excluded AI by stating that "only human creators are eligible for awards."

Performance at the 65th Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, USA, in February this year. [Image source=Reuters Yonhap News]

According to major foreign media such as Forbes, the Recording Academy, a U.S. music expert organization that hosts the Grammy Awards, announced this in a new rulebook released on the 16th (local time). The rulebook includes AI-related content stating, "Only human creators are eligible for consideration, nomination, and winning of the Grammy Awards," and "Works that do not include human authorship are ineligible for any award category."

However, not all music works associated with AI are automatically excluded. It is possible if there is a "meaningful" creative element from a human creator. In other words, only music entirely created by AI is disqualified. Earlier last month, the Academy's board decided that if a human creator has made a "meaningful" contribution to the music or lyrics, works containing AI elements are also eligible to participate in the Grammy Awards.

This new regulation has drawn particular attention as it was revealed shortly after Paul McCartney disclosed in a recent interview with major foreign media that he extracted the voice of the late John Lennon through AI to complete a song, which is scheduled to be released within the year.

Along with this, the Recording Academy reduced the number of winners in the "Big 4" categories?Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist?from 10 to 8. Additionally, to be nominated for Album of the Year, only those who contributed at least 20% to the work are eligible. Previously, anyone involved in production, such as producers, composers, engineers, or featured artists, could receive the award regardless of the extent of their participation.

Songs and albums released between October 1, 2022, and September 15, 2023, are eligible for the 66th Grammy Awards, which will be held in winter 2024. The nominees will be announced in November.

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