Grammys 2025: No New Categories, But 10 Rule Tweaks

For the first time in four years, the Recording Academy didn’t add to its list of categories for the 67th annual Grammy Awards, set for Feb. 2, 2025. There will be 94 categories for the second year in a row. There were 84 categories as recently as the Grammy telecast in 2021, but the number jumped to 86 in 2022, 91 in 2023 and 94 in 2024.

There were 28 categories in 1959, the first year of the awards. There were 47 (exactly one-half of the current total) in 1975. The number reached its all-time high (to date, anyway) of 110 categories in 2008 and 2009.

The academy also announced amendments that were passed at the semiannual board of trustees meeting. The meetings were held from May 22-24 in Laguna Niguel, Calif. All updates go into effect immediately.

The Recording Academy’s awards and nominations committee, comprised of academy voting members, meets annually to review proposals to update awards categories, procedures and eligibility guidelines. Their recommendations are ratified by the academy’s trustees.

The 67th annual Grammy Awards are set to take place Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Crypto, formerly known as Staples Center, has hosted all but four Grammy telecasts since 2000.

First-round voting, to determine the nominations, will be conducted from Oct. 4 to Oct. 15. Nominations will be announced on Friday, Nov. 8. Final-round voting to determine the winners will be conducted from Dec. 12 through Jan. 3, 2025. As is the academy’s usual practice, voting will conclude nearly a full month before the results are announced on the show.

The 67th annual Grammy Awards will broadcast live on CBS, the Grammys’ home network since 1973, and stream live and on demand on Paramount+.

Here are this year’s amendments to its 75-page Rules and Guidelines handbook. The first two rules are general; the remainder apply to specific categories.