The standard awards list nominees in each category, from which a winner is selected.
2012 On April 6, 2011 the Recording Academy announced a major overhaul of many Grammy Award categories.
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.
"[7] 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.
[8] 2017 In June 2016, the Grammy organization announced changes to the voting and awarding process.
[10] Recordings released solely through streaming services became eligible to enter the award process.
Applicable streaming services are paid subscription, full catalog, on-demand streaming/limited download platforms that have existed as such within the United States for at least one full year as of the submission deadline.
Additional amendments were made to the number and type of music creators recognized in the categories of Best Choral Performance and Best Jazz Vocal Album.