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Are the Grammys really about good music?

  • Written by Alex Lubet, Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music, University of Minnesota
imageIs the system broken?'Record Player' via www.shutterstock.com

One of the biggest controversies about the Grammy Awards is whether they measure an artist, song or album’s quality, market share or some combination of the two.

Although the voting members of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences are instructed to consider only...

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