The Recording Academy has revised the voting dates for the upcoming Grammys. The eligibility period for the 2020 show will now close on Aug. 31, 2019, an entire month earlier than the previous nine years. The change means only 11 months worth of releases will be up for consideration for the 2020 awards.
The cut-off has only been moved one other time from its traditional Sept. 30 date since 1976 in 2009, which also had an Aug. 31 close. That year, the Grammy telecast was moved to Jan. 31, 2010 to precede the Winter Olympics. The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards will also air two weeks earlier than the 2019 telecast and is scheduled for Jan. 26, 2020 to distance itself from The Oscars, which have been confirmed to air Feb. 9, 2020.
A full voting schedule for the Grammys is below:
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