VIDEO : Grammys Expand Number Of Nominees To Promote Diversity

The Grammy Awards are expanding the number of nominees in the top categories.
Reuters reports that some categories are being expanded from five to eight nominees.
The move is motivated by a desire to increase diversity.
The changes, announced Tuesday, will take effect for the 2019 Grammy Awards.
The categories include best record, album, song of the year, and best new artist.
?This creates more opportunities for a wider-range of recognition in these important categories and gives more flexibility to our voters when having to make the often challenging decisions about representing excellence and the best in music for the year." Recording Academy president Neil Portnow