| re: Tony Nominee and Grammy Winner Jenn Colella Returns to 54 Below in March | |
| Last Edit: mikem 11:10 am EST 01/31/25 | |
| Posted by: mikem 11:06 am EST 01/31/25 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Nominee and Grammy Winner Jenn Colella Returns to 54 Below in March - Ncassidine 08:49 am EST 01/31/25 | |
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| I think Wayman's point is that she doesn't have a Grammy Award in her home. As with any awards show, the rules change all the time, but under the current Grammy rules, the only official Grammy winners are "Artist(s) of greater than 50% playing time on the album; Lyricist(s) & Composer(s), if they have written and/or composed a score that comprises greater than 50% playing time of the album and has not been previously nominated; Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) of greater than 50% playing time on the album; up to four Principal Vocalist(s) with significant contributing performance(s), defined as a lead performance by a featured vocalist." There wasn't a limit on the number of Principal Vocalists at the time of Dear Evan Hansen's win, but I believe the general principle was the same. Collela was not a Principal Vocalist, so she was not a Grammy winner. What makes it confusing is that other people involved with the recording can get official certificates, of which there are two different kinds. One is a "Participation Certificate," which has no real meaning and is something that can be bought from the Recording Academy. Under today's rules, Colella would qualify for that certificate. The thing that is very confusing is that there is also a "Winners Certificate," which has the word "Winner" in its name, but it doesn't mean you're a Grammy winner. The rulebook is explicit about this: "Individuals on a GRAMMY-winning recording whose roles are listed under Certificate receive a Winners Certificate from the Academy after the telecast but are not GRAMMY Nominees or GRAMMY winners. These individuals can say they “worked on a GRAMMY winning project” but are not “GRAMMY winners." So why is "Winner" in its name? Did they ask the Tony Administration Committee to help them with making things clear and not confusing? ;) Today, if there are NO principal vocalists, the recording is considered to be "ensemble-driven," and every vocalist is eligible for a Winners Certificate, but if there are principal vocalists, the principal vocalists get a statue and are Grammy winners, and every other vocalist gets a Participation Certificate. It is possible that, at the time of Dear Evan Hansen's win, the other vocalists got a Winners Certificate. Which sounds to Collela like she is a Grammy Winner. But she's not. Even though she has a Winners Certificate. Yes, this makes no sense. Another part of the rules that I think is wacky is that the Composer/Lyricist gets a Grammy for a revival recording if and only if they weren't nominated in the past for the same material, even if the show didn't win in its previous nomination. So you can get nominated for the Original Cast recording and lose, and then the revival cast recording wins, but you're not a Grammy winner because the show was nominated before. But if the show never got nominated before and the revival cast recording wins, then you're a Grammy winner. |
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