The Recording Academy pulled Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, and St. Vincent from the Grammy album of the year nominations on Sunday, citing a filing error for their position as songwriters on Olivia Rodrigo’s “Sour.”
“The Academy obtained credits from the label for the single ‘deju vu’ throughout the submission process.” “We received the correct credits from the label last week, recognising Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff, and Taylor Swift as songwriters of an interpolation on the single ‘deja vu,’” according to the Recording Academy.
The Academy announced that Clark, Antonoff, and Swift would not be nominated in the album of the year category for “Sour” because they were merely songwriters of an interpolated track.
Swift and Antonoff, on the other hand, will continue to be contenders in the category for their work on “evermore.”
The announcement came after numerous other changes to the Grammy nominee list, including the addition of Linda Chorney’s “Bored” as a best American roots song nominee and the removal of Marilyn Manson’s “Jail” as a best rap song nominee.
The New York Times claimed that Chorney was reinstated into the race after being listed as a contender and then withdrawn due to a “audit” done by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, the awards’ longtime partner in collecting and tabulating votes.
NBC News confirmed that Manson’s removal was “procedural” because he was not a songwriter for “Jail.”
Several women have sued Manson for sexual assault, including “Game of Thrones” actress Esmé Bianco, who filed a lawsuit in April alleging that he committed multiple severe sexual assaults, a rape, and other abuse between 2009 and 2013. Manson has not been charged with any of the claims’ related crimes. All allegations of sexual assault have been vehemently refuted by a spokesman.
Trevor Noah will host the 64th Grammy Awards, which will be broadcast live from Los Angeles on January 31, 2022.
