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The difference between the
Grammys’

goes to the songwriter, and the second goes to the performer. Those
copyrights determine how a song’s contributors get paid, and how
much they are paid. The people who make the sound of the song
Song, Album, and Record of the Year categories, explained (not the words and melody) own the "Sound Recording" copyright.
Hence, Record of the Year.

How to remember it: Instead of thinking of "record" as a physical,
There are just four categories at the Grammy Awards where artists from all musical spinning record, think of it as the product of a recording studio.
genres compete against one another — Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song Everyone who would be in a recording studio working on the
of the Year, and Best New Artist. In these four races, country artists bump up against Record of the Year–winning song receives a golden gramophone for
this award.
R&B musicians, and they both take on pop stars. If an artist wins one of these
awards, they'll make headlines and get to give a nice long speech at the awards Song of the Year
telecast. The Song of the Year Grammy doesn't actually honor the performer
of the winning song. Instead, it goes to the people who wrote the
song.

It's easy to get this award confused with Record of the Year because
But the Grammys’ many categories are already steeped in confusing But starting in 1999, with Lauryn Hill's win for The Miseducation there is often overlap in who is accepting the award. For example, if
industry-speak, and the top four awards are no different. With the of Lauryn Hill, the sound engineers and mixers of the album have an artist has songwriting credit on their nominated song — a pretty
exception of Best New Artist, it's easy to confuse the other three. also been honored, as have any featured artists who appear on the common occurrence — then the artist might accept the award and
Here's everything you need to know to keep these categories album. If you participated in the creation of the sound of the album, Record of the Year give the speech. But they are receiving the award for writing and
straight. you get a golden gramophone. However, the album's songwriters constructing the song, not for their performance of it.
Record of the Year is often confused with Song of the Year, since
are not included in this award. both awards go to individual songs. But the distinction is actually
Album of the Year Legally, this side of the copyright is known as the mechanical
pretty simple to remember. The Record of the Year honors, first
The Album of the Year award is the most prestigious Grammy there How to remember it: The whole album gets an award! Some people copyright. (Its name stems from the invention of mechanical
and foremost, the performing artist. Song of the Year honors the
is, the rough equivalent of the Best Picture Oscar. The category confuse Album of the Year with Record of the Year, since albums used pianos.) That copyright only goes to the songwriter, as does this
songwriter.
honors an entire LP, from the first track to the last, and everything to be on physical records, and thus, the two terms are often used award.
about the production of the album's sound. interchangeably in common parlance. But singles also used to be on
Record of the Year is given to the performing artist, the producers,
physical records, and you wouldn't call a single song "Album of the Year." the sound engineers, the master engineer, and the sound mixers. How to remember it: Try to think of it as Songwriter of the Year, rather
Originally, the Album of the Year award went only to the artist than just Song.
credited with the creation of the album, and to the album's
The award directly correlates to the way song copyrights are
producers.
created. For every song, there are at least two copyrights: The first

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