I’ve read through some of the discourse but my question is what does this mean?
Best Asian Pop Music Performance
“Recordings must feature meaningful use of one or more Asian languages.
An Asian language should play a significant role within the song in bilingual or multilingual structures such that the recording is identifiable with that language.
Recordings performed entirely in an Asian language are eligible. Incidental or minimal use (e.g., isolated words, adlibs, or brief phrases does not qualify. Recordings performed entirely in English are not eligible in this category and remain eligible in other appropriate categories.)
How much of a song needs to be in an Asian language in order to qualify? What does significant role or identifiable with that language constitute?
Arirang is about 85% English, the tracks with Korean are still about 2/3 English and the song titles and choruses are all in English. (I can post the stats if someone wants but approx 85% is accurate for the album and so is the 2/3 figure). I don’t identify any of the tracks particularly strongly with the Korean language. The Grammy’s needs to have a stronger definition if they’re going to be putting forth this category next year. Thoughts?
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