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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood for the first time. At three Grammys,

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Speaker 1: an award for Songwriter of the Year will be presented,

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Speaker 1: honoring the creative minds responsible for having a hand in

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Speaker 1: writing the most impactful songs of the past year. And

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Speaker 1: while there may be a famous nam er two who

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Speaker 1: eventually wins this prestigious honor, that's not who the award

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Speaker 1: is intended for. Evan Bogart, the chair of the Music

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Speaker 1: Academy's Songwriter Wing, says, we're looking for songwriters who have

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Speaker 1: demonstrated first and foremost that they're considered a songwriter first

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Speaker 1: by the music community, who wake up every day and

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Speaker 1: think about how they're going to write songs for other artists.

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Speaker 1: This isn't intended just to give an artist or producer

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Speaker 1: another award. That doesn't mean they can't win this award,

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Speaker 1: but they'll have to meet certain thresholds. The Grammys air

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Speaker 1: live on CBS February fifth, that's direct from Hollywood.