Chart numbers and sales figures will be banned from future ‘For Your Consideration’ Grammys ads

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Grammy awards.The Recording Academy, the body that hosts the annual music awards ceremony, announced the changes as part of an assumed bid to better favour artists on merit.As Billboard reports, the Academy has updated its book of rules and guidelines which includes noted about the adverts.The new rules, which will apply to the upcoming 64th Annual Grammy Awards in January 2022, state that FYC communications may not include “chart numbers, number of streams, sales figures, or RIAA awards”.In a section titled Voter Code of Conduct, the guide states that “voters shall not allow their choices to be suggested, directed or influenced by anything other than their own analysis of merit, including, but not limited to: personal friendships, company.