Grammy Awards for songwriting

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Grammy Awards for songwriting are a set of prestigious music industry honors presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the craft of writing songs across various genres.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grammy Award
music award category
administeredBy Recording Academy
surface form: Recording Academy Board of Trustees
awardedFor craft of writing songs
songwriting excellence across various genres
ceremonyFrequency annual
country United States of America
surface form: United States
distinctFrom Grammy Awards for performance
Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
surface form: Grammy Awards for production
eligibilityBasis released recordings within the eligibility year
evaluationCriteria lyrical content
melodic and harmonic structure
originality of composition
songwriting quality rather than commercial success
focusesOn lyrics
melody
song composition
songwriting
hasNotableCategory Best American Roots Song
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Best Country Song
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Best Musical Theater Album (songwriting component recognized via composers and lyricists)
Best R&B Song
Best Rap Song
Best Rock Song
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Song of the Year
includesGenreCategories American roots
R&B
country
gospel and contemporary Christian
music for visual media
pop
rap
rock
industry music industry
language primarily English-language market but open to all languages
mayAlsoCredit composers
mediaCoverage televised Grammy Awards ceremony
organizer Recording Academy
surface form: Recording Academy Songwriters and Composers Wing
partOf Grammy Award
surface form: Grammy Awards
presentedBy Recording Academy
prestige considered among the most prestigious honors for songwriters
purpose to recognize outstanding achievement in songwriting
recognizes songwriters
selectionProcess voted on by Recording Academy voting members
status active

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Best Country Song isSubcategoryOf Grammy Awards for songwriting
Theron Thomas awardReceived Grammy Awards for songwriting
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Federico Vindver awardReceived Grammy Awards for songwriting
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for work as producer or songwriter
Best R&B Song isSubcategoryOf Grammy Awards for songwriting
this entity surface form: Grammy songwriting categories