At the 2020 Grammy Awards, Brand New and Old Songs Got as Much Airtime as Current Nominees

A little more than half of the songs performed on the GRAMMYs were either old or new -- not this year's contenders

Camila Cabello performs onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles.There was a time when Recording Academy officials were sticklers that all performances on the Grammy Awards had to be of current nominated works. Those days are as dead as 8-track tape.

For the last several years, the Academy has allowed artists to introduce brand-new songs on the telecast and has allowed segments which include old songs . But this year, the Grammys may have gone further than ever before. A little more than half of the songs performed on the show were either old or new -- not this year's contenders.

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