Give Chance The Rapper a Grammy! Recording Academy Welcomes Streaming Projects

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"I hear you gotta sell it to snatch the GRAMMY." So spat Chance the Rapper on Kanye West's The Life of Pablo opener "Ultralight Beam," lamenting the ineligibility of his then-TBD third mixtape. Sure enough, Chance stuck to his I-don't-ever-sell-music guns and dropped the incredible Coloring Book as a streaming-only project, first on Apple Music, then everywhere else.

And now he might snatch the GRAMMY without having ever sold it. The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences—a.k.a. the Recording Academy, a.k.a. the GRAMMYs people—announced on Thursday that commercially unavailable projects that only exist in streaming form can now be nominated. The rule has been backdated to Oct. 1, 2015.

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1h 7m

The Daphne Project

Welcome to The 212

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Welcome to The 212

Welcome to the Jungle

46m

Welcome to the Jungle

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2m

The Daphne Project - Trailer

Latin Grammys

21m

Latin Grammys

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9m

Soundcloud Rappers University

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8 Most Iconic Rappers

The Dirtiest Song Ever Recorded

21m

The Dirtiest Song Ever Recorded

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46s

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Welcome To Hollywood

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Welcome To Hollywood

Good Records

1m

Good Records

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The Beatles: In the Life

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The Blue Devils Bring The Parade

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Once a Stripper, Always a Ho

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The Best of The Best Clash

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The Reunion

The Decision

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The Decision

The Pilot

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The Pilot

The Hustle

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The Hustle

The Motorcycle

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The Motorcycle

The Citizen

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The Exchange

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The FP

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The FP

The Canvas

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A Sexplanation

The 212

The 212

The Feels

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The Feels

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The Ladies Play "Fill In The Blanks"

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All the Focus is on the Diamonds

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A Glove That Fits Like a Dress

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Lecrae

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The Hilarious Reality of the American Rat Race

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The Great Director

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Meet The Jets

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