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In removing the nominations Sunday, the Recording Academy said that its policy is not to include the writers of interpolated songs in nominations, and that it did so in the case of Rodrigo only because of a submission that incorrectly named Swift, Clark and Antonoff as full co-writers.

“During the submission process, the Academy received credits from the label for the track ‘Deju Vu’,” the Academy said in a statement. “Last week, we received the correct credits from the label that recognize Annie Clark, Jack Antonoff and Taylor Swift as songwriters of an interpolation on the track ‘Deja Vu.’ In keeping with current Grammy guidelines, as songwriters of an interpolated track, Clark, Antonoff and Swift are not nominees in the album of the year category for ‘Sour.’”

That doesn’t mean that any of the three are now shut out in the Grammy nominations. As the Academy’s statement goes on to point out, “Antonoff and Swift are nominated in the category for Swift’s album, ‘Evermore.’” St. Vincent doesn’t appear in the album of the year category, but is nominated for best alternative album for her 2021 release, “Daddy’s Home.”

How does this ruling affect another group of songwriters that was credited for an interpolation on Rodrigo’s “Sour” album — Paramore? Not at all, as Hayley Williams and her co-writers were never listed in the Grammy nomination for the Rodrigo release, even though they were credited similarly to how Swift and company were; apparently, the paperwork was submitted correctly on that one.

With the Swift/Clark/Antonoff mentions having been dropped from the Grammys’ “Sour” credits, that album now has the second-shortest list of nominated songwriters among the 10 album of the year nominees: It’s just Rodrigo, her regular collaborator Daniel Nigro and Casey Smith. They’re slightly beat in that minimalism by Billie Eilish’s “Happier Than Ever” album, which lists only her and her brother Finneas as writers. Swift’s “Evermore” album also has a fairly spare five writers listed.

In contrast, Justin Bieber’s “Justice” album lists 73 songwriters as nominees. (Ironically, one of them is Finneas.) And Kanye West’s “Donda” has Bieber’s album slightly beat by listing 77 Grammy-eligible songwriters. The H.E.R.album has 51 nominated writers, while Doja Cat’s has a modest 35 in line for a a Grammy.