The iTunes-exclusive album's 'commercial' release date misses the 57th Grammy Awards' Sept. 30 eligibility period deadline.

Despite the introduction at Tuesday's iPhone unveiling as the most Grammy Award-winning band in history, U2's surprise album Songs of Innocence will not be eligible for the next Grammy Awards.

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the album must be commercially available in order for it to be eligible, and the official release date determines its eligibility in a particular awards year," a Grammys rep told Billboard. "In this case, the album is commercially available on Oct. 14, 2014, so it will be eligible for consideration for the 58th Grammy Awards."

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Frozen, ha weave is safe

Midnight Memories is safe.

Poor U2.

Giving Diana Ross tea

Her team demanded her to win somewhere in the 80s in result she never won anything really

The album is subpar for a U2 album anyway I doubt it'd get an AOTY nom

Ok, they will snatch awards in 2016.
It doesn't matter anyway.

Adele vs U2

BEYONCE sis

vs. The Foo Fighters (whose album will probably be a strong contender)

I really hope the free given digital copies don't count for the grammys cause only around five people of the half billion are interested in that ****
They don't deserve a grammy for forcing their music upon people

Thank God,because I was ready to fight

ARTPOP is safe.

Frozen isn't touching any Grammys besides best song written for visual media.

Bey is so obviously getting AOTY, and Happy is getting ROTY, while SOTY will likely go to something like Chandelier.

The accuracy

The New Classic still in contention for AOTY.