The Recording Academy restructured its new member submission process in 2019, adding requirements that eliminated older voters without recent music credits from easily renewing membership.
In 2019, the Recording Academy launched a new, community-driven membership model to help diversify its voting body. Now, 66 percent of that electorate are voters who have joined in the last five years.
“It’s essential that our membership reflects the current music community, which is why we have specific requirements for joining and renewing. We want to ensure it consists of individuals who are actively engaged in the industry today. The more representative we are of the music industry, the greater impact we can make on the community as a whole,” Harvey Mason jr., the academy’s CEO, tellsThe Grammys currently have more than 13,000 voting members.
“We are not at our ultimate destination yet, but the Recording Academy membership has never been more reflective of the music community than it is today,” Mason jr. says. “It has more women, more people of color and a broad representation of diverse genres and crafts. It represents a dynamic and vibrant body of music creators who push the boundaries of a rapidly changing musical ecosystem while driving our culture forward and deciding Grammy outcomes.
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