Grammy Awards Nominating Is Marred by Insider Deals, Ousted CEO’s Complaint Alleges thegrammys recordingacad
nominating processes and essentially accuses it of insider dealing and corruption. Its allegations, if true, suggest worst-case scenarios, many involving the Board of Trustees that ultimately controls the Academy and the Awards, and may explain some of the more unexpected nomination choices over the years.nominees are chosen by “secret committees” of experts and selected from the thousands of recordings released each year.
*That the Board uses these committees as an opportunity to push forward artists with whom they have relationships; *That the Board is permitted to simply add in artists for nominations who did not even make the initial 20-artist list; It goes on to slam the lack of diversity in the committees, noting that between 2015 and 2018, 71% of the national governance committee members were men, while only 29% were female; and between 2015 and 2017, the members of the nomination review committees in the aggregate were 74% male, 26% female. It also notes that “between 2012 and the present, the Board has been approximately 68% male and 69% Caucasian.
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