Key Dates, Deadlines For 62nd Grammy Awards Announced

The Recording Academy has announced dates and deadlines for the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards and key Grammy Week events. The awards return to Los Angeles’ STAPLES Center on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, and will be broadcast live on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Nominations will be announced in all 84 categories on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, and will honor the best in recordings released between Oct. 1, 2018, and Aug. 31, 2019.

Key dates and deadlines:

June 24–July 8, 2019: First-Round Online Entry Process Access Period

July 17–Aug. 2, 2019: Final-Round Online Entry Process Access Period

Sept. 25–Oct. 10, 2019: First-Round Voting Access Period

Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019: Nominees Announced for 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards

Dec. 9, 2019–Jan. 3, 2020: Final-Round Voting Access Period

Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020: Producers & Engineers Wing^® GRAMMY Week celebration

Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020: Music Educator Award™ Presentation
GRAMMY In The Schools^® Live!

Friday, Jan. 24, 2020: Entertainment Law Initiative^® Event & Scholarship Presentation
MusiCares^® Person of the Year

Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020: GRAMMY Nominees Reception Clive Davis’ and the Recording Academy’s Pre-GRAMMY Gala

Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020: GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony^® 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards GRAMMY Celebration^®

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