Recording Academy Surpasses 2025 Membership Goal

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The Recording Academy has released its 2024 Membership Report, which revealed it has added more than 3,000 women voting members since 2019, exceeding its goal of adding 2,500 women voting members by 2025.

The milestone comes less than five years after the Recording Academy set the goal of increasing representation among women voting members. The Academy has now added thousands of new members, and 66% of the current Grammys electorate has joined since the Recording Academy advanced its new membership model in 2019, signifying a transformative shift in the voting body.

Since 2019, the percentage of women voting members has grown by 27%. Representation of voting members from diverse backgrounds has also seen remarkable growth since 2019, with 65% growth in the percentage of voting members who identify as People of Color, 90% growth in the percentage of Black or African American+ voting members, 43% growth in the percentage of Hispanic or Latin+ sector and 100% growth in the percentage of Asian or Pacific Islander+ 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,” says Harvey Mason jr., Recording Academy CEO. “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. It’s the most diverse, representative Grammy electorate ever.”

First-round voting for the Grammy Awards opens tomorrow (Oct. 4) and closes on Oct. 15. Voting members, including those welcomed in the 2024 new class, are eligible to participate in the voting process. Grammy nominees will be announced on Nov. 8.

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