Harvey Manson Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, the organization behind the Grammy Awards, has disclosed the process for selecting winners of the esteemed music accolade. His comments come amid controversy surrounding the 2024 Grammy Awards, where several Nigerian artists, including Burna Boy, Davido, Asake, and Ayra Starr, did not secure wins in their respective categories.
Manson addressed these concerns in a viral video, stating that Grammy winners are determined by votes from Recording Academy members, who are music professionals in the US. He emphasised that the selection process remains independent of committees, labels, or journalists.
“You have to understand that the only way to win is to have the member of the academy vote for you. To be a member of the academy you have to be a professional, working in music in the United States for now. Hopefully, we grow that,” he said.
“But right now, if you are working professionally in the United States you can become a member of the recording academy.
“Once you are a member of the recording academy, all the music is submitted, the members listen to it and they evaluate it on the quality of the art.
“Not the sales, not the streams, not how many fans, but purely on the opinion. It is very hard, as you all know because it is subjective.
“It is no best song or best record, it is just the opinion of that membership of that particular year. That is how you win a Grammy. The voters vote. There is no committee, no journalist, and there are no labels.
“It is the music professionals voting for their peers,” he said.
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