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Recording Academy CEO Reveals How Grammys Winners Are Selected, Not Based on Sales or Streams

Muhammad A. Aliyu
By Muhammad A. Aliyu
Published: February 7, 2024
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Harvey Manson Jr., the CEO of the Recording Academy, the organizing body behind the Grammy Awards, has provided insights into how winners are selected for the prestigious music accolades.

This comes in the wake of the controversy surrounding the 2024 Grammy Awards, where several Nigerian artists, including Burna Boy and Davido, did not secure victories in their respective categories.

Addressing the concerns in a viral video, Manson emphasized that Grammy winners are chosen based on votes from members of the Recording Academy, who are music professionals in the United States.

He clarified that the selection process is not influenced by committees, labels, or journalists.

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“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.”

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Muhammad Ameer Aliyu, is a prolific journalist who joined Okay Nigeria in 2015 with the aim staying committed to bringing more positive growth to the digital news platform. He is the Senior Editor at Okay Nigeria.
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