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Recording Academy Invites Nearly 3,600 Music Creators and Industry Pros to Become Members in 2025
The Recording Academy extended membership invitations to nearly 3,600 music pros in 2025, spanning “diverse backgrounds, genres and disciplines.”
Invitations this year were extended to, among others, Addison Rae, Chase Rice, Chrisette Michele, Ella Langley, Grupo Firme, Joey Bada$$, KATSEYE, Kelli O’Hara, Mariah The Scientist and Nikki Glaser. We started to see a shift in voting patterns in February 2019, even before the new membership model was introduced, when Childish Gambino ’s “This Is America” became the first hip-hop hit to win record or song of the year. In addition, members can submit product for Grammy Awards consideration, propose amendments to Grammy Awards rules, run for a Recording Academy board position or committee, vote in chapter elections, support fellow musicians through advocacy efforts and MusiCares, and engage with the academy’s Producers & Engineers Wing, Songwriters & Composers Wing, Black Music Collective and more.
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