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Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. Implores Academy Members to Vote With ‘Intention and Integrity’


Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. urged Academy voters to cast their votes with 'intention,' and without 'bias,' in a letter issued July 16.

Grammys CEO Harvey Mason jr. issued an urgent letter on Friday dedicated to the 12,000 voting members of the Recording Academy. “If you are taking into account an artist’s older work, or their reputation, or race, or gender, what label they are on, who their manager is, how many friends participated in the project, or anything else like that, you’re not doing your job.” Mason started his letter by addressing that he usually doesn’t speak on “Grammy voting until our ballot is live but this year is different,” he wrote.

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