\n\tThe Recording Academy announced that more than 3,800 music creators and professionals have joined the academy as part of its 2025 New Member Class. This includes approximately 2,900 new voting members (who are eligible to vote in the upcoming 68th annual Grammy Awards) and approximately 900 new professional members.<\/p>\n
\n\tOf those in the new class, 50% are age 39 and under, 58% are people of color and 35% identify as women. Looking only at voting members, 49% are age 39 and under, 60% are people of color and 30% identify as women.<\/p>\n
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\n\tFor the first time, invitations to join the Recording Academy were also extended to all voting members of the Latin Recording Academy. That explains why Latin leads all genres when new voting members were asked which genre they were most aligned with. Thirteen percent of new voting members said Latin, compared to pop and \u201cother\u201d (8% each); alternative, global music and rock (3% each); jazz, R&B\u00a0 and classical (2% each); dance\/electronic, visual media, gospel\/Christian, rap, contemporary instrumental, reggae, country, American roots and new age\/ambient\/chant (1% each); and musical theatre, children\u2019s, spoken word and comedy (less than 1% each).<\/p>\n
\n\tThe influx of new members from the Latin Recording Academy voting body also explains why 28% of all new members (not just voting members) identify as Hispanic or Latin, second only to (and close behind) the percentage who identify as white or Caucasian (31%). These two groups were followed by Black or African American (20%), \u201cI prefer not to disclose\u201d (11%), Asian or Pacific Islander (5%), \u201cI prefer to self-describe\u201d (3%), Middle Eastern or Northern African and South Asian (1% each) and Indigenous or Alaska native (less than 1%).<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThis year\u2019s class reflects the vibrancy of today\u2019s diverse music landscape,\u201d Harvey Mason jr.<\/a>, CEO of the Recording Academy, said in a statement. \u201cThe addition of many Latin Recording Academy voting members underscores that music has no borders and that our mission to serve music people, regardless of where they are from, is stronger than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe addition of many Latin Academy voting members could help Bad Bunny <\/a>land his second album of the year nomination. He is a top contender in that category with Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos, <\/em>having been nominated three years ago for Un Verano Sin Ti.<\/em><\/p>\n
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