Recording Academy Extends Invitation to 3,600 New Members
A significant portion of the 2025 invitee class are women, BIPOC, and under 40
The Recording Academy, the music nonprofit that oversees the GRAMMY Awards, has invited almost 3,600 music creators and industry professionals to become members in the 2025 class. Voting members can take part in selecting GRAMMY winners. All members, both voting and non-voting, can participate in numerous initiatives such as assisting in federal and state Advocacy efforts and joining the DREAM Initiative, which is focused on expanding DEI in music.
Who got an invite?
The 2025 invitee class is 49% women, 56% BIPOC, and 60% under 40.
Prominent artists, including Addison Rae, Grupo Firme, Joey Bada$$, and Nikki Glaser, received invitations.
2,600 are being invited as voting members. 1,000 are being invited as non-voting members.
What they said:
Addison Rae: “It is a huge honor to join the Recording Academy/GRAMMYs 2025 New Member Class. I am so lucky to be surrounded by talent and poise that inspires me to create fearlessly and help encourage others to do so as well.”
Here is a list of quotes provided by the Recording Academy from other new invitees.
The Recording Academy, the music nonprofit that oversees the GRAMMY Awards, has invited almost 3,600 music creators and industry professionals to become members in the 2025 class. Voting members can take part in selecting GRAMMY winners. All members, both voting and non-voting, can participate in numerous initiatives such as assisting in federal and state Advocacy efforts and joining the DREAM Initiative, which is focused on expanding DEI in music.
Who got an invite?
The 2025 invitee class is 49% women, 56% BIPOC, and 60% under 40.
Prominent artists, including Addison Rae, Grupo Firme, Joey Bada$$, and Nikki Glaser, received invitations.
2,600 are being invited as voting members. 1,000 are being invited as non-voting members.
What they said:
Addison Rae: “It is a huge honor to join the Recording Academy/GRAMMYs 2025 New Member Class. I am so lucky to be surrounded by talent and poise that inspires me to create fearlessly and help encourage others to do so as well.”
Here is a list of quotes provided by the Recording Academy from other new invitees.
The Recording Academy, the music nonprofit that oversees the GRAMMY Awards, has invited almost 3,600 music creators and industry professionals to become members in the 2025 class. Voting members can take part in selecting GRAMMY winners. All members, both voting and non-voting, can participate in numerous initiatives such as assisting in federal and state Advocacy efforts and joining the DREAM Initiative, which is focused on expanding DEI in music.
Who got an invite?
The 2025 invitee class is 49% women, 56% BIPOC, and 60% under 40.
Prominent artists, including Addison Rae, Grupo Firme, Joey Bada$$, and Nikki Glaser, received invitations.
2,600 are being invited as voting members. 1,000 are being invited as non-voting members.
What they said:
Addison Rae: “It is a huge honor to join the Recording Academy/GRAMMYs 2025 New Member Class. I am so lucky to be surrounded by talent and poise that inspires me to create fearlessly and help encourage others to do so as well.”
Here is a list of quotes provided by the Recording Academy from other new invitees.
👋 Disclosures & Transparency Block
- This article was written from a press release provided by the Recording Academy via Business Wire.
- We covered it because the Recording Academy decides the winners of the GRAMMY Awards.
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