Thania Garcia Grammys CEO Harvey Mason jr. issued an urgent letter on Friday dedicated to the 12,000 voting members of the Recording Academy.
With just a month to go in the eligibility period for the Feb. 2, 2025 awards, Mason’s message urged Academy voters to cast their votes with “intention and integrity,” and without “bias, grudge-holding, or careless voting.” “The trajectory of people’s careers and lives are altered by your choices,” Mason wrote in the letter published by Billboard. “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. “Last Grammy season, I heard a Grammy voter say they hadn’t taken a specific artist seriously since a performance they saw more than ten years ago.
I was shocked and disturbed by that. There is no place in our organization for such bias, grudge-holding, or careless voting.
It’s about the current year and the quality of the work, period!,” Mason said. The first-round voting for the 67th annual Grammy Awards run from Oct.
Read more on variety.com
Get the latest stars news and celebrity rumours with exclusive stories, photos, videos and interviews.
Breaking up, scandals, engagements, divorces, gossip – all you need to know about the private lives of your favorite celebs.
Get to know the latest showbiz news along with exclusive interviews and even more. All this is waiting for you on the main page 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Who, where, when, with whom, how, why and for what!? Stay tuned to know first!
Just follow us daily and we will provide you with the current news from the life of famous stars and celebrities.
Owner: SNOWLAND s.r.o.
Registration certificate 06691200
Address:
Snowland s.r.o.
16200, Na okraji 381/41, Veleslavín, 162 00 Praha 6
Czech Republic
©2024. All rights reserved.