The Recording Academy announced the results of its board elections on Friday (July 9), and the results mark a major leap forward for inter-Academy equality.

For the first time, people of color make up the majority of the Recording Academy's Board of Trustees, amounting to 53% of the freshly constituted board; people of Caucasian descent account for the remaining 47%.

As the gender breakdown goes, males account for 56% of the new board and women make up 44%.

The new board contains 45 people, including four officers previously announced: Tammy Hurt (from the Academy's Atlanta chapter), National Chair; Rico Love (Florida), Vice Chair; Om'Mas Keith (Los Angeles), Secretary/Treasurer; and Christine Albert (Texas), Chair Emeritus.

A third of the trustees are GRAMMY winners, including John Legend, Dave Cobb, Leslie Ann Jones, Yolanda Adams, Jimmy Douglass, Lisa Kaplan, Angelique Kidjo, Terri Lyne Carrington, PJ Morton, Chece Alara, Claudia Brant, David "Swagg R' Celious" Harris, Om'Mas Keith, and Julia Michels.

The Recording Academy welcomes this ongoing development of a more equitable Board of Trustees and looks forward to further milestones of inclusivity in the future.

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