Updated, Monday, Dec. 11, to add information and key dates for Final Round Voting for the 2024 GRAMMYs.
Music's Biggest Night will return Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024 — and voting for the 2024 GRAMMYs is here!
With the GRAMMY season now in full effect, it's time for Recording Academy members and GRAMMY voters to decide who will take home golden gramophones at the 2024 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 66th GRAMMY Awards.
Each year, the GRAMMY Awards journey continues with Final Round Voting, which determines the GRAMMY winners at the annual GRAMMY Awards. This year, Final Round Voting for the 2024 GRAMMYs opens Thursday, Dec. 14.
The Recording Academy believes that informed Voting Members will be best prepared to cast their ballots when GRAMMY voting opens. As such, we've put together a thorough and informative guide outlining all the key dates and information to know.
Here's everything you need to know about Final Round Voting for the 2024 GRAMMYs.
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2024 GRAMMY AWARDS SEASON: KEY DATES
Key dates for the 2024 GRAMMY Awards season are as follows:
Oct. 1, 2022 – Sept. 15, 2023
Product Eligibility Period
NOTE: All eligible awards entries must be released within this timeframe.
Oct. 11, 2023 – Oct. 20, 2023
First Round Voting
Nov. 10, 2023
Nominees announced for the 2024 GRAMMYs
Dec. 14, 2023 – Jan. 4, 2024
Final Round Voting
Feb. 4, 2024
2024 GRAMMY Awards
THE IMPORTANCE OF FIRST ROUND GRAMMY VOTING
The annual GRAMMY voting process is divided into two phases: First Round Voting, which determines all the GRAMMY nominees for each GRAMMY Awards year, and Final Round Voting, which ultimately determines the GRAMMY winners across all categories revealed on GRAMMY night.
It is crucial for all Recording Academy Voting Members to actively participate in both First Round Voting and Final Round Voting. This will ensure that all eligible artists, musicians and creators are fairly evaluated based on their artistic and technical merits and will help the wider music community determine the leading music of the year, as voted on by their peers.
The ballots GRAMMY voters submitted during First Round Voting in October determined the nominees at the 2024 GRAMMYs, which were announced in November. Now, via Final Round Voting, GRAMMY voters will decide on the final GRAMMY winners, who will be unveiled Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, so it's essential to get involved through the entire GRAMMY voting process.
WHO VOTES FOR THE GRAMMYS?
As the only peer-voted award in music, the GRAMMY Award is the highest honor in all of music. That's because GRAMMY nominees and winners are determined by Voting Members, who are composed of a pool of vetted and venerable performers, songwriters, producers, engineers, instrumentalists, and other creators currently working in the recording industry. Every GRAMMY vote affirms this prestige and strengthens the highest excellence in music and the recording arts and sciences.
Final Round Voting ballots are sent to Voting Members in good dues standing. Members are directed to vote only in their areas of expertise; this process ensures the quality of the voting during the full GRAMMY Awards process. Voting Members may vote in up to 10 categories across up to three genre Fields, plus the six categories in the General Field, which include Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best New Artist, Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical, and Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical. Ballots are independently tabulated by the accounting firm Deloitte.
Learn more about Recording Academy Membership and how to become a member.
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HOW TO VOTE IN THE 2024 GRAMMYS
Recording Academy Voting Members can access their Final Round GRAMMY Voting ballot via their member dashboard starting Thursday, Dec. 14, at 9 a.m. PT/noon ET. Final Round Voting closes Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024 at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET.
Before voting opens, please make sure you have the correct email and password to login. If your credentials are invalid, reset your password.
VOTE WITH THE NEW "MY ACADEMY HUB" MOBILE APP
The Recording Academy is proud to provide Final Round Voting ballot access within the new "My Academy Hub" mobile app! * Visit your member dashboard anytime, anywhere right at your fingertips. Download the mobile app in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store today, and be sure to set up biometric login so you'll never have to remember your password again^.
Having issues? For questions and technical support regarding the app, please contact us at app@recordingacademy.com.
*The GRAMMY Voting process remains unchanged, and members will now be able to access their Final Round Voting ballots directly in their member dashboards via the "My Academy Hub" mobile app.
^Members in almost all locations, domestic and international, can download and use the mobile app. Please note the app is not currently available to members in China.
VOTING CHECKLIST
Recording Academy Voting Members: You've made your voice heard in shaping our voting process, now it's your time to take action.
UNDERSTAND THE RULES
Help us maintain the integrity of the GRAMMY Awards Voting process. Read the Voting and Solicitation Guidelines and Voter Code Of Conduct.
SPREAD THE WORD
Download the #Vote4GRAMMYs social media toolkit and encourage your fellow members to actively participate in the GRAMMY Awards Voting process.
ASK FOR HELP
Reach out for any of your Voting-, Membership-, or Awards-related needs.
Voting Support:
866-992-9902
Hours: M-F, 5 a.m. – 5 p.m. PT / 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. ET*
*Closed the following dates: 12/23 — 12/26 and 12/30 — 12/31
Awards Questions:
877-637-6816
Membership Questions & Login Support:
866-794-3391
membership@recordingacademy.com
EXPLORE THE ROAD TO GRAMMY GOLD
Dive into the new GRAMMY Awards Journey, an interactive online resource outlining the complete GRAMMY Awards process — from Online Entry and Eligibility Screening to Peer Voting and Nominations.
THREE NEW CATEGORIES DEBUTING AT THE 2024 GRAMMYS
As previously announced, three new GRAMMY categories will debut at the 2024 GRAMMYs: Best African Music Performance, Best Alternative Jazz Album and Best Pop Dance Recording.
NEW CHANGES TO THE GRAMMYS VOTING PROCESS
The newly announced categories are part of larger GRAMMY Award voting procedural updates aimed at further evolving the Awards structure; these include the following updates:
The existing categories of Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical and Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical will be moved to the General Field. This significant change will allow all GRAMMY voters to vote in these major categories, which are not specific to any genre.
As well, the number of Fields in the GRAMMY Awards process has been consolidated from 26 to 11. This change will give voters more flexibility when voting.
According to Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr., these new rules updates and amendments will make the GRAMMY voting process "more fair, transparent and accurate," a change that will be implemented and reflected at the 2024 GRAMMYs.
"The idea [behind the consolidation of categories] was to make sure voters were voting in categories and genres they had expertise or experience working in, as opposed to voters coming in, looking at the ballot, and just tracking names or voting for people that they thought were interesting or voting for music they had just heard, but did not fairly evaluate," Mason jr. said in an interview with GRAMMY.com.
"We're leaning into the idea of utilizing our expertise and enabling our peers to really evaluate and vote in categories and genres that they are working in and are experts in," he added.
ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE GRAMMYS VOTING PROCESS
The following additional amendments to the GRAMMY Awards and voting process will also go into effect immediately at the 2024 GRAMMYs:
The number of nominees in the General Field categories of Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist has been reduced from 10 to eight.
In the Album of the Year category, the baseline for earning a nomination has been raised to 20% of the album's playing time for credited artists, featured artists, songwriters, producers, engineers, mixers, and mastering engineers.
With the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) impacting nearly every aspect of business and culture today, the Recording Academy is also addressing the role of AI in music head-on. At the 2024 GRAMMYs, only human creators are eligible to be submitted for consideration for, nominated for, or win a GRAMMY Award. A work that contains no human authorship is not eligible in any category.
"These changes reflect our commitment to actively listen and respond to the feedback from our music community, accurately represent a diverse range of relevant musical genres, and stay aligned with the ever-evolving musical landscape," Mason jr. said of the GRAMMY Awards updates in a statement.
These category additions and amendments were voted on and passed at the Recording Academy's most recent semiannual Board of Trustees meeting held in May 2023.
GRAMMY BALLOT ESSENTIALS
The personalization, search and flexibility enhancements added to GRAMMY voting ballots last year will return for this GRAMMY season. As introduced last year, the recently launched category selection tool, which minimizes scrolling time and creates an easy-to-use ballot for each voter, will return for Final Round Voting this year.
LISTENING TO NOMINATED RECORDINGS
During First Round Voting, Recording Academy Voting Members can stream submitted recordings on select streaming services. The Recording Academy encourages all Voting Members to listen to all submitted recordings in the categories in which they are voting to ensure intentional listening and thoughtful voting. This process will encourage respect and consideration for all creators and their submitted works on behalf of GRAMMY voters.
GRAMMY VOTING & SOLICITATION GUIDELINES
Each year, Recording Academy Voting Members drive the GRAMMY Awards process. The Recording Academy respects its Voting membership body and trusts that each Voting Member will uphold the GRAMMY standard of excellence by voting with integrity and discipline.
All Voting Members should only cast their votes based on the artistic and technical merits of the submitted recordings and products. This will ensure that the annual GRAMMY Awards process is fair and ethical for all creators and submitted works. Read the Recording Academy's Voting and Solicitation Guidelines and Voter Code of Conduct for additional information before submitting your GRAMMY votes.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Learn more about the upcoming 2024 GRAMMY Awards season. Interact with the dynamic GRAMMY Awards Journey online resource to learn about the GRAMMY Awards process in full. View the official Rules and Guidelines for the 2024 GRAMMY Awards. Visit the GRAMMY Award Update Center for a list of real-time changes to the GRAMMY Awards process.
Happy GRAMMY Voting — and we'll see you at Music's Biggest Night on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024!
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