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Grammys

How does voting work at the Grammys? Who votes and how many of them are there? What is the system for compiling the votes? 68.129.97.180 (talk) 18:14, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

See here for the answers to your questions. --Jayron32 18:46, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

That's at least easier to answer than "Why are we here?" ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:03, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

The best source IMO comes straight from the Recording Academy itself. From what I also gather on the FAQ, basically any member of the Recording Academy who is in good standing, and has creative or technical credits on at least twelve commercially released tracks, is eligible to vote on the final ballots. A voting member may only vote in up to 15 categories related to their genre field of expertise, but everyone may vote in the four general categories of Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist. Voting is apparently now done online through the academy's membership site, and apparently uses first-past-the-post voting (a voter selects their preferred choice for each category, and the one who receives the most votes wins). This source dated Aug 2019 says that 12,000 of the Academy's total 21,000 members are eligible to vote.

Nominations are a different story. The first step is an entry submission, where any good standing academy member or recording company can submit names of who they think should be nominated. Entries are then screened by screening committees to double check if they are eligible to be nominated and if they were placed in the appropriate category. Then depending on the award category, either the full voting membership casts ballots to determine its nominees (e.g. the top five or whatever vote-getters are the nominees), a specialized panel decides its nominees, or a combination of both. Zzyzx11 (talk) 21:47, 1 February 2020 (UTC)