How to Vote at the 2025 GRAMMYs: A Complete Guide to the First Round of Voting for GRAMMY Voters

We are only a few months away from that 2025 GRAMMYswhich take Location Sunday, February 2ndlive at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles – and GRAMMY voting season is now here. Ahead of music’s biggest night, GRAMMY voters will vote on the artists and creators who will be nominated for the 2025 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 67th GRAMMY Awards.

The annual GRAMMY Awards voting process begins with first-round voting that determines nominees for the GRAMMY Awards each year. This year, First The voting round for the 2025 GRAMMYs begins Friday, October 4th.

The Recording Academythe organization behind the annual GRAMMY Awards, encourages our voting members to learn about the GRAMMY voting process each year as they prepare to vote when GRAMMY voting begins. To help voting members navigate the GRAMMY voting process, we’ve put together a detailed and informative guide that includes all the important dates, deadlines and voting guidelines you should know this year.

Here’s everything you need to know about first-round voting at the 2025 GRAMMYs.

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MOST IMPORTANT DATES

The key dates for the 2025 GRAMMY Awards season are as follows:

September 16, 2023 – August 30, 2024
Product eligibility period
The time period by which recordings are submitted for GRAMMY consideration. All publications must be available for sale to the public by this date and through general distribution through at least the current year’s voting deadline date (final vote) to be eligible for the 2025 GRAMMY Awards.

July 8, 2024 – August 23, 2024
Registration period for media companies
Media companies have to apply for registration with the recording Academy for submitting recordings.

July 17, 2024 – August 30, 2024
Online registration period
All eligible recordings must be submitted before the end of the competition Online registration periodregardless of publication date.

Oct 4, 2024 – Oct 15, 2024
First round voting
First-round voting determines all GRAMMY nominees for each GRAMMY Awards year.

November 8, 2024
2025 GRAMMY Awards nominations announced
The official list of nominees for the 2025 GRAMMYs announced.

December 12, 2024 – January 3, 2025
Last round of voting
Determines the GRAMMY winners in all categories, which will be announced on GRAMMY night.

February 2, 2025
GRAMMY Awards 2025
Music’s Biggest Night honors excellence in the recording arts and sciences.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FIRST ROUND GRAMMY VOTE

The annual GRAMMY voting process is divided into two phases: First round votingwhich determines all GRAMMY nominees for each GRAMMY category each year, and Last round of votingwhich ultimately determines the GRAMMY winners in all categories, which will be announced on GRAMMY night.

It is critical for all voting members of the Recording Academy to actively participate in both the first and final round voting. This will ensure that all eligible artists, musicians and creators are fairly evaluated based on their artistic and technical achievements, and will help the broader music community identify the leading music of the year as voted on by their peers.

Ballots submitted by GRAMMY voters during the first round of voting next month will determine the nominees for the 2025 GRAMMYs, who will be announced Friday, November 8thThat’s why it’s important to be there from the start.

WHO VOTES FOR THE GRAMMYS?

As the music industry’s only peer-voted award, the GRAMMY Award is the highest honor in the world all Music. That’s because GRAMMY nominees and winners are determined by voting members drawn from a pool of vetted and venerable artists, songwriters, producers, engineers, instrumentalists and other creators currently working in the recording industry. Every GRAMMY vote affirms that prestige and reinforces the highest excellence in music and the recording arts and sciences.

The ballot papers for the first round of elections will be sent to voting members with proper membership. To ensure coordination quality, Voting members only vote in their areas of expertise: up to 10 categories in three genre fields as well as the six general field categories (Album of the Year, Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Producer of the Year, Non-Classical and Songwriter of the Year). Non-classical). The ballots are then independently tabulated by the accounting firm Deloitte. This process ensures the quality of voting throughout the GRAMMY Awards process.

Find out more about Membership in the Recording Academy And how to become a member.

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HOW TO VOTE AT THE 2025 GRAMMYS

Voting members of the Recording Academy can access their first-round ballot for the 2025 GRAMMYs through it Member dashboard on Friday, October 4, starting at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET. First round voting closes Tuesday, October 15 at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. AND.

Before voting begins, please make sure you have the correct email address and password to log in. If your credentials are invalid, reset your password. For further assistance, please use the following contact information:

TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO VOTERS
PHONE: 866-992-9902 x403
E-MAIL: [email protected]
HOURS: MF, 5:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. PT / 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. ET

• First round voting: Oct. 4th – Oct. 15th

• Last round of voting: December 12, 2024 – January 3, 2025

AWARDS, FYC (FOR YOUR DEVELOPMENT) AND NON-TECHNICAL SUPPORT:
PHONE: 833-789-8683
E-MAIL: [email protected]

HOURS: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. ET

QUESTIONS ABOUT MEMBERSHIP:
PHONE: 866-794-3391
E-MAIL: [email protected]
HOURS 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. ET

NEW CHANGES IN THE GRAMMY AWARDS CATEGORIES

In June, the Recording Academy released a series of updates to the annual GRAMMY Awards process for the 2025 GRAMMYs, including adjustments to eligibility criteria, renaming of categories and updates to submission guidelines for some categories. All updates will be effective immediately at the 2025 GRAMMYs. Find out more about the Changes in GRAMMY Awards categories regarding your areas of expertise before casting your vote for the 2025 GRAMMYs.

Understanding the Grammy Ballot
The search and flexibility improvements recently added to GRAMMY ballots will be available again this GRAMMY season. The category selection tool, which minimizes scroll time and creates an easy-to-use ballot for every voter, will be available again this year for the first round of voting.

LISTEN TO NOMINATED RECORDINGS

While First Round Voting, Recording Academy 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 promotes respect and consideration for all creators and their submitted works on behalf of GRAMMY voters.

GRAMMY VOTING AND APPLICATION GUIDELINES

Each year, voting members of the Recording Academy advance 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 cast their votes based solely on the artistic and technical quality of the recordings and products submitted. This ensures that the annual GRAMMY Awards process is fair and ethical for all creators and submitted works. Read the Recording Academy Voting and Advertising Guidelines and Voter Code of Conduct Learn more before casting your GRAMMY votes.

VOTE WITH THE NEW MOBILE APP “MY ACADEMY HUB”.

The Recording Academy is proud to provide access to first-round ballots as part of the new program My Academy Hub mobile app..*Visit your member dashboard anytime, anywhere, right at your fingertips. Download the mobile app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store today and be sure to set up biometric login so you never have to remember your password again^.

Are you having problems? For questions and technical support about the app, please contact us at [email protected].

*The GRAMMY voting process remains unchanged and members can now access their final round ballots directly in their member dashboards via the My Academy Hub mobile app.

^Members at almost all locations at home and abroad can download and use the mobile app. Please note that the app is currently not available to members in China.

GRAMMY VOTING WEBINAR

The Recording Academy Awards team is hosting an informational webinar on GRAMMY voting. The 30-minute walkthrough helps voting members navigate the GRAMMY voting portal, view key ballot features, and more. Be sure to register to secure your spot In your ballot paper at a glance Webinar that is taking place Monday, September 30, 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

For more information on the 2025 GRAMMY Awards season, visit annual GRAMMY Awards process, Read our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section.look at them GRAMMY Awards Official Rules and PoliciesAnd Visit the GRAMMY Awards Update Center Here is a list of real-time changes to the GRAMMY Awards process.

Cast your GRAMMY vote once for the 2025 GRAMMYs The first round of voting begins on Friday, October 4thand be sure to check out the 2025 GRAMMYs Sunday, February 2ndto see who wins GRAMMY gold.