Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWe at Variety usually reserve our get-out-the-vote efforts for things like presidential and congressional elections.
But with the Grammy Awards’ dramatic changes to the voting process earlier this year — most notably the elimination of the “secret” nominating committees, which makes the Recording Academy membership’s individual votes more important than they’ve been in decades — it’s the least we can do.First Round Grammy voting, which determines the nominees for the awards — i.e.
the artists and recordings that will be nominated to win awards — began last Friday and last until Friday, Nov. 5, 2021.The Recording Academy has created a video — watch it here — explaining this year’s online ballot changes as well.
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