Music’s Biggest Night

But it takes the whole year to get there. Have you ever wondered how the process works?

Hip Hop 50 Performance at the 65th GRAMMY Awards

The GRAMMY is the only music award

in which nominees and winners are determined solely by creators themselves: the peers of those being judged.

Lizzo performing at the 65th GRAMMY Awards

ONLINE ENTRY

To be eligible for the

recordings must be released between October 1, 2022 and September 15, 2023

Recording Academy Members

Media Companies

Submit recordings and music videos/films released during the

The Online Entry Process Access Period for the 66th GRAMMY Awards is open July 17, 2023 – Aug 31, 2023.

Collage of musical artists performing on stage

Typically around

20,000

entries are submitted each year!

ONLINE ENTRY

ELIGIBILITY & GENRE

The Recording Academy Awards Department and screening committees ensure that all entries are in the appropriate categories.

The purpose of genre screening committees is not to make artistic or technical judgments about the recordings, but rather to make sure that each entry is eligible and placed in its proper category.

ELIGIBILITY & GENRE SCREENING

FIRST ROUND

First Round Voting determines GRAMMY nominees

Voting members in good standing are provided secure access to their First Round online ballot.

ROCK

COMEDY

MUSIC THEATER

LATIN

RAP

R&B

POP

REGGAE

ROCK

COMPOSING

ARRANGING

REMIXER

CLASSICAL

JAZZ

SONGWRITING

LATIN

ALTERNATIVE

To help ensure the quality of the voting, members are directed to vote only in their

AREASofEXPERTISE

FIRST ROUND VOTING

NOMINATIONS

First Round ballots

Are tabulated by the independent accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP

Five Finalists

In each category are nominated for a GRAMMY Award.

In the General Field, however, the top eight finalists are the nominees, with the exception of Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical and Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical, both of which have five nominees.

NOMINATIONS

FINAL ROUND

Final Round Voting determines GRAMMY Winners.

After nominations have been determined and announced, Academy voting members vote in up to ten categories across three genre fields in the genre fields plus the six categories in the General Field to determine the winners.