WASHINGTON, D.C. (MAY 2, 2024) – On Wed, May 1, GRAMMY® winners and nominees, along with industry leaders from across the country, visited the White House for conversations with top Biden administration officials on the issues facing music creators today. The visit marked the culmination of the GRAMMYs on the Hill® Advocacy Day, Capitol Hill’s largest and most prestigious legislative event for music. Ahead of the White House visit, members of the music community met with members of Congress, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-CA), and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), to advance key issues that the Recording Academy® and its members continue to advocate for. At both the White House and on Capitol Hill, conversations centered around protecting the image, likeness and voice of individual creators from AI fakes through legislative measures such as the No AI FRAUD Act and the No FAKES Act discussion draft and reforming the live event ticket marketplace to better protect artists and fans through legislation including the Fans First Act and the TICKET Act.
Artists who attended Advocacy Day included GRAMMY-winning singer Patti Austin, two-time GRAMMY winner Lauren Daigle, two-time GRAMMY nominee Kenyon Dixon, GRAMMY winner Sara Gazarek, three-time GRAMMY winner J. Ivy, three-time GRAMMY nominee Rapsody, eight-time GRAMMY winner Mark Ronson, and GRAMMY winner Leon Thomas III. Recording Academy leadership present included CEO Harvey Mason jr., President Panos A. Panay, Chief Advocacy & Public Policy Officer Todd Dupler, and Chair of the Board of Trustees Tammy Hurt.
This year’s GRAMMYs on the Hill initiative kicked off on Tues, April 30 with the GRAMMYs on the Hill Awards, Washington, D.C.’s premier celebration of music and advocacy. This year's awards honored nine-time GRAMMY® winner Sheryl Crow and Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) for their contributions to support music creators. The night was hosted by singer and actress Candiace Dillard Bassett and featured performances by Crow and Daigle along with electroacoustic duo ARKAI, three-time GRAMMY winner Dwan Hill, and two-time GRAMMY-nominated duo The War and Treaty.
For more photos from the GRAMMYs on the Hill Awards and Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill and at the White House, please visit the ‘GRAMMYs on the Hill’ pin on our Getty Images landing page.
Music’s Biggest Week in Washington will conclude with the inaugural GRAMMYs on the Hill Future Forum, held in partnership with the Human Artistry Campaign. Hosted on Fri, May 3, the Future Forum will explore the impact of artificial intelligence on the music community through panel discussions with industry leaders. For more information on how the Recording Academy is leading policy conversations on AI’s impacts on the music industry, please visit our AI hub page.
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Britta Purcell / Recording Academy / britta.purcell@recordingacademy.com