Olamilekan Agbeleshe, popularly known as Laycon, a Nigerian musician and reality TV star, has joined the Grammy Recording Academy voting committee.
This announcement was made via the Grammys’ official Twitter account on Tuesday, October 18th, 2022.
It shared a video of Laycon and tweeted; ”Voter participation is paramount to maintaining #GRAMMYs integrity. Voting Members, you have the power to celebrate your fellow creators who move music forward.”
Reacting to the news, the BBNaija winner wrote; ”Shouts out to the people making impactful music. 💛”
See the post:
The selection process for Grammy voting members comprises recording artistes, producers, songwriters, engineers, instrumentalists, performers, and other creators who are active in the recording industry.
🎶 Voter participation is paramount to maintaining #GRAMMYs integrity. Voting Members, you have the power to celebrate your fellow creators who move music forward.
➡️ This year’s First Round voting period is open until Oct. 23.
Learn more: https://t.co/S17J6faXv1 #Vote4GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/vJytXGfiJI
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) October 17, 2022
For a person to qualify to become a member of the voting academy, he or she must have creative or technical credits in at least six commercially released tracks on a physical music release or 12 on a digital album.
According to Billboard, no less than 12,000 of the Recording Academy’s total 21,00 members are eligible to vote.
