Afrobeats superstar Davido has been officially welcomed as a voting member of the Recording Academy, the prestigious body behind the Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n
This milestone gave the \u2018Feel\u2019 crooner a place in the global community of music professionals who will decide the winners of the 2026 Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n
The Recording Academy announced his inclusion in an Instagram post on Tuesday, sharing a video that also featured other new members such as Ravyn Lenae, Offset, Jessie Reyez, and Zac Brown Band.<\/p>\n
The caption emphasised the importance of member participation, stating, \u201cCreating a song or an album takes heart, time, and dedication. That\u2019s why Recording Academy members, including #Davido, #ravynlenae, #offsetyrn, #jessiereyez, #zacbrownband, #anneakikomeyers, #miles.minnick, #mayaelizabethmusic, #damiensneed, #damarismusica, and #stewart_copeland are sharing why your participation matters.\u201d <\/p>\n
As a voting member, Davido will have a direct influence on the nomination and final-ballot processes for the 2026 GRAMMYs, a notable achievement following his three nominations at the 2024 GRAMMY Awards.<\/p>\n
Reflecting on this honour, Davido expressed his excitement, saying, \u201cUnderstanding the importance of how our voices are heard, I am participating in the GRAMMY Award process. It is a game-changer. I have learned that voting empowers you to have a say in what is considered and voted on in each season. I am honoured to be part of the Recording Academy community, and I look forward to voting.\u201d<\/p>\n
His inclusion aligns with the Academy\u2019s ongoing efforts to diversify its membership, increasing representation from African artists and other international acts to better reflect the global music landscape.<\/p>\n
The Recording Academy also announced that the voting period for the 2026 GRAMMYs will commence on October 3, urging members to \u201creview the ballot, listen, and vote early.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Afrobeats superstar Davido has been officially welcomed as a voting member of the Recording Academy, the prestigious body…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[35647,156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-38975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-davido","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}