The Grammys are music’s biggest night, but how are the votes really counted, and who decides which artists take home the trophies? Harvey Mason jr., Grammy-nominated producer, songwriter, and CEO of the Recording Academy, pulls back the curtain on how the Academy works, from membership to voting processes and AI’s role in modern music. He joins host Kristin Robinson to unpack his journey from producing hits for Brandy, Destiny’s Child, Michael Jackson, and Toni Braxton to leading music’s most influential institution, all while getting his Grammys knowledge put to the test. Mason explains the challenges of ensuring fair representation across genres, and how the Academy is evolving to serve music and musicians in a rapidly changing industry. He also reflects on moving from creative work to executive leadership, the collaborative process that has defined his career and what it takes to keep the Grammys credible, inclusive, and impactful.
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00:00:00 – Introduction & Grammy Highlights
00:01:02 – Introducing Harvey Mason Jr.
00:03:24 – Harvey’s Journey in Music
00:06:40 – Changes at the Recording Academy
00:08:30 – Grammy Voting Process Explained
00:12:00 – Diversity in Grammy Membership
00:14:40 – New Categories and Genre Representation
00:18:00 – Best New Artist Insights
00:22:15 – Globalization and Fragmentation of Music
00:27:45 – MusiCares and Support for Music People
00:32:00 – Songwriter of the Year Evolution
00:35:20 – Category Classification in the Grammys
00:39:00 – AI’s Role in Music Production
00:45:10 – No Fakes Act Advocacy
00:49:00 – Grammys Move to Streaming Platforms
00:51:20 – Rapid Fire Grammy Facts
00:57:00 – Make Me A Playlist Segment
01:00:30 – Billboard Hot 100 Countdown
01:02:00 – Closing Remarks & Farewell
Host:
Kristin Robinson
Executive Producers:
Diona DaCosta
Hannah Karp
Jade Watson
Produced By:
Kayla Forman
Mateo Vergara
Edited By:
Rachel Derbyshire
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KATSEYE MUSIC IS TRASH
They should bring the BNA back up to 10 and just keep it there, and with the genre specific categories (for albums, not song or performance categories) have it be expanded to 8 instead of 5 just like album of the year, literally every year 1-3 artists get snubbed in the genre specific categories which would be prevented by just a simple bump in nominations
Plus it boosts competition and energy for the winner so more eyes, but there’s no harm in more recognition for artists especially in the genre specific categories, I’d much rather see an artist get some form of recognition than a win with that slight wiggle room
33:05 they start talking about kpop
Thanks
A song sang by non-Koreans in 100% English, but is a Kpop (??) format, is that Kpop? What is even a Kpop? To me it is just pop. May be 10 years ago when some of lyrics were all sang by Koreans(mostly anyway) with majority of lyrics in Korean, then yeah Kpop kinda made sense. But now, it is just pop. The US music people don’t want to be inclusive. If you don’t get this right, what’s going to happen if Jpop or Cpop start picking up? Are you going to create categories for all countries? Why didn’t you do that with Brit pop?? Such prejudice and discrimination.
Kpop is the music label. And Some of them are Korean.
@wa-bu3ke Nah, some of the songs released by Jenny, Lisa, and Rose are by Interscope, Columbia, and Atlantic, not the music label. re Katseye, most are not even Koreans.
Yes.
Next year, try not to bias to Hybe artists with the main kpop award, when it was Stray Kids that had two Number One Global albums and a WORLD tour all year.
SKZ made history with their first seven albums on the Billboard 200 at Number 1.
Make it make sense.