Grammy Adds 3,800+ New Members, Showcasing Latin Music’s Rise

[HomoMonsterions 584]

https://www.billboard.com/pro/recording-academy-2025-member-class/

Bad Bunny winning AOTY just skyrocketed. I mean, I like him, and I wouldn’t be mad if he wins (prefer his album over kendrick's).

But gaga gave us everything in Mayhem and the album is equally as good as the other two, like musically, sonically, and artistically (and imo it's better). I’m just gonna be so sad for her because many things do not go her way, from spotify to billboard to the grammys...
 

[John Wayne 4,513]

stg if dtmf wins aoty over mayhem, the grammy’s will lose all credibility 

[Cpeer 4,549]

I love how whenever it’s Gaga’s time to win something the rules or something changes so she doesn’t end up winning. 
 

[mamo 19,339]

Sure, this probably works most in Bad Bunny’s favour but doesn’t Gaga also have a huge Latin American fanbase too? 
 
Let’s be optimistic, Viva La Mayhem! 

 

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[River 119,038]

isn't it good in some sense? votes will be split between bad bunny and Kendrick?

[Sneaky Oliver 22,277]

I mean, I don’t think AOTY was ever on lock for Mayhem, Bad Bunny and Kendrick are super strong contenders and I believe Bad Bunny’s record had quite an impact, it’s not like he is undeserving of the award so I wouldn’t be surprised if he wins 

[JustTea 6,357]

[andy232000 12,363]

1 hour ago, River said:

isn't it good in some sense? votes will be split between bad bunny and Kendrick?

Yes and no. 
 

Bad Bunny was never actually in the race until now. He is a very “visible” contender, but once you take a look at the voting muscle he had, he hardly was competitive. Up until now only a 10% of the voters claimed to be experts in the Latin field/genre class, meaning that out of 13,000, people with a heavy pre-disposition to vote Latin genre was considerably small. In order to win AOTY Bad Bunny needs considerable cross-over votes and a heavy US vote split to even come within grasping reach. 
 

Now, with the new class, 2,900 eligible voting members were added. The article states that every member from the Latin American Academy was invited, which probably means most of those 2,900 come from there, as the Latin Academy has like 4K members, but only about half are voting members.  This raises the voting pull of the Grammys to 16-17k, with maybe perhaps 3-4K voters now pre-inclined to vote Latin. It’s a noticeably bump, but not enough to overtake completely. Bad Bunny would not win AOTY on this new class alone. He still needs the US vote to split considerably. 
 

We also need to keep in mind that these 2,900 were extended invitations, not actual inductees. Since these things never go 100%, it’s safe to say that 1. Not all 2,900 are Latin Grammy members, 2. That not everyone will accept the invitation, 3. Not everyone who accepts will vote and 4. Those vote not necessarily will vote Latin. 

Plus, according to Golderby forums, the MAGA Movement has been generating good credibility towards Bad Bunny, which can be good and bad. Good, cause like you said, if Bad Bunny actually manages to rise up and compete against Kendrick, that could cause the split to actually happen between those two instead of Gaga and Kendrick, allowing room for Gaga to come in as a Dark Horse contender. Which makes sense cause, out of the three Gaga is the most neutral winner. If Kendrick wins, it’s a sympathy -Sorry for taking so long to give you this- kind of award. If Bad Bunny wins, it’s a political choice. If Gaga wins some won’t like it, but at least no one can say she didn’t deserve it. Then Bas Bunny’s rise can be bad cause then he could just simply overtake both. But it takes moving a mountain. Obtaining cross-over votes, with a non-English language when there are two US titans in the running, and one of them is hip-hop, the biggest genre in the country, is no easy feat. 

So yeah, Bad Bunny did just become competitive for sure when he previously wasn’t, but no, he can’t win on this alone. 

Edited 4 hours ago by andy232000

[Lucas 27,803]

2 hours ago, John Wayne said:

stg if dtmf wins aoty over mayhem, the grammy’s will lose all credibility 

They lost it so long ago lol, those awards are still very prestigious but they truly mean nothing

[Economy 50,670]

1 hour ago, River said:

isn't it good in some sense? votes will be split between bad bunny and Kendrick?

Well it wouldnt be splitting existing votes it would be adding in total for both. So id say no?

[LG2008 5,706]

Then why do the Latin Grammys exist? After this they will stop awarding those too? 

I mean, I like the idea but why this year? Everything seems to be working against Gaga all the time... Billboard, Spotify, the Grammys, the world itself with major disasters happening around her releases... Why can we never win without anything happening? 

[LG2008 5,706]

1 hour ago, River said:

isn't it good in some sense? votes will be split between bad bunny and Kendrick?

Why would they vote for Kendrick?  If anything, Gaga might get some extra votes but the one benefitting from this is clearly Bad Bunny 

Edited 4 hours ago by LG2008

[andy232000 12,363]

I think many people are blowing this out of proportion. The Grammys have been hell-bent on diversification with the purpose of having a balanced pool of voters. If they allowed the entire Latin Grammys voters in, then this amount can’t overtake the balance. Otherwise they’d be right where they don’t want to be: with one particular genre being overpowered. They most likely studied this and decided that the entire academy was big enough for it to be noticeable but not enough to be disruptive. 

Regardless, I'm gonna need Gaga to lock the **** in and announce the Christmas halftime show asap. 

Edited 3 hours ago by andy232000

[gagzus 16,159]

The Grammys have NEVER been about artistic integrity nor even popularity for that matter. I’m sure last year didnt a GRAMMY voter praise one album up for AOTY on their private insta story but then said they were still voting for another because their “friends brother was a sound engineer on the album” or something like that. 
 

it’s literally about who you know lmao. Gaga lost out on a LOT of noms and wins years ago because of how voters perceived her public persona or because of how people BTS perceived her. You can’t tell me her public persona didnt stop Born This Way winning album of the year after the OUTSTANDING year 2011 was.

Edited 3 hours ago by gagzus

[jacs vs looser 4,586]

Well, at least when Benito wins we know he'll mention Gaga in his speech, kind of like when Adele won with 25 over Beyoncé.