The Recording Academy has confirmed that plans to create an Afrobeats category at the Grammys are currently being considered.
This was confirmed by the CEO of the recording academy Harvey Manson Jr., to the press in Ghana.
Harvey Manson confirmed that the recording academy had a listening session with major players in the Afrobeats scene indicating that steps are involved in creating a category for Afrobeats as it has to be a proposal submitted to academy for them to make the decision which is what is currently being worked on to ensure accurate representation of the different colours and styles the Afrobeats sound possesses.
The Recording Academy is now considering an Afrobeats category at the annual Grammys ceremony
BREAKING🇬🇭🎶: The @RecordingAcad(Grammys) are looking forward to consider Afrobeats as a category soon. Grammy Awards CEO, Harvey Mason Jr, who arrived in Ghana on Saturday, September 24 disclosed this to members of the press at KIA, Accra.
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Watch more below👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/xUtKC5LHUH— Ölele | Deep Throat Sauce🦅🎙🇬🇭 (@OleleSalvador) September 26, 2022
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