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GRAMMYS 2025

SAINTS OF CIRCUMSTANCE • For 60 years, philanthropy has been as core to the GRATEFUL DEAD as relentless touring and its devoted fans — and as MusiCares’ 2025 Persons of the Year tell Billboard, being charitable is still just good business

WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE DEAD?

CLASS ACTS • Five years ago, the Recording Academy put forth a new membership model committed to “fostering diversity and inclusion while encouraging the music industry to reexamine and reinvent their own long-standing practices.” Its recently released membership report revealed just how far it’s come in meeting that goal — adding 3,000 women voters (a 27% increase since 2019) and seeing a 65% increase in voting members who identify as people of color. The record 2,800-plus new members who accepted invitations to join the academy in 2024 — including the artists and creatives interviewed here — exemplify that transformative, ongoing shift.

SOUND POLICY • From AI to ticketing, the Recording Academy’s advocacy team is increasingly taking its work on big music issues beyond the nation’s capital

nominees • Veteran superstars and rising new forces highlight this year’s crop of Grammy hopefuls, setting the stage for plenty of triumphant moments at the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 2, 2025

pop

dance

rock

r&b

rap

country

latin

nominees • A FULL LIST OF THE CANDIDATES, IN ALL 94 CATEGORIES ACROSS 11 FIELDS, WHO ARE VYING FOR GRAMMY GOLD

NETTWERK MUSIC GROUP MARKS 40 YEARS OF SUCCESS • “There’s a whole music scene that’s happening outside the traditional pop-hit culture,” says company co-founder Terry McBride

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