Yes Donna. You join for $100. Then you get another NARAS member to "nominate you." Boom, you are nominated. Now there are about thirty thousand nominations a year, most absolutely meaningless. There are around 3000 categories, but only about 30 that you ever hear of. And for those, you have to have a lot of money, a campaign" around you, (spending a lot of money) and sales and fan base. Tends to weed things out very quickly.

MAB