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As a voting member of NARAS it works like this:

1. Anyone can join NARAS, but not everyone can vote in the Grammys.

2. How do I become a voting member? You have to have a certain amount of releases available on major streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, etc... and still be putting out music recently. Can't be from like 5 years ago and then nada. Then if you meet that requirement they will vet you to make sure you're not lying. When they approve you, you will be notified.

3. Any music during a the calendar year of roughly October 2016 to September 2017 would be eligible for submission to the 2018 Grammy awards.

4. You can submit your own music. No, that does not mean your nominated. Just means you're put into the first round voting process. Any artist stating they're Grammy nominated by being included in the first round of voting - is LYING.

5. After the first round of voting, which does contain thousands of songs/albums. They tabulate all the votes and then go on to round two.

6. Round two is where you're officially nominated, so to speak. There are about 30 categories of music and production awards, though last year it was reduced with a couple of categories getting consolidated (there are not 3000 categories). If you make it to this 2nd round, then an artist, writer, producer, etc could say they're Grammy nominated.

7. Voting in round two is done by special ballot, and it has to be signed by the member who is voting.

In the end getting a Grammy nomination can be exciting. It is an arduous process and requires a lot of work. Popularity does help. Knowing a lot of voting members also helps. But getting into the first voting round does not equal getting to call yourself Grammy nominated. There is no voting member that can say "you're nominated".

ps. - All Grammy listening for voting in round two for the past 7 years or so has been via online streaming - not CDs.