October 20, (THEWILL) – Nigerian musician and reality TV star, Olamilekan Agbeleshe, popularly known as Laycon, has become a member of the Grammy Recording Academy voting committee.
The announcement was made on Tuesday, October 18th, 2022, through the Grammys’ official Twitter account.
It shared a video of Laycon and tweeted; ”Voter participation is paramount to maintaining #GRAMMYs integrity. Voting Members, you have the power to celebrate your fellow creators who move music forward.”
Reacting to the news, the Big Brother Naija winner wrote; ”Shouts out to the people making impactful music.”
The selection process for Grammy voting members comprises recording artistes, producers, songwriters, engineers, instrumentalists, performers and other creators who are active in the recording industry.
For a person to qualify to become a member of the voting academy, he or she must have creative or technical credits in at least six commercially released tracks on a physical music release or 12 on a digital album.
According to Billboard, no less than 12,000 of the Recording Academy’s total 21,000 members are eligible to vote.
