The Recording Academy, the body behind the Grammy Awards, is inviting more than 4,000 music creators and industry professionals to join its membership, with invitations going out on Thursday 9 July. This marks the largest class of invitees in the Academy's history and the third consecutive year it has invited 3,500 or more new members, forming part of a sustained effort to expand and diversify who votes on and shapes the awards. The push continues a shift begun with the Academy's new membership model in 2019, which has coincided with changing voting patterns, including recent wins for hip-hop and, at the 2026 Grammys, Bad Bunny's Debí Tirar Más Fotos becoming the first Spanish-language album to win album of the year.

This year's class comprises more than 3,100 invited as voting members and more than 900 as non-voting professional members, with demographics of 50% under 40, 43% women and 55% people of colour. For context, the Academy currently has nearly 15,000 voting members and over 3,700 professional members, though invitees must formally accept to become members by 31 July to take part in the current entry process. The figure dwarfs the Motion Picture Academy's recent class of 529, and notable invitees include EJAE, Lola Young, Sombr and Paris Jackson. Nominations for the 69th Grammy Awards will be announced on 16 November, with the telecast set for 7 February 2027 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.