A professional society for music creators, founded in 1957, running the GRAMMY Awards, MusiCares and the GRAMMY Museum while advocating for creators' rights.
The Recording Academy is a professional society for music creators, founded in 1957 and representing performers, songwriters, producers, engineers and other music professionals. It describes itself as the world's leading society of music professionals. Its technical work spans the recording arts, audio engineering and music production, and its activities touch the music industry, recording arts and entertainment.
The organisation is best known for the GRAMMY Awards, its programme recognising excellence in the recording arts. Alongside it run MusiCares, the Academy's charitable arm supporting music professionals in times of need, and the GRAMMY Museum, an institution dedicated to preserving music history.
Beyond awards and archives, the Academy engages in year-round advocacy for music creators' rights and works to nurture the next generation of creators. Its stated aims include making the music industry more inclusive, fair and inspiring, and it presents itself as a diverse organisation reflecting the full spectrum of today's music landscape. Roles drawing on recording arts, audio engineering and music production sit at the centre of this work.
