Overview
- JYP Entertainment said Tuesday that 18 affiliated artists, including Park Jin-young and every member of TWICE and Stray Kids, were invited to join the U.S. Recording Academy as voting members.
- As voting members those artists are eligible to take part in both the Grammy nomination round and the final ballot that selects winners.
- JYP CEO Jung Wook and Shin Hyun-kook were named Professional Members, a category for industry executives that allows participation in submissions and Academy programming but does not include Grammy voting rights.
- The announcement comes as JYP acts continue active release and touring plans, for example Stray Kids’ album due in August and a planned world tour that will keep the group visible to U.S. Academy voters.
- The Recording Academy periodically invites creators and industry figures worldwide to broaden its membership, and this move underscores the growing institutional integration of K-pop into U.S. music awards and networks.