The development forms part of additions and amendments that were voted on and passed at the Recording Academy’s most recent semi-annual board of trustees meeting last month.
It also follows calls for more consideration of African music at the Grammys, which have in recent years been criticised by the Afrobeats community for snubbing the most talked-about genre in the world.
In September last year, during a trip to Ghana, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr had revealed that the organisation was considering an Afrobeats category at…
