NARAS

NARAS was the former name of the Recording Academy, the U.S. organization that presents the Grammy Awards and supports music professionals.

Recording Academy: The U.S. membership organization that presents the Grammy Awards and supports music professionals. NARAS was the organization’s former name; the academy remains its current identity.
Grammy Award voting process: The procedures through which Recording Academy members nominate and select Grammy winners. NARAS members determine award outcomes through this process.
Grammy Museum: A museum in Los Angeles devoted to the history and cultural impact of recorded music. The academy extended its public presence beyond awards through this museum.
American Music Awards: An American music awards show whose winners are determined by public voting. Unlike NARAS’s member-led Grammy process, these awards center audience votes.
Grammy Awards: Annual awards recognizing achievements in recorded music, presented by the Recording Academy. The awards became the organization’s best-known public function.
Recording Academy membership: A professional membership of people working in music, including performers, songwriters, producers, and engineers. Membership gives music professionals a role in the academy’s work and awards.
MusiCares: A charitable organization that provides health and human services to people in the music community. NARAS established this affiliate to support music professionals in need.
Billboard Music Awards: An annual awards program recognizing popular music based largely on chart performance. Its data-driven criteria differ from the academy’s peer-voted awards.
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences: The formal name expanded by the acronym NARAS, used by the Recording Academy before its 2019 name change. This full name explains what the former acronym stood for.
Grammy Award categories: The defined fields and genres in which Grammy Awards recognize recorded-music achievements. NARAS organizes its awards around these categories.

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