What's a Grammy Worth? New Voters, New Winners, and Rewriting History
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Show Notes
This episode is in partnership and collaboration with our friends at The Recording Academy
You’ll hear our deep dive on what we can learn from this years Grammys with our usual analysis and a few select guests including: Panos Panay (President of The Recording Academy), Tati Cirisano (MIDiA Research), Zack O’Malley Greenburg, author and investor.
We discuss the biggest takeaways from the 2026 nominations, the rise of international music, how the voting body has evolved, and the economic lift of a Grammy win.
CHAPTERS
01:41 - Biggest takeaways
05:41 - Tati Cirisano joins us
13:02 - Panos Panay joins us
17:10 - Which past Grammys would have changed
21:52 - The Grammy Bump
33:10 - Zack Greenburg joins us
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GUESTS Panos Panay, President, The Recording Academy
Tatiana Cirisano, VP Music Strategy, MIDiA Research
Zack O’Malley Greenburg, Author, Empire State of Mind
TRAPITAL
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RESOURCES What is the Economic Value of a GRAMMY in Today’s Industry? - Chartmetric and Will Page