What’s a Grammy Worth? New Voters, New Winners, and Rewriting History

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

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RESOURCES What is the Economic Value of a GRAMMY in Today’s Industry? - Chartmetric and Will Page