Spotify has canceled its Grammy week occasions within the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires, together with its annual Finest New Artist occasion and its 2025 Songwriter of the 12 months occasion.
In a newsroom submit on Spotify‘s web site, Joe Hadley, the corporate’s international head of music partnerships and viewers, defined that they’re canceling their Grammy occasions and redirecting funds to assist native followers and charitable organizations.
“We’ve spent the previous few days contemplating how you can finest present up for L.A., the music trade, and the artistic group,” stated Hadley. “Finally, we’ve determined that essentially the most impactful strategy is canceling all our Grammy Week occasions, together with our annual Finest New Artist occasion, and redirecting funds to assist efforts to achieve native followers and charitable organizations. It’s additionally essential to recollect the impact this has on the manufacturing trade, so we’re making certain our distributors are compensated regardless of this shift. Whereas this 12 months will feel and look totally different, our dedication to rising artists is unwavering.”
Hadley states that Spotify will fund donations to MusiCares, which continues to be holding its 2025 Particular person of the 12 months occasion honoring the Grateful Lifeless on Jan. 31. Moreover, Spotify will donate to FireAid, a profit live performance on Jan. 13 that can assist these affected by the fires and assist the rebuilding of infrastructure. Spotify can also be partnering with GoFundMe to assist and highlight fundraisers, and on its platform, the corporate will likely be “dedicating on-platform promotion and providing professional bono advert stock to drive consciousness of causes supporting the reduction and artist and creator assist through studio time at our L.A. workplace within the Arts District.”
Very like Spotify, many annual Grammy events have been canceled out of respect for these affected by the devastating fires that ravaged Los Angeles. Earlier this week, Warner Music Group, Sony Music and BMG confirmed that they’re canceling their occasions, whereas Common Music Group canceled all of its occasions, together with the Saturday artist showcase and the Sunday after-Grammy occasion, to as a substitute use the cash for L.A. wildfire reduction.
