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Grammy nominations spark controversy over The Weeknd snub
The US Recording Academy announced the nominations for the next Grammy awards yesterday, and there’s an almighty storm blowing up around their snub for The Weeknd. And by snub, we mean all-caps […]
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The Grammy Museum is launching its own streaming service
The latest new music streaming service is the work of… the Recording Academy? Well, the US industry body’s Grammy Museum anyway.
It’s launching a service called Collection:live, which will offer a mixture of artist interviews, performances and livestreams, as well as footage from the Grammy Awards archives.
Hans Zimmer, Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell are among the first artists to be featured for its launch on 17 September, along with Glass Animals, Selena Gomez, Run The Jewels and Tones and I.
BTS, Poo Bear, Rufus Wainwright, Sparks and Tame Impala are among those lined up for the following week.
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Recording Academy announces creation of Black Music Collective
The US society of music creators, the Recording Academy, has publicly aligned with #TheShowMustBePaused movement for a while and is now announcing its Black Music Collective, a group of prominent […]
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Recording Academy officially fires CEO Deborah Dugan
Just before the US Grammy Awards, its organiser the Recording Academy placed its president and CEO Deborah Dugan on administrative leave. Now it has taken the next step and terminated […]
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Recording Academy’s interim boss promises to make changes
With the Grammy Awards now done and dusted, organiser the Recording Academy can turn its attention fully to dealing with the fallout from the last two weeks – a boss on […]
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Recording Academy diversity task force renews call for change
And so the saga continues… In December, the US Recording Academy’s task force on diversity and inclusion published a report offering 18 reforms and recommendations for change at the body. In the […]
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Grammys fallout continues as Portnow and Katz respond
There’s an awards this week, y’say? The Grammys will undoubtedly make a splash as usual, but the event continues to be overshadowed by the fallout from president and CEO Deborah […]
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Triller bags an official partnership for the Grammy Awards
The US Recording Academy may be in the thick of a full-blown crisis following the defenestration of its boss Deborah Dugan, but with the Grammy Awards imminent, it’s still business […]
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Recording Academy fallout continues as Dugan complaint published
Is there any way that this week’s Grammy Awards can NOT be overshadowed by the fallout from Recording Academy boss Deborah Dugan being placed on administrative leave? Given yesterday’s developments, […]
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Recording Academy interim boss slams ‘leaks and misinformation’
Is the controversy around Recording Academy boss Deborah Dugan being placed on administrative leave going to quieten down in the days leading up to the organisation’s flagship event, the Grammy […]
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Sparks fly as Recording Academy boss ousted days before Grammys
In 2018, the Grammy Awards sparked a controversy over Recording Academy boss Neil Portnow’s comments about women needing to “step up” in the music industry. Two years on, the event […]