Black Music Action Coalition Launched by Top Managers, Attorneys, Execs

The Recording Academy has partnered with Color of Change, the nation's largest online racial justice organization, to promote social change within the music industry. To kick off the partnership, the Recording Academy has made a $1 million donation to the non-profit. The organizations will work together to identify key opportunities to drive change in the music i

Prolific provocateur Onur Tukel, whose The Misogynists was among the first theatrical releases crippled by COVID-19 shutdowns, has a second feature ready just in time for the "we're reopening — oops, never mind" frustrations of July 2020.

Billboard hope to uplift and empower African Americans during this cloudy and dubious time. For the month of June, Billboard had artists provide a playlist designed to remedy the heartaches endured by the Black community.Newly-signed Warner Records vocalist Bren Joy is the last artist to whip up a hearty playlist for us, one that centers on finding "love ourselves and our community as a whole.""During these times, it’s extremely important to feel and embrace.

Billboard hope to uplift and empower African Americans during this cloudy and dubious time. For the month of June, Billboard had artists provide a playlist designed to remedy the heartaches endured by the Black community.Fresh off the release of his latest Lyrics to Go episode No.

This year, Black Music Month took a different turn. Because of the horrific deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and more at the hands of police, we at Billboard hope to uplift and empower African Americans during this cloudy and dubious time. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the remainder of the month, an artist will provide a playlist designed to remedy the heartaches endured by the Black community.

A coalition of artists and music industry executives has come together in the US to demand action is taken to deal with “long-standing racial inequities in the business”.The Black Music Action Coalition wants music and streaming companies to make tangible commitments to address inequities within their own organisations.

This year, Black Music Month took a different turn. Because of the horrific deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and more at the hands of police, we at Billboard hope to uplift and empower African Americans during this cloudy and dubious time. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the remainder of the month, an artist will provide a playlist designed to remedy the heartaches endured by the Black community.

Billboard hope to uplift and empower African Americans during this cloudy and dubious time. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the remainder of the month, an artist will provide a playlist designed to remedy the heartaches endured by the Black community.Today (June 22), singer Andra Day hopes to provide peace to those zapped of energy and in need of mental restoration.

Clarence Avant and Quincy Jones along with Azoff Company chairman/CEO Irving Azoff and entertainment attorney Ron Sweeney."Many have come together in the past to address rampant racism in our business and society," states Avant in a release announcing the coalition’s launch.

(CNN)June is Black Music Month and with all that's happening in our culture, the timing feels particularly strong.Here's a list of just a few of the artists who should be celebrated and whose art advocates against racial injustice: Janelle Monáe Considered by many to be the heir apparent to the late Prince, Monáe doesn't shy away from sharing what she feels.In 2015, she released "Hell You Talmbout" to call out police brutality.The song featured all the other artists with her on the Wondaland

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorBlack Artists for Freedom, a new coalition of more than 1,000 actors, musicians, filmmakers, painters, poets and others, launched Friday with a powerful statement on the occasion of Juneteenth, the holiday that celebrates the official end of slavery in the U.S. 155 years ago.Signees include Barry Jenkins, Ava DuVernay, Dee Rees, Trevor Noah, Roxane Gay, Sterling K.

Billboard hope to uplift and empower African Americans during this cloudy and dubious time. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the remainder of the month, an artist will provide a playlist designed to remedy the heartaches endured by the Black community.Following the release of their infectious "Count Me In" single earlier this week (June 17), THEY.

“I Can’t Breathe”: H.E.R. commemorates Juneteenth (June 19) with the release of the compelling new song “I Can’t Breathe” (“I Can’t Breathe”), inspired by the loss of Black lives through police brutality including George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

Taylor Swift, Jessie J and Hozier are among the stars who have donated prizes to Annie Lennox's The Circle Music Auction. Annie's not-for-profit organisation The Circle - which works to empower marginalised women and girls around the world - is raising funds for their Covid-19 Emergency Appeal, 'The Women and Girls Solidarity Fund', through the new charity auction.

This year, Black Music Month takes a different turn. Because of the horrific deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and more, we at Billboard hope to uplift and empower African Americans during this cloudy and dubious time. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the remainder of the month, an artist will provide a playlist designed to remedy the heartaches endured by the Black community.

Annie Lennox enlisted the help of Taylor Swift, Sting, Emeli Sandé, and more as she launched the Circle Music Auction Tuesday.

Annie Lennox, who founded the feminist NGO The Circle in 2008, launched The Circle Music Auction Tuesday (June 16) to raise funds for women around the world who are disproportionally impacted by coronavirus.

John Legend hopes his new album Bigger Love will spread joy to those involved in the Black Lives Matter movement.The All of Me singer is set to release the record later this month, and during a chat with Britain’s Daily Star newspaper during a virtual album-listening party, declared the collection to be a “celebration of black music”.