Icon Award winner Diddy takes aim at Recording Academy bosses over hip-hop snubs

The Recording Academy says an investigation of ousted CEO Deborah Dugan’s claims of sexual harassment is underway, among other measures to address the firestorm of controversy that has emerged around the organization in recent weeks, according to a pair of memos from Board of Trustees head Harvey Mason Jr. The memos were distributed Thursday to elected leaders and leaked to members of the media, including Variety.

The Recording Academy says an investigation of ousted CEO Deborah Dugan’s claims of sexual harassment is underway, among other measures to address the firestorm of controversy that has emerged around the organization in recent weeks, according to a pair of memos from Board of Trustees head Harvey Mason Jr. The memos were distributed Thursday to elected leaders and leaked to members of the media, including Variety.

Grunge legend honoured at the ceremony by Radio 1's Annie Mac

Adam Sandler made light of his Oscars snub as he won best actor at the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Aubrey Plaza returned to host the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, kicking off the awards show with a Judy-inspired sketch and onstage musical number.After Jon Hamm interrupted Plaza hallucinating herself transformed into Judy Garland in a pre-taped segment — "Why host an awards show for film when film is fucking dead? What even is film anymore?" Plaza cried mid-breakdown. "No one goes to the theaters.

In response to ousted Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan’s request last week to be released from the arbitration agreement she signed when she took the job, the Academy has agreed to have the dispute heard publicly — however, that agreement is not as liberating as it at first sounds.

It’s been one week since the Grammy Awards, and for many people it’s taken a week even to begin to process all the things that happened in the deranged ten days leading up to the show, let alone try to figure out where things currently stand.

Latin Notas is a weekly news summary, compiled by Billboard's Latin editors, about new songs, videos, concert announcements and what Latin artists are doing in the world of entertainment.J Balvin to Receive Special Award at Premio Lo Nuestro 2020Colombian recording artist J Balvin will receive the Icono Mundial (Global Icon) award at Premio Lo Nuestro 2020, Univision has announced. Balvin, who is nominated in nine categories this year, is also performing a medley of his hits.

J Balvin is ready to kick off 2020!

Courtney Love has been named as the recipient of the Icon Award at the NME Awards 2020.

At Sunday night's Grammy Awards (Jan. 26), Finneas O'Connell turned out to be a major winner — Billie Eilish's brother and producer snagged five Grammys in one evening, including song, record and album of the year, along with producer of the year and best engineered album.

Fresh off his win at the2020 GRAMMY Awards, DJ Khaled shared his reaction to Sean «Diddy» Combs calling out the Recording Academy’s lack of diversity. 

Even before Grammy Salute to Icons Award honoree Sean “Diddy” Combs took the troubled Recording Academy to task at the Pre-Grammy Gala Saturday night (Jan. 25), the evening had made its mark as one of the most memorable in the history of the prestigious Clive Davis and Academy-hosted event.

Diddy was recognized with the 2020 Grammy Salute to Industry Icons Award during the Recording Academy and Clive Davis’ annual Pre-GRAMMY Gala on Saturday. 

The Recording Academy Task Force for Diversity and Inclusion, which issued a blistering statement Friday criticizing the Academy for failing to act on the recommendations put forward in its report last month, on Sunday morning issued a statement saying that it will “continue to work with the leadership at the Academy to urgently enact reforms that will last, including those outlined this morning by Board Chair Harvey Mason, Jr., which are a first step toward this renewed effort.”

When Sean “Diddy” Combs accepted the Salute to Industry Icons Award at the Clive Davis and Recording Academy’s Pre-Grammy Gala last evening (Jan. 25), he brought the elephant in the room—the broiling controversy surrounding the Academy—front and center. Catching everyone in the Beverly Hilton Hotel ballroom by surprise, he threw down his own gauntlet to the Academy on behalf of artists and other music industry creatives: “You’ve got 365 days’ notice to get this sh-t together.”

In the wake of legal disputes surrounding the Recording Academy, Diddy took on the institution while accepting the Salute to Industry Icons Award at a pre-Grammy gala on January 25. Toward the end of his 40-minute speech, he called out the lack of diversity and transparency at the Grammys.

WhenSean “Diddy” Combsaccepted the Salute to Industry Icons Award at the Clive Davis and Recording Academy’s Pre-Grammy Gala Saturday evening, he brought the elephant in the room — the broiling controversy surrounding the Academy — front and center.