Music's Biggest Fight: 7 Things to Know as Recording Academy Shakeup Casts Shadow Over Grammys

No, ladies and gentlemen, it wasn’t a dream. The Oscar results are actually real.

Did you know only 2% of popular music is produced by women? The disconcerting statistic from a 2019 Annenberg Initiative study is the focus of a powerful new video from the Recording Academy and She Is the Music, in conjunction with the Diversity & Inclusion Task Force, and it's premiering exclusively on Billboard above.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has received several complaints about the Recording Academy’s governance structure and his office is now taking a closer look at the Grammys organization, multiple sources tell Billboard.

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.

Dugan was placed on administrative leave earlier this month

The 2020 Grammy Awards are over, but the turmoil between the Recording Academy and its embattled president/CEO, Deborah Dugan, rages on. And Dugan wants it to happen in plain sight. In a letter sent to the academy's executive committee of the board Wednesday (Jan. 29), Dugan asks to be rele

By Joe Utichi

On Sunday, the biggest of the biggest stars from the music industry descended to attend the popular Grammys. The 71st edition of the award show was attended by many celebs to celebrate the year's achievements in music.

Music's biggest night hit all the right notes!

Rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs took aim at the beleaguered Recording Academy bosses for their treatment of hip-hop acts as he accepted one of the organisation’s top prizes on Saturday (25Jan20).

Many who tuned into Sunday's Grammy Awards did so with anticipation to see how music's biggest night would handle the scandal that has embroiled the Recording Academy in the week leading up to its annual telecast.With the awards show kicking off only hours after the tragic news that NBA legend Kobe Bryant — along with his 13-yeard-old daughter Gianna, and seven others — had died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, Alicia Keys opened the ceremony with an emotional tribute to the

The morning afterSean “Diddy” Combsadmonished the Recording Academyto “get this shit together” at Saturday night’s Clive Davisand Recording Academy’s Pre-Grammy Gala, the 25,000 members of the organization woke to a missive from interim CEO and board chairHarvey Mason Jr.detailing specific steps to become more inclusive and diverse.In the memo, released the Sunday of the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, songwriter/producer Mason announced five initiatives, many of them based on recommendations from

Sean “Diddy” Combs slammed the Recording Academy before a star-studded crowd at the annual Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala on Saturday night, saying that hip-hop and black music have “never been respected by the Grammys,” ironically as he accepted his award as the 2020 Grammy Salute to Industry Icons honoree at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles.

Taylor Swift planned to deliver a surprise performance at the Grammys on Sunday but has since pulled out due to sexism allegations within the Recording Academy, according to a report.

Mickey Smith Jr. of Maplewood Middle School in Sulphur, La.

Days before the biggest music night commences, the Grammys 2020 is already surrounded by a set of controversies. For the unversed, the Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan was sacked just a few weeks ago before the annual awards show.

By Erik Pedersen

Ousted Recording Academy president/CEO Deborah Dugan appeared on Thursday's Good Morning America (Jan. 23), where she detailed the reasons behind the discrimination complaint she filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Tuesday (Jan.