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Former Grammys CEO Deborah Dugan reaches private settlement with Recording Academy
• 4 years agoDugan was fired days before the 2020 Grammys. She has since said the awards show was rigged and muddled with conflicts of interest.
Grammy Officials have retracted open arbitration hearing promise, claim ousted former CEO Deborah Dugan's lawyers
• 4 years agoCEO Harvey Mason Jr had previously promised transparency, claiming “The Recording Academy has absolutely nothing to hide”
The Recording Academy widening nomination ambit for Album of the Year acknowledges all contributors, invites mediocrity
Lgo • 4 years agoIf the Recording Academy truly wants to effect change, then it should consider a separate category like Songwriter of the Year.
Grammy Awards 2021 to be hosted by Trevor Noah of The Daily Show, announces The Recording Academy
Fp Staff • 4 years agoTrevor Noah says he's honoured to be hosting The Grammys, a night "celebrating all of our favourite artists who’ve helped keep us sane while we’re all stuck indoors."
Grammy Awards remain corrupt: The Weeknd criticises The Recording Academy after nominations snub
• 4 years agoThe Weeknd, a three-time Grammy winner, scored zero nominations despite having one of the year’s biggest albums with After Hours
Grammys go Global? Changing World Music category name only masks the guilt for cultural appropriation
Lgo • 4 years agoThe change of category name from 'World' Music to 'Global' music makes the Recording Academy feel like it is truly doing something without really doing much. A non-change, if you will.
Grammy Awards world music category renamed to 'global' to avoid 'connotations of colonialism'
• 4 years agoRecording Academy says it seeks a "more relevant, inclusive' term for the 'World' Music category.
Grammys to implement changes in awards categories and nomination process, announces Recording Academy
• 5 years agoSome of the new changes could be a response to former Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan, who was fired only months into her job and days before the 2020 Grammys, held in January.
Music award shows are inherently imperfect, as Halsey's Grammys snub, Lizzo's AMAs losses suggest
Amit Gurbaxani • 5 years agoEven though fan-voted awards like the AMAs seem less subject to bias than those decided by industry suits, such as the Grammys, their results are strongly linked to an artist’s social media following – and how active those followers are – which can differ greatly from act to act. In other words, there’s no real winning at this game.
#GrammySoMale backlash prompts Recording Academy to appoint task force to address gender gap
Fp Staff • 7 years agoRecording Academy was heavily criticised by a host of female artists who pointed out that only 17 out of 86 Grammy Awards went to women.