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Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Kehlani And More Join Apple Music To Celebrate International Women's Day

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As Apple Music's newest Artist In Residence, Lady Gage has curated an exclusive playlist featuring a roster of all-women artists, including St. Vincent, ROSALÍA, Grimes, Charli XCX, Kelela and many others
John Ochoa
GRAMMYs
Mar 7, 2020 - 1:53 pm

Following the announcement of her new upcoming album, Chromatica, and its coinciding international tour, 11-time GRAMMY-winning pop megastar Lady Gaga now joins Apple Music as its newest Artist In Residence, it was announced today (March 7). Together, the streaming service and "Mother Monster" are celebrating International Women's Day, which takes place this weekend (Sunday, March 8), with the launch of an exclusive new playlist curated by the singer herself. Dubbed Lady Gaga: Women of Choice, the playlist features an all-star roster of all-women artists, including St. Vincent, ROSALÍA, Grimes, Charli XCX, Kelela and many others. 

Lady Gaga joins other female artists and celebrities on playlist duties, including Taylor Swift, Kehlani, Hailee Steinfeld and Halle Berry, among others, who have curated special playlists for Apple Music. 

The celebrity-curated playlists are part of Apple Music's larger rollout for International Women's Day. The platform has refreshed some of its biggest playlists to feature all women, while its popular Essentials collections highlight some of today's leading women in music across all genres and throughout the decades. The streaming service is also spotlighting documentaries on Billie Eilish, H.E.R., Jessie Reyez and Summer Walker as part of its Up Next series as well as radio shows from Charli XCX, Meghan Trainor and others. 

Beats 1, Apple Music's online 24-hour radio station, will deliver a 24-hour female-fronted block of content that will include rebroadcasted in-depth interviews with Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Halsey, FKA twigs and others, as well as special episodes of their branded shows. 

Check out all of Apple Music's International Women's Day content, and make sure to celebrate the women in your life this Women's History Month. 

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Beyoncé headlines Glastonbury 2011

Beyoncé headlines Glastonbury 2011

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BBC To Air Classic Glastonbury Sets From Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Adele, David Bowie, Jay-Z And More In June 2020

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Airing June 25-29, the expansive programming slate celebrates what would have been the festival's 50th anniversary this year
John Ochoa
GRAMMYs
May 27, 2020 - 4:53 pm

U.K. broadcaster BBC has announced it will air an expansive slate of classic Glastonbury performances next month in celebration of what would have been the festival's 50th anniversary. Airing June 25-29, the weekend the festival was supposed to take place before it was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in mid-March, the multi-day broadcast will feature performances from David Bowie, who's 2000 headlining set will air in full for the first time ever, as well as full headlining performances from GRAMMY winners Beyoncé, Adele, Jay-Z and Coldplay, The Guardian reports.

Other performances confirmed to air include sets from Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, Amy Winehouse, The Rolling Stones, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, R.E.M., Arctic Monkeys and many more. 

The broadcast will air in the U.K. on BBC Two and BBC Four as well as on a new pop-up channel on BBC iPlayer, the latter of which will feature more than 60 sets, according to BBC.

The broadcast block will also feature The Best Of BBC Music Introducing At Glastonbury, a specially commissioned film chronicling the rise of several major stars who played the festival's new music stage earlier in their careers like Sheeran, George Ezra, NAO and Celeste, according to The Guardian. BBC will also air Glastonbury, the 2006 documentary and concert film. 

As well, national and local BBC radio stations and the BBC Sounds app will air and feature archived performances and new interviews.

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"I'm looking forward to a weekend of reflecting on the history of our festival and going back to some classic performances from David Bowie, Adele, REM, Beyoncé, the Rolling Stones, Jay-Z, Billie Eilish and lots more," Glastonbury organizer Emily Eavis told The Guardian. "Me and my dad will definitely be watching." 

Originally set to take place June 24–28 at Worthy Farm, Somerset, U.K., Glastonbury 2020 was to feature headliners and major artists like Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift and Diana Ross, among many other acts.

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Courtesy Photo: GRAMMY Museum

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#DoorsClosedMissionOpen: GRAMMY Museum Staff Curates Daily Playlists To Soundtrack Your COVID-19 Quarantine

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The daily playlists are part of a larger digital initiative from the GRAMMY Museum during the location's temporary closure, which includes never-before-released free digital content from the archives
John Ochoa
GRAMMYs
Apr 2, 2020 - 10:42 am

Like many other businesses, arts organizations and museums around the world, our beloved GRAMMY Museum home base in Los Angeles is currently being impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Since mid-March, the GRAMMY Museum has temporarily closed its doors until further notice for safety and health precautions in light of the coronavirus pandemic. 

But while the location may be physically closed for now, the GRAMMY Museum's mission of cultivating a greater understanding of the history and significance of music remains wide open and alive online. And they're keeping that mission at the forefront in the best way they know how: music. 

As part of their ongoing digital initiatives, the music-loving staff at the GRAMMY Museum is sharing exclusive Spotify playlists to soundtrack your daily life during this time of social distancing. Updated daily at 10 a.m. PT, the playlists are curated by staff members from across the GRAMMY Museum team in an effort to keep all employees engaged with each other and with the Museum's followers and patrons during this closure. 

Featuring selections from everyone from guest services and security team members to the executive team and spotlighting everything from disco hits and Afrobeat to classic rock and Latin trap, the playlists highlight the wide range of personal tastes reflected in the Museum's diverse staff and honor the genres and artists both the Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum celebrate every day in our missions.

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"Once we made the decision to temporarily close our doors, it was a priority for me that we maintain staff engagement as much as possible," GRAMMY Museum President Michael Sticka said. "Asking each member of our staff to curate their own playlists has been one way that we've been able to do that. For me personally, I have loved getting to know our staff better by listening to their music choices and hearing their personalities shine through! I'm proud that we have been able to build a digital museum that properly continues each pillar of our mission, including public programs, education and virtual exhibits. Our digital museum has been a key element of our strategic plan for some time now, so I'm happy that all of these initiatives will continue after we re-open our doors. For the time being, our doors may be closed, but our mission isn't and we look forward to continuing to bring music content to the general public during this time and into the future."

The daily playlists are part of a larger digital initiative from the GRAMMY Museum during the location's temporary closure, which includes never-before-released free digital content from the archives. The newly announced lineup of April 2020 programming includes exclusive content from Tanya Tucker, Ben Platt, Common, Los Tigres del Norte, Courtney Barnett and many more. They join previously announced programs featuring Billie Eilish and FINNEAS, Greta Van Fleet and Kool & The Gang, making this April a can't-miss event for the GRAMMY Museum's digital content public programming. 

This month, the GRAMMY Museum will also debut the Digital Exhibit Series, exhibit slideshows featuring past exhibitions and museum installations, featuring Jenni Rivera, Whitney Houston, Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. 

The Museum's Public Programs digital series features intimate sit-down interviews with artists and musicians in its 200-seat Clive Davis Theater from past programs. Since the Museum opened 12 years ago, it has offered more than 900 Public Programs.

Additionally, the Museum continues to release digital educational content and lesson plans titled GRAMMY In The Schools Mini-Lessons, continuing its mission of paying tribute to our musical heritage and bringing our community together through music.

In all, the Museum is releasing new content every day of the week, with GRAMMY In The Schools Mini-Lessons on Sundays and Tuesdays, Digital Public Program Series on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday and Digital Exhibit Series on Friday. Thursdays are Member Engagement Nights. Exclusive for Museum members, these special nights include an Album Club, which is an interactive experience similar to a book club, except members listen to music instead of reading books.

To experience all the Museum At Home digital content and to view the full programming schedule, visit the GRAMMY Museum website, where you can also find more information about the organization and its programs.

GRAMMY Museum's April Online Lineup: Tanya Tucker, Ben Platt, Common, Los Tigres Del Norte & More

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Lady Gaga attends 2019 Screen Actors Guild Awards

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Lady Gaga To Release 'Channel Kindness' Anthology Book September 2020

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Released via her Born This Way Foundation, the book features personal notes from Mother Monster as well as 51 "inspirational stories" written by contributors to the nonprofit organization's Channel Kindness digital platform
John Ochoa
GRAMMYs
Mar 12, 2020 - 2:02 pm

This fall, pop icon Lady Gaga will release a new anthology book, "Channel Kindness: Stories Of Kindness And Community." Out Sept. 22 via her Born This Way Foundation (BTWF)—the nonprofit organization she and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, founded in 2011—the forthcoming book comprises 51 essays written by contributors to BTWF's Channel Kindness initiative, the foundation's digital platform.

"Channel Kindness," which also includes personal notes from Mother Monster herself, features "inspirational stories written by young people" that "prove that kindness saves lives, builds community, and is a transformational force with never-ending ripple effects," Gaga's mom said about the book.

Mama Germanotta continued, "Since the inception of Born This Way Foundation, our team has always placed the experiences and perspectives of young people at the center of our work. I'm thankful to my daughter for being vulnerable and brave in sharing her story, for empowering others to do the same, and for providing youth with a storytelling platform that allows them to feel validated, appreciated, and loved. Through the years, we have heard a countless number of these stories, filled with compassion, bravery, and resilience, from youth all over the world, proving that kindness truly is our universal language. ['Channel Kindness'] is a collection of those stories, and we're so excited to share it with you!"

"Within these pages, you'll meet young changemakers who found their inner strength, prevailed in the face of bullies, started their own social movements, and decided to break through the mental health stigma," a statement regarding the book reads. "These storytellers share how they felt, created safe spaces for LGBTQ+ youth, and embraced kindness with every fiber of their being by helping others without the expectation of anything in return."

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"'Channel Kindness' is the embodiment of the everyday acts of kindness that uplift communities and instill a sense of hope in each of us," Lady Gaga told O, The Oprah Magazine. "If these stories inspire one act of kindness, then we've accomplished our mission. We can't do it alone, and here is a book that shows we aren't."

"Channel Kindness" follows several new major projects and recent announcements from Lady Gaga. Following the release of her new upcoming album, Chromatica, out next month (April 10), the 11-time GRAMMY winner will head out on the coinciding international Chromatica Ball Tour in late July. Last week (March 7), she became Apple Music's newest Artist In Residence and launched a curated playlist featuring all-women artists in celebration of International Women's Day. 

Pre-orders for Lady Gaga's "Channel Kindness: Stories Of Kindness And Community" book are available now.

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The Recording Academy Establishes Black Music Collective

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The newly launched collective comprises a group of prominent Black music creators and professionals who share the common goal of amplifying Black voices within the Recording Academy and the wider music community
Recording Academy
Sep 3, 2020 - 6:30 am

The Recording Academy has today (Sept. 3) announced the creation of its Black Music Collective (BMC), a group of prominent Black music creators and professionals who share the common goal of amplifying Black voices within the Academy and the wider music community.

As part of the Recording Academy's commitment to evolving hand-in-hand with its membership, BMC will serve as a space for members to speak openly about new and emerging opportunities in Black music across all genres and identify ways to drive more representation.

The launch of BMC follows the Recording Academy's recent partnership with Color Of Change, the nation's largest online racial justice organization, in July, which set forth to create a Black music advisory group. The BMC fulfills this promise and is bringing together creators and business leaders to create a pipeline of future industry trailblazers. Leaders will meet regularly and initiate programs that will encourage participation and accelerate Black membership in the Recording Academy.

Jeffrey Harleston, Jimmy Jam, Quincy Jones, Debra Lee, John Legend, and Sylvia Rhone will serve as honorary chairs of the BMC. A distinguished leadership committee will be confirmed in the coming weeks and will work in sync with the honorary chairs to propel the collective's mission. Recording Academy Trustee Riggs Morales and Washington, D.C., Chapter Executive Director Jeriel Johnson will lead the initiative internally. 

"The Black Music Collective is necessary to help drive the Recording Academy into a new era. Creating an open space for Black music creators can only benefit our membership as a whole," Harvey Mason jr., Chair and Interim President/CEO of the Recording Academy, said. "Through the past few months, I've been personally invested in propelling this collective along with Chapter leadership within the Academy. Together, we will elevate Black music creators within our organization and the industry at large." 

"As Black music continues to drive culture, it is essential we grow and maintain representation within the Academy and the music industry," Valeisha Butterfield Jones, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer of the Recording Academy, said. "We're thrilled to help develop the leaders of tomorrow with impactful educational and experiential programs that we will announce in coming weeks."

In March 2018, the Recording Academy established a third-party task force to examine issues of diversity and inclusion within the Academy and the broader music community. The Academy has since taken action on the Task Force's initial assessment and recommendations and has made additional strides to facilitate a culture of belonging while recognizing the need to focus on underrepresented communities. Recent initiatives include the hiring of a Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, a $1 million donation to Color Of Change, alignment with #TheShowMustBePaused movement created by Jamila Thomas (Atlantic Records) and Brianna Agyemang (Platoon), and the development of an industry Inclusion Rider and Toolkit to be released later this year.

Stay up to date on the Recording Academy's progress, future announcements and recent initiatives on diversity and inclusion.

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