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Delirious_Beard posted...

i mean did people really need for this to be exposed

it was kind of obvious

I gave a tl:dr. A lot more stuff was mentioned. That probably deserves its own thread. Taylor Swift was supposed to perform but backed out over the stuff the CEO said happened. Here is an article for those interested that tries to sum it up. I will try quoting a part of it.

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a30647659/deborah-dugan-grammys-controversy/

Dugan mentions in her claims that memorable artists such as Beyonc, Kanye West, Mariah Carey, and Frank Ocean were snubbed in previous years, and that the biggest awards tend to go to rock, country, and pop artists. She then outlined how the Grammy voting process is allegedly tainted. Submissions for awards are first voted on by the members of the Academy, and then the top 20 entries are reviewed by smaller committees to narrow down the list to the final five to eight nominees for each category, Dugan's file explains. But, according to her complaint, the board uses the committees to promote artists they have relationships with, and "manipulates the nominations process" to include songs that Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich wants performed during the ceremony. The board has even given nominations to submissions that weren't in the top 20 list at all, per the filing. This year, that happened with 30 nominees. When proposals regarding the need for a more inclusive approach to the Grammy Awards were presentedspecifically from Tina Tchen, the former chief of staff for Michelle Obama and head of the Grammy Task Force on Diversity and Inclusionone board member said to Dugan, "this is bullshit," according to the complaint. When asked if the public should view the Grammys as a rigged awards ceremony during an interview on Good Morning America, Dugan responded, Im saying that the system should be transparent and there are instances of conflicts of interest that has tainted the results.

Dugan alleged that former Recording Academy CEO Neil Portnowwho stepped down in 2019 after being widely criticized for telling women to step up to win Grammysraped a foreign recording artist, who is also a member of the Academy, after the artists performance at Carnegie Hall. The woman isnt identified by name, but the lawsuit states that according to the her attorney, a psychiatrist confirmed that the sexual encounter between her and Mr. Portnow was likely not consensual. Dugan said she learned of the rape allegation in May 2019 during a meeting with the Grammys board of directors, which took place before her tenure as chief executive officially began. The news was presented to Ms. Dugan as though the Board had just learned of the allegation, her lawyers said. In reality they were well aware of the allegation at the time Ms. Dugan agreed to take on the CEO position, but never told her.

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