Recording Academy President and CEO Harvey Mason Jr., a Black man himself, has seemed exceedingly cognizant of these criticisms and attempted to keep the organization from resting on its decaying ...
It’s one thing for Beyoncé to win the night’s most prestigious award. It’s another to win for 'Cowboy Carter.' ...
But for Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. and the executive producer of the Grammy Awards Ben Winston, there was no other option. The show would go on. “We know we’ve got the biggest ...
By Ben Sisario On Jan. 8, as wildfires were spreading across Los Angeles, Harvey Mason Jr., the head of the Grammy Awards, looked out the window of his home in the Hollywood Hills and saw smoke ...
Earlier in the night, while welcoming back the Weeknd, CEO Harvey Mason Jr. touted how the Academy had “completely re-made our membership” this decade, adding younger members, more people of ...
Not only that, but the academy has repeatedly emphasized — including on Sunday’s show, where Chief Executive Harvey Mason Jr. hammered the point in a speech — that its electorate has evolved by ...
The Academy took these critiques seriously. On Sunday, current Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. took the stage to address efforts the Academy had made in recent years to improve diversity ...
(The academy and its chief executive, Harvey Mason Jr., scored another win on Sunday by welcoming back the Weeknd, who four years ago assailed the organization over its voting practices and ...
Sunday's edition suggests something may have shifted. Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. appeared onstage to address “some real criticism” facing the organization behind the Grammys.
And even though Beyonce became the top Grammy winner of ... membership — the end result of a long campaign by CEO Harvey Mason Jr. and the organization’s board to diversify and youth-ify ...