Grammy Drama Unfolding Offstage

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Recording Academy President/CEO Deborah Dugan participates in the 62nd Grammy Awards nominations press conference at Studio 43 at CBS Broadcast Center on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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Recording Academy President/CEO Deborah Dugan participates in the 62nd Grammy Awards nominations press conference at Studio 43 at CBS Broadcast Center on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

In 2019, the Grammys replaced longtime CEO Neil Portnow with Deborah Dugan, who has been usurped by Portnow cronies. Dugan was trying to right an organization that has been called a “boys club” for decades along with the seemingly rigged way winners are chosen in certain categories.

The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards airs Sunday, January 26, at 8 PM Eastern on CBS.

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