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It's Time for the Grammys to Abolish the 33% Rule (Guest Column) Ross Golan, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail This column by songwriter-producer Ross Golan — who has worked with Ariana Grande, Maroon 5, Celine Dion, Justin Bieber and many others and is also creator and host of the “And the Writer Is” podcast — calls for the Recording Academy to change the “33% rule” it uses to determine which contributors to an album receive an award. Variety welcomes suitable and responsible guest columns, to submit please email music@variety.com. Pardon the sports analogy, but imagine a World...

Colleges across Texas shift spring break plans in light of COVID-19 FacebookTwitterEmail A youthful crowd dances to music by a DJ on the beach at Port Aransas. Spring Break has hit Port Aransas in a big way and it will only get bigger during the coming weekend when University of Texas and Texas State will start their spring break, on March 12, 2020.Bob Owen, Staff-photographer / Bob Owen As if COVID-19 hasn't taken enough from us, colleges across Texas have canceled or shifted spring break in light of the virus. Bummer. Texas A&M University is giving students a three-day weekend beginning Mar...

Skip to main content Boom Boom Wow! The Black Eyed Peas Just Landed Their Fourth No. 1 on Latin Airplay Chart Cata Balzano, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Want proof of Latin’s reach? Look no further than pop collective Black Eyed Peas, whose Spanglish album “Translation,” released in June 2020, has yielded four No. 1s on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart in the past 14 months. Do you need to be Latin to create a Latin album? The group proves that you don’t. More from Variety Beyond being a bilingual project, Will.i.am, Apl.de.ap and Taboo’s “Translation” is predominantly inf...

TAMIU's Akikuni honored at A&M summit on diversity, equity and inclusion Courtesy of TAMIU FacebookTwitterEmail Akikuni/ The Texas A&M University System has named Texas A&M International University associate director of marketing Mika Akikuni one of 11 faculty and professional honorees recognized within the A&M System at its Second Annual Chancellor’s Summit on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awards Ceremony. The Chancellor’s Summit on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, which brought together faculty and staff from A&M System universities to discuss diversity, equity and inclusion initiativ...

From Blackpink to Top Execs: Women in Music Who Have Made an Impact in Global Entertainment Mark Sutherland, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail The world has changed tremendously since Variety‘s last International Women’s Impact Report a year ago: The COVID-19 pandemic shut down business around the globe and accelerated the shift toward streamed entertainment. The music industry has felt the impact of the pandemic more than many — particularly live entertainment — but it has rose to meet those challenges, and the music artists and executives featured in Variety‘s larger Internation...