Grammys

The Grammy Awards telecast is airing Sunday evening. The Recording Academy says that nothing should overshadow the night, but allegations from its ousted female president and CEO suggest otherwise.

The EEOC discrimination complaint filed by Deborah Dugan, the Recording Academy's first female chief, contains several allegations that could undermine the prestige of the prizes.

Lizzo was nominated across five of the night's top categories, including best new artist. Billie Eilish is also up for that coveted prize along with Lil Nas X and Tank & The Bangas.

Adele's attempt to share her album of the year Grammy with Beyoncé on Sunday was a gesture that held within it a history of privilege and power that listeners and institutions alike reckon with.

Adele swept the major categories over Beyoncé, David Bowie posthumously won every award he was nominated for and the Grammys sometimes obliquely addressed a charged political climate.

In an interview, Lang Lang said he first laid eyes on a piano when he was just two years old, in a Tom and Jerry cartoon on an old black and white…