Time’s Up co-founder is set to work with the Grammys

Tina Tchen will lead a task force to avoid gender bias

Time’s Up co-founder is set to work with the Grammys
Stars Insider

09/03/18 | StarsInsider

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As a way to remove gender bias from next years Grammy Awards, Tina Tchen, the co-founder of the Time's Up initiative, has been recruited to head a task force for the show.

This year, the academy received harsh criticism for lack of female representation. The only woman to win a significant award in 2018 was Alessia Ciara. Additionally Lorde, who was the only female to be nominated for Album of the Year, was also the only artist who wasn't invited to perform at the event.

Neil Portnow, the Recording Academy president, believes that having Tchen lead a 15-20 person task force will create a show free of gender bias.

“The fact that she lacks business ties to the music industry ensures her objectivity as chair,” Neil Portnow said in a statement, according to NME. “In this moment, the Recording Academy can do more than reflect what currently exists; we can help lead the industry into becoming the inclusive music community we want it to be — a responsibility that the board and I take seriously.”

This push towards gender equality is just another example of the immense impact the Time's Up initiative is having on the entertainment industry.

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