"I think it has to begin with women who have the creativity in their hearts and their souls who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, who want to be producers, who want to be part of the industry on an executive level to step up. Portnow had told reporters backstage that he believes increased visibility on the shows with more women who "step up" to become part of the industry. "When we celebrate and honour the talent and accomplishments of women, and how much women STEP UP every year, against all odds, we show the next generation of women and girls and boys and men what it means to be equal, and what it looks like to be fair (sic)," she wrote.īruno Mars emerged biggest winner at the Grammys scoring seven awards, closely followed by Kendrick Lamar who took home five trophies. "Women in music don't need to 'step up' - women have been stepping since the beginning of time. Pink shared a handwritten note on Twitter, in which she called out Portnow saying "women have been stepping since the beginning of time". Remarking on only two female artistes Alessia Cara and Rihanna bagging the golden gramophone, the Grammys head had said women in the music industry need to "step up".
Singer Pink has criticised Recording Academy president Neil Portnow for his comments on lack of women winners at the recently-concluded Grammy Awards.
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