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Monday, 6 February 2023

Beyoncé sets a new record for Grammy victories + Management research doesn’t rely much on practical examples

Beyoncé is now the most decorated Grammy artist in history. Beyoncé left the 65th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles last night with four awards, becoming the biggest Grammy laureate of all time with an unrivaled trophy collection of 32 golden gramophones, the Washington Post reports. Her awards included best R&B song for “Cuff It,” dance/electronic music recording for “Break My Soul,” traditional R&B performance for “Plastic Off the Sofa” and dance/electronic album for “Renaissance.”

But fans still think she was “robbed”: While Beyoncé has been nominated for album of the year several times — including for “Renaissance” last night — the top prize has never made it to her collection, sparking debates about the music industry’s failure to recognize black artists. “For the past 20 years and counting, the Recording Academy has routinely failed to recognize Black artists at their creative peaks,” writes the Post.

The night’s most coveted prize went to Harry Styles: It was “Harry’s House” by former One Direction heart-throb Harry Styles that earned album of the year.

Other noteworthy awards:

  • Bonnie Raitt took home the Grammy for song of the year for Just Like That.
  • Lizzo won record of the year for About Damn Time.
  • The new artist of the year award went to Samara Joy.
  • Adele won the award for best pop solo performance for Easy On Me.
  • Kendrick Lamar won best rap album for Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.
  • Ozzy Osbourne won best rock album for Patient Number 9.

You can check out the full list of nominees and prizewinners on the Grammy website.


When will management research transition from scholarly journals to actual offices? Management research costs upwards of USD 4 bn a year, according to estimates from the business school accreditation body AACSB, but very little seems to impact what happens in actual corporate offices and boardrooms, the Financial Times reports. “There is a lot of money and expertise in universities, but a lot of research is not going to market or takes too long,” one expert tells the salmon-colored paper, pointing out a “relevance gap” between academic researchers and real-world practitioners.

Case in point: Research published between 2015 and 2020 largely failed to anticipate the effects of the pandemic on the economy or management styles, a study published in the Social Science Research Network. Textbooks taught to business students also included a lot of praise for disgraced companies like Enron, before it collapsed on the back of fraudulent practices.

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