By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D.,BlackPressUSA.comThe internet is buzzing with news that Canadian songstress Deborah Cox will become the first Black woman inducted into Canada’s Music Hall of Fame. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) announced award-winning recording artists and world-renowned Broadway, television, film and fashion icon, Deborah Cox will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the 2022 JUNO Awards. Cox will be the first Black woman to receive the national honor. Cox was honored with the Black Music Honors’ Entertainer Icon Award in 2020, in recognition of her 25 ground-breaking years in the music industry. The 2022 JUNO Awards will be broadcast and streamed live across Canada, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Listen, and globally at CBCMusic.ca/junos and CBC Music’s Facebook, YouTube and Twitter pages.

Source: CBC News April 08, 2022 17:04 UTC