On Friday (Jan. 5), The Recording Academy announced their 2024 Special Merit Award honorees, including the six musical acts who will receive the GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award. This year’s Lifetime Achievement honorees include Donna Summer, Gladys Knight, N.W.A., Laurie Anderson, Tammy Wynette, and The Clark Sisters.   “The Academy is honored to pay tribute to this year’s […]

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Donna Summer’s closest family and friends gathered to lay her to rest in Nashville, Tennessee today. The exact location and time of the service was kept a secret and cameras were banned from the service, reports CNN. The late singer died last Thursday after a long battle with lung cancer. She was 63. Since her […]

The Tom Joyner Morning Show pays tribute to Donna Summer. LISTEN

Donna Summer’s family will pay their last respects to the disco legend in a private homegoing service for family and close friends. In a statement sent to ESSENCE.com, her publicist Brian Edwards, says reports of a public memorial next week in Nashville are not true and that Summer’s family is planning a private service. “The […]

Don’t miss the Billboard Music Awards Sunday at 8p.m. on ABC. Featured will be performances from Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Justin Bieber, LMFAO, The Wanted, Nelly Furtado, Usher, Linkin Park and Chris Brown. Whitney Houston will be posthumously honored with the Billboard Millennium Award. Jordin Sparks and John Legend will perform a tribute to Whitney, […]

The Queen of Disco will be missed. Her music made you get up and dance and have a good time.

Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco died after her battle with cancer. She was 63-years-old.

Donna Summer, 63, has died after her battle with Cancer, reports TMZ. Summer–The Queen of Disco– passed on this morning in Florida. She was known…