The Peabody recognizes excellence in television, radio and digital broadcasting for the past 76 years, and this year, there are four winning works in Peabody Awards’ entertainment and documentary categories that have music connections, two of which include Beyonce & Donald Glover.
Beyoncé won the award for her visual and compelling work for “Lemonade,” which was highly recognized and supported by fans and the jurors just one year after its release. The album since its release has won 2 out of 7 Grammy nominations, and continues to break records.
“Lemonade draws from the prolific literary, musical, cinematic, and aesthetic sensibilities of black cultural producers to create a rich tapestry of poetic innovation,” the committee wrote in a statement. “The audacity of its reach and fierceness of its vision challenges our cultural imagination, while crafting a stunning and sublime masterpiece about the lives of women of color and the bonds of friendship seldom seen or heard in American popular culture.”
Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, won for his FX television show “Atlanta,” which has owned its own buzz during 2016, not only among its audience, but also with acting academies, with winning two Golden Globes last year.
“Donald Glover’s enchanting series on the struggles of two young black men trying to make it in Atlanta’s rap scene blends vibrant character study and rich socio-political commentary in delivering a detailed and textured exploration of a Southern city,” the judges noted.
Peabody Awards documentary winners were announced on Tuesday. Of the 12 recipients, two are music documentaries. Banger Films’ “Hip-Hop Evolution” was recognized by jurors for being “an entertaining, consummate history of hip-hop music told in a series of interviews with influential MCs, DJs and moguls who were there at the beginning of the genre’s birth and through its dynamic evolution.”
The winners for News, Radio/Podcast, Children’s, Education and Public Service categories will be announced on April 25th. The ceremony takes place on May 20th at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.