10 powerful music documentaries celebrating Black artists to watch this Black History Month

2020 Billboard Music Awards finally aired on Wednesday — after being delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic — and the wait was worth it.

Kelly Clarkson returned to host the 2020 Billboard Music Awards for the third consecutive year and she did not disappoint. The former “American Idol” standout and now-daytime talk show host opened up the show with a stunning display of the late Whitney Houston’s “Higher Love” and was joined by the legendary Prince protégé Sheila E.

Kelly Clarkson hits the stage for a performance to open the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, which aired on Wednesday (October 14) from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Kelly Clarkson opened the 2020 Billboard Music Awards with an unforgettable performance. The singer wowed viewers at home with a touching cover of Whitney Houston’s “Higher Love.«Clarkson was joined by two-time BBMA nominees Pentatonix and renowned drummer, and Prince's protege, Sheila E, and the performers rocked the stage and set the tone for the show to come.Wednesday's show marks Clarkson's third consecutive time helming the BBMAs, and her first time hitting the awards show stage since her

CMT Music Awards! The annual fan-voted country music awards show takes place on Oct.

John Lewis: Good Trouble, which was released in July, only two weeks before the civil rights hero passed away. Porter wasn’t even finished with post-production edits on John Lewis before she started filming another prescient project—a documentary about photojournalist , Instagram’s resident Trump troller and the former Chief Official White House photographer under President Obama.

Blackpink: Light Up the Sky, the new Netflix documentary that traces the K-pop group's meteoric rise to fame, rapper Jennie drops a simple, yet vulnerable confession that struck me: During a session with her pilates teacher, Jennie makes a casual, off-the-cuff comment about the instructor being a friend. “One of the few that I have,” she adds.It’s one of several surprisingly candid moments throughout the 80-minute film, which aims to give the four young women who make up , K-pop or otherwise, a

2020 Billboard Music Awards! After being postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic, the annual awards ceremony will now take place on Wednesday, and in addition to honoring some of today's top artists, the show will also feature some A-list performers. Clarkson, the show's host, will open the ceremony with a performance of Whitney Houston’s “Higher Love." She'll be joined by two-time BBMA nominees Pentatonix and renowned drummer, and Prince's protege, Sheila E.In addition, Clark's fellow coach,

performance. As she paused in the middle of the song, the sound of gunshots rang out and bullet holes were plastered on the set, immediately calling to mind how .

£257million grant in the first wave of funding from the government’s Cultural Recovery Fund.Over 1,385 theatres, museums and cultural organisations across England have benefitted from the £257million grant – the largest chunk of the government’s £1.57billion bailout fund to date, helping venue and cultural spaces to weather the storm of being forced to close due to coronavirus restrictions.

The Doc N Roll music documentary festival will return for its seventh edition next month, with screenings taking place in cinemas and online.The festival will officially open on 4 Nov at the BFI Southbank in London, with a screening of ‘Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day’, looking at the career of Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones.

Dolly Parton is opening up about the first time she heard Whitney Houston’s version of “I Will Always Love You”.

October marks Black History Month, where we celebrate Black culture and pay homage to forgotten historical figures.To mark the month, a series of TV shows featuring some of our favourite stars will be hitting our screens. Alison Hammond is going back in time to learn all about key black historical figures who have been forgotten from our history books in her brand new documentary, Back To School.

Can Black History be confined to just ONE month? No, it is abundant and relevant all year! Since 1987, October has been set aside to shine a light on unknown or “whitewashed” Black heroes of the past. As British Ghanaians, we, the founders of Afro Leads (@afro_leads) are happy to embrace this month and are honoured to share what Black history means to us.