Tanya Young Williams, 02.21.2012

TV Personality, Inspirational Speaker, Author, Legal Correspondent, Mother

Whitney Houston was a crowing jewel of the African-American community. On the red carpet at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards, the passionate expressions of overwhelming loss were intimate and personal.

David Wild, 02.17.2012

TV Writer; Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone; Co-Author, 'Diary of a Player"'

As Whitney Houston's family and loved ones gather to remember and to mourn her this weekend, here are the songs that I will listen to as I remember a woman who brought so much love and solace to millions around the world with a voice that will likely outlive us all.

J.D. Bell, 02.17.2012

Let's not think of it as a defense of Brown. Let's consider it a plea for worthier troubled souls.

Carol Orsborn, 02.15.2012

CEO, FierceWithAge, Spirituality for Grownups

I no longer view being old as an ending to my involvement in life in a vital and powerful way. Rather, I see it as the initiation of a new life stage during which I am freer than ever to achieve my true human potential.

Nico Lang, 02.14.2012

Co-Creator and Co-Editor, In Our Words

When the Grammys celebrate a space where women are not safe and then bring that space into our homes, we have a duty to do more than shut off our televisions.

Nancy Berk, Ph.D., 02.14.2012

Clinical Psychologist, Comic, Author

Facing a long solo road trip from Pittsburgh to New Haven this November (unless you count Bob the Chihuahua sleeping in the back seat) I seized the opportunity to finally choose the music and bought Adele's 21 CD.

Lucas Kavner, 02.14.2012

Culture Reporter, Huffington Post

After the Grammy Awards, countless Twitter users were stumped, asking the age old question: "Who is Paul McCartney?" This is a helpful list of Paul McCartney's many accomplishments over the years.

Briallen Hopper, 02.14.2012

Briallen teaches and preaches at Yale

The Chris Brown story illustrates real problems with the way Americans understand forgiveness and redemption. Too often, American-style forgiveness is a kind of forgetting.

Christian Piatt, 02.14.2012

Author, editor, speaker

There will always be sensational outliers in the world of pop music. But for every Chris Brown, there is a Bon Iver; for every Lady Gaga, there is a Mumford and Sons.

Sophia A. Nelson, 02.13.2012

Award Winning Author; culture & style columnist for NBC's theGRIO.com, Essence Magazine, and USA TODAY Contributor, NPR

As a teenage black girl growing up in southern New Jersey in the 1980s, Whitney Houston was someone unimaginable to me: young, black, beautiful, talented and energetic. She set a new standard for Gen X, she was our Diana Ross, our Billie Holiday.

Brian Levin, J.D., 02.13.2012

Director, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, California State University

This weekend saw one of those poignant front-page contrasts of emergent triumph and final tragedy that leaves fans of sports and music with exuberant joy and deep sorrow.

Zorianna Kit, 02.12.2012

www.zoriannakit.tv

With Grammys on Sunday night, gifting suites were abound in Hollywood and celebrities turned up to get their fair share of goodies.

Matt Wilstein, 02.12.2012

Founder, Gotcha Media

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert may have been off this week, but between the Super Bowl, the Grammy Awards and Rick Santorum's surprise sweep of Tuesd...

Michael Giltz, 02.12.2012

Freelance writer

I've traveled to the future and can reassure you that Adele will have a fun night at the Grammys on Sunday. Her album is one of those inevitable triumphs at an awards show that feels right.

Steve Stoute, 02.10.2012

Founder and CEO; Translation

The very meaning of the Grammy, excellence in musical artistry, is a testament to the hard work, sacrifice, and genius that recording artists bring to their craft. While to the viewer it may seem as if it is just a show, to the artists it is significantly more profound.

Andy Plesser, 02.09.2012

CBS is kicking off a robust slate of pre-Grammys programming online starting on Friday February 10 for the three days leading up to the music industr...