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On 16 January 2020 the Recording Academy placed president and CEO Deborah Dugan, its first woman in the job, on administrative leave over a misconduct complaint, with Harvey Mason Jr. as interim chief. Days later Dugan filed an EEOC complaint alleging corruption and discrimination, which the Academy disputed.

At the 62nd Grammys at Staples Center, 18-year-old Billie Eilish won Record, Album and Song of the Year and Best New Artist, the first woman to sweep all four. The show, hosted by Alicia Keys, opened in tribute to Kobe Bryant, who had died that morning.

On 3 April 2020 United Technologies and Raytheon Company completed their all-stock merger of equals; United Technologies renamed itself Raytheon Technologies and began trading as RTX on the NYSE.

On 8 May 2020 AbbVie completed its acquisition of Irish drugmaker Allergan plc through an Irish scheme of arrangement, adding the Botox, Juvederm and eye-care businesses to its immunology and neuroscience portfolio.

Postponed from 5 April 2020 and moved from Las Vegas to Nashville because of COVID-19, the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards were hosted by Keith Urban on 16 September 2020 from the Grand Ole Opry House, Ryman Auditorium and Bluebird Cafe, with the first Entertainer of the Year tie in ACM history.