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Grammys 2021: Body Count Win Best Metal Performance, Earning Ice-T His First Grammy in 30 Years
Body Count won the Grammy for Best Metal Performance on Sunday, earning frontman Ice-T his first award at the ceremony in 30 years. The band won the award for “Bum Rush”, from their 2020 album, Carnivore. The veteran metal act beat out fellow nominees Code Orange, In This Moment, Poppy, and Power Trip for the award. Power Trip were nominated following the tragic death of lead singer Riley Gale this past summer, and Ice-T would have been just as happy if they had won. As he told Heavy Consequence last year, he was equally rooting for Power Trip, telling us, “It would be just like I won the Grammy ’cause [Riley Gale] was my guy.” Prior to Gale’s passing, the Power Trip vocalist guested on Body Count’s song “Point the Finger”. The Grammy win for Body Count is their first as a band, and the fi...
The Strokes Win First-Ever Grammy for Best Rock Album
20 years into their celebrated career, The Strokes are finally Grammy winners. The New York greats took home Best Rock Album for The New Abnormal, and they gave as hilariously abnormal an acceptance speech as you’d hope they would. Despite a number of albums that many music fans would deem classics, The Strokes had never even been nominated for a Grammy prior to this year. Winning a golden gramophone after such a distinguished career was, understandably, an exciting moment for the group, who Zoomed in to accept the award from what appeared to be their personal basement pool hall. Amazingly, the group appeared to not catch the announcement at first, as Julian Casablancas, Nikolai Fraiture, and Fabrizio Moretti leaned into their computer to hear the winner. “Wow! Damn! Sorry we couldn’t hear...
Fans Choose Selena Gomez’s ‘Revelación’ EP as This Week’s Favorite New Music
The project, Gomez’s first-even Spanish EP, brought in 43.7% of the vote, beating out new music by Blackpink‘s Rosé (R), Nick Jonas (Spaceman), Imagine Dragons (“Follow You”/“Cutthroat”), and others. In recent weeks, Gomez also topped Billboard‘s new music poll with “Baila Conmigo,” her sultry reggaeton collab with Alejandro, and “Selfish Love,” her low-key bilingual dance track with DJ Snake. Revelación is Gomez’s first major release since her 2020 album, Rare, which earned the singer her third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200. Placing a very close second on the past week’s tally with 43.6% of the vote was Rosé’s solo debut project, R, which features new songs “On the Ground” and “Gone.” She became the second me...
Nick Jonas Announces Deluxe Version of ‘Spaceman’ With New Jonas Brothers Song
Joe Jonas and Kevin Jonas join Nick on “Selfish,” one of the bonus songs featured on the deluxe version of Nick’s latest solo album. “Can’t wait for you guys to hear #Selfish,” Joe wrote on his own Twitter account. Also landing on the deluxe Spaceman set is a song titled “Dangerous,” as well as “chill” versions of album tracks “Don’t Give Up on Us,” “2Drunk” and “This Is Heaven.” Spaceman first arrived on Friday (March 12). You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help ...
Morgan Wallen’s ‘Dangerous’ Spends Ninth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200, Most Since 2016
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new March 20, 2021-dated chart (where Dangerous is No. 1 for a ninth week) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on March 16. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. Of Dangerous’ 78,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending March 11, SEA units compri...
Fito Paez, Grupo Niche, Natalia Lafourcade Win Grammys Latin Categories
“I was very nervous,” Páez told Billboard over the phone minutes later. “There’s different music ‘schools’ in the world. I grew up with the American school,” added Páez, one of the great pioneers of melodic Argentine rock that bears British and American influences. “So to have that school give you a pat on the back is a great honor. A great honor that exceeds the award itself. It’s as if the entire country had enveloped me in its arms.” For Grupo Niche, perhaps Colombia’s most emblematic and symbolic salsa band, the win was fraught with emotion. The group, founded in Cali 40 years ago, won in the best tropical album category for 40, an album that pays homage both to its anniversary and to its late founder, Jairo Varela, who died in 2012. “It’s the first album we recorded that doesn’t inclu...
The Strokes Win Best Rock Album Grammy for The New Abnormal
The Strokes won the Best Rock Album Grammy for The New Abnormal, beating out Grace Potter (Daylight), Sturgill Simpson (Sound and Fury), Fontaines D.C. (A Hero’s Death) and Michael Kiwanuka (Kiwanuka). This was their first-ever Grammy win. Despite connection issues when the winner was announced, the dudes were pretty pleased to win. The Strokes are in good company, joining the likes of former Best Rock Album winners including Cage the Elephant, Green Day, Foo Fighters, the War on Drugs, Muse, and Led Zeppelin. <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”height”:”270″,”pla...
Fiona Apple Takes Home Best Alternative Music Album Grammy for Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple took home the Best Alternative Album golden gramophone for Fetch the Bolt Cutters, beating out Brittany Howard (Jaime), Beck (Hyperspace), Tame Impala (The Slow Rush), and Phoebe Bridgers (Punisher). This was her first win of the night. Apple is in good company, joining the likes of former winners including Vampire Weekend, David Bowie, Radiohead, the White Stripes, and the Black Keys. <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”height”:”270″,”playlist”:”10315″,”inviewBottomOffset”:”105px”} }); –> See a full list o...
Grammys 2021: List of Winners (UPDATING)
After being postponed from its original date in January, music’s biggest night finally happened. Hosted by Trevor Noah, the 63rd annual Grammy Awards featured performances from the likes of Taylor Swift, Chris Martin, Haim, Billie Eilish, and more. See the full list of winners, denoted in bold, below: <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”height”:”270″,”playlist”:”10315″,”inviewBottomOffset”:”105px”} }); –> Record of the Year Beyoncé – “Black Parade”Black Pumas – “Colors”DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch – “Rockstar”Doja Cat – “Sa...
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Concert in Clinic After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine
Yo-Yo Ma received his second COVID-19 vaccination at a field house clinic in Berkshire Community College on Saturday, and treated fellow patients and healthcare workers to a concert following the jab. While waiting the standard 15 minutes for observation post-inoculation, the famed cellist took out his instrument and played a brief set. According to the Berkshire Eagle, Ma “wanted to give something back.” <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”height”:”270″,”playlist”:”10315″,”inviewBottomOffset”:”105px”} }); –> The 65-year-old took a s...
Laces Fuses Dreamy Synths With Choppy Bass On Debut EP, “Field Fallacy XVI”
It’s not everyday that a funeral videographer makes the switch into electronic music. But for Melbourne-based Laces, who first released music in 2018, this pivot has given birth to forward-thinking fusions of euphoric, Porter Robinson-styled synths and choppy, Cashmere Cat-reminiscent percussion. With his latest six-track EP, Field Fallacy XVI, Laces builds upon this vision with newfound maturity. Completed during Melbourne’s second lockdown last fall, the project was released March 12th via NLV Records, Nina Las Vegas‘ imprint. The label has also supported Anna Lunoe, Kota Banks and UNIIQ3. From the rich soundscape of “Sunvocus” to the introspective subtlety of “Drop My Cell” with Darcy Baylis, Field Fallacy XVI easily m...
3LAU, Gramatik, More to Headline “The Beat Goes Live” Benefit Show
Bringing together artists and venues from around the globe, virtual events platform Paarti is gearing up for a big weekend of music streaming with their new THE BEAT GOES LIVE online festival. Taking place March 19th to 21st, proceeds will go directly to music venues and unspecified charities of their choice. Paarti is also ensuring THE BEAT GOES LIVE capitalizes on the current NFT boom by awarding exclusive digital artworks to top live donors. 3LAU, who recently sold a collection of NFT items for a record-breaking $11.6 million, is slated to kick off the weekend at 10AM PT (1PM ET) with a 30-minute set. Gramatik is also set to headline with his collaborative Cyberpunk project with Luxas. Notably, in 2017, Gramatik became the first artist to tokenize revenue streams.&n...
