Awards
Tony Awards 2021: Full List of Winners
Here’s the complete list of winners. The categories are listed in alphabetical order. Best book of a musical Jagged Little Pill, Diablo Cody — WINNERMoulin Rouge! The Musical, John LoganTina: The Tina Turner Musical, Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar, and Kees Prins Best choreography Jagged Little Pill, Sidi Larbi CherkaouiMoulin Rouge! The Musical, Sonya Tayeh — WINNERTina: The Tina Turner Musical, Anthony Van Laast Best costume design in a musical Jagged Little Pill, Emily RebholzTina: The Tina Turner Musical, Mark ThompsonMoulin Rouge! The Musical, Catherine Zuber — WINNER Best costume design in a play Slave Play, Dede AyiteA Soldier’s Play, Dede AyiteThe Inheritance, Bob CrowleyA Christmas Carol, Rob Howell — WINNERThe Rose Tattoo, Clint Ramos Best directi...
Tony Awards 2021: Facts & Feats
Here are noteworthy facts and feats associated with this year’s Tony Awards. Moulin Rouge! the Musical is just the sixth show in Tony history to win 10 or more awards in one night. The Producers (2001) is the all-time champ with 12 wins, followed by Hamilton (2016) with 11 and Hello, Dolly! (1964), Billy Elliot: The Musical (2009), The Band’s Visit (2018) and Moulin Rouge! the Musical with 10 wins each. Moulin Rouge! The Musical did even better at the Tonys than Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film Moulin Rouge! did at the Oscars. (It helps that musicals and dramas have separate categories at the Tonys, whereas they must compete with each other at the Oscars.) The film received eight nominations, including best picture and best actress for Nicole Kidman, but won in just two categories...
The Weeknd, H.E.R. and Motown’s CEO Honored at First BMAC Music in Action Awards
That mission statement remained front and center throughout the nearly three-hour ceremony/dinner during which emotions ran high. The Weeknd, co-recipient of The Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award for his philanthropic support of various charities and organizations including COVID relief, Black Lives Matter and MusiCares, recalled the first time he met the industry icon. “He pulled up to one of my club gigs in Las Vegas; he’s one of the reasons why I started making music,” said the emotional singer, to whom Jones presented the award via videotape. “He said he’d wait for me to visit with fans first before we talked. He was teaching me the lesion that nothing is more important than people and giving back. This is the best award I’ve ever gotten in my life, I swear. I won’t take this for g...
Here’s How the 2021 MTV VMAs Impact the Billboard 200 & Hot 100
Justin Bieber’s Justice notches a 6% increase (18,000 units; moving 26-27), Machine Gun Kelly’s Tickets to My Downfall increase 15% (to 15,000; bumping 42-37) and Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) rises 4% (11,000; 75-64). Rounding out the gainers on the Billboard 200, among the show’s performers, are Jack Harlow’s Thats What They All Say (98-81; 10,000 units – up 8%), Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface (199-194; 7,000 – up 1%) and Foo Fighters’ Greatest Hits (re-entry at No. 196; 7,000 – up 2%). 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 sol...
2021 Emmy Awards: Complete Winners List
Here’s a complete list of winners. The categories are listed in alphabetical order. Outstanding comedy series black-ish, ABCCobra Kai, NetflixEmily in Paris, NetflixThe Flight Attendant, HBO MaxHacks, HBO MaxThe Kominsky Method, NetflixPen15, HuluTed Lasso, Apple TV+ — WINNER Outstanding competition program The Amazing Race, CBSNailed It!, NetflixRuPaul’s Drag Race, VH1 — WINNERTop Chef, BravoThe Voice, NBC Outstanding directing for a comedy series James Burros, B PositiveSusanna Fogel, The Flight AttendantLucia Aniello, Hacks — WINNERJames Widdoes, MomZach Braff, Ted LassoMJ Delaney, Ted LassoDeclan Lowney, Ted Lasso Outstanding directing for a drama series Julie Anne Robinson, Bridgerton, “Diamond Of The First Water”Benjamin Caron, The Crown, &#...
Emmys 2021: Facts & Feats
RuPaul became the person of color with the most career Emmys. He won his 11th Emmy for outstanding competition program as an executive producer of RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1). RuPaul pulled ahead of Donald A. Morgan, a cinematographer and lighting director, who has won 10 Emmys. This is the fourth consecutive win for outstanding competition program for RuPaul’s Drag Race, which puts it in a tie with The Voice (NBC) for second place on the all-time winners list in this category, behind only The Amazing Race (CBS), which won 10 times. ‘Hamilton’ won outstanding variety special (pre-recorded), five years after it swept the Tonys. The show won one other Emmy — outstanding technical direction, camerawork, video control for a special, at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys. The show won ...
Uptown’s Finest: Dapper Dan To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty One of the culture’s biggest influencers ever is about to get some overdue acclaim. Dapper Dan is set to receive the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award from the CFDA. As spotted on Hype Beast the Harlem, Manhattan native will be honored during the forthcoming 2021 CFDA Awards. This distinction is unique in many ways as Dap is first ever recipient to ever receive it without activating a runway show. He spoke about the announcement on his Instagram account. In true fashion he pointed to his Uptown roots for giving him the DNA. “Isn’t it ironic how the fashion world says that Dapper Dan won the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award, without ever having a runway show?” he wrote. The streets of Harlem have been my...
Here Are All the First-Time Finalists at the 2021 Billboard Latin Music Awards
The night will also see an array of new faces whose outstanding performances throughout Billboard Latin charts, during the Feb. 1, 2020 through Aug. 7, 2021 period, have earned them a space among the finalists. In anticipation of next week’s awards, Billboard has compiled a list of this year’s first-time finalists in alphabetical order, with a brew of genres among its tallies. Black Eyed Peas (eight nods) Crossover Artist of the YearHot Latin Song of the Year – “Ritmo (Bad Boys For Life)”Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Event – “Ritmo (Bad Boys For Life)”Sales Song of the Year – “Ritmo (Bad Boys For Life)”Sales Song of the Year – “Mamacita”Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Duo or GroupLatin Pop Song of the Ye...
Harvey Mason Jr. on Recording Academy’s Future: ‘We Needed to Improve and We Needed to Evolve’
Still, he’s the first to admit there is plenty more progress to be made in his efforts to “modernize everything about the Academy,” including looking at new areas of revenue, making sure the Grammy voting process is as transparent as possible, and leading industry standards on diversity. Mason started his tenure forged by fire, as chairman of the board of trustees he stepped into the interim president/CEO position in January 2020 after the Academy suspended his predecessor, Deborah Dugan, for alleged misconduct only five months after she’d been hired. Dugan, who was officially fired in March 2020, filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission just days after being put on leave alleging sexual harassment, discrimination and improper business dealings by the Academy...
Lil Nas X, Drake, Britney Spears, Bad Bunny & More of the Week’s Biggest Winners (Sept. 17)
Take a look at Billboard‘s weekly roundup and the “awards” it gave to this week’s headlines. Happiest Music News: Lil Nas X gives birth to debut album Montero Lil Nas X finally brought his bundle of joy he’s been carrying — a.k.a. his debut studio album Montero — into the world on Friday (Sept. 17). His genre-bending project contains star-studded features from Miley Cyrus, Elton John, Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, and of course, Jack Harlow on his Hot 100 No. 2 hit “Industry Baby.” Stream Montero here and read our critics’ picks here. Sweetest Music News: Britney Spears is engaged Congratulations are in order for Britney Spears and Sam Asghari, who announced their engagement on Sunday (Sept. 12) after fiv...
Jorja Smith, Central Cee & More Take Home 2021 GRM Rated Awards: Full Winners List
Hosted by model Jourdan Dunn and actor/comedian Michael Dapaah, the 2021 GRM Rated Awards returned for its sixth year and aired Thursday (Sept. 16) on the hip-hop outlet’s YouTube channel. The GRM Daily was founded by CEO Koby ‘Post’ Hagan. “Congratulations to all the winners and all the nominees,” Hagan said in a statement following the event. “It’s been an amazing show and we can’t wait to come back as a live event next year.” Here’s the full list of winners: Album of the year: AJ Tracey, Flu GameBugzy Malone, The ResurrectionD Block Europe, The Blueprint- Us Vs. ThemFredo, Money Can’t Buy HappinessGhetts, Conflict of Interest — WINNER Headie One, EDNAK Trap, Street Side EffectsLoski, Mus...
Miranda Lambert, Luke Combs & Ethan Hulse Among 2021 Nashville Songwriter Awards Winners
Numerous songwriters also shared the stories behind the compositions that were honored as part of the “10 Songs I Wish I Had Written” awards, which are voted on by NSAI’s professional songwriter members to honor the work of their peers. Songs eligible for the honor must have at least one Nashville-based writer and had to have charted within the top 20 of a Billboard airplay chart within the Christian, country, mainstream top 40 and/or rock genres within the eligibility period. The highest-voted song is honored as NSAI song of the year. See below for a list of songs honored as the “10 Songs I Wish I Had Written”: “7 Summers” – Written by: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Morgan Wallen“Ain’t Always The Cowboy” – Written by: Brandon Kinney, Josh Thompson“Chasin...
