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The Weeknd Reunites with Ariana Grande for iHeartRadio Music Awards Performance: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-28T01:25:43+00:00“>May 27, 2021 | 9:25pm ET The Weeknd and Ariana Grande took the stage to open the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards to perform their latest smash collab “Save Your Tears” live for the first time. Watch the replay below. The remix, which debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 upon its release earlier this month, marks the third official duet between the stars following 2014’s “Love Me Harder” and last year’s Positions album cut “Off the Table”. The performance marked Grande’s first public appearance since announcing she’d married husband Dalton Gomez earlier this week in an intimate, at-home ceremony. Musicially, she most recently collaborated with Demi Lovato on “M...
Dan + Shay Bring the Joy With ‘Glad You Exist’ At the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards
After a tough year, who doesn’t want more happiness in their lives? Dan + Shay provided just that when they performed their sweet song “Glad You Exist” in front of a live audience at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday (May 27). After fellow country artist Gabby Barrett introduced the duo, they took the soft, pastel-toned stage for their performance. Though the screens behind the two depicted blue skies above desert sand while tufts of dry foliage dotted the stage, two big trees with bright pink cherry blossoms added an air of comfort and optimism as Dan + Shay delivered a smooth and harmonious set while photos of smiling people appeared behind them.. In a February Instagram post, the country artists explained that “Glad You Exist” is more than just ...
Silk Sonic Gets Steamy With ‘Leave the Door Open’ at 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak are two of the best live performers around these days, so when Silk Sonic hit the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday (May 27) to deliver their Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 “Leave the Door Open,” you knew there was a 0/100 chance they would phone it in. Wearing dark azure crushed velvet blazers and tinted sunglasses (with Paak in a stylish flat cap), the duo worked the crowd exactly like the ’70s soul singers that Silk Sonic pays homage to would have. Starting out with Mars at a piano and Paak and two backup singers leaning on the ivories, Silk Sonic delivered the buttery tune as the crowd readily sang it back to them. The music came to a sudden stop when Paak ripped off his glasses and let out a “wooo” to which Mars responded, &...
Elton John Honored at 2021 iHeartRadio Awards With Medley Performance From H.E.R., Brandi Carlile & Demi Lovato
Then, the tribute performance began, with H.E.R. at the piano banging out Elton’s “Bennie and the Jets” — also singing the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road smash, and later whipping out the guitar for a ripping guitar solo. Then Carlile walked out to center stage in a very ’70s blazer and gold buttoned-down shirt to perform his mega-ballad “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.” Finally, Demi Lovato took the stage in John’s trademark square glasses to perform his ’80s classic “I’m Still Standing” — even handing the mic to Sir Elton for him to fill in on one lyric. After the medley and a time-filling return from Chris Martin, John accepted his Icon Award — raving about how radio is “where you hear thing...
2022 Oscar Telecast Has Been Pushed Back: Here’s the New Date
The eligibility period for Academy Awards consideration will return to the standard Dec. 31 deadline: A feature film must have a qualifying release date between March 1, 2021, and Dec. 31, 2021. As a result, this coming year will have 10-month eligibility period, while this past year had a 14-month eligibility period. Because the pandemic is still impacting theater attendance, eligibility requirements for the 94th Academy Awards will be consistent with the addendums made for the 93rd Awards season. Those can be found here. Complete 94th Awards rules and specialty category submission deadlines will be announced in June. Following this year, the Academy intends to expand the qualifying requirements for the 95th Awards. The 94th Oscars will be held at to the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & H...
Motion Picture Academy Seeks to Slow Rapid Rate of Membership Growth
The move follows five consecutive years in which the Academy invited 600 or more new members to join its ranks each year. In a surprise move, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday (May 26) that it is seeking to slow the rate of growth of its new members. “To ensure the necessary infrastructure, staff resources and environment to support all Academy members, this year’s growth in membership will be limited to roughly half that of recent years,” the Academy said in a statement. “This modification will enable steady future growth and allow the Academy to continue serving its membership in a more personal manner.” Last year, the Academy invited 819 people to join its ranks — 45% of them women, 36% underrepresented ethnic/racial minorities, and 49% from outsi...
Brandi Carlile & National Independent Venue Association Win Clio Music Impact Awards
“Each cycle, we select individuals and organizations in the music community whose significant social impact inspires us to shine a spotlight on their work and dedicate a special award in their honor,” said Clio CEO Nicole Purcell in a release. “This year, we are privileged to be recognizing two powerful forces for good in the industry who have made a tangible difference in the lives of countless music lovers. I’m grateful for the work they’ve done and for the opportunity to celebrate these accomplishments together.” Clio Music, presented for the sixth year by Citi, will recognize Carlile and NIVA in addition to the 2020/2021 Clio Music Award winners during a virtual celebration at 2 p.m. ET on June 10 at Clios.com. Both Impact Awards will be presented d...
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Recording Academy Announces More Grammy Rule Changes Affecting Album of the Year, Dance/Electronic Music & More
Here’s a summary of approved rule changes which go into effect immediately: Album of the year: Expanding eligibility Moving forward, if an album is up for album of the year, all credited featured artists, songwriters of new material, producers, recording engineers, mixers and mastering engineers who worked on that album are automatically nominated. Previously, the rule stated that all of these pros had to be credited with 33 percent or more of playing time to be nominated. This is a retreat on the Academy’s part. Colbie Caillat received a Grammy for album of the year because she was featured on one track (“Breathe”) on Taylor Swift’s Fearless, the 2009 album of the year winner. The Grammys subsequently tightened up their rules to make Grammys a little harder to get. They now are going back...
Inside The Weeknd’s Billboard Music Awards Car Choreography: ‘There Was a Lot of Trust’
Directors Alex Lill and Charlie Morse recall coming up with the idea for “car choreography,” says Morse, before anything else. Morse soon after storyboarded their ideas (seen below) to show the larger team their vision. “From those drawings came a lot of realizations about all the different shapes you could do with cars, and I was doing a lot of them from the top down just to showcase the arrangements, and that’s when we realized that a lot of these play well from an aerial shot, which you see in the final big pullout” that they filmed using a drone. “One of the things we were always inspired by was those old 1950s synchronized swimmers,” says Lill. “So it was kind of recontextualizing that. We weren’t trying to do a Fast & Furious type th...
Here Are All of the Performances From the 2021 Billboard Music Awards
Among them were global superstars BTS, who gave the debut performance of their second English-language hit, “Butter,” which arrived only days earlier on May 21. P!nk, who was honored with the Icon Award, kicked off her career-spanning medley with a gravity-defying performance alongside 9-year-old daughter Willow Hart. And The Weeknd, who was the night’s top winner with 10 awards, commanded a fleet of convertibles in an empty parking lot for “Save Your Tears.” Check out all of the performances from the 2021 Billboard Music Awards below: AJR: “Bang!” and “Way Less Sad” Alicia Keys: “Piano and I,” “A Woman’s Worth,” “How Come You Don’t Call Me,” and “Fallin'” Bad Bunny: “Te ...
Nick Jonas Thanks Wife Priyanka Chopra For Helping Him ‘Feel My Best’ For 2021 Billboard Music Awards Hosting Gig
Nick said Priyanka helped him carry on after a “brutal” tumble off his bike. Nick Jonas thanked his wife, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, for helping him “feel my best” for Sunday’s 2021 Billboard Music Awards after a bike accident left him injured last week. “I started this last week by taking a brutal tumble on a bike fracturing my rib and ended it hosting the @bbmas with my incredible wife by my side who helped me every step of the way to recover and feel my best. I love you @priyankachopra,” Jonas tweeted early Monday morning (May 24) alongside a photo of him hugging his wife. The actress posted the same pic, with a supportive message for her husband, who not only capably hosted the COVID-safe show from Los Angeles, but also performed a medley with the ...
