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Here Are All the Winners From the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards
Other winners included the late Chadwick Boseman for best performance in a movie (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) and “Edge of Great” from Julie and the Phantoms for best musical moment. The MTV Movie & TV award for best music documentary (nominees include features on BTS, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Tina Turner, and Britney Spears) will be announced during night two of the ceremony — the MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted, hosted by Nikki Glaser, on Monday (May 17). See the full list of winners from night one below. Best MovieTo All the Boys: Always and Forever Best ShowWandaVision Best Performance in a MovieChadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Best Performance in a ShowElizabeth Olsen, WandaVision Best HeroAnthony Mackie, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier ...
AJR and Glass Animals to Perform at 2021 Billboard Music Awards
“Heat Waves” is Glass Animals’ first Hot 100 single, and the track also hit No. 1 on Billboard‘s Alternative Airplay songs chart. Their album Dreamland made its debut at No. 1 on the Top Rock Albums chart as well — and it charted in the top 10 of the Billboard 200. Performers are being announced daily leading up to May 23, when the Billboard Music Awards will broadcast live from Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater. BTS, DJ Khaled with H.E.R. and Migos, Duran Duran, The Weeknd and twenty one pilots have previously been announced as performers, as well as P!nk, who will perform and receive the Icon Award. It’s also been revealed that Drake is set to receive the Artist of the Decade Award, and Trae Tha Truth will be honored with the Change Maker Award...
9 Memorable Moments From Clive Davis’ Grammy Museum Benefit With Elton John, H.E.R. & More
Yes, the Grammy Awards took place two months ago, but in the topsy-turvy world of the last 14 months, the sequel to part one of the Pre-Grammy party didn’t take place until now. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Davis’s annual Pre-Grammy gala, traditionally held the night before the Grammy Awards, went online in 2021 and Davis decided to break it into two events. The first edition, benefitting MusiCares, was held Jan. 30, which would have been the night before the Grammys, but the Grammys got postponed to March 14. Then, the second edition, benefitting the Grammy Museum, was slated to take place on March 13 — the night before the rescheduled Grammys — but Davis contracted Bell’s palsy and postponed the event until May 15. Still with us? Saturday night’s event followed the same temp...
Twenty One Pilots Set to Perform at 2021 Billboard Music Awards
BTS, Duran Duran, The Weeknd and DJ Khaled featuring H.E.R. and Migos are also set to perform. P!nk will both perform and receive the Icon Award. twenty one pilots will perform their current single “Shy Away” at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, set for May 23. The song, from the duo’s upcoming sixth studio album Scaled and Icy, was released April 7 and quickly became their eighth No. 1 hit on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay songs chart. twenty one pilots, consisting of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun, are seven-time BBMA winners. Their biggest night at the BBMAs to date came in 2017, when they won five awards. Only Drake won more awards that night (13). Beyoncé also won awards five that night. The duo had a big crossover hit last year, “Level of Concern,” which reached No. 23 on the Billboard Ho...
Drake To Receive Artist Of The Decade Award At 2021 Billboard Music Awards
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ethan Miller / Getty While his career has been full of notable accomplishments Drake is now in a super elite group when it comes to his artistry. He is set to receive the “Artist Of The Decade” award at the upcoming Billboard Music Awards. As spotted on Vulture the Toronto, Canada native found out that he is slotted to be breathing very rare air in the coming weeks. On Tuesday, May 10 Billboard Magazine announced he will be taking home the “Artist Of The Decade” award for their 2021 ceremony. According to press release the “Laugh Now Cry Later” MC dominated the charts like no other from 2010 to 2020. “After first appearing on Billboard charts in 2009, Drake banked nine Billboard 200 No. 1s in the 2010s, first leading with his debut 2010 stu...
The Duo Behind 2021 Brit Awards Sets From Olivia Rodrigo, Arlo Parks & More Reveal How They Came Together
After launching in 2012, Tawbox scored its major break working with Stormzy in 2017. Now, the pair is working on the creative direction for his upcoming headlining slot at Reading and Leeds Festival this August. In spite of so many years and so much success, both Bronski and Rimmel say it doesn’t feel like they’ve been doing this for nearly a decade, largely because, as Rimell says, “We’re always evolving. We’re constantly working towards the next thing and how we can progress from the last thing that we’ve done.” Below, Tawbox breaks down how its three 2021 Brit Awards performances came together. Olivia Rodrigo One of Bronski and Rimell’s first Zoom calls was in fact with Rodrigo and her team. They say it didn’t take long to develop the idea for this performance — for which the 18-y...
Drake Is ‘High on Life’ After Billboard Artist of the Decade Honor & Dinner With His ‘Idol’
Drake had a pretty big Tuesday. First, he found out he was named Billboard‘s Artist of the Decade, thanks to his 2010s charts dominance, and then he had dinner with a very special guest: Ronald Isley. Billboard announced Tuesday that the chart-topping rapper will receive the Artist of the Decade Award at the Billboard Music Awards on May 23, and his surreal day had an equally impressive ending when the Toronto superstar dined with his “idol” and a founding member of The Isley Brothers. “Today was one of those days it doesn’t feel real,” he wrote on his Instagram Story (see below). “Waking up to artist of the decade then having dinner with my idol @ronaldisley and listening to the stories behind every song that shaped my love for emotional ...
Carole King Reacts to Second Rock Hall Induction, Talks Potential Return to the Stage
While the honor is richly deserved, King never planned on becoming a famous singer in her youth. When she initially entered the music business as a Brill Building scribe in the late ’50s, she only saw herself as a songwriter. “I became an artist [in the late ’60s], not reluctantly, but it was just the right circumstances that brought me into being an artist,” King recalls to Billboard. “And really, as a songwriter, you’re always the artist when you’re presenting the song to another artist. Through Lou Adler and with James Taylor’s help, I took ownership of being the artist who sang my own songs.” Fans of King’s warm, wistful style will be thrilled to hear that she is not only planning on attending the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
Roberta Flack, Klymaxx & More Among Women Songwriters Hall of Fame’s First Class
Since its founding in 1970, the Songwriters Hall of Fame has honored only 31 women out of its 439 inductees. (In 2002, Simpson was inducted alongside her late husband Nick Ashford). In June 2022, this number will increase to 32 women when Mariah Carey and 13 men are inducted at the 51st annual awards gala, which has been postponed twice because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an email to Billboard, Linda Moran, president and CEO of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, said that she and her colleagues are unfamiliar with the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame and declined to comment on the organization. While DeLoatch aims to celebrate the contributions of women songwriters whose recognition is overdue, she stresses that the event is inclusive of all women regardless of race or genre. “It is not me...
Dua Lipa wins album of the year at Brit Awards
Dua Lipa won the coveted British Album of the Year prize at the Brit Awards on Tuesday, in a ceremony that saw female artists dominate the mixed categories. Around 4,000 guests streamed into London’s O2 Arena for the biggest night in British pop music, as the ceremony welcomed guests for the first time in two years as part of the government’s pilot scheme easing coronavirus restrictions. The Brit Awards have been criticised in the past for nominations seen as skewing heavily male, but this year almost all of the main prizes went to female artists. Little Mix won best British group — becoming the first female act ever to do so. Singer and poet Arlo Parks took the Breakthrough Artist award, and best international group went to the American band HAIM. In another history-making moment, Taylor ...
Recording Academy Job Listing Calls for New CEO to Continue Diversity Efforts & ‘Leverage Technology’
The position will have seven direct reports, including the chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, a new position filled by Valeisha Butterfield Jones last April. The broad job description does not include a specific mandate that the new CEO has led a large team before, only that the candidate has “a track record of leading through change and driving innovation,” as well as experience in developing revenue streams, and understanding the needs of helming a membership-driven organization. The position reports and “partner[s] closely” with the board of trustees. Much of the description calls for someone who is a big ideas person, using such terms as a “critical thinker” and “culture shaper,” with a “track record and experience holding themselves and team members accountable to evolving...
What Was Your Favorite Performance at the 2021 Brit Awards? Vote!
The 2021 Brit Awards delivered live music in the “first major indoor music event to welcome back a live audience” on Tuesday (May 11) — but which performance was your favorite? Dua Lipa performed a medley of hits from Future Nostalgia underground, but the album won top honors by taking home the top album award. This year’s Rising Star recipient Griff performed within the “Black Hole” of a heart display, while Arlo Parks brought “Hope” along with a beautiful arrangement of flowers to London’s O2 arena. Plus, Years & Years‘ Olly Alexander and Sir Elton John stole the show with their cover of the Pet Shop Boys’ classic “It’s a Sin” that paid tribute to the LGBTQ community’s p...
