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Kid Cudi, Scooter Braun, Tinashe & More Express Frustration Over The Weeknd’s 2021 Grammys Snub
A number of the singer’s peers agreed with his frustration. Kid Cudi wrote, “Abel was robbed man this sh–s weak,” following the Recording Academy’s announcement, while Tinashe replied with a line of trash can emojis under a tweet about The Weeknd’s zero nominations. Even though his own artist Justin Bieber fared well in the nominations, Scooter Braun weighed in, writing that The Weeknd and his manager Wassim “Sal” Slaiby “deserved to be there as well and deserved better. Brilliant artist and brilliant album.” Canadian producer Boi-1da, who’s not credited on After Hours, said the album was “criminally robbed,” as “ROBBED,” “abel” and “weeknd” all began trending on Twitter i...
Josh Groban on Finding ‘New Meaning’ in Classic Songs for His Quarantine-Recorded ‘Harmony’ Album
“I’m watching strings play at AIR Studios in London, while my producer’s in Nashville, I’m in Los Angeles,” he tells the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast (listen to his interview, below). “We’ve got band members in different cities around the world. And it became a really powerful thing to watch everybody doing what they could from where they were… it’s one of the reasons why we thought ‘Harmony’ was a good word for (the album), because it wasn’t just the music of it, it was just that everything had to come together.” The 12-song Harmony album was released on Nov. 20 and features 10 covers of classic tunes that range from vintage songs from the 1960s like “The Impossible Dream” and “It’s Now or Never” to more relatively recent selections like Robbi...
Noah Cyrus on Scoring Best New Artist Grammy Nomination: ‘I’ve Idolized the Show Since I Was Little’
Cyrus says the news felt even more special coming from her mom, who has always been her biggest fan; at the beginning of the year, Tish even wrote in her intentions book that Noah would win a Grammy. Cyrus immediately after called her dad and the rest of the family, wiping away tears each time she relived the news. “I’ve watched the show since I was a little girl and I’ve idolized the show since I was a little girl,” she says. “I’ve always known the importance, the weight and the honor that it holds to be nominated for or to receive a Grammy. This is something I’ve talked about since the day that I started as an artist. I remember being 15 in my manager’s office talking about the Grammys and everybody being like, ‘That’s so far away.’” Cyrus, now 20 and with over 940 million on-demand care...
7 Things the 2021 Grammy Nominations Got Right in the Dance Categories – And 3 Things They Got Wrong
Celebrating Experimentation: Baauer, Kaytranada, Madeon and Arca aren’t necessarily the flashiest artists in the scene, but all four veteran producers (and first-time nominees) are revered in the cooler and somewhat more experimental realms of the dance world. While best dance album nominees in years past have been linked by a sort of overall tone or genre, this year the Grammys are simply rewarding slightly offbeat, critically well received albums that reflect where each artist is at on their own personal trajectory rather than where the dance scene is as a whole. And while Disclosure just gets nominated every time they release something, it’s mostly because they deserve to be. Jayda G: The dance/electronic categories have long had a gender inequality issue, with almost exclus...
Justin Bieber Says ‘Changes’ Getting Pop Grammy Nod Instead of R&B ‘Feels Weird’
Justin Bieber is setting the record straight on which genre Changes belongs to after his fifth album received a Grammy nomination Tuesday (Nov. 24) for best pop vocal album. He wrote a short letter to the Recording Academy on Instagram the day nominations for the 2021 Grammys were revealed, stating how his mission to make an R&B album was not honored properly by being placed in this category. “To the Grammys I am flattered to be acknowledged and appreciated for my artistry. I am very meticulous and intentional about my music. With that being said I set out to make an R&B album. Changes was and is an R&B album,” he started. “It is not being acknowledged as an R&B album which is very strange to me. I grew up admiring R&B music and wis...
Elton John Teams Up With TikTok For Special World AIDS Day Campaign
First, the new partnership will roll out an “HIV/AIDS Education & Awareness Quiz,” aimed at helping TikTok users learn more about the disease. Then, on World AIDS Day itself, John will be throwing a virtual special live via TikTok, featuring stars like Sam Smith, Rina Sawayama, and more. “I’m excited to recognize World AIDS Day with TikTok and my Foundation this year to celebrate progress that we’ve made and mark what we can do collectively to end the AIDS epidemic,” John said in a statement released with the news. “HIV may seem a disease of the past, especially with COVID-19 in the headlines, but it still affects everyone. We all need to care about HIV and end the discrimination around this disease. There’s a great line-up for our TikTok Live to bre...
Watch BTS’ Teaser Video For Their MapleStory Collab
BTS are diving into the world of MMORPGs with a new collaboration on member Jin’s favorite game, MapleStory. The free, 2d side-scrolling multiplayer online role-playing game from South Korea’s Wizet in which groups of players get together to hunt for monsters and share prizes announced the collaboration on Tuesday (Nov. 24). “Are you ready for the most monumental MapleStory crossover ever?! Is anyone more excited than us?! Well, maybe BTS is…” read a tweet from the game makers, which linked to a video preview of the K-Pop superstars freaking out about the gig in a room packed with game gear. In the clip, the guys sing the MapleStory theme song as they sit around a table and Jin gushes about how this is the day their “dream comes true” while decidi...
Who Should Be Nominated for Album of the Year at the 2021 Grammys? Vote!
Nominations for the 2021 Grammys are officially being announced on Tuesday, and Billboard has some big bets for who could be up for album of the year. Luke Combs won the accolade at both the ACM and CMA Awards this year for What You See Is What You Get and Roddy Ricch won album of the year at this year’s BET Awards for Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial. So Billboard awards editor Paul Grein thinks the two have a shot of winning the award again if nominated at yet another awards show. Former best new artist nominee Fiona Apple (in 1997) and winner Dua Lipa (in 2019) would earn their first nods in this Big Four category for Fetch the Bolt Cutters and Future Nostalgia, respectively. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift has a shot at gaining her fourth album of the year nod with Folklore, while P...
Kim Kardashian Shares the Romantic Story Behind Kanye West’s ‘Lost in the World’
Did you know that Kim Kardashian inspired lyrics on Kanye West’s “Lost in the World”? The makeup mogul took to Twitter on Sunday (Nov. 22) to celebrate 10 years since the release of her rapper husband’s seminal album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. “For those that don’t know the story behind ‘Lost In The World’…” she shared alongside a black-and-white photo of the power couple before continuing the tale. “Kanye couldn’t come up with some of the lyrics but then realized he had then in a poem he had written me that was my birthday card he gave me for my 30th birthday,” she shared. “He took the poem he wrote me and made it the song. I keep everything!” {“nid”:”9475571″,”type”:&...
Billie Joe Armstrong Says Trump Is ‘Holding Half of the Country Hostage’
Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong lashed out at one-term President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede the election, saying his denial is holding “half of the country hostage.” Speaking to NME, Armstrong joked that it feels like “there hasn’t been a dull moment for the last four years,” as he noted that it’s been “kind of crazy” in the U.S. lately due to the November presidential election and out-of-control COVID-19 pandemic. And while Trump appears to be digging in his heels as he launches more last-ditch legal efforts to call into question his defeat at the hands of President-elect Joe Biden, Armstrong said he believes it’s “inevitable” that the former Celebrity Apprentice star leave the White House at some point. ...
Here Are All the Livestreams & Virtual Concerts to Watch During the Coronavirus Crisis: Week of Nov. 23
Happy Thanksgiving week! Livestream events and virtual concerts show no signs of slowing down. In fact, things may be picking up, if the week of Nov. 23 is any indication. See what else is coming up in the roundup below. We’ll update the list as more events are announced. {“nid”:”9484177″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Here Are All the Music Specials Airing on TV This Thanksgiving”,”relative_path”:”\/articles\/news\/holiday\/9484177\/music-specials-on-tv-thanksgiving-2020\/”,”media”:{“width”:1548,”height”:1024,”extension”:”jpg”,”mime_type”:”image\/jpeg”,”type”:”image”,”path”:R...
BTS Explain Why Their Hit ‘Dynamite’ ‘Wouldn’t Be Here If There Was No COVID-19′
BTS kicked off Thanksgiving week by landing on the cover of Esquire on Monday (Nov. 23), dishing on everything from the success of “Dynamite” to their brand-new album Be. In the interview, done over Zoom all the way from Big Hit Entertainment headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, the K-pop boy band revealed that the direction of their latest music actually took its cue in response to the ongoing global pandemic. “‘Dynamite’ wouldn’t be here if there was no COVID-19,” RM revealed about the creation of the band’s first-ever No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. “For this song, we wanted to go easy and simple and positive. Not some, like, deep vibes or shadows. We just wanted to go easy.” {“nid”:”9488267″,”type...
