Grammy Awards
Talking Heads to Receive 2021 Lifetime Achievement Grammy
A month after revealing the nominees for the 2021 Grammy Awards (and completely shutting out The Weeknd), the Recording Academy has revealed the recipients of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Awards. Perhaps a sign of the Academy’s continued attempt to clean up its image with a diversity push, the 2021 Lifetime Achievement honorees include icons from a range of genres. Talking Heads, Selena, and Salt-N-Pepa will all receive the Special Merit gramophones, as will Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, opera singer Marilyn Horne, and late jazz great Lionel Hampton. The Talking Heads’ accolade is particularly noteworthy, as the legendary alt-rock group never received a Grammy during their existence. Their lone nomination came in 1984 for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group for “Burning...
Watch Haywyre Celebrate His First Grammy Nomination With Live Mashup Performance
One of the most sought-after goals in a musician’s career is receiving an illustrious Grammy Award nomination. Haywyre can now cross that off of his bucket list after receiving his first nod in the category Best Remixed Recording for “Young & Alive (Bazzi vs. Haywyre Remix).” To celebrate, he has released a mashup video in which he performs a medley of some of his favorite 2021 Grammy nominations. Included in the mashup video are snippets of Harry Styles, Roddy Ricch, Dua Lipa, Doja Cat and Billie Eilish, all performed live in his studio. In the clip, which is just shy of three minutes. you see the esteemed producer seamlessly transitioning from track to track, interpolating his own vocals and keyboard work. The result is jaw-dropping an...
US country music star Charley Pride dies of coronavirus
US country music star Charley Pride has died of complications from Covid-19 at the age of 86, his family said Saturday in a message posted to the singer’s website. Pride’s “rich baritone voice and impeccable song-sense altered American culture,” the statement read further. Born a sharecropper’s son in Sledge, Mississippi, on March 18, 1934, Pride became US country music’s first Black superstar and the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Between 1967 and 1987, Pride delivered 52 Top 10 country hits, won Grammy awards, and became RCA Records’ top-selling country artist. His best-known songs include “Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’” and “Please Help Me I’m Falling.” He won the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year award in 1971, its top male vocalist prize in 1971 a...
The Weeknd Receives Zero Grammy Nominations, Fans Left Befuddled
Source: NBC / Getty This week music’s premier association revealed their nominations and as always some folks were left with the struggle face. One performer’s fan base is making it clear that their favorite crooner was robbed. On Tuesday the 63rd annual Grammy Award nominations were announced. As spotted on Complex The Weeknd wasn’t slotted for one award. Given that his masterfully crafted After Hours was one of the best soul projects to be released this year, the lack of nominations was perceived as an obvious snub. So much so his fans took to social media to express their frustration. THE WEEKND WAS RIGHT THERE AND YOU DECIDED TO FUCKIBG CHOOSE YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY pic.twitter.com/qTpx8QyBmp — Paolo is golden (@Ic3lad) November 24, 2020 The news also quickly picked up traction throughout t...
The Weeknd Speaks Out About Grammy Snub, Recording Academy Chief Responds
Source: ABC / Getty After officially announcing the nominees for the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, the conversation among fans, critics, and industry insiders has circled around one notable absence —The Weeknd. On Tuesday (Nov 24), the National Recording Academy received an onslaught of tweets from fans and celebrities inquiring about a few of 2020’s most notable albums, including projects by Lil Baby among many others, but when it came to the snubbing of one of this year’s biggest artists, many artists and fans alike are asking “what happened?” Earlier this year, the Canadian-bred singer released his highly anticipated album, After Hours, unleashing one of 2020’s biggest commercial success stories, with more than 1.8 billion streams to date. Its second single, “Blinding Lights,” became a blo...
Fofty’s Fury: 50 Cent Blasts Grammys For Best Rap Album Picks
Source: Raymond Hall / Getty The 2021 Grammy Award nominees were announced on Tuesday (Nov. 24) and most were pleased and even shocked by the amount of notable Hip-Hop acts named. However, 50 Cent voiced his displeasure with the selections and called the Recording Academy “out of touch” in typical Fofty fashion. In a now-deleted post, 50 Cent took to his favored social media vehicle of Instagram to share his distaste with the Grammy nominations. “Best Rap Album,” Fif wrote with some emojis in tow. “They out of touch this shit ain’t it, get the fuck outta here. 50cent #bransoncognac #lecheminduroi.” Most are speculating that the artist born Curtis Jackson was perhaps angered that the late Pop Smoke and his studio debut album Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon was not among the nominees. ...
Watch Jayda G Freak Out After Learning About Her Grammy Nomination
For many artists, being nominated for a Grammy Award is something they’ve always dreamed of. For Jayda G, the dream is now a reality after her track “Both of Us” was nominated in the category of Best Dance Recording. In a video shared to her socials showing her reaction to her Grammy nomination, the Canadian scientist-turned-DJ and producer’s unadulterated bliss is palpable. She freaks out, flailing around as she rhapsodizes about all the “thank you” messages she plans on sending. You’ve got to love seeing a musician receiving the accolades they deserve. You can check out the video below, courtesy of Jayda G’s Instagram. In the category for Best Dance Recording, Jayda G is nominated alongside Diplo and SIDEPIECE for t...
Flume, Madeon, Disclosure, More Receive 2021 Grammy Award Nominations: See the Full List
The Recording Academy has announced the official nominations for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards. It is a big day for the EDM scene, as a slew of artists received well-deserved nods for their spectacular work this past year. Up for the award of Best Dance Recording are Diplo and SIDEPIECE for their collaborative hit “On My Mind,” Disclosure for the duo’s Aminé and Slowthai-assisted Energy cut “My High,” Flume and Toro y Moi for “The Difference,” Jayda G for her single “Both of Us,” and KAYTRANADA for “10%.” Canadian production prodigy KAYTRANADA is also a nominee for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. He received a nod in the category of Best Dance/Electronic Album...
Grammys 2021 Nominees Revealed: Live Updates
Nominees for the 2021 Grammy Awards have been revealed. Now in its 63rd year, the annual ceremony recognizes the best albums, songs, and artists of the eligibility period (September 1st, 2019 – August 31st, 2020). The 2021 Grammy Awards will take place on Sunday, January 31st and will be hosted… Please click the link below to read the full article. Grammys 2021 Nominees Revealed: Live Updates CoS Staff 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 give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Here Are the 8 Likeliest Grammy Nominees in Each of the Big Four Categories
Look for Post Malone, Harry Styles and The Weeknd to do very well in the 63rd annual Grammy nominations, which will be announced on Tuesday (Nov. 24). All three artists could wind up with nominations for album, record and song of the year. Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, Maren Morris and Taylor Swift could each wind up with nominations in two of the so-called Big Four categories: album, record and song of the year, plus best new artist. For the third year, there will be eight nominees in each of the Big Four categories, up from five. {“nid”:”9399117″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Recording Academy Announces 9 Rule Changes to Its Grammy Awards & Nominations Process”,”relative_path”:”\/articles\/news\/...
Recording Academy Has 1,345 New Voting Members—About 12% of Its Total
The Academy reports that 40% of those who accepted their invitations are female. Breaking it down by race, 53% are white, 23% are African American, 9% are Hispanic, 3% are Asian American and 5% are “other.” By age, 55% of new acceptances are age 39 or younger. Before this year’s freshman class joined the academy, women accounted for 26% of the academy’s overall membership. People from “traditionally under-represented communities” (meaning: non-white) accounted for 25%. People who are age 39 or younger accounted for 25%. Counting the new members, women continue to account for 26% of the academy’s overall membership. People from traditionally-underrepresented communities (non-white) now account for 27%. People who are 39 or younger now account for 28%. (If you’re puzzled why the percen...
Grammys Rename Best World Music Category Due to “Connotations of Colonialism”
In a continued push towards cultural sensitivity, the Grammys have changed the name of the Best World Music Album category to Best Global Music Album. The move comes a little under five months after the Recording Academy dropped “Urban” from what are now the Best Progressive R&B Album and Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album categories. (They still use the word in the Best Latin Pop or Urban Album category, for some reason.) It also echoes a change over at the Oscars, where Best Foreign Language Film is now known as Best International Feature Film. In a statement, the Recording Academy said the decision reflects a desire to “embrace a truly global mindset.” They continued (via Billboard), “Over the summer we held discussions with artists, ethnomusicologists, and linguists from around t...
