Leading up tothe Grammy nominations on Nov. 7, Rolling Stone is breaking down 10 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. “There were so many incredible records,” says J.J. Italiano, head of Global Music Curation & Discovery …
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Leading up tothe Grammy nominations on Nov. 7,Rolling Stoneis breaking down10 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. A fictional band, a Puerto Rican superstar, and a popstar who rhymes “amen” with “hey men.” Our predictions for …
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On the bubblegum-pink cover of his eighth studio album, Play, Ed Sheeran clearly lays out his goals for the project in a written message. “Play is leaving the past behind. Play is colorful. Play is dancing. Play is nostalgic,” the mission statement reads. Can an album leave the past behind …
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The first slate of performers for the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards have been announced, with Sabrina Carpenter, J Balvin, and Alex Warren all set to take the stage. For Carpenter, she’ll be returning to the VMAs after making her debut at the show last year, where she also won …
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Alex Warren understands that not everyone has loved, loves, or will love his style of music — and he’s totally fine with that. On Friday, as he was named MTV‘s Push Artist of the month, the “Ordinary” star opened up about the quick start of his career, and how much …
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Is it too early for 2010s nostalgia? Singer-songwriter Alex Warren doesn’t seem to think so — and neither do the streaming listeners and radio programmers who have made his sweeping love song “Ordinary” an unlikely pick for 2025’s song of the summer. The ballad has had a stubborn grip on …
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IT’S ONLY A few hours before Alex Warren plays a crowded room in downtown Los Angeles in early June, and the chart-topping singer behind the massive hit “Ordinary” just passed out from an I.V. experience gone wrong. “This girl didn’t know what she was doing, and she stuck it in …
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Alex Warren’s breakthrough single, “Ordinary,” has a backstory made for TV. The 24-year-old artist wrote it about his wife, Kouvr Annon, whom he started dating when they were both 18. It wasn’t the best time to jump into something so new and intense. He’d already experienced the grief of losing …
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