Chappell Roan brought the music industry’s treatment of artists back into the national consciousness this week during her Grammy acceptance speech for Best New Artist, challenging music companies to do better by young, developing acts. “Record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and …
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Halsey came to Chappell Roan‘s defense after The Hollywood Reporter published a scathing takedown of her Grammy Awards acceptance speech. On Sunday night, Chappell Roan called out the music industry’s treatment of young artists when she took the podium for her Best New Artist win. In her speech, she demanded …
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As a teenager, Chappell Roan set out for Recording Academy recognition. In a video resurfaced online, the Missouri-born artist took home the top prize at a 2012 talent show in Springfield, Missouri, and said, “I want to win a Grammy.” “That’s my goal” a 14-year-old Roan said, as she accepted …
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“Everything leaks, always,” says Ben Winston, executive producer of the Grammy Awards. So he was surprised and pleased when the Weeknd‘s dramatic return to the Grammy stage Sunday night — after a years-long boycott and months of planning — somehow managed to stay secret until the moment he appeared. The …
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Chappell Roan accepted the trophy for Best New Artist at the 2025 Grammys, following the ultra-massive success of her debut album and its follow-up single “Good Luck, Babe!” “Thank you, all who listened to get me here today,” said Roan, who used her speech to demand that labels offer “a …
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Beyoncé has finally won Album of the Year. The win comes more than two decades into her career for Cowboy Carter, her history-making eighth studio album created in response to her experience being rejected from the country genre as a Black woman from the South. It was an emotional moment …
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Our long national nightmare is over: Beyoncé finally won Album of the Year. The Grammys desperately needed her to win this award, so the night felt like a true celebration. The entire 2025 Grammys ceremony was a “just give Beyoncé her damn Album of the Year already” countdown. It all …
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Chappell Roan made her Grammy stage debut Sunday night when she brought the “Pink Pony Club” to the Crypto.com Arena. Roan came out donning her signature, rhinestone-adorned cowboy hat, a matching bodysuit, cowboy boots, and gloves with bedazzled horse shoe details on them. The singer was ushered in by a …
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Tonight’s 67th annual Grammy Awards will take place in a city traumatized by a natural disaster, a fact that was never far from the mind of its producers. The ceremony, hosted by Trevor Noah, will celebrate the year in music while also becoming a “love letter to Los Angeles,” according …
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Stevie Wonder and Janelle Monáe will headline an in-memoriam tribute to legendary producer Quincy Jones at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, joined by Cynthia Erivo, Herbie Hancock, Lainey Wilson, and other, yet-to-be-announced artists. The tribute to Jones, who died in November at 91, has been in the works …
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