Prince, the Clash, and the Four Seasons’ Frankie Valli are among the artists who will receive lifetime achievement awards at the Grammys’ upcoming Special Merit Awards ceremony, the Recording Academy announced Friday. Pioneering Juice Crew rapper Roxanne Shante, Maze’s Frankie Beverly, blues great Taj Mahal, and gospel singer Dr. Bobby …
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Charli XCX and Post Malone received an early Christmas present from the Recording Academy Friday when both artists were gifted an additional nomination at the 2025 Grammys. In the latest batch of adjustments to the nominee list, both Charli XCX and Malone were given Best Recording Package nods for serving …
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Last month, the night before the 2025 Grammy nominations were announced, Madison Beer was playing Fortnite with nine of her friends. They were absolutely convinced her seductive stunner “Make You Mine” was going to get nominated, but she didn’t want to get her hopes up — even though she’d already …
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This may a difficult thing for anyone who came of age in the Sixties or Seventies to process, but there are many young people today who have either never heard of Bob Dylan or know virtually nothing about him. It’s easy to scoff at that if you’re a fan, but …
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This year’s presidential election was a historic one for weed, with both major presidential candidates endorsing marijuana legalization for the first time ever. Kamala Harris said that she would legalize adult-use cannabis at the federal level. At the same time, Donald Trump announced that he was backing Florida’s Amendment 3, …
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Cannabis beverages are the latest “trend” in cannabis consumption methods. But are cannabis beverages simply a trend? Research says “no.” In 2023, the global cannabis beverages market size was valued at USD $1.16 billion. From 2024, the market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 19.2 percent to reach …
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The 2025 Grammy nominations are here with Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Kendrick Lamar among the artists slated to compete for the biggest prizes next year. Beyoncé, thanks to Cowboy Carter, led all nominees this year with 11, scoring looks not only in the three major categories — Song, Record, and …
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A t 14, Coco Jones was catapulted into stardom thanks to a role as teen singing sensation Roxie in the 2012 Disney movie Let It Shine. That rush of fame was short-lived. Jones was signed then dropped from a label before she was 16. The industry didn’t know what to …
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W ithin minutes of sitting down with each other at Electric Lady Studios in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, Reneé Rapp and Cynthia Erivo realize that they’re both Capricorns. They gush over how cosmic this meeting is, after years of mutual admiration from afar. “Now it all makes sense!” Erivo says. “A …
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M CO Studios is a quiet, woodsy space tucked away in the leafy neighborhood of Anzures in Mexico City. With its sky-high ceilings and the bursting trees on the patio, it’s a site that reflects the beauty of the Mexican capital, and singers Leon Bridges and Natalia Lafourcade are immediately …
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