The Recording Academy has announced significant changes for its upcoming Grammy Week, canceling some of its industry events that would usually lead up to the Sunday awards while repurposing others to focus more heavily on relief efforts for the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles. “We understand how devastating this past …
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The 2025 Grammy Awards will proceed as planned on February 2, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. told members in a letter Monday morning, assuring that the show will go on at Crypto.com Arena early next month as Los Angeles currently faces the devastating Palisades and Eaton wildfires. With the …
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During André 3000’s recent conversation with Rolling Stone, the legendary musician clarified that his New Blue Sun album is in fact being counted toward his solo record contract with Epic Records. “There’s a story going around that my record company is not counting New Blue Sun against my contract, and …
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J-Kwon, the rapper behind the 2004 earworm “Tipsy,” takes our Zoom call from his hometown of St. Louis, though he was just in Nashville the night before. He attended the ASCAP Country Music Awards, which celebrated the writers and publishers of the biggest songs in the genre – including Shaboozey’s …
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Beyoncé posted a sweet congratulations to Linda Martell on Friday after the country trailblazer finally received her first Grammy nomination for her feature on “Spaghettii” on Cowboy Carter. “Congratulations to my queen Linda Martell on your nomination and your contribution to Country Music,” Bey wrote on Instagram alongside a photo …
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The 2025 Grammy nominations are here, yielding the usual amount of snubs, surprises, and a few WTF moments. Then there’s the genuinely awesome picks, like the fact that Katie Crutchfield, the indie musician who performs as Waxahatchee, has finally received a nomination. To be clear, being categorized as an “indie …
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A woman who alleges the Recording Academy’s former chief executive, Michael Greene, drugged and sexually assaulted her in the 1990s received a trial date Monday after her lawyer said it was too soon to consider settlement talks. Plaintiff Terri McIntyre is now scheduled to begin a 15-day jury trial against …
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Paul Weller covered Billie Eilish‘s award-winning single “What Was I Made For?” during a live Sofa Session on BBC Radio 2. The musician showcased a stripped-down version of the song, written for the Barbie movie last year. Weller told host Jo Whiley that he decided to cover the song after …
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A federal judge dismissed a sexual assault lawsuit filed against CEO Neil Portnow in 2023 over a week after the Jane Doe accuser who filed the suit requested the dismissal. The accuser’s allegations against Portnow first surfaced in January 2020 as part of his successor Deborah Dugan’sdiscrimination complaintwith the Equal …
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Despite his recent arrest at the Grammys, Killer Mike is on a hot streak. The rapper stopped by The Daily Show to chat with host Jordan Klepper about his Grammys wins and said he owes his success “to the fact that I was just too stubborn to give up.” “So …
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