Billie Eilish Reveals She’s Recorded a New Album in COVID Lockdown

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhile it was announced during the Grammy Awards on Sunday, the formation of the Recording Academy’s Songwriters and Composers Wing was not done in secret, and the Songwriters of North America, the Black Music Action Coalition, the Music Artists Coalition and the 100 Percenters responded quickly with an open letter to the new organization calling on it to eliminate the Minimum Delivery and Release Commitment (MDRC) requirement in music-publishing deals.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt’s really not much of a stretch to expect a previous year’s big Grammy winner to repeat the following year, but Billie Eilish certainly was surprised to win the Best Record category at the ceremony on Sunday night: She started off her acceptance speech by going full Adele 2017, saying that Megan Thee Stallion actually deserved to win the award Billie herself had just won.“This is really embarrassing for me,” Eilish said, taking the stage with her brother and

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSongwriters and composers have long felt under-recognized by the Grammy Awards — and many have advocated for a Songwriter of the Year award — and today the Recording Academy has made a step toward addressing that by announcing the creation of its Songwriters & Composers Wing, an Academy membership division representing the diverse community of music creators who provide the world with the gift of song.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMegan The Stallion has won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. “Everybody is amazing,” she said of her fellow nominees during her tearful acceptance speech.“Secondly, I really just want to thank god because thank you for putting life into my body for me to be able to even be here today.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWith the Grammy Awards coming up on Sunday, it’s remarkable that interim Recording Academy president/CEO Harvey Mason, jr. has time to talk with the press — although that could have been said at virtually any point in the past 14 months.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBTS’ “Map of the Soul: 7” album has been announced as the first-ever winner of IFPI’s newly-launched Global Album All Format Chart, following a countdown of the top ten biggest albums globally, IFPI is the organization that represents the recorded music industry worldwide.The chart, an addition to IFPI’s existing global awards, celebrates the best-selling albums of the year across all consumption formats, spanning physical sales, digital downloads, and streaming

Stephen Colbert is the latest late-night host to mark the year-anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBad Bunny, Black Pumas, Cardi B, BTS, Brandi Carlile, DaBaby, Doja Cat, Billie Eilish, Mickey Guyton, Haim, Brittany Howard, Miranda Lambert, Lil Baby, Dua Lipa, Chris Martin, John Mayer, Megan Thee Stallion, Maren Morris, Post Malone, Roddy Ricch, Harry Styles, and Taylor Swift will perform at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, March 14, the Recording Academy has announced.Nearly all of the artists are nominees, and several — including Styles, Megan Thee Stallion, Bad

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSinger Miley Cyrus has signed with Columbia Records after seven years and four albums on RCA.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSt. Vincent has announced that her sixth album, “Daddy’s Home,” will be released on May 14.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records has hired Ben Facey as executive vice president of global marketing & digital strategy, EVP and General Manager Jim Roppo announced Monday morning.  He is based in the Republic’s New York headquarters.According to the announcement, in this newly established post, Facey will architect, implement, and shepherd international marketing campaigns and digital initiatives for the label’s entire roster.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJason Derulo has signed with Atlantic Records, the company announced Monday morning. The signing also continues a partnership between Atlantic and Derulo’s Future History label, which recently released “Lifestyle,” the singer’s latest single featuring Maroon 5’s Adam Levine.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWith her 2015 debut “Sprained Ankle” — an album she’s said she made for her college friends — Julien Baker unexpectedly made a deep and instant impact with her stark songs, which combine beautiful melodies and her soaring voice with harrowing and often disturbing lyrics. Critics expended reams of verbiage on the Memphis-spawned Baker’s background (religious upbringing, substance abuse), but from the beginning her songs and singing transcended any backstory.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJade Bird is one of the more promising British singer-songwriters to emerge in the past few years, and Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb — who has helmed albums by Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, the Highwomen and many more — is one of Nashville’s reigning producers.

Billie Eilish has spoken about her upcoming new album during an interview with The Late Show, explaining how the downtime afforded by the coronavirus pandemic enabled her to get back in the studio.The singer is currently at work on new music, having suggested earlier this month that as many as 16 songs are in contention to feature on her forthcoming second album.Speaking to Stephen Colbert in a new interview on The Late Show in the US this week, Eilish explained how she took the opportunity to

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSouth by Southwest Conference and Festivals has announced that Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg; author and host of the New York Times podcast “Together Apart” Priya Parker in conversation with Anand Giridharadas; and writer and author Charles Yu as Keynote Speakers, along with a new round of Featured Speakers for SXSW Online.The virtual event takes place from March 16-20, 2021.Buttigieg, Parker, and Yu join the Keynote lineup that includes

Billie Eilish has made the most of her extended break in quarantine.

Billie Eilish revealed some big news – she recorded an entire album while locked down during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eilish, 19, revealed on the “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” Tuesday night. “The idea that somebody could meet me and have a bad experience makes me wanna jump off a cliff, like, seriously.