Ellie Goulding Questions Music Awards Process in Op-Ed, Calls for ‘Transparency’

Megan Thee Stallion lived up to her name by performing straight from the rodeo at this year’s Apple Music Awards.

Stars including Cardi B, Chloe x Halle, Dua Lipa and Jessie Reyez discussed the specific pressures on female performers and injustice exposed in 2020 at Billboard's 15th annual Women in Music Awards on Thursday night. Hosted by Teyana Taylor on the performer's 30th birthday, the event awardedCardi B, Chloe x Halle, Dolly Parton, Dua Lipa, Jennifer Lopez and Jessie Reyez with different laurels and streamed live atbillboardwomeninmusic.comat 8 pm ET.

Katie Price has slammed her neighbours after she claims they repeatedly call the police on her to check she’s not breaking coronavirus restrictions.The 42 year old model said she believes her neighbours “have got it in for me” as she revealed the police have been called to her home on a number of occasions. Katie, who recently celebrated after finding 7XL pyjamas for son Harvey, said the constant complaints from neighbours and visits from police are “really p**sing me off”.

Ellie Goulding has shared her thoughts on music awards in the wake of various artists complaining that they were not nominated for this year’s Grammys. Although she doesn’t go so far as to name the American music industry’s big awards bash itself, instead asking general questions about awards as a whole.In a blog post, Goulding questions what criteria are used when selecting artists for award nominations, saying that there is a general lack of transparency on this.

Ellie Goulding has taken to Medium to deliver an op-ed questioning the process behind music awards, and calling for transparency in how the winners are chosen.Titled ‘The start of a conversation…’, Goulding began her op-ed by sharing her gratitude for her career, especially in the midst of the pandemic, before turning her attention to the industry which she said “saddens” her.“I sit and wonder when the industry stopped reflecting the impulses that drive us as musicians,” she wrote.“I sit and

Nearly two weeks after being announced, the 2021 Grammy nominations continue to make headlines — not for who’s nominated, but for who wasn’t, with many finding it particularly galling that The Weeknd didn’t receive a single nod for his critically acclaimed After Hours.

Concord Music is launching a new competition for visual artists, who are invited to propose an original piece of art – which can be a painting, sculpture or installation, or video or photography project – inspired by one of ten songs selected from the music firm’s catalogue.Launching the prize, the music rights company says: “It is no secret that from great art comes great art. That’s why we want to create a new opportunity as part of that process.

PMC administratorOver the summer, British indie pop star Ellie Goulding invited Vogue magazine over for a peek and a poke around the lovely London cottage where she and husband Caspar Jopling holed up during the COVID quarantines. Turns out, that cottage, a former hay loft in a historic mews in London’s Paddington area, is now for sale with a £3.25 million price tag that the currency conversion contraption tallies up to about US$4.35 million.

The MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) will return in early 2021 for the first time in years amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, the unit of ViacomCBS unveiled on Wednesday. The music celebration, which last took place in 2016, will be put on as avirtual event on Feb.

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Taylor Swift won three awards at the 2020 American Music Awards, but she had a good reason for not being there in person! The 30-year-old entertainer gave a virtual acceptance speech for Artist of the Year during the event on Sunday (November 22) and she revealed she was speaking from the recording studio. “The reason I’m not there tonight is because I’m re-recording all of my old music,” Taylor told fans.

Taylor Swift won three American Music Awards last night, but chose to miss the ceremony as she continues to re-record her back catalogue.Accepting the Artist of the Year honour, Swift explained that she was busy in the studio and thanked the AMAs for the gong, which followed her triumphs for favourite pop/rock female and favourite music video (‘Cardigan’) earlier in the evening.“The reason I’m not there tonight is I’m actually recording all of my old music in the studio where we originally

Chris Willman Music WriterTaylor Swift won three American Music Awards Sunday night, including the top “favorite artist” honor — explaining her absence as due to being busy in the studio re-recording her entire Big Machine catalog.The climactic favorite artist award came as something as a surprise, since Swift’s name had not come up as a winner any time earlier in the three hours, leading to an underlying assumption that she might have been shut out in some or all of the four categories she’d

American Music Awards were true celebration of the art! The star-studded spectacular featured some of the biggest names in music being honored for their achievements and delivering some jaw-dropping live performances. From Justin Bieber's soulful medley of new hits — which came 10 years after he made his AMAs debut with a performance of «Pray» — to Jennifer Lopez and Maluma's world premiere performance of «Pa' Ti» and «Lonely,» the night was jam-packed with incredible highlights.With Taraji P.

Billie Eilish just wowed on the 2020 American Music Awards stage! The 18-year-old singer put on the world premiere performance of her latest single, «Therefore I Am,» from Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater during Sunday's ceremony.Eilish opted for her signature comfortable gear for the performance, still rocking her black-and-green hair and long acrylic nails.In addition to her epic performance, Eilish is up for two awards at this year's ceremony, Favorite Social Artist and Favorite Artist —