Grammy predictions: Who will win big in 2020 — and who should win

The Music Business Association (Music Biz) will honor independent distributor CD Baby with the 2020 Independent Spirit Award during its forthcoming Music Biz 2020 Annual Conference, the organization announced Thursday (Feb. 6). The award will be presented during the annual Music Biz awards dinner at the conference, which is slated to take place May 11-14 at the JW Marriott hotel in Nashville.

LOS ANGELES – Within the world of country music, equal playtime on the radio for female artists has become a hot button topic.

Grammy voters and music fans are in sync again.At the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 26, Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy" became the 11th consecutive winner for record of the year to have been a top five hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 2017, Little Big Town played 10 shows at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, its first residency at the famed venue. The country quartet would soon be playing arenas much bigger than the 2,300-capacity Ryman on its 2018 tour, but the Ryman run gave Leslie Cohea, GM at Little Big Town’s management company, Sandbox Entertainment, an idea.

Little Big Town visited Late Night with Seth Meyers on Wednesday evening (Jan. 29), during which the country quartet performed “Next to You” off their album Nightfall.The band launched into a performance of the hopeful ballad with whispered vocals, instantly captivating the New York City audience.

Little Big Town's ninth full-length album Nightfall opens at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart (dated Feb.

Sometimes there’s so much bad news that it’s wonderful to have a reason to celebrate, and in a weekend marred by Kobe Bryant’s death, the scandal surrounding the Recording Academy’s controversial ouster of president/CEO Deborah Dugan, presidential impeachment proceedings and more depressing stuff, the music business managed to push back the clouds and throw down on Grammy night.

Eilish swept the board in the major awards categories at last night's ceremony

Longtime Grammy telecast producer Ken Ehrlich has delivered his Grammy swan song (figuratively and literally), and it couldn’t have happened without … Walt Whitman.

Billie Eilish entered the 2020 Grammys with a chance to become only the second artist ever -- and first since 1981 -- to sweep the evening's "Big Four" categories. 

Beyoncé appears to be a no-show at the 2020 Grammy Awards. The superstar is up for four awards this year, including Best Pop Solo Performance.

Dan + Shay have won the 2020 Grammy for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Speechless.” They won the award over Brooks & Dunn with Luke Combs (“Brand New Man”), Brothers Osborne (“I Don’t Remember Me (Before You)”), Little Big Town (“The Daughters”), and Maren Morris featuring Brandi Carlile (“Common”).

Little Big Town is getting a little real about their latest album.

Tonight at the 2020 Grammy Awards, the Chemical Brothers took home the award for Best Dance/Electronic Album. Their 2019 LP No Geography beat out projects from Apparat (LP5), (Flume Hi This Is Flume), RÜFÜS DU SOL (SOLACE), and Tycho (Weather).

Not five hours after Sean “Diddy” Combs said “black music has never been respected by the Grammys” and demanded that the Recording Academy “get this sh– together” at the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala, members received a 1,000-word memo from chief Harvey Mason Jr. laying out steps the organization plans to take to become more diverse and inclusive.

By Bruce Haring

The Billie Eilish vs. Lizzo throwdown has dominated the 2020 Grammy conversation, but there’ll be plenty of other nail-biters when the awards are handed out on Jan. 26. Will Lil Nas X upset girl power in album of the year, record of the year and/or best new artist? Will country legend and 14-time nominee Tanya Tucker finally take home a gong? And will Ariana Grande cap her return to the Grammy telecast with an armful of hardware?

The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards will feature an all-star cast of presenters on Jan. 26.

The last year of the 2010s was an epic one for the music industry, with newcomers such as Billie Eilish, Lizzo and Lil Nas X paving the way for a new decade.