‘Grammy Salute to Sounds of Change,’ With Andra Day, Eric Church, Gladys Knight, Airs Tonight

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorVeteran artist manager Adam Leber has announced the launch of his new management and media company Rebel (Leber’s name spelled backwards) in partnership with LiveNation.Under this banner, he will continue to represent longtime clients Miley Cyrus, Lil Nas X and Labrinth, among others, for management worldwide. He remains based in Los AngelesMost recently, Leber has operated as a partner of Maverick, which he co-founded in 2014.

Miley Cyrus teamed up with Jack Dorsey’s payments company Cash App to spread the wealth.The 28-year-old artist who recently teased her new album with Elton John, explained that “nothing is more important than investing in yourself,” so she wanted to make an inspiring act of generosity.Miley has been celebrating the 15th anniversary of the iconic Disney show Hanna Montana , and she is taking the celebration even further, by spreading ownership and empowering her fans with stocks from Tesla,

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn an optimistic move toward normalcy, the Recording Academy has announced that the 64 th annual Grammy Awards will take place at the show’s traditional home of the Staples Center on Jan. 31, 2022 — exactly a year after the originally scheduled date of the 2021 awards, which were moved to March 14 due to a spike in coronavirus cases in Southern California.As usual, the show will broadcast live on the CBS television network from 8 – 11:30 p.m.

Dua Lipa‘s ‘Studio 2054’ livestream was reportedly nearly ruined by cyber-hackers.The singer’s ambitious livestream show took place in November, featuring virtual appearances from the likes of Miley Cyrus, Elton John and Kylie Minogue.But stream organisers have revealed that the event almost took an unfortunate turn when hackers attempted to access the stream.James Sutcliffe of LiveNow, who hosted the stream, told The Sun: “We were the victims of a cyber-attack at the start of the show.“The

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn observance of Women’s History Month, MIDIA Research and TuneCore/Believe have released a new study on the challenges faced by female creators in today’s music industry.The report, BE THE CHANGE: Women Making Music 2021, collects the views of 401 female creators –artists, songwriters, producers and DJs – from around the world, many of whom are independent artists.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorHundreds of members of the international music industry have signed an open letter to record labels titled “Pay Songwriters,” calling for better financial treatment from the record labels that are riding a tide of streaming-powered success.

Dua Lipa has been announced as the headline act for Elton John’s 29th annual AIDS Foundation Academy Awards pre-party, which will also see Neil Patrick Harris on hosting duties.The annual party has taken place since 1992, with this year’s event raising funds for young people at risk and living with HIV all over the world.The hour-long event will stream at four different times to match the broadcast of the Academy Awards in different regions – specifically North America will take it in at April

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAmid all the headlines that came out of the 2021 Grammy Awards, one that should have been bigger is what a huge night it was for independent labels and artists: For the first time, more than half of the winners were independent artists — i.e.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOne of the many remarkable things about first time Grammy executive producer Ben Winston and Recording Academy chief Harvey Mason jr. is that they basically haven’t stopped working since the show ended on Sunday night.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe 2021 Grammy Awards were an awards show like none before them, in countless ways — and although opinions are mixed about what worked and what didn’t, the consensus seem to be pretty positive, albeit with inevitable caveats.Perhaps most of all, the way the Grammys chose to handle the “In Memoriam” segment, which on most awards shows is fraught with omissions and misspellings and subsequent outrage, received some of the most positive reactions — especially

Grammy award for each of his first four albums. It is a feat unequalled by any of our all-time great British superstars beloved all around the world, such as The Beatles, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Elton John, Coldplay and Adele.

Elton John’s vow to “hit someone” if Phoebe Bridgers doesn’t win a Grammy after Bridgers was shut out at the ceremony.

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 EditorCardi B and Megan Thee Stallion amped up the Grammys with a jaw-dropping performance of their NSFW anthem “WAP.” The duo performed strip club-themed version of the song, featuring a pole on a massive clear heel, and ending with the two rappers writhing together on a giant bed.

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 EditorSince the Big Four Grammy categories expanded from five nominees to eight in 2019, the list of finalists has gotten more far-reaching and far more unpredictable.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTonight, we come together — virtually — for the Grammy Awards, “Music’s Biggest Night,” and do our best to celebrate the music of the worst year of so many people’s lives.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMusiCares is the Recording Academy’s charitable wing, and its annual concert during Grammy Week is its main source of fundraising virtually every year.

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.