Kanye West, 50 Cent, Mick Jagger and Imagine Dragons Are Among Musicians Vying for Emmy
17.06.2022 - 00:03
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Jon Burlingame editorThe number and range of superstars vying for Emmys this year – everyone from Kanye West and 50 Cent to Mick Jagger and Imagine Dragons – is staggering.More than 600 entries in the seven Emmy music categories were unveiled today as voting began for the nominations round. Nominations will be announced by the Television Academy on July 12.The most star-studded category is that of best song (technically, “original music and lyrics”).
“Euphoria” star Zendaya and composer Labrinth, who won Emmys for the series in 2020, have entered two songs from this past season as co-writers and could score again given the huge popularity of the HBO series. Labrinth has also entered in the series-score category.
Country stars Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert are up for songs in “Nine Perfect Strangers” and “Queer Eye,” respectively. Music docs are included too, as Sheryl Crow has entered a song from the new Showtime documentary on her life and Mary J.
Blige is up for one from “Mary J. Blige’s My Life.”Phoebe Bridgers has a song in “Conversations With Friends,” Sara Bareilles has one in “Girls5eva,” and Barenaked Ladies has one in, of all things, “The Super Bob Einstein Movie.” All are entered in the song category.Leading songwriters are vying for Emmy honors, too, including Oscar winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (“La La Land”) for a song in “Harlem,” Tony winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (“Hairspray”) for one in “Hawkeye,” and Tony-Emmy-Grammy winner Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Hamilton”) for a song in the Amazon series “With Love.”The main-title theme category boasts even more stars, including no fewer than three entries by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as lyricist for the themes for “BMF,” “Power Book III: Raising Kanan”
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