Lil Baby, Roddy Ricch, Taylor Swift win Apple Music Awards

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorYouTube has unveiled its lists of the Top Songs from 2020, with Roddy Ricch’s “The Box” topping the list. The full tallies appear below, along with other factoids — and check out Variety‘s feature on Ricch from last week’s “Hitmakers” awards, where he won Breakthrough Artist of the Year.

NEW YORK -- Roddy Ricch is the king of Apple Music: The rapper has the music platform’s most-streamed song and album of the year.Apple announced Thursday that Ricch achieved the feat with his hit “The Box” and his debut album, “Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial.”Rappers dominated the Top 5 most-streamed albums on Apple Music, with Lil Baby’s “My Turn,” Pop Smoke’s “Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon” and Lil Uzi Vert’s “Eternal Atake — LUV vs.

Taylor Swift continues to stand up for the LGBTQ+ community. The «Shake It Off» singer received the Icon Award at the 2020 Attitude Awards this week, and vowed to «always» be an advocate for those equality and love.Swift was presented the award by her longtime friend Todrick Hall, before she shared her inspiring words.«I'm really, really grateful for this, this is so amazing.

30 Under 30 list, and several young hip-hop artists are representing the genre with a strong showing in the Music category.The 2021 30 Under 30 honors 600 different influential figures in 20 categories, and burgeoning hip-hop super starRoddy Ricch lead the list, which was published on Tuesday.The artist told the publication, «I've made more this year than I have ever made in life--at home,» referring to his $20 million in profits while stuck in quarantine amid the pandemic.Meanwhile, Doja Cat is

Taylor Swift has spoken about the process of re-recording her old music, calling it “an amazing adventure”.Last year, Swift confirmed her plans to re-record songs from her first six records in a bid to take control over her music once again after music manager Scooter Braun and his media holding company, Ithaca Holdings LLC, acquired Swift’s old label, Big Machine Label Group, back in June 2019.The story has hit headlines again this week after Swift confirmed that the ownership of her back

Taylor Swift has revealed the true identity of songwriter William Bowery.Bowery, who is credited as a songwriter on two songs on Folklore (‘Betty’ and ‘Exile’), is in fact Swift’s boyfriend, Joe Alwyn.The news, which has long-been suspected by fans, was confirmed by Swift in her new concert film Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, which was released on Disney+ today (November 25) which was billed as “an intimate concert of the record-breaking ‘Folklore’”.Speaking about the true identity of

As expected, Taylor Swift dominated the 2020 Grammy Awards nominations earning six nods including Album of the Year and Song of the Year. What was slightly unexpected was Dua Lipa tying her in overall Grammy nods, including those categories and landing Record of the Year for “Don’t Start Now.” Surprisingly, despite predictions neither landed the most nominations.

Beyoncé led the field with nine nominations for the 63rd Grammy Awards, which were announced Tuesday morning by the Recording Academy.

Chris Willman Music WriterBeyoncé leads the contenders for the 2021 Grammy Awards with nine — an unexpectedly high profile, given that the superstar didn’t even release a new album during the eligibility period. Her wealth of nods is followed by six apiece for Taylor Swift, Roddy Ricch and Dua Lipa.Brittany Howard, of Alabama Shakes fame, was close behind that grouping with five nominations for her solo debut.

Will Thorne Staff WriterThe 2020 American Music Awards delivered a big decline in rating and total viewership from last year, falling to record lows in both measurements.Last night’s awards show, which was hosted by “Empire” star Taraji P. Henson and saw Taylor Swift, The Weeknd and Dan + Shay emerge as the big winners, averaged a 0.9 rating among adults 18-49 and around 3.8 million total viewers.

The 2020 American Music Awards, like most things in 2020, was visibly affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Host Taraji P.

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.

Another COVID-compliant awards show was pulled off without a hitch!!

Chris Willman Music WriterThe American Music Awards gave three trophies apiece to Taylor Swift, The Weeknd and Dan + Shay in a show that proceeded along the lines of a typical annual AMAs telecast while acknowledging that the live audience for this pandemic edition consisted of a bare handful of masked, cheering fans in the Microsoft Theater’s balcony.Viewers who prefer their awards telecasts politics-free finally had a 2020 show to pick not a single bone with. Host Taraji P.

Taylor Swift just won big at the 2020 American Music Awards!The 30-year-old singer took home the night's most prestigious award, Artist of the Year, on Sunday. Although she couldn't be there in person to accept the award, Swift recorded a video to all the fans who voted for her, and explained why she wasn't inside Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater.«Oh hey, guys.

American Music Awards are here! Some of the biggest names in music came out to the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday for a night of celebration and fun!Going into this year's show, The Weeknd and Roddy Ricch led the pack with eight nominations each, with Megan Thee Stallion snagging five noms.

Lewis Capaldi makes a funny pose for the cameras while walking the red carpet at the 2020 American Music Awards, which is airing on Sunday (November 22) and taking place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.