NEW YORK – This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time – due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic.
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CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the accusations of corruption levelled at the Grammy Awards by The Weeknd and Halsey (among others) and whether the big US music industry awards show can ever escape criticism, plus the $3 million lawsuit launched by Chance The Rapper’s former manager that calls his last album a “freestyle-driven product of sub-par quality”.SECTION TIMES01: Grammy Awards (00:05:35)02: Chance The Rapper
.NEW YORK – This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time – due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Recording Academy knows when to hold ’em, where it’s fun to stay and that there’s a choice we’re making. Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler,” Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” and USA for Africa’s benefit single “We Are the World” are among the 29 songs and albums added to the Grammy Hall of Fame today.
More and more Americans are now receiving the coronavirus vaccine, but confirmed cases and deaths from the disease are horribly shattering records almost daily, across both the nation and in California.
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After a Grammy nomination and two number-one songs, could a Hollywood takeover be next? BTS was asked if they would ever star in American movies, and they had some A-list co-stars in mind.
Janette Manrara was visibly emotional on Saturday after appearing in her first-ever Strictly Come Dancing quarter-final!The star and her partner, HRVY took to the dance floor in 'Musicals Week', and completed a show-stopping American Smooth to One from the hit show A Chorus Line.MORE: Strictly's Claudia Winkleman STUNS fans in glittering trouser suitHead judge Shirley Ballas was quick to heap praise on the professional who was visibly moved by her comments. She told the audience and viewers at
coronavirus. How are you feeling?Bad Bunny: I am well, thank God.
Elton John has thrown his support behind The Weeknd after the singer claimed he had been snubbed by the Grammy Awards. The US musician, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, has the year's best-selling record in the US with his album After Hours.
The Weeknd has branded the Grammys “corrupt” after he was completely snubbed from this year’s nominees, despite a hugely successful year.In the last year, the Canadian singer’s hit Blinding Lights sat at the top of the UK singles chart for a total of eight weeks, while in the US, the track became the longest-running top 10 hit in history.Meanwhile, his latest album After Hours was met with positive reviews and reached number one in the US, UK, Canada and Australia.However, despite all of this,
TMZ Tuesday, as Grammy organizers demanded he pass on taking the stage at Super Bowl LV, before relenting and deciding he could do both.Insiders said that the Can’t Feel My Face artist's camp suspected the lack of nominations were in response to the unpleasant back and forth over whether he would perform in the Super Bowl.The artist, whose full name is Abel Tesfaye, released the record After Hours in March to strong sales and reviews, and it won Favorite Album - Soul/R&B honors at the American
The 63rd annual Grammy Awards may be celebrating the best in music come Jan. 31, but some artists were missing from the list of nominees unveiled Tuesday.
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorOnly twice in the history of the Grammy Awards has a London cast recording ever scored a nomination in the Best Musical Theater album category — first in 1984, when “Cats” won, and again in 1999 when the London cast recording of “Chicago” was nominated.This year, “Amélie” was among the albums to land a nomination alongside, “American Utopia on Broadway” (Original Cast), “Jagged Little Pill” (Original Broadway Cast), “Little Shop of Horrors” (The New Off-Broadway
The theater industry’s pandemic-shortened season seems to have opened up the Grammy playing field for cast albums, as only two of the six just-announced nominees for the 2021 awards represent the usually-dominant Broadway.
Slipknot have announced the date and ticket information for their curated music festival, Knotfest, which is heading to Brasil for the first time next year.Earlier this month the metal legends posted a video teasing South American stops of their festival, with Chile, Colombia, and Brasil all listed.Now, the band have confirmed they’ll top the bill at Sambódromo do Anhembi in São Paulo on December 19, 2021.