This Week In Music: Grammys Shadowed By Scandal, Leaving A Big Question On What’s Next

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

“On The Record,” a harrowing documentary about the burden of women of color in the #MeToo movement, has been upstaged for nearly a month by the departure of former executive producer Oprah Winfrey.

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.

Imagine telling a Billie Eilish fan two years ago — when she was a 16-year-old burgeoning cult star known for her massive online following, eccentric fashion sense and oddball alt-pop singles — that in 2020, she'd have the kind of Grammy success only one other artist in over 60 years has ever had. They'd probablyeither think you were lying, or assume that Eilish's music and image had taken a wild turn towards the conventional fromthe weirdo teen artist they currently knew.Nope.

Fans have slammed Recording Academy bosses for leaving a host of prominent musicians, including two-time nominee Keith Flint, out of the Grammy Awards’ In Memoriam segment on Sunday.

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. 

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.

Today's top female music industry executives had a moment to relax and spend time with loved ones in the midst of Grammy week chaos at the Facebook + Instagram Second Annual Women in Music Luncheon in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon (Jan. 24). This year's goal was to look "behind-the-scenes" in the industry, highlighting the forces behin

Other than the performances, it’s all about the Big Four categories — Album, Record and Song of the Year, plus Best New Artist — at the 2020 Grammy Awards on Sunday.