The Grammys are in Las Vegas this year — and Silk Sonic is paying homage to Sin City with their opening performance. The duo, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, opened the show with an electrifying medley before hitting the lotto with “777.” Taking the stage dressed in card-themed white suits …
Read More »The Weeknd Calls Grammys Rule Change 'Admission of Corruption,' Will Still Boycott Event
The Weeknd said he still plans to boycott the Grammys after the Recording Academy announced it would get rid of the “secret committees” that, for years, finalized the nominees for major categories. The Recording Academy announced its rule change Friday, April 30th, saying the categories decided by the “Nominations Review …
Read More »Watch Doja Cat Bring a Very Laser-Packed 'Say So' to the 2021 Grammy Awards
Doja Cat donned an alien cyborg outfit for her performance of a remixed “Say So” at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night. Doja Cat and her dancers themed themselves after aliens coming down from another planet, surrounded by blue laser lights. (Doja’s dancers also, appropriately, wore cat ears …
Read More »Diddy to Receive Industry Icon Award at Pre-Grammys Gala
Sean “Diddy” Combs will receive the 2020 Industry Icon award at Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammys gala, the Recording Academy announced Wednesday. “Clive Davis and Arista Records gave me a chance when I was starting Bad Boy Records, he was one of the first industry executives to really believe in me. …
Read More »The Grammys Promise to Help Boost the Number of Women in Music
Following the announcement of an unusually diverse slate of Grammy nominees last month, the Recording Academy said this week that it will take new measures to bring more equality into the Grammy Awards‘ membership base. They plan to double the number of female voters in the next five years, bring …
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