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joked about the relationship between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce and made fun of TikTok and Universal Music Group.“So anything can happen, right?” he said in his monologue. “This is like flying in a Boeing airplane.

Los Angeles wildfires.Not only have A-listers like Anthony Hopkins, Mandy Moore, Billy Crystal and Paris Hilton lost their homes in the fires, but major industry events like award shows, red carpet premieres and concerts have been either postponed or canceled.The 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards, for example, were slated to take place in Santa Monica on Jan. 12. However, the Chelsea Handler-hosted ceremony has now been pushed back to Jan.

Grammy Awards have decided to boycott Spotify‘s party for the ceremony.The likes of Jessi Alexander, Amy Allen, Jessie Jo Dillon and RAYE – who have all been nominated for Songwriter Of The Year have announced they will be skipping the streaming platform’s celebratory bash and will also not be performing at the event.While speaking to Billboard, Allen (Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Sabrina Carpenter) and Dillon (Jelly Roll, Megan Marooney) confirmed that their absence is due to Spotify’s treatment of songwriters.“After some thought, I couldn’t in good conscience support this initiative given their approach to bundling royalties,” said Dillon in a statement to the publication. “It is very nice to be individually honored, but it is better for me and my entire songwriter community to be paid fairly for our art.

Eminem has shared his admiration for Kendrick Lamar and said that he thinks the rapper will clean up at the 2025 Grammy Awards.The rapper, real name Marshall Bruce Mathers III, opened up about Kendrick Lamar during a new interview with DJ Whoo Kid on SiriusXM station Shade45.During the discussion, he shared his praise for the Compton-born rapper and said that he believes that the artist will likely take home all seven awards he is nominated for at the upcoming Grammy Award Ceremony for 2025.“It’s very stiff competition,” Eminem, who already has 15 Grammy Awards to his name, said about the nominees for this year. “Kendrick is gonna sweep that shit.

Charli XCX and Post Malone have each received additional Grammy nods.The Recording Academy shared the additional nominations for the 2025 Grammys yesterday (December 20). The latest batch of adjustments to the nominee list saw both artists given Best Recording Package nods for serving as art directors on ‘Brat’ and ‘F-1 Trillion’.Both records were already included in the category, but neither musician was listed as an eligible nominee when they were initially announced.Now, they’ll be up against Kate Bush in the category, with the ‘Wuthering Heights’ singer earning her first Grammy nomination in nearly 30 years for serving as art director on the ‘Hounds of Love the Baskerville Edition’.The latest update pushes Charli’s nomination total to eight at next year’s event, including for Record of the Year with ‘360’, and Album of the Year for cultural phenomenon album ‘Brat’.Meanwhile, Malone is now on seven nominations, which include Best Country Album and Song of the Year for his collaboration with Taylor Swift on ‘Fortnight’.

Sabrina Carpenter, and said that she thinks the pop star will go on to become “an EGOT”.Cartwright, who is famed for her voice acting role in The Simpsons, mused about the other famous face in her family during a new interview, and said that she believes her niece will go on to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award in the years to come.It comes as she appeared on an episode of Good Morning America on Monday (December 16), just one day ahead of The Simpson’s 2024 holiday special premiering.During the discussion, Cartwright – who voices Bart Simpson, Ralph Wiggum, Nelson Muntz, Todd Flanders, Kearney Zzyzwicz, Database, and Maggie Simpson in the series – reflected on how Carpenter “knew at age six-years-old that she wanted to work for Disney.”“That was her dream at age six!” she said when asked about the new wave of success Carpenter has experienced in 2024 (via Billboard). “She has just created her own path.”While Carpenter has been at her most successful peak yet this year, following her releasing the hugely successful ‘Short N’ Sweet’ album and subsequently kicking off her world tour, she actually made her breakthrough in the entertainment industry back in 2014, when she landed a major role on Disney Channel’s Girl Meets World.The series saw her star opposite Rowan Blanchard, and it ran for three seasons.

Chappell Roan has promised to “say something controversial” during her Grammys acceptance speech, should she win at next year’s ceremony.The singer-songwriter is nominated for six awards at the event, including Best New Artist, Album Of The Year (‘The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess’), and Song and Record Of The Year (‘Good Luck, Babe!’).Speaking to Zane Lowe on A Carpool Karaoke Christmas, Roan explained: “I don’t have a speech yet, but you know me. I’m going to say something controversial.

Dua Lipa has reacted to her latest album ‘Radical Optimism‘ not being nominated at the 67th annual Grammy Awards.In a new interview with Billboard UK, the pop star discussed her 2020 album ‘Future Nostalgia’ earning her the award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammys in 2021, sharing that the LP allowed her to “grow as an artist, to push boundaries and change” and helped her have “the confidence to make ‘Radical Optimism‘.”Released on May 3 2024, her third studio LP peaked at Number One on the UK Charts and Number Two on the US Billboard 200. However, it was not nominated for any awards at the 67th Grammy Awards which are set to take place on February 2 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.Speaking about the album and the lack of Recording Academy nominations, Lipa told the outlet: “I’m so proud of ‘Radical Optimism’ and where it’s brought me.

Billie Eilish has played snippets of two new songs in a recent interview, revealing that she has been “making music” again.During a conversation with CBS News, the pop star spoke to Anthony Mason about her enormous success and the doubts she has about her ability to create new material.The chat comes at the end of a year that saw Eilish release her third studio record, ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’ – which has been nominated for Album Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammys 2025.She told Mason about experiencing writer’s block, a subject she has been open about previously. “It never is comfortable,” she explained.

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade last week — in the pouring rain. “My toes are frozen, but I was thankful to perform,” she told The Post.And now, she’ll be singing tunes from her new Christmas EP “Coco by the Fireplace” at the Rockefeller Center tree lighting ceremony Wednesday alongside host Kelly Clarkson and a star-studded lineup, including Jennifer Hudson, the Backstreet Boys, Little Big Town, Dan + Shay, British breakout Raye and more.No doubt, she’s living out the dreams of a little girl who wore out one very special Christmas gift.“One of my younger Christmas gifts was a Barbie karaoke machine,” recalled Jones, 26.

“Vertigo,” “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own” and “City of Blinding Lights,” the group’s 11th studio LP would go multiplatinum and win them eight of their 22 Grammys — including a second Album of the Year prize after 1987’s seminal “The Joshua Tree.”Reinforcing their relevance as Bono’s boys gave way from alt-rock to aughts rock, it turned middle age into an “Atomic” age for U2.Boom.And who better to help U2 recapture their unforgettable fire than Lillywhite — who had produced the band’s first three albums: 1980’s “Boy,” 1981’s “October” and 1983’s “War,” while also contributing to “The Joshua Tree.”“They were feeling a bit depressed,” recalled Lillywhite, 69. “When they see me, they perk up because it reminds them of when they were young, I suppose.”Indeed, the British producer — who has also worked with everyone from the Rolling Stones to Dave Matthews Band and The Killers — has known U2 since Day One.“When I first worked with them, I was 24 and the eldest member of the band was 19,” he explained.

Taylor Swift brought out Gracie Abrams for a version of their collaboration ‘Us’ in Toronto on Saturday (November 16) – see footage below.The song was first released in June, as part of Abrams’ second album ‘The Secret Of Us’, with the two artists writing the song together, alongside The National’s Aaron Dessner, who also produced the song along with them both, as well as Jack Antonoff.At the third of Swift’s six shows at Toronto’s Rogers Centre, the superstar invited her collaborator, who is opening for her on this last leg of the Eras Tour, onto the stage for a performance of the song, which was mashed up with ‘Out Of The Woods’ from ‘1989‘.See the rendition here:“A lot of life can happen in the phase of that tour, a lot of art can happen over the course of that tour, and I think you’ll remember the genius, brilliant young lady you saw earlier tonight,” Swift said as she introduced Abrams.“So, story time, Gracie was opening up for me like a year ago on the Eras Tour and we had so many fun memories during that tour, one of which was we were celebrating her getting nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammys, we went out, we had like eleventy-hundred cosmos.”The performance comes on the week that the song was nominated at the Grammys for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, where it will be up against the likes of Beyoncé and Post Malone’s ‘Levii’s Jeans’ and Charli XCX and Billie Eilish’s ‘Guess’.Swift picked up a total of six Grammy nominations this time around, including Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year, for which she gave all the credit to her fans at the previous Toronto show.It is the second time that Swift and Abrams have joined forces on stage at the Eras Tour to play the song, after they

Taylor Swift has credited her fans for her six Grammy nominations at a show in Toronto, thanking them and describing it as “unbelievable”.The all-conquering Eras Tour is now in its final leg, which kicked off at Toronto’s Rogers Centre on Thursday (November 14). During the show, the singer took the time to share her reflections on being recognised in so many awards categories.“You guys did something so amazing over the course of the last few months,” she said.

when “Midnights” picked up the top prize in February, the 34-year-old superstar racked up six nods for her latest LP, “The Tortured Poets Department,” when the 2025 Grammy Award nominations were announced last week.And in doing so, Swift made more history: She became the first woman to be nominated for Album of the Year seven times, breaking a tie she previously held with Barbra Streisand.The singer credited her legion of Swifties at her Eras Tour stop in Toronto on Thursday night.“You guys got this album nominated for six Grammys,” she said. “It’s so unbelievable, so thank you.”Swift showed more love to her fans how they have embraced “The Tortured Poets Department,” which also scored Record and Song of the Year nominations for “Fortnight,” Swift’s collaboration with Post Malone.“You guys have been so wonderful about getting into this album and really understanding where I was coming from with it and you made it, by far, the biggest debut week I’ve ever had of an album,” she said.“And you kept that album at No.

Persona 5 jazz cover is up for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals at the Grammys, but it has to beat John Legend and Willow Smith to get it.The 8-Bit Big Band is up for a Grammy for their cover of ‘Last Surprise’, Persona 5‘s main battle theme, so it’s a song people hear often during a playthrough.As reported by PC Gamer, this isn’t the first time The 8-Bit Big Band has been nominated for a Grammy, having previously won Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals for their cover of ‘Meta Knight’s Revenge’ from Kirby Super Star.The band tweeted, “WOW WE JUST GOT OUR 2nd GRAMMY NOMINATION!! So thrilled to be nominated along side my harmonic bro in crime @Button__Masher for our co-arrangement of “Last Surprise” from Persona 5 composed by the incredible @s_megarock aka Shoji Meguro!! LONG LIVE VIDEO GAME MUSIC!!!”Ther Persona series is known for its jazzy soundtracks, and Persona 5 has been nominated for music awards before. The cover makes the song even jazzier and the video accomapanies it with some 8-bit sound effects and graphics from the game.The 8-Bit Band is up against some stiff competition.

Beyoncé has officially become the most Grammy-nominated artist in the history of the award show.The pop icon received 11 nominations at the 67th annual Grammy Awards for her recently released eighth studio album ‘Cowboy Carter’ including categories for Album of the Year and Best Country Album while the LP’s single ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ earned nominations for Record of the Year, and Song of the Year.She was previously tied with her husband Jay-Z for a total of 88 nominations but following the announcement of the 67th annual Grammy Awards noms, the ‘Crazy In Love’ singer has earned a total of 99 nominations throughout her career.Back in 2023, Beyoncé broke the record for most Grammy wins of all time, with 32 trophies to her name. Earlier this year, Jay-Z took a moment to call out the Recording Academy for Beyoncé never being awarded Album Of The Year.While accepting the Global Impact Award onstage during the 66th Grammy Awards, the rapper said: “I don’t want to embarrass this young lady, but she has more Grammys than everyone and never won Album of The Year; so even by your own metrics, that doesn’t work.

André 3000 has reacted to his Grammy nominations for jazz album ‘New Blue Sun’, which was notably picked to compete in the album of the year category.In an interview with The New York Times, the Outkast member – real name André Benjamin – said that he had just woken up while on tour when the nominations were announced last Friday (November 8).“We were trying to be nominated in some type of way for alternative jazz or ambient, possibly,” he admitted. “But I was totally surprised by this.

RAYE has shared her emotional reaction to news of her Grammy nominations.The ‘Escapism‘ singer earned nods for Best New Artist alongside Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Shaboozey, Boone, Teddy Swims, Doechii and Khruangbin – and she’s also up Songwriter of the Year, making it the first time she has ever been nominated for a Grammy.She is also up for Non-Classical and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for her work on Lucky Daye‘s album ‘Algorithm’.

Teddy Swims has shared his tearful reaction to his Grammy nomination in the Best New Artist category.Yesterday (November 8), Swims shared a video of himself, telling fans that he “can’t stop crying” upon watching the livestream of the nominations announcement.The clip shows the singer-songwriter calling his father to break the good news. “Look what you’ve done, baby,” Swims’ father says, holding back tears. “It’s amazing.” Swims joins fellow nominees Benson Boone, Doechii, Chappell Roan, Khruangbin, Raye, Sabrina Carpenter, and Shaboozey in the category.“I’m so proud of you, baby.

Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish continued their pop-diva domination.Beyoncé — the all-time Grammy winner with 32 gramophones — leads with 11 nominations, while Swift and Eilish picked up 6 and 7 nods, respectively.The three perennial contenders are all up for Album of the Year: Beyoncé for “Cowboy Carter,” Swift for “The Tortured Poets Department” and Eilish for “Hit Me Hard and Soft.”And the much-lauded ladies will also face off for Record and Song of the Year, with Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ’Em,” Swift’s “Fortnight” and Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather.”Last February, Swift became the first artist to win Album of the Year four times for “Midnights,” while Eilish won her second Song of the Year trophy for her “Barbie” ballad “What Was I Made For?” And they both lost to Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” for Record of the Year.Meanwhile, two of 2024’s rising divas — Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan — received 6 nominations each and will battle it out for Best New Artist. Among those announcing the nominees in the livestream event on Grammy.com were 2024 Best New Artist winner Victoria Monét, Kylie Minogue, Ben Platt, Brandy Clark and Paramore’s Hayley Williams.

Beyoncé leading the way, earning 11 nominations.She has now become the most nominated artist of all time, with a total of 99 nominations throughout her career. The Beatles, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift are competing against her for Record of the Year.The official Grammys YouTube hosted a livestream today (November 8) for the announcement which you can watch below, with the winners set to be announced at the 68th Grammy Awards ceremony on February 2, 2025 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.Both Roan and Carpenter have been nominated for best new artist, meaning they are up in all four general categories open to recording artists across genres.