The Grammy Foundation Announces 2012 Grammy Signature Schools Semifinalists
13 December, 2011
The GRAMMY Foundation (www.grammyfoundation.org) today announced that 125 schools nationwide have been selected as GRAMMY Signature Schools semifinalists (www.grammyintheschools.com) for 2012. Created in 1998, the GRAMMY Signature Schools program recognizes top U.S. public high schools that are making ...
| Marlboro Music Alum Yo-Yo Ma Receives Kennedy Center Honor
12 December, 2011
Yo-Yo Ma, who spent four formative summers in Vermont as a teenager at the unique classical music think tank - Marlboro Music - last weekend received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor, recognizing artists that have influenced American culture. Yo-Yo Ma was joined by fellow recipients actress Meryl ...
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BRIT Awards 2012: Critics' Choice Award Shortlist Is Unveiled
11 December, 2011
The countdown to the most exciting music awards ceremony in Britain continues today with the announcement of the three artists shortlisted for the prestigious BRITs Critics' Choice Award in association with War Child.
This year's shortlisted nominees are Emeli Sande, Maverick Sabre and Michael Kiwanuka.
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| BRIT Awards 2012: Blur Receives Outstanding Contribution To Music Award
11 December, 2011
Twenty-one years since the release of their debut album 'Leisure', British music icons Blur are named as winners of one of music's most coveted awards.
21st February 2012 - The O2 - Tickets on sale now - Broadcast live on ITV1.
As the countdown begins to the most celebrated event in the British ...
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Pharrell Williams, Hans Zimmer Named Oscar Music Supervisors
11 December, 2011
Pharrell Williams is set to team up with legendary composer Hans Zimmer at Oscars Awards 2012.
Williams has been announced as one of the music consultants for the 84th Academy Awards and, alongside Zimmer, will help oversee the music for the event.
Grammy Award winning Zimmer has composed scores ...
| Architect Frank Gehry Creates Official Artwork For The 54th Annual Grammy Awards
09 December, 2011
The Recording Academy is pleased to announce its selection of world-famous architect and multitalented artist Frank Gehry to create the official artwork for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards®. The work integrates traditional GRAMMY iconography with Gehry's unique architectural style in a piece that mirrors ...
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Northern Seas By Al Conti Nominated For Grammy Award In Best Album: New Age
08 December, 2011
"I'm grateful for this incredible opportunity to share my music with others around the world," said Al Conti on learning of his 2012 GRAMMY nomination. "I appreciate this recognition of my music by The Recording Academy and by my talented peers. I am thrilled and honored by the nomination."
Conti ...
| Rock Legend Zakk Wylde To Be Honored At Guitar World's First Ever Rock & Roll Roast
08 December, 2011
Rock Legend Zakk Wylde To Be Honored At Guitar World's First Ever Rock & Roll RoastGet ready for a raucous night of comedy, charity and chaos! Guitar World is proud to announce the magazine's first-ever Rock & Roll Roast with inaugural honoree Zakk Wylde. Presented by Epiphone Guitars and sponsored ...
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Rockcityclub Announces That Legendary Music Impresario And Star Maker Don Kirshner Will Be Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 2012
08 December, 2011
Legendary and iconic music impresario Don Kirshner, who passed away on January 17, 2011, was posthumously selected today for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Don Kirshner will receive The Ahmet Ertegun Award, a non-performer classification that in the past has been awarded to Clive Davis, ...
| Grammy Winner Gloria Gaynor's #1 'i Will Survive' To Be Inducted In 2012 Grammy Hall Of Fame
07 December, 2011
Gloria Gaynor's #1 International Hit , "I Will Survive," will be one of 25 recordings that will be honored at the 54th Grammy Awards Ceremony in February 2012. The song climbed to #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart not only once - but twice in the spring of 1979 and reached #1 on charts in almost ...
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Amy Winehouse & Tony Bennett Honored With Grammy Nomination For Her Final Recording "Body & Soul"
06 December, 2011
Five-time Grammy Award winner and 21st century soul icon, AMY WINEHOUSE has received a 2012 Grammy Award nomination for "Body & Soul", her duet with the legendary Tony Bennett and final recording.
"It was a thrill to record with Amy Winehouse and when you listen to the recording of"
The duo's ...
| Adele's '21' Is The Biggest Selling Album Of 21st Century
05 December, 2011
Adele's album '21'was given the prestigious title of Best-Selling Album of the 21st Century by the Official Charts Company, who announced last night that 21 has actually remained in the Top 10 for 45 weeks in a row since being released!
Also, '21' has sold 2,418,131 copies so far, which means it has ...
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Kenny Chesney's "You And Tequila" Earns Two Grammy Nominations
05 December, 2011
"Good things come to those who wait," goes the old saying regarding the virtue of patience. Written nearly a decade ago by Matraca Berg and Deana Carter, "You and Tequila" sat unnoticed until Kenny Chesney wanted it for his critically acclaimed and platinum certified 'Hemingway's Whiskey' (BNA Records) ...
| Seth Glier's "The Next Right Thing" Garners Grammy Nomination
05 December, 2011
New York, NY - Seth Glier's critically acclaimed work The Next Right Thing (MPress Records, 2011) has been nominated for a GRAMMY Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. This is a fantastic honor and first-time nomination for the rising artist/producer, who recorded all of his vocals himself ...
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Marcia Ball Receives Grammy Nomination For Roadside Attractions
05 December, 2011
Texas-born, Louisiana-raised pianist/vocalist/songwriter Marcia Ball has received a 2011 Grammy Award nomination in the Best Blues Album category for her critically acclaimed CD, ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS. This is Ball's fifth release for Alligator Records and the fourth to receive a Grammy Award nomination.
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| Deadmau5 Garners Three Grammy Nominations For Best Dance/Electronica Album, Best Dance Recording And Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
05 December, 2011
Electronic music producer deadmau5 (pronounced 'dead mouse') has been nominated for three Grammy Awards including Best Dance/Electronica Album for his critically acclaimed LP 4x4=12 and Best Dance Recording for "Raise Your Weapon" with Greta Svabo Bech. Also nominated was deadmau5's stellar remix of ...
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OneRepublic Frontman, Songwriter And Producer Ryan Tedder Nominated For Two Grammy Awards
05 December, 2011
OneRepublic Frontman, Songwriter And Producer Ryan Tedder Nominated For Two Grammy AwardsRyan Tedder, lead singer/songwriter/producer of the multi-platinum selling band OneRepublic has been nominated for two GRAMMY Awards. Capping off a year where OneRepublic has topped the charts Tedder was recognized ...
| Band Perry Goes Platinum, Earns Grammy Nomination
05 December, 2011
After breaking through this year as one of Country's hottest new acts, The Band Perry is now celebrating a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist and a newly certified Platinum album! This week, the family band performed during "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!," earned a nomination for Best New ...
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Dave Barnes Receives First Grammy Nomination For No1 Country Song "God Gave Me You"
05 December, 2011
Razor & Tie artist Dave Barnes has received his first Grammy® nomination for Best Country Song for "God Gave Me You," as performed by Blake Shelton. Barnes' and Shelton's versions of the song have sold over one million singles to date. Blake Shelton's "God Gave Me You" has spent 20 weeks on the Billboard ...
| Bruno Mars Scores Big With Six Grammy Awards Nods
04 December, 2011
Elektra recording artist Bruno Mars has scored a stunning six nominations for the upcoming 54th Annual Grammy Awards. The annual extravaganza will be held on Sunday, February 12th, 2012 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on CBS from 8-11:30 pm (ET/PT).
The six nominations ...
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