"Elton John: I'm Still Standing-A Grammy Salute" Set To Take Place Jan. 30 At The Theater At Madison Square Garden In New York City
15 December, 2017
Just two days after the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards, the Recording Academy, AEG Ehrlich Ventures, and CBS will celebrate the legendary career of five-time GRAMMY winner and 2000 MusiCares' Person of the Year honoree Elton John by presenting "Elton John: I'm Still Standing-A GRAMMY Salute." The live concert ...
| Missy Elliott To Receive 2018 Essence 'Black Women In Music' Honor
14 December, 2017
Time Inc.'s (NYSE: TIME) ESSENCE, the number one media company dedicated to African-American women, will celebrate multi-GRAMMY® winner and music icon Missy Elliott with its 2018 'Black Women in Music' honor on January 25, 2018 at the Highline Ballroom in New York City.
A multi-GRAMMY Award-winning ...
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The Chainsmokers' "Closer" Is Top Streamed Track On SoundExchange's 2017 Year-End Charts
13 December, 2017
SoundExchange today revealed its Top 20 Tracks and Breakout Artists of 2017, based on streaming data we compiled from more than 3,100 digital music services.
The number one track of 2017 belongs to dance music duo The Chainsmokers. Their song "Closer," featuring Halsey, nudged out Ed Sheeran's "Shape ...
| Spotify Reveals Its Most-Played Artists Of 2017
13 December, 2017
Spotify reveals its annual Year in Music lists, showing the top artists, albums, tracks and moments that made 2017 such an amazing year for music fans. Spotify can reveal that Ed Sheeran is the most streamed artist of 2017 globally, and remains the #1 most streamed artist on Spotify with 47 million ...
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Ray Wylie Hubbard Set For Induction Into Texas Heritage Songwriters' Hall Of Fame
07 December, 2017
In Ray Wylie Hubbard's defense, maybe he had no idea that by sticking the fork in his 2015 autobiography A Life, Well … Lived, with that little joke about not wanting "to peak too soon," he was all but guaranteeing that the book would already seem overdue for several new chapters not two years later. ...
| Music Reports Identifies Top 30 Most-Recorded Holiday Songs Using Songdex Registry
05 December, 2017
As holiday songs increasingly fill the airwaves and our eardrums, Music Reports, the world's most advanced rights administration platform, has compiled a list of the 30 most recorded holiday songs. Songdex, the largest database of music rights in the world, contains records of both musical compositions ...
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U2's "Songs Of Experience" Could Become Their 11th No 1 UK Album
04 December, 2017
U2 could be heading for an 11th Number 1 record on this week's UK Albums Chart. The group's 14th studio LP Songs of Experience occupies the top spot on today's Official Chart Update, some 7,000 units ahead of Sam Smith's The Thrill Of It All (2). Should the album hold onto its momentum, it'll be the ...
| Ed Sheeran's Perfect Duet With Beyonce Is Heading For No 1!
04 December, 2017
Ed Sheeran is set to claim his fourth No 1 on the UK Singles Chart as his latest single Perfect leads the way on the Official Chart Update.
Perfect originally entered the chart at Number 4 back in March, the week Ed's ÷ album was released. Last week the track outclassed its original peak by entering ...
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The New Broadway Cast Recording Of Bette Midler In Hello, Dolly! Receives 2017 Grammy Award Nomination For Best Musical Theater Album
04 December, 2017
Masterworks Broadway celebrates the 2017 Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theater Album for The New Broadway Cast Recording of Hello, Dolly! starring three-time Grammy-winning legend Bette Midler as Dolly Gallagher Levi. Produced by multiple Grammy winner Steven Epstein, the album is out everywhere. ...
| Lisa Loeb Receives Grammy Award Nomination For 'Feel What U Feel'
04 December, 2017
Lisa Loeb's Amazon Original family album, Feel What U Feel was nominated for a GRAMMY Award on November 28. The announcement comes on the heels of two other Lisa Loeb musical releases with Amazon Music this year, including October's Lullaby Girl.
This is Loeb's second GRAMMY Award nomination; her ...
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Rebecca Kite And Pete Magadini Receive Yamaha Legacy In Education Awards At PASIC 2017
04 December, 2017
"Both as players and teachers, Rebecca Kite and Pete Magadini exemplify how music and music education change lives," said John Wittmann, director of artist relations and education, Yamaha Artist Services Indianapolis.
Yamaha bestowed the company's prestigious Legacy in Education Awards on Rebecca ...
| Camila Cabello Reigns Supreme At The No 1 UK Singles Spot For 5th Week
04 December, 2017
It's been neck and neck all week but Camila Cabello has managed to hang on to Number 1 for a fifth week, despite a serious challenge from Rita Ora.
Camila's Havana, feat Young Thug, finishes just over 1,000 combined sales ahead of Rita's Anywhere, which has to settle for Number 2 for another week.
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Blind Boys Of Alabama Earn Grammy Award Nomination For "Best American Roots Performance"
02 December, 2017
Iconic gospel group Blind Boys of Alabama received this week their tenth nomination from the 2018 60th Grammy Awards. In the American Roots Music Field, they received the nom for "Best American Roots Performance" for their song "Let My Mother Live" off their latest album Almost Home, released this summer ...
| MOBO Award Winners 2017: Stormzy Dominates As Girlfriend Maya Jama Cheers On Triple Win
01 December, 2017
Stormzy, 24, has walked away with three coveted MOBOs from Wednesday's ceremony at Leeds' First Direct Arena. The British rapper bagged himself Best Male, Best Album and Best Grime Act at the 22nd Mobo Awards and was in good company in the winner's lounge as actor Idris Elba and singer Stefflon Don ...
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Liam Gallagher To Be Crowned Godlike Genius
30 November, 2017
Today, NME proudly announces Liam Gallagher as the recipient of the prestigious NME Godlike Genius Award. Liam will collect the gong at the VO5 NME Awards 2018 on 14th February at London's O2 Academy Brixton. Watch Liam's hilarious take on joining the Godlike Genius Hall of Fame here.
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| Yusuf/Cat Stevens' 'The Laughing Apple' Earns His First-Ever Grammy Nomination For Best Folk Album
30 November, 2017
This week, Yusuf / Cat Stevens' new release 'The Laughing Apple' earned his first-ever GRAMMY nomination for Best Folk Album. Out now on his Cat-O-Log Records label exclusively through Decca Records, 'The Laughing Apple' combines newly-written songs with reinvented versions of tracks from Yusuf's 1967 ...
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BBC Radio 6 Music Reveals Its 6 Music Recommends: Albums Of The Year
29 November, 2017
BBC Radio 6 Music has announced Thundercat's album, Drunk, as their No 1 Album of the Year, as chosen by the station's presenters.
The Number 1 choice was celebrated this week on Monday (November 27) midnight-1am in a special 6 Music Recommends: Album of the Year show presented by Mary Anne Hobbs, ...
| "All I Want For Christmas Is You" Joins Christmas Classics As #1 ASCAP Holiday Song In 2017
29 November, 2017
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), a professional membership organization of songwriters, composers and music publishers, announces its Top Holiday Songs for 2017. According to an ASCAP analysis of streaming and terrestrial radio data, 1994's "All I Want For Christmas ...
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Provident Music Group Leads Christian Industry With 11 Grammy Nominations
29 November, 2017
Provident Music Group/Sony Music has been honored with 11 GRAMMY nominations, the most among all Christian-based record labels, for the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Provident artists recognized in multiple categories are Le'Andria (Gospel Performance, Gospel Album) and Tauren Wells (Contemporary Christian ...
| Kitaro Garners His 17th Grammy Award Nomination
29 November, 2017
For the 17th time, Golden Globe and Grammy-Award winning composer, musician and recording artist Kitaro has captured a Grammy Award Nomination for this year's 60th anniversary of the Grammy Awards. Kitaro's Best New Age Album Grammy nomination is for his full-length album release entitled Sacred Journey ...
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