Month: April 2022

The 64th Annual Grammy Awards aired live from Las Vegas Sunday night on CBS, hosted by Trevor Noah.

Here is the complete list of winners in the major categories:

Record of the Year
“Leave the Door Open,” Silk Sonic

Album of the Year
We Are, Jon Batiste

Song of the Year
“Leave the Door Open,” Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Silk Sonic)

Best New Artist
Olivia Rodrigo

POP

Best Pop Solo Performance
“driver's license,” Olivia Rodrigo

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Kiss Me More,” Doja Cat Featuring SZA

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Love For Sale, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga

Best Pop Vocal Album
Sour, Olivia Rodrigo

ROCK/ALTERNATIVE

Best Metal Performance
“The Alien,” Dream Theater

Best Rock Song
“Waiting on a War,” Foo Fighters

Best Rock Performance
“Making a Fire,” Foo Fighters

Best Rock Album
Medicine at Midnight, Foo Fighters

Best Alternative Music Album
Daddy's Home, St. Vincent

R&B/RAP

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE (TIE)
“Leave the Door Open,” Silk Sonic
and
“Pick Up Your Feelings,” Jazmine Sullivan

Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Fight for You,” H.E.R.

Best R&B Song
“Leave the Door Open,” Silk Sonic

Best Progressive R&B Album
Table for Two, Lucky Daye

Best R&B Album
Heaux Tales, Jazmine Sullivan

Best Rap Performance
“Family Ties,” Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar

Best Melodic Rap Performance
“Hurricane,” Kanye West featuring the Weeknd and Lil Baby

Best Rap Song
“Jail,” Dwayne Abernathy, Jr., Shawn Carter, Raul Cubina, Michael Dean, Charles M. Njapa, Sean Solymar, Kanye West and Mark Williams, songwriters (Kanye West featuring Jay-Z)

Best Rap Album
Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, the Creator

COUNTRY

Best Country Solo Performance
“You Should Probably Leave,” Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Younger Me,” Brothers Osborne

Best Country Song
“Cold,” Dave Cobb, J.T. Cure, Derek Mixon & Chris Stapleton

Best Country Album
Starting Over, Chris Stapleton

DANCE/ELECTRONIC MUSIC

Best Dance Recording
“10%” by Kaytranada feat. Kali Uchis

Best Dance/Electronic Album
Alive, Rüfüs Du Sol

GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“Believe For It,” CeCe Winans; Dwan Hill, Kyle Lee, CeCe Winans & Mitch Wong

Best Gospel Album
Believe For It, CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Old Church Basement, Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music

Best Roots Gospel Album
My Savior, Carrie Underwood

LATIN

Best Latin Pop Album
Mendó, Alex Cuba

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Origen, Juanes

Best Regional Mexican Music Album
A Mis 80s, Vicente Fernandez

Best Tropical Latin Album
Salswing!, Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta

COMEDY

Best Comedy Album
Sincerely, Louis C.K.

MUSICAL THEATER

Best Musical Theater Album
The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical, Composers/Lyricists Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, Producer Emily Bear

MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (TIE)
Caros Raphael Rivera, The Queen's Gambit
and
Jon Batiste, Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor, Soul

Best Song Written For Visual Media
“All Eyes on Me” (from Bo Burnham: Inside), Bo Burnham

MUSIC VIDEO/FILM

Best Music Video
“Freedom,” Jon Batiste

Best Music Film
Summer of Soul, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, video director; David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent & Joseph Patel, video producers

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a surprise appearance at the 64th Grammy Awards and sent a powerful message about the cost of freedom and the healing power of music.

In a pre-taped video, the president spoke from an unknown location in his country, which is being bombarded by Russian bombs in an unprecedented attack to seize control of the country.  Zelenskyy remained poised and spoke with a stern, gravel-like tone about the cost of Russia’s ongoing war.

“The war.  What’s more opposite to music?  The silence of ruined cities and killed people.  Our children draw swooping rockets, not shooting stars.  Over 400 children have been injured and 153 children died and we’ll never see them drawing,” he said. “Our parents are happy to wake up in the morning.  In bomb shelters. Alive.”

Zelenskyy urged, “The war doesn’t let us choose who survived and who stays in eternal silence.”

“Our musicians wear body armor instead of tuxedos.  They sing to the wounded in hospitals.  Even to those who can’t hear them, but the music will break through anyway,” he continued, noting Russia is bringing “horrible silence with its bombs.  The dead silence.”

He urged those at the Grammy Awards to “fill the silence with your music” and to “tell our story” by sharing the “truth” of the Russian invasion “on your social networks, on TV — support us in any way you can.”

While naming the besieged cities of Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Volnovakha and Mariupol, Zelenskyy declared, “I have a dream of them living and free.  Free like you on the Grammy stage.”

The Ukrainian president’s speech was followed by John Legend‘s performance of “Free.” He was joined by Ukrainian instrumentalist Siuzanna Iglidan and singer Mika Newton for the inspiring number.

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Billy Ray Cyrus has teamed up with Snoop Dogg and The Avila Brothers for a new collaboration, “A Hard Working Man.” The song is out now.

Brett Young joins newcomer Ashley Cooke on her new song “Never Til Now.”

Up-and-comer Breland just released the music video for “Dirt Road Remix,” a collaboration with country-leaning rapper Kidd G.

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Carrie Underwood just might turn out to be Jason Aldean's good luck charm at the upcoming 2022 Grammy Awards.

Jason's a five-time nominee, though he has yet to bring home some hardware. But that might change on Sunday: He and Carrie are nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for their chart-topper, “If I Didn't Love You.”

“If we happen to win one this year, it basically means I have to get Carrie to do a duet with me for every album from here on out,” the singer tells E! News' Daily Pop.

Grammy or no Grammy, Jason went on to sing his duet partner's praises, saying that Carrie is a “pro.”

“She's just one of those artists that comes in, she knows the parts, and it was pretty evident immediately that we had something that we thought was gonna be pretty special,” he elaborates. “We've had a chance to perform this live a few times, and she nails it every time. She's one of the best female singers of our era, so it was fun to work with her.”

If they do win their trophy, Carrie will have to accept it for the both of them: Jason can't make it out to Las Vegas on Sunday evening for the show. However, Carrie isn't just attending, she’s also performing on the Grammys stage.

Tune in to watch the Grammys this Sunday, April 3 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.

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Maren Morris is nominated for the fifth year running at the upcoming Grammy Awards, and this time, the recognition is extra special: She gets to share it with her husband, fellow artist Ryan Hurd.

The country star couple is up for Best Country Duo/Group Performance thanks to their chart-topping duet, “Chasing After You.” Ryan's a first-time nominee, and Maren says that the honor is really a tribute to his hard work.

“I'm so proud of him. I feel like the proud wife getting to be his date,” she says. “Even though it's both our nomination, I feel like it's his moment.”

Though she's excited and grateful for the nomination, Maren says she never thinks about awards shows when she's going into the studio to put an album. For one thing, having that pressure in the back of her mind might sabotage the work.

“It would probably just freak me out and cause the vocal performance or energy of the room to feel extremely critical,” she admits.

Also, Maren adds, awards shows are by no means the only metric for career success. “I look at awards show now as a bonus to you getting to do what you love for a living,” she continues. “…It's not the template of success every single time.”

That also goes for her latest record, Humble Quest, which will be eligible for consideration at next year's Grammy Awards.

“When I was making this record, I wasn't like, Oh, I can't wait for the Grammy noms.' I can't think about it in those terms anyways,” Maren points out. “I look at it as some great stuff that is a bonus, but not necessarily the integral template for whether the songs are great or not.”

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Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini and Bonnie Raitt are repping country music at this year's Grammy Awards ceremony. They're all among the list of artists presenting awards at the show.

Keith is a four-time Grammy winner, most recently taking home the trophy for Best Male Country Performance for his song “Til Summer Comes Around” at the 53rd Grammy Awards. Meanwhile, Bonnie is a bona fide Grammy darling: She's won 10 trophies over the years, plus a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award.

Kelsea's no slouch at the awards show, either. She's been nominated twice, once for the all-genre Best New Artist category, and once for Best Country Album for her 2017 project, Unapologetically.

The three country artists join a diverse lineup of presenters that also includes Anthony Mackie, who's co-hosting the CMT Music Awards with Kelsea next month.

Other presenters include Megan Thee Stallion, Joni Mitchell, Questlove, Lenny Kravitz, Dua Lipa, Ludacris, Billy Porter, Avril Lavigne, Jared Leto and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez.

The 2022 Grammy Awards will air this Sunday, April 3 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.

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Amid all the exciting performances on the books for this year's CMT Music Awards, an especially momentous new appearance has been announced: Mother-daughter duo The Judds will reunite on stage, giving their first nationally televised performance together in over two decades.

The legendary country act, comprised of Naomi and Wynonna Judd, will revisit their top-five hit from 1990, “Love Can Build a Bridge.”

Kacey Musgraves will be on hand to introduce The Judds, noting the impact the duo has had on her own stratospheric career.

The 2022 CMT Music Awards takes place in Nashville, and The Judds will perform from the city's iconic downtown, with the Country Music Hall of Fame in the background. It's an appropriate backdrop for the pair, who are set to be inducted into the Hall of Fame later this spring.

CMT Music Awards will air April 11 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. Other big-name broadcast performers include Miranda Lambert, Kane Brown, Cody Johnson, Carly Pearce and many more. Kelsea Ballerini and actor Anthony Mackie will co-host this year's show.

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Kelsea Ballerini added some more concrete details Friday to her recent new music teases, officially sharing the title for her next song. Called “Heartfirst,” the track will be out next week.

The singer didn't share too much information about the new music that lays ahead, but she shared an image on social media, with the song's title and her name stylized in the shape of a heart against the same hazy blue background that's dominated the color palette of many of her recent posts.

However, she did include the names of some of the people who worked with her on the song, including a fellow household name in country music. Karen Fairchild, of Little Big Town, is listed as a co-writer on “Heartfirst.”

Last month, Kelsea hinted that new music was on the way, sharing a photo of her dog's paw just a few inches from her feet with the caption that the paw “symbolizes the proximity of new music.” She also debuted a new song at the Grand Ole Opry back in January, an introspective ballad called “What I Have.” From the stage, she told fans that she was at work on her next album, but the process was still relatively new.

As her next batch of tunes nears, Kelsea's also busy gearing up for her co-hosting gig at the CMT Music Awards on April 11. You can catch the show on CBS.

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