Grammy Awards
Kacey Musgraves Lists Daft Punk, Magic Mushrooms as Influences of Upcoming Album
In a recent interview, six-time Grammy Award-winning artist Kacey Musgraves spilled the tea on the influences behind her forthcoming feature-length album, due later this year. In the mix for the country queen was a guided magic mushroom trip at the beginning of 2021. Her takeaway? “Less time for bullshit,” Musgraves told ELLE. “I am so repelled by the artificial, the chatter, the pressures of society. It doesn’t matter. We’re not here for very long.” In addition to psilocybin, the Texas native revealed an eclectic group of musical influences for the project, including legendary electronic music duo Daft Punk. “I feel like I don’t belong to country in any way on one hand, but on the other hand, I’m deeply rooted in that genre. So I’m not owned by ...
The Weeknd Calls Grammy Rule Changes “Admission of Corruption”
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-03T17:45:00+00:00“>May 3, 2021 | 1:45pm ET The Weeknd is not satisfied with the Recording Academy’s decision to eliminate almost all secret committees responsible for nominating artists for the Grammy Awards. Despite calling for that very change in March, the artist born Abel Tesfaye is doubling down on his Grammy critiques, telling Variety that the rule changes are an “admission of corruption.” Tesfaye’s crusade against the Recording Academy actually began last year, when he was shut out of all Grammy categories despite releasing one of the most critically-lauded, commercially-successful albums of 2020 in After Hours. His rhetoric escalated in March when he announ...
The Grammy Award Nomination Process is Changing
Harsh criticism toward the Grammy Awards ceremony from pop superstar The Weeknd has led the Recording Academy to reconsider its nomination process. After The Weeknd—the world’s second most-streamed artist on Spotify—was snubbed at last year’s ceremony, the artist called for increased transparency around the organization’s nomination process. The Recording Academy has taken that criticism into consideration and will now forgo using anonymous review committees to determine its nominees. The Academy has also changed the number of categories in which Academy members can vote, and added two additional award categories. With the changes, the Academy seeks to “reflect its ongoing commitment to evolve with the musical landscape and to ensure that the GRAMMY Awards...
Grammys Eliminate Secret Nomination Review Committees
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-01T16:20:21+00:00“>May 1, 2021 | 12:20pm ET The Recording Academy has announced a series of reforms designed to make the Grammy Awards more transparent while reducing future controversies. Via Billboard and Variety, the biggest change is the almost total elimination of the secret nominating committees which determine who is eligible to receive the awards. The Academy has also reduced the number of categories in which members may vote, added two new categories, and rolled out a reorganization of the “craft” categories (packaging, producer, and liner notes). The secretive nomination committees has long been a point of contention, in part because, since nobody knows who they ar...
“We Gotta Honour Our Own” – Timaya Speaks on Burna Boys Reception by Rivers Govt
Ace Nigerian Singer Timaya has reacted to the grand reception and honoring of Burna Boy by the Rivers State Government during the weekend. Burna Boy who hails from Rivers State was over the weekend, given a befitting reception and awarded with the second highest honor in the state “DSSR” for winning the Grammy Awards. Governor of Rivers State, Barr. Ezenwo Wike who gave him the award, also gifted him with a plot of land, N10 million naira, and money to build a house on the land. The Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa has reacted to the honors given to Burna Boy amidst criticisms. The singer who was one of the guest artists at the homecoming concert organized in honor of the Rivers Son, said “We gatto honour our own, Oluwa Burna night was 2 STOOPID” via an Instagram post. Check the post below. ...
Haters Sent 80 Ridiculous Complaints About Megan Thee Stallion & Cardi B’s “WAP” Grammy Perfomance To The FCC
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Winter / Getty “Conservative” viewers of The Grammy Awards were BIG MAD seeing two women proudly celebrate their WAPs. Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B’s PG-13 performance of their hit single “WAP” has earned them a bunch of hilarious and utterly ridiculous complaints sent to the FCC. TMZ reports that “offended” viewers had plenty to say after watching the two rappers perform. In one review, an upset snowflake said it was “as if they were dancing in a strip club.” Well, that was the point, being that a strip pole was on the stage, and women were being showered with dollar bills. Other complaints focused on the artists’ wardrobe calling their stage attire, with one viewer from Idaho of all places calling it “absolutely disgusting.” A viewer from...
Insensitive BTS Garbage Pail Kids Sticker Removed from Grammys Set
Following the 2021 Grammy Awards, popular trading card manufacturer Topps announced its “Shammy Awards” Garbage Pail Kids sticker collection. However, the company has since removed the BTS sticker from the set following swift backlash over the insensitive depiction of the K-pop stars amidst a rise in anti-Asian violence. The Garage Pail Kids are a long-running series spoofing and satirizing Cabbage Patch dolls by drawing characters in negative, often violent or vulgar situations. The Shammy set aimed to poke fun at some of music’s biggest names on music’s biggest night, focusing in on artists’ attire or performances. There’s a drawing of Taylor “Tree-Swift” becoming a tree during her woodland performance, Harry “Boa” Styles being attacked by an angry green boa, “Bouyant” Billie Eilish sing...
Mother Of Tamir Rice Blasts Tamika Mallory After Lil Baby’s Grammys Performance
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NBC / Getty While most across the nation and the world praised Lil Baby‘s performance of his protest anthem “The Bigger Picture” at the most recent Grammy Awards ceremony, one person was definitely not moved. Samaria Rice, the mother of slain boy Tamir Rice, reportedly criticized Tamika Mallory’s showing in the performance but also others such as Ben Crump in recent posts. Samaria Rice took to Facebook to air out her grievances with Mallory, Lil Baby, Crump, and more after reposting a Now This article that featured Mallory in the clip. Ms. Rice’s caption clearly depicts her feelings. “Look at this clout chaser did she lose something in this fight i don’t think so,” Rice wrote early Monday morning (March 15). “That’s the problem they take us for a joke tha...
Rapper, AKA Reacts to Burna Boy’s Grammy as Twitter User Trolls Him
South African Rapper, AKA has replied a troll on twitter who attempted to drag him over Burna Boy’s recent achievement. AKA and Burna Boy were at loggerheads during the Xenophobia crisis that rocked South Africa in 2019 as both music stars attacked each other verbally in the interest of their respective countries. Ever since, there’s been clouds of doubt surrounding the cordial relationship between both acts. However, at the backdrop of the recently concluded 63rd Grammy Awards that saw Burna Boy coasting home to victory with his first ever Grammys, congratulations have been pouring in from all angles and a twitter user decided to troll AKA. The troll with the user id JimKEnnyx had asked AKA what he thinks about the award won by the Nigerian star and he shocked the user with his reply. “Bu...
Kaytranada Dominates 2021 Dance/Electronic Grammy Awards: See the Full List of Winners
Kaytranada has won his first Grammy Awards, sweeping the 63rd annual ceremony’s Dance/Electronic categories. The renowned Haitian-born beatsmith nabbed wins in the Best Dance Recording and Best Dance/Electronic Album categories, taking home the hardware for “10%” with Kali Uchis and Bubba, respectively. It’s been a long time coming for one of the most gifted and versatile producers not only in the electronic community, but the contemporary music scene at large. Check out his acceptance speeches below. Kaytranada beat out a number of formidable artists for his first-ever Grammy nods, such as Disclosure, Flume, Madeon, and Baauer, among others. You can check out the full list of winners below. Record of the Year “Everything I Wanted” — Bill...
Grammy: Young Nigerians redefining global music space – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated Nigerian Afrobeat star, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy, and hip hop artist, Ayodeji Balogun musically known as Wizkid, for winning awards at the 63rd 2021 Grammys held in Los Angeles, United States of America. The National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, in a statement issued yesterday, said the awards crowned the efforts of Nigerian superstars such as Fela Anikulakpo Kuti and others, who were the main progenitors of Afrobeat/Afropop that has become the mainstream music all over the world. According to Akpanudoedehe, “As a party, we are immensely proud that the country’s musical stars are leading the pack of young Africans who are redefining the global music ...
2021 Grammy Awards Ratings Plummet to Less than Half of 2020’s Viewers
Music’s Biggest Night put on one hell of a concert, but unfortunately not a lot of people watched it go down. According to Nielsen figures, the 2021 Grammy Awards ratings experienced a huge drop in viewership this year, with only 7.89 million viewers tuning in to watch the show. That’s less than half (!) of the number of people who watched the Grammys in 2020. Out of that nearly eight million estimate, the 2021 Grammy Awards only drew a 1.9 rating among adults aged 18 to 49 years old — their key demographic and the audience that they court the hardest each year. By comparison, the 2020 awards averaged about 16.54 million viewers and a 4.8 in that same age group. And to think, that was before adjusting the ratings to their official (but still paltry) 18.69 million viewers and 5.4 rating amo...
