Recording Academy

Always introspective and often experimental, Madison Cunningham’s music doesn’t fit neatly into any one specific genre. The Recording Academy, for example, nominated 2019’s “Who Are You Now” for best Americana album, but recently bestowed her “Revealer” with the Grammy for best folk album. This, in itself, is a little mystifying…

The Latin Recording Academy and the region of Andalusia have announced a new “three-year sponsorship deal” that will likely see the 2023 Latin Grammys moving to Spain in November, according to sources. During a Wednesday press conference between the board of Andalusia and the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences,…

Beyonce became the winningest artist of the Grammys with her 32nd award tonight — but that fact wasn’t enough to beat Harry Styles for Album of the Year.

Jay-Z, DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, John Legend and Fridayy delivered hip-hop lovers the ultimate treat with their Grammy performance of “God Did,” which closed out the 2023 ceremony. DJ Khaled started the performance from inside the Crypto.com arena before the camera cut outside, where Khaled joined Legend, Ross,…

Loretta Lynn, Migos Rapper Takeoff and Christine McVie were honored with special performances during the Grammy’s ‘In Memoriam’ segment.

Sam Smith just outdid their recent “Saturday Night Live” performance with “Unholy” collaborator Kim Petras in a horror movie-inspired performance of the smash hit. Smith started the song in red leather, surround a fleet of dancers that evoked Samara from “The Ring,” before cutting to Petras dancing in a cage,…

Stephanie Economou won the first Grammy ever awarded for video game music — one of four visual media categories awarded Sunday afternoon in downtown Los Angeles. The music of Disney’s “Encanto” swept the three it was up for: best song for visual media, best score soundtrack and best compilation soundtrack.…

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Lil Nas X, Diana Krall and Warren Zevon also received some head-scratching accolades.

Will Taylor Swift leave a “Black Space” in the crowd or attend music’s biggest night?

CBS is heading to the skies this weekend to promote Sunday’s Grammys. The Eye network partnered with the Recording Academy last night to produce two unannounced drone light shows on Friday night above the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Another show will take place on Saturday night at 7 p.m. PT over…