Grammy Goes Pop And Never Comes Back
Grammy has always walked a tightrope between what is commercial and what is artistically satisfying, but the 2010 nominees show that commercialism and corporatism have a strong hold on the awards.
Grammy has always walked a tightrope between what is commercial and what is artistically satisfying, but the 2010 nominees show that commercialism and corporatism have a strong hold on the awards.
AP | NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Posted 12.03.2009 | Entertainment
Taylor Swift has won just about every top music award there is this year, but the possibility of winning not just one, but eight Grammys, had the 19-y...
Timothy Cooper | Posted 12.03.2009 | Entertainment
As the airwaves knock to his lead single, I Get It In, superstar Omarion is looking to establish himself as a major force in the industry.
AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 12.03.2009 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Beyonce has enough Grammy nominations for her and Sasha Fierce. The omnipresent diva garnered the most Grammy nominations on Wedn...
Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment
It might be a Man's World, but there's always room for California Girls. A list of 25 recordings has been announced for the 2010 Grammy Hall of Fame ...
Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
"Puff the Magic Dragon" became my son's first favorite song. Without failure, he stopped whatever he was doing when the song began and crawled over to the tape recorder.
nydailynews.com | Posted 09.19.2009 | Entertainment
Mariah Carey is refusing to be pushed around by the Grammys anymore. The songbird, who has won a mere five awards out of 21 nominations since 1991,...
Howie Klein | Posted 07.11.2009 | Entertainment
The exhibit explores the 200-year history of music and politics in America, assembling over 100 diverse artifacts from government archives, private collections, and myriad musical artists.
David Wild | Posted 06.17.2009 | Entertainment
Since I met Timberlake in 1998, I've had the pleasure of working with him a fair amount. To this day, he strikes me as a guy with remarkably good instincts.
Mike McCready | Posted 05.23.2009 | Entertainment
He's got a good voice and a good presence but it's really his songwriting that is noteworthy.
usmagazine.com | Posted 04.13.2009 | Entertainment
The argument started when Miley tried to use her clout to meet her heroes backstage at the Grammys. The notoriously shy band refused. Miley then bl...
Cliff Hunt | Posted 03.23.2009 | Green
While the rock stars arrived at the Grammy's in their hybrid SUVs, their record companies delivered millions of non-biodegradable promotional CDs to radio stations and music reviewers.
TMZ | Posted 03.14.2009 | Entertainment
On the food chain of death, the late saxophonist LeRoi Moore of the Dave Matthews Band is kinda like plankton, according to The Recording Academy. Th...
Daily Nightly | Brian Williams | Posted 03.12.2009 | Media
We're still talking about the Grammys here today: strong start by U2 -- the album will be huge. Loved Coldplay, loved McCartney, and how lucky is Dave...
Ken Levine | Posted 03.12.2009 | Entertainment
Carrie Underwood opted not wear a dress, because she apparently found a discount on drapes. Luckily, her Bedazzler pimped microphone distracted everyone from what she was wearing.
AP | Posted 03.12.2009 | Media
NEW YORK — Music sales may be low, but interest in music isn't, at least according to ratings for the Grammy Awards. Nielsen Media Research say...
Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 03.11.2009 | Entertainment
Sunday night's Grammy Awards turned out boldfaced names from across the industry, from Paul McCartney to Lil Wayne to Neil Diamond to a heavily-pregna...
AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 03.11.2009 | Entertainment
The 51st annual Grammys was an all-ages affair ultimately dominated by a rock legend who took up with a younger bluegrass singer on a whim. The unlik...
AP | NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Posted 03.11.2009 | Entertainment
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — A stunning-looking and strong-sounding Whitney Houston made a triumphant return to the stage at a pre-Grammy party honor...
AP | NATALIE ROTMAN | Posted 03.10.2009 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — M.I.A.'s planned performance at the Grammys might be more labor intensive than most. The pregnant rapper is nominated for two Gra...
David Wild | Posted 03.09.2009 | Entertainment
I'm backstage in the Staples Center happily toiling away on the script for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards -- Sunday night on CBS, in case you have not heard.
AP | BETH HARRIS | Posted 03.08.2009 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — No, it's not a celebrity karaoke contest: Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Kid Rock, Jennifer Hudson and Jonas Brothers offering up their t...
Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 03.07.2009 | Entertainment
Coldplay may get served legal papers at this weekend's Grammy Awards. Last year guitarist Joe Satriani alleged that Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" borrow...
Dan Abramson | Posted 02.22.2009 | Entertainment
I didn't even know the Grammys still existed. Perhaps that dinner party I went to last week was really a Grammys party in disguise. It was boring enough and I think we listened to Beyonce.
Jason Flom | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics
Obama ran on a campaign promise of change. He can begin by using the pardon power generously to correct as many individual cases of injustice as possible.
Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 12.03.2009 | Entertainment