The vivid video for Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez's luxe "Dákiti" shows the Puerto Rican pair stunning in a futuristic fever dream that's as sensory-shaking as it is sumptuous. There's a beach fire and bikinis however also a music box and an oceanic scene swimming with wealthy color — at one point, there's even a underwater hallucination, suggesting a hint of something sinister. It's ..

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Billie Eilish never fails to give us everything we wanted. The 19-year-old alt-pop ingenue graced the stage for the second year in a row at the 63rd annual Grammys Awards on Sunday (March 14), and she didn't disappoint. Twirling airily atop the hood of a vehicle in a sequined tuxedo, Eilish performed an air-tight rendition of her Grammy-nominated hit single "Everything I Wanted..

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Who needs a shirt any time you're the first act at the music industry's biggest night? Not Harry Styles. The sultry rock star set the tone for the night with a show-stopping performance at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (March 14). Serenading stans in a stunning leather tux — jacket open, sans the shirt — as well as a sage-green feather boa, Styles sang a spirited rend..

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Returning to the Staples Center in Los Angeles and hosted by The Day-to-day Show’s Trevor Noah, the 2021 Grammys delivered the initial long-established red carpet display we’ve seen since the pandemic started. And while things looked a little bit different this year — once arriving, celebrities posed 15 feet from reporters and photographers to preserve social distancing — art..

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How long has it been since the 2020 Grammys? The factual answer is about 14 months, however it feels much longer, thanks to the lingering pandemic and the various challenges it's presented in the past year. Still, the Recording Academy adapted, opening itself up even as it weathered more than a few storms. The 63rd annual ceremony tonight (March 14) will still present the of the ideal..

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By Emilee Lindner What determines a Grammy-winning tune? Is it how several weeks a ditty spent on the Billboard Hot 100, how much cash it made, or how musically endearing an anonymous sort of Recording Academy voters deems it to be? Imagine them all. However once it comes to declaring last year’s cream of the crop, TikTok’s impact can’t be ignored. 2020 was the year of stayin..

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South Korean superstars BTS lit up the Grammys during Lil Nas X’s unforgettably star-studded “Old Town Road” medley last year. The Recording Academy revealed on Sunday (March 7) that the Bangtan Men will be headed back for round two, set to hit the stage at the 2021 Grammys and a host of other dynamite performers. https://twitter.Com/RecordingAcad/status/1368622222525468672Th..

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The 2021 Grammys show was set to air on January 31, yet according to new reports, organizers have postponed the event due to COVID-19 safety concerns. Organizers confirmed the delay to both Rolling Stone and Variety on Tuesday (January 5). No new date has been set for the broadcast, though organizers are reportedly looking to reschedule for sometime in March. The awards show was to ..

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In spite of every curveball 2020 has thrown — one particularly tumultuous presidential election season, a disastrous pandemic of near-biblical proportions — the year has yielded some truly spectacular music. From Taylor Swift's new indie-folk sound on her surprise album, Folklore, to the first English-language drop from the global sensation BTS, musicians continued to do what th..

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Grammy season is here — and Beyoncé is already leading the pack. The artist garnered a total of nine nods because the 2021 Grammy nominees were reported on Tuesday (November 24), making her the most-nominated artist this year. Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift, and Roddy Ricch follow in back of Bey with six nominations each. Swift and Lipa are up for Album of the Year, and also Jhené Aiko..

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Last week, Republic Records — the residence of Drake, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, and dozens more — announced it would no longer use the term "urban" to describe "departments, employee titles and music genres" in a task to "not adhere to the outdated structures of the past." The radio-format term had long been used in the music industry as a synonym for traditionally Black musica..

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In the four years since the death of Prince, it feels like an entire new generation of musicians has discovered and showed reverence for The Purple One. That's how you get Haim drenching "I Would Perish 4 U" in sparkling reverie, Coldplay diving gently into "1999," and more. Nevertheless even as soon as he was still alive, Prince's songs had become American standards. That's why some..

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