#recording-academy

#recording-academy

Olivia Rodrigo will bring You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love to life on Saturday Night Live next month, pulling double-duty as host and musical guest on May 2.

In early 1991, the composer Alan Menken took a keyboard to St Vincent's hospital in New York to visit his friend and creative partner, the lyricist Howard Ashman. Ashman was in the final stages of Aids-related illness, but was determined to finish his work on Disney's Aladdin.

Knumears is releasing their debut album Directions on April 3, showcasing their unique sound within the Los Angeles screamo scene. The album is available through Run for Cover and Summer Shade.

Taylor Swift accepted the pop album of the year award onstage at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards, celebrating her significant contributions to the music industry.

When it's a nominee... it just feels like this big important moment and I just really want to honor it. They'll be photographed usually more than some others and then I do imagine what it would end up looking... with an award.

There is this one, for example, which for the time being seems to solely consist of bored-looking reporters sullenly looking at their phones. But it will probably pick up in time.

Artists accepting awards at this year's Grammys ceremony have used their time on the podium to denounce the United States government's crackdown on immigrants. Artists, including Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, wore badges reading ICE OUT and used their acceptance speeches at Sunday's ceremony to express their outrage over the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids that have provoked furious protests and resulted in several deaths on the streets and among those in detention.

I do not turn to celebrities for trenchant political takes or honestly really expect them to know what's actually going on in the news. However, I also think that most good art engages with the world in which it's being created, and now that we're in good-art-naming season (aka awards season), ignoring that world is privileged at best and evil at worst.

Destin Conrad dropped his second studio album, a jazz project titled wHIMSY. Both albums climbed the charts, and Conrad snagged a Grammy nomination for best progressive R&B album for Love on Digital his first as a solo artist. In an interview with All Things Considered, Conrad said he sometimes wondered if people wouldn't take him seriously as a musical artist because of his history on the former video-sharing app Vine, where Conrad shared quirky jokes and clips of himself singing samples

The 68th Grammy Awards aren't just a night of music industry awards, but a rock star celebration of music itself. There was a slew of showstopping performances at this year's awards ceremony, hosted at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, one of which featured all seven nominees for the best new artist category inlcuding Olivia Dean, Lola Young, and Sombr. Other performances included the in memoriam segment of the show, which featured country superstar Reba McEntire performing at the Grammys for the first time.

The Recording Academy just made a move that's splitting the music world down the middle. Their stance on AI-generated music promises to protect human creativity-but the guidelines? They've opened more questions than they've answered. The declaration sounds straightforward: only music with "significant human creative contribution" qualifies for Grammy consideration. Dig into the details, though, and you'll find a policy so riddled with ambiguity that artists, producers, and industry insiders are left guessing where the boundaries actually lie.

Sabrina Carpenter is set perform at the 2026 Grammys, the Recording Academy has announced, 12 months after she stole the 2025 show with a Goldie Hawn-inspired production of her singles "Espresso" and "Please Please Please." The pop star is also up for six awards at this year's ceremony: Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Man's Best Friend; and Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, and Best Music Video for "Manchild."

Right now I have some writing sessions [in Monterrey] for Fuerza Regida's new album, two days from now I start Carin León's new album, then I go to L.A. for the Grammy Week,