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Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde won their first-ever Grammys when the bulk of the country music categories were presented during the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony on Sunday afternoon in L.A. The country vocalists’ collaboration “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” was named Best Country Duo/Group Performance, besting nominees like Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton, and Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.

“I’m still working on pulling my dress up,” McBryde said after rushing hand-in-hand to the stage with Pearce. “I’ve known Ashley for a long time and...

Sunday, February 5, is Grammys day! But while most of the eyeballs will be on the prime time telecast live tonight on CBS and Paramount+, most of the actual awards are presented in the afternoon during the Premiere Ceremony, which streams live on the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel and on live.Grammy.com. Check out the complete list of Grammy winners here.

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Randy Rainbow, a current Grammy nominee for Best Comedy Album, co-hosts the event, which will feature performances from multiple awards contenders representing multiple genres. Blind Boys of Alabama and La Marisoul will perform during the opening number. Also taking the stage will be world music artists Anoushka Shankar and Arooj Aftab, folk singer Madison Cunningham, jazz singer and Best New Artist nominee Samara Joy, and Latin music veteran Carlos Vives. Handing out trophies as presenters will be Babyface,...

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After relocating to Las Vegas in 2022, music’s biggest night is returning to Los Angeles. Trevor Noah for the third consecutive year will host the 65th Grammy Awards, which will be broadcast live today on CBS from the Crypto.com Arena.

The former Daily Show host and Grammy-nominated comedian told The Hollywood Reporter that this year’s show is “going to be the most star-studded room the Grammys has been for many, many years.”

The best new artist nominees are Anitta, Omar Apollo, DOMi & Jd Beck, Muni Long, Samar Joy, Latto, Måneskin, Tobe Nwigwe, Molly Tuttle and Wet Leg. Beyoncé is nominated for nine golden gramophones, and she’s expected to become the artist with the most Grammys at today’s show. (The pop superstar currently has...

Harry Styles announced that he will be postponing all of his North American tour dates to 2021. Style’s Love on Tour trek was originally supposed to kick off in Europe this past April, but the spread of Covid-19 caused him to quickly reschedule that tour.

“This summer we were excited to be bringing Love on Tour to North America. However, due to the ongoing threat from Covid-19 we have been forced to reschedule these dates to next summer,” Styles wrote on Instagram. “The well-being of my crew and all the...

Actor-musician Ed Helms combines special guests with roots music, comedy, and interviews for a new livestreamed series. Whiskey Sour Happy Hour premieres April 22nd online and raises funds for MusiCares’ Covid-19 Relief Fund and Direct Relief. Lee Ann Womack, Aubrie Sellers, Billy Strings, and Madison Cunningham all appear in the first installment.

Whiskey Sour Happy Hour, an online offshoot of Helms’ live show at Los Angeles nightclub Largo, airs every Wednesday through May 13th. Yola, Rodney Crowell, Robert Ellis, Chris Thile, Sarah Jarosz, Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi, Aoife O’Donovan,...

Harry Styles stopped by The Howard Stern Show on Monday morning and performed a cover of Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer” on the SiriusXM show. Styles will kick off his tour this April in the UK.

Styles’ full-band cover of “Sledgehammer” was a Stern Show special, inspired by a long-time fandom of Gabriel. Styles complimented the song, calling it one of the “best-mixed songs” ever and noted that part of his sophomore album Fine Line was recorded in Gabriel’s Real World Studio in England. His rendition of the song is...

Winners in the country music, Americana/roots, and bluegrass categories were announced during the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony on Sunday afternoon.

Tanya Tucker won two awards, Best Country Album for While I’m Livin’ and Best Country Song for “Bring My Flowers Now.”

“After almost 50 years in this business, after many dreams, it’s still unbelievable to me that I’d still have a few firsts left. After 14 trips, 14 nominations, this is the first win,” Tucker said upon accepting the trophy for Best Country Song, which she shared with her co-writers Phil and Tim Hanseroth,...

Ahead of the 62nd Grammys ceremony, some of music's rising stars united at a luncheon hosted by Instagram. On Jan. 24, young singers and songwriters hit up the Los Angeles gathering to honor top female music industry executives, including Epic Records CEO and chairman Sylvia Rhone, Billboard executive director of R&b and hip-hop Gail Mitchell, Caroline president Jacqueline Saturn, and Motown Records president Ethiopia Habtemariam.

Among those in attendance were Kiana Ledé, Tinashe, Saweetie, Becky G, and Tiana Major9. A handful of Grammy-nominated artists, such as Ella Mai - whose self-titled album earned a nod in the best R&b album category - and Madison Cunningham - whose LP Who Are You Now received a nomination in the best Americana album grouping - also showed their support for the special event. Look ahead to see every star who stunned at the get-together!

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Long-awaited new music from the Chief, a live performance of a country classic and a sun-kissed new single from newcomer Frank Ray are among the country and Americana songs you need to hear right now.

Andrew Combs, “Don’t Tell Our Friends About Me”

A lovely reimagination of the Blake Mills original, shot through with equal parts melody and melancholy. Andrew Combs dresses up the arrangement with horns, harmonies and subdued strings, but it’s his double-tracked voice that truly steals the show, offsetting the song’s guilty conscience – this...