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Warner Music Group (Wmg), led by CEO Robert Kyncl, said on Thursday that it has acquired a controlling stake in Tempo Music Investments, an investment platform for premium music rights, from Providence Equity Partners.

Financial terms weren’t disclosed. “Providence will remain a minority investor in Tempo and continue to work with Wmg in an advisory capacity,” the companies said. “Wmg’s investment will also become more accretive over time, as other rights revert to Tempo, and expand the scope of Wmg’s administration and distribution.”

Wmg and Providence partnered to launch Tempo in 2019, combining Providence’s capital and investment expertise with Wmg’s music industry expertise and network to “support, promote, and build value around artists and songwriters globally.” Through a disciplined approach to investments and collaborative work with creative talent, “Tempo has amassed a diverse portfolio that focuses on empowering artists and songwriters, while delivering compelling financial results,...

It was a clean sweep for Taylor Swift at the 2024 Gold Derby Music Awards. She came into our fourth annual event with nine nominations and walked away with nine victories including Artist of the Year for the fourth year in a row. Watch the announcement video above for winners in all categories, and scroll down for the complete list.

In the history of the GDMAs thus far, Swift is the only artist who has won Artist of the Year. She’s also the only artist who has won Record of the Year and Song of the Year. But her Album of the Year victory for “Midnights” is only her second in that race. She previously won in 2021 for “Folklore,” but Lana Del Rey claimed that honor in 2022 for “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” and Beyonce prevailed in 2023 for “Renaissance.”

Swift’s other victories included her third for Best Music Video...

Taylor Swift is the most nominated recording artist in the 4th Annual Gold Derby Music Awards nominations, but she’s not the most nominated individual. Scroll down to see the entire list of Gdma contenders, watch the nominations announcement above, and visit our predictions center now to start voting for the winners. You have until the end of the day on Friday, January 19, 2024, to get your votes in. Winners will be announced at a later date to be determined.

SEEGrammys flashback: Fun’s ‘We Are Young’ won Song of the Year and introduced the music world to Jack Antonoff

Swift picked up an impressive nine nominations including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (“Midnights“) and Record and Song of the Year (“Anti-Hero”). To date she has never lost the Artist of the Year category, and she previously won Album of the year for “Folklore” in 2021. She’s by...

Portugal. The Man have released their long-awaited ninth album Chris Black Changed My Life. Stream it via Apple Music or Spotify below.

The follow-up to 2017’s Woodstock, Chris Black Saved My Life was produced by Jeff Bhasker. The album is dedicated to Portugal. The Man’s late friend and honorary band member, Chris Black, who died on May 19th, 2019.

Produced by Asa Taccone, the lead single “Dummy” has that classic Portugal. The Man sound: a slinky bass line and breezy, modulated vocals open the track, before singer John Baldwin Gourley assumes his natural warble to command his audience to dance: “1, 2, 3, 4/ Everybody get on the dance floor/ 5, 6, 7, 8,/ It’s 4:00 a.m. and I’m wide awake.”

Other singles from the album include “Champ,” “Thunderdome [W.T.A]” featuring Black Thought and Natalia Lafourcade, and “Summer of Luv” featuring Unknown Mortal Orchestra.

Portugal. the Man are headed out a batch of tour dates in support of the album,...

Portugal. the Man have shared “Champ,” a new single from their upcoming album, Chris Black Changed My Life. Produced by Jeff Bhasker, the track finds the band reimagining Edgar Winter’s “Dying to Live” with their own psychedelic twist. Listen below.

Chris Black Changed My Life is due out on June 23rd. Per the newly revealed tracklist, several notable guests join Ptm on the album, including The Roots’ Black Thought, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Paul Williams, Natalia Lafourcade, and Sean Leon.

Chris Black Changed My Life is dedicated to Portugal. The Man’s late friend and honorary band member, Chris Black, who died on May 19th, 2019. Previously, the band previewed the album by sharing the lead single, “Dummy.”

This summer, Portugal. the Man will take the album on the road, including a festival set at Bonnaroo and headlining shows at Red Rocks, Radio City, and Hollywood Bowl. Tickets are available here.

Taylor Swift makes history at the 3rd Annual Gold Derby Music Awards for the most awards won in a single year by an artist. Out of her 11 nominations, she prevailed eight times, including Artist of the Year, Record of the Year (“All Too Well”), and Song of the Year (“All Too Well”), categories she has won every year of the GDMAs so far. But just like last year, she couldn’t take that sweep all the way to Album of the Year. Scroll down for the complete list of winners in all 22 categories, and watch the video announcement above.

SEE2023 Grammy predictions: Album of the Year

About 2,000 registered Gold Derby users cast their votes for the best music from the eligibility period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 (the GDMAs follow the same calendar as the Grammys), and for Album of the Year they picked Beyonce‘s “Renaissance.” This comes a year...

[December 9, 2022] – Top Dawg Entertainment’s Grammy award-winning, chart-topping, and multi-platinum selling recording artist Sza releases her long-awaited new album, Sos, via Tde/RCA Records.To accompany the release, Sza premieres the Bradley Calder-directed video for “Nobody Gets Me,” one of the many standout songs on the album.

Sos includes features by Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Phoebe Bridgers and Ol’ Dirty Bastard; with production by Ctrl hit-making collaborators ThankGod4Cody and Carter Lang, alongside Jeff Bhasker, Rob Bisel, Benny Blanco, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Emile Haynie, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, Jay Versace, and more.

Sza. Sos Album Ciover. Photo credit: Daniel Sannwald

Check out the complete track list below and stay tuned for more exciting news from Sza.

Sos tracklist:

01 Sos

02 Kill Bill

03 Seek & Destroy

04 Low

05 Love Language

06 Blind

07 Used feat. Don Toliver

08 Snooze

09 Notice Me

10 Gone Girl

11 Smoking on my Ex Pack

12 Ghost in the Machine feat. Phoebe Bridgers

13 F2F

14 Nobody...

New York, NY – December 6, 2022 – Top Dawg Entertainment’s Grammy award-winning, chart-topping, and multi-platinum selling recording artist Sza is confirmed to release her highly-anticipated new album, Sos, on December 9 via Tde/RCA Records.

Fans can catch an early preview of the Benny Blanco and Carter Lang-produced track “Nobody Gets Me” ahead of the official album release this Friday.

The genre-defying artist revealed the Sos release date during her performance of “Shirt” this weekend on Saturday Night Live. Marking her second appearance on SNL, Sza also performed “Blind” and appeared in the “Big Boys” music video parody alongside host Keke Palmer and several cast members.

“Shirt,” “Blind,” and previously released “I Hate U,” round out the 23-track magnum opus which explores such themes as lost, distress, mystery, confusion, reflection, and transition. Sos includes features by Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Phoebe Bridgers andOl’ Dirty Bastard; with production by Ctrl hitmaking collaborators ThankGod4Cody andCarter Lang,...

Taylor Swift leads the 3rd Annual Gold Derby Music Awards nominations with 11 bids including Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for “Red (Taylor’s Version).” Scroll down to see the full list of contenders, which were decided by hundreds of music fans who registered here and cast their votes here. You can now vote for the winners effective immediately. Voting closes at the end of the day on Friday, January 20.

SEE2023 Grammy predictions: Album of the Year

Swift received bids in just about every eligible race. She swept the general field with bids for Artist, Album, Record, and Song of the Year. The last two of those were for “All Too Well (10 Minute Version),” which also scored noms for Best Music Video and Best Pop Song. She got four more nominations in the country/Americana field, and “I Bet You Think About Me,” her duet with Chris Stapleton,...

Portugal. the Man appeared on The Ellen Show to perform their recent song “What, Me Worry?” with the help of a string section and a group of back-up singers. The group brought a sense of levity to the performance, augmented by psychedelic video backdrops.

The Portland-based band released “What, Me Worry?” in February. The upbeat single, produced by Jeff Bhasker and Ryan Tedder, marked the first official release from the band’s ninth studio album, due out in June.

“While recording this album and hanging in LA, we got into...

This story appears in Rolling Stone‘s 2021 Future of Music issue, a special project delving into the next era of the multibillion-dollar hitmaking business. Read the other stories here.

Neil Jacobson calls himself the best salesman in the music business. It’s not without reason. Over the course of his two-decade career, he’s pushed multiplatinum records like the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” and Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”; more recently, he’s brokered lucrative catalog sales for the likes of Jeff Bhasker and Brendan O’Brien.

Now, the salesman is looking to buy.

Less than a month after announcing a $100 million fund to acquire catalogs from female music makers, Influence Media has made its first purchase. It has struck a deal with prominent songwriter Ali Tamposi for her publishing rights, the company tells Rolling Stone.

Tamposi has co-written an extensive catalog of hits for artists like Beyoncé, Kelly Clarkson, Selena Gomez and Camila Cabello. Some of her biggest credits include Cabello’s “Havana,” Clarkson’s “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” and DJ Snake and Justin Bieber’s “Let Me Love You,” all...

Taylor Swift was the big winner at the 1st Annual Gold Derby Music Awards. For years our users have voted for their favorite achievements in film and TV. This year more than 10,000 got to cast their votes for the best in the recording industry for the first time. Scroll down for the complete list of Gdma winners, and watch our winners announcement above.

SEEBeyonce on track to break Alison Krauss’s Grammy record with these wins, according to our predictions

Swift achieved a clean sweep of her general field categories. She was named Artist of the Year, while “Folklore” won Album of the Year and “Cardigan” was named Record of the Year and Song of the Year. She also won the award for Best Pop Artist, bringing her total to five wins out of six nominations. The only category she lost was Best Music Video, which went to Lady Gaga...

The catalog acquisition frenzy in the music industry continues to accelerate. Right now, the gorillas in this jungle include Larry Mestel’s Primary Wave and Merck Mercuriadis’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund, two investment and management firms: in 2021 alone the latter company has acquired copyrights and/or income streams from Neil Young, Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac, Shakira, and Jimmy Iovine.

These big-spending upstarts — snapping up famous catalogs off the bet that they can make piles of cash off sync licensing and various royalty streams — have gotten the industry’s traditional “majors” on the hop.

In Rolling Stone‘s series At Work, we go behind the curtain with decision-makers across the fast-changing music business — exploring a range of responsibilities, burgeoning ideas, advice for industry newcomers, and more. Read earlier interviews here.

In times of great disruption in an industry, Neil Jacobson says, one needs to get as close to the talent as possible — something his mentor Jimmy Iovine taught him.

And Jacobson is expecting a great disruption. That’s why after 17 years working at Interscope Geffen A&m, most recently as the president of Geffen Records,...

For the first time in our history, our users were able to vote for their favorite songs, albums and artists of the year in the inaugural Gold Derby Music Awards, which cover the same eligibility period as the Grammys. Over 900 users cast their ballots, and Lady Gaga came out on top with eight nominations. Scroll down to see our complete list of contenders in 12 categories, and watch our video presentation of the nominees above, including inside info on which artists came close to noms but missed. You can vote for the winners right now here in our predictions center.

SEEUpsets abound at 2020 Latin Grammys as Natalia Lafourcade and Alejandro Sanz beat Bad Bunny, J Balvin and Karol G

Lady Gaga was nominated in every possible category — more than once in a couple. She’s up for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (“Chromatica“), Record of the Year and...

As part of our newly updated survey of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, we’re publishing a series of pieces on the making and impact of key records from the list. Taylor Swift’s Red came in at number 99. Hear Swift reflect on the album in the second episode of our 500 Greatest Albums podcast.

The creation of Taylor Swift’s transformational album Red began at a rehearsal for the singer-songwriter’s tour supporting her 2010 album Speak Now. Hurting after a recent breakup, Swift began ad-libbing heartsick lyrics over a...

Cam’s arrival in country music defied a lot of the usual stuffy Nashville conventions: her first single “My Mistake” dealt frankly with the prospect of a one-night-stand and her own pleasure, while her breakthrough hit “Burning House” was a rhythmically complex ballad with no drums. The latter stood out in the best possible way in 2015, an emotionally devastating and uncommonly empathetic song about a doomed relationship.

It was a tough sell, even back then. Tough enough that it’s hard to imagine what it would be like trying to...

Earlier this year, word spread through the music industry: The star K-Pop group Bts was on the hunt, prowling for a new single. “It was a bit of a holy grail cut,” says the English writer-producer David Stewart. “I had quite a few conversations with big producers and writers in America who were trying to get it.”

Stewart ended up winning the Bts lottery along with Jessica Agombar: The pair penned “Dynamite,” the K-Pop septet’s first all-English-language single. The lite-funk track, complete with scrubbing rhythm guitar and stabbing horns,...

After a five-year gap between albums, Cam has announced the October 30th release of her second record, The Otherside. Developed over a three-year period with collaborators Tyler Johnson and Jeff Bhasker, the album was written in Nashville, Los Angeles, and New York, and follows 2015’s Untamed, which featured the Grammy, Cma and Acm-nominated single “Burning House.” Ahead of the LP, the California-born singer-songwriter also unveils her new song “Classic.”

Co-written and produced with Jack Antonoff (co-producer and songwriter on the Chicks’ just-released Gaslighter), the tune is a high-energy ode...

On the same day she released her new song “Till There’s Nothing Left,” Cam took the tune to late-night television as the guest on Thursday’s episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers.

Written by Cam with Hillary Lindsey, Tyler Johnson, and Jeff Bhasker, “Till There’s Nothing Left” is about loving someone fully, with all the intense emotions that entails. On the Late Night stage, Cam — dressed in a shimmering jacket and pants — leads her band through the slow-burning nod to the romantic sweep of Eighties synth pop,...

There was a point during the creation of her new song when Cam had to reassure herself that she could sing it. Not because of vocal gymnastics, though “Till There’s Nothing Left” does have some of those, but because it’s a big-hearted anthem about loving fully, in every sense of the term — right up to the line about an intimate encounter in the backseat.

“Women talk about [sex] and it starts to get weird for some reason,” says the “Burning House” singer. “You feel embarrassed because you’ve been...

Kesha released her anticipated new album High Road this past Friday, and she’s now shared a new music video for the title track.

“High Road,” directed and produced by Magic Seed, follows Kesha on grainy VHS film, taking a psychedelic journey through the desert, into an opulent resort and around an abandoned, graffiti-covered castle. “I’m taking the high road, I’m high as fuck/And these assholes, won’t shut up,” she sings over the bass-heavy song, produced by Jeff Bhasker and Skylar Mones.

High Road — featuring collaborations with Big Freedia,...

Dua Lipa has released a new song, “Future Nostalgia.” The song, which is the title track from her upcoming sophomore album, is an buoyant, catchy pop number that sees Dua Lipa playing up her strengths.

“No matter what you do I’m gonna get it without ya,” she sings. “I know you ain’t used to a female Alpha.” She adds, “You can’t get with this if you ain’t built for this/I can’t build you up if you ain’t tough enough/ I can’t teach...

If you’re listening for evidence of the many psychedelic mushrooms Harry Styles says he ate during the recording of his outstanding second album, you will have to wait until Fine Line‘s second to last song for a dose. But when “Treat People With Kindness” arrives, it trips balls. Musing about “floating up and dreaming / Dropping into the deep end” over a feverish groove of congas, handclaps and Mellotron, Styles calls upon a gospel chorus to take him even higher: “Maaaaybe, we can find a place to feeeel good,...

Harry Styles has announced a title and release date for his sophomore album: Fine Line, out December 13th.

The 25-year-old announced the news via Twitter and Instagram. He also revealed the album cover, which features a windswept portrait of the singer shot through a fisheye lens, a gloved hand reaching out to him. No track list has been revealed yet.

Styles launched his new era with the single “Lights Up,” a breezy indie-pop turn; his self-titled 2017 debut album was heavy on the Seventies rock touches. In his latest Rolling Stone cover story,...

Harry Styles has released the highly-anticipated new song and video for “Lights Up.” The track serves as the lead single for the pop star’s forthcoming sophomore album.

On the dreamy, R&b-leaning “Lights Up,” Styles wonders, “Do you know who you are?” on the chorus. The Tame Impala-esque track has Styles refusing to step out of “the light,” having found clarity and comfort there. In the video, the mostly shirtless Styles is at a bacchanal where he grinds and dances with other drenched, barely-clothed people. He is seen alone...

Francis and the Lights had dropped a new song, “Take Me to the Light,” featuring Bon Iver and Kanye West. Band frontman Francis Farewell Starlite produced the track alongside West, Bj Burton, Benny Blanco, Cashmere Cat, Jeff Bhasker and Noah Goldstein, and used contributions from Pulitzer Prize winning musician Caroline Shaw in the composition.

The shimmering, atmospheric synth-pop number features layers of sound alongside Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon’s familiar croon. West chimes in as a heavier beat comes in: “And you still take me to the light/ Every...

Harry Styles appears on Rolling Stone‘s September cover. Writer Rob Sheffield traversed Los Angeles and London with the former One Direction member for an in-depth interview about sex, drugs and rock & roll. Here’s a few highlights from the story that shouldn’t be missed.

He’s putting the finishing touches on his second solo album.

Styles made his mark as a solo artist over two years ago with his rootsy, rock-leaning self-titled debut album. After nearly a year of touring theaters, then arenas, and a few deserved months off,...

Academy Awards officials released a short list of contenders for Best Original Song on Monday. It was the first time ever that the composers branch has whittled a massive number of entries down to just 15 tunes and announced those names to the public. Top stars are among the songwriters eligible to win an Oscar, including Lady Gaga, Dolly Parton, Troye Sivan, Kendrick Lamar and more.

We’ve got the complete list of the songwriters and performers for each of the 15 candidates below. Keep in mind that only the writers would actually be nominated on January 22 for Academy Awards, but you might see some of the performers on stage for the ceremony. Also keep in mind that these are the songwriters listed by the studios on the campaign websites and Fyc materials. There have been times in the past where members of the music branch have ruled some writers ineligible if...

The producer and songwriter Jeff Bhasker has worked on four albums with Kanye West. 808s & Heartbreak was their first collaboration, and likely the most memorable. “It was probably the easiest Kanye West record that ever got made,” he said. “It flowed the most effortlessly because we basically did it in three weeks.”

Ten years after its release, 808s & Heartbreak is an absolute. Its influence never really ceased reverberating, and its imprint still appears with some frequency across hip-hop (and pop music writ large). Kanye West’s fourth studio album raised...

Swedish songstress Lykke Li’s 2008 debut album ushered her onto the music scene at around the same time that countrywoman Robyn’s finely crafted alt-pop began making waves, and it was perhaps inevitable that they’d be frequently lumped into similar categories. But after three albums and life changes like a move to Los Angeles, a death (her mother) and a birth (her son), she’d tired of that distinctively Swedish sound and longed to embrace the hip-hop and R&B sounds that her partner Jeff Bhasker (the Grammy-winning producer who’s collaborated with artists from Kanye West and Mark Ronson to Harry Styles) has long worked with. In advance of this album, she basically cautioned fans that it would be different.

And while “So Sad So Sexy” features a wide palette of sounds and beats that at times make her previous work sound stodgy, the good news is that...

News of Avicii’s death on April 20 has hit the music industry hard — not just because he was one of the most successful dance music producers of the last decade, but also because Tim Bergling, the man behind the Edm moniker, was beloved as a human being.

Among those closest to Avicii were the executives who signed, developed, managed and promoted the Swedish innovator. They include: Per Sundin, Universal Music Group Svp, Nordic Region; David Massey, current CEO of Island Records, who’s due to leave his post in June (Avicii was signed through Universal Music Sweden); At Night Management’s Ash Pournouri, who steered the star through his breakout years; longtime publicist Diana Baron of Diana Baron Media; and business partner Christer Thordson.

One of the people to spend hours in the studio with Avicii was Geffen Records president Neil Jacobson. A veteran A&R executive, Jacobson started working with Avicii on “Levels,...

Four years after the release of her most recent album “I Never Learn,” Swedish songstress Lykke Li dropped two new songs, “Deep End” and “Hard Rain.” The songs are the first tracks to emerge from her long-percolating fourth album “So Sad So Sexy”. The album is due on June 8 on RCA Records — Li’s first release with the label.

“Hard Rain,” which is being promoted as the single, was produced by 2016 Grammy producer of the year Jeff Bhasker, Malay and T-Minus. “Hard Rain” was produced by Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij.

The songs mark a stylistic departure for the singer, incorporating elements of the Swedish-pop sound of her previous albums with a more hip-hop/alt-r&B-leaning production.

A rather confusing line in the press release announcing the songs reads “Prior to recording this album, Lykke was busy nurturing liv, her love-child with Andrew Wyatt, Björn Yttling, Pontus Winnberg and Jeff Bhasker,...

The wait is over. At midnight, Harry Styles released "Sign of the Times," his highly anticipated debut solo single. The 23-year-old singer—who's set to perform on The Graham Norton Show and Saturday Night Live in April—spoke to BBC Radio 1 host Nick Grimshaw about his new music Thursday. Said Styles, "In the least weird way possible, it's my favorite album to listen to at the moment." "Sign of the Times" was produced by Jeff Bhasker and co-written by Styles, with additional production by Alex Salibian and Tyler Johnson. The music video will be revealed later this month. It was filmed in Scotland, around Isle of Skye, and it was directed by Yoann Lemoine. Since One...

Harry Styles‘ solo debut is finally here!

“Sign of the Times” is a nearly six-minute rock ballad, co-written by Styles and producer Jeff Bhasker. It is the first song Styles, 23, released as a solo recording artist since One Direction took their hiatus back in early 2016.

“Just stop your crying, it’s a sign of the times / Welcome to the final show, hope you’re wearing your best clothes / We could meet again somewhere, somewhere far away from here,” the crooner sings.

In late March, Styles revealed the title of his hotly-anticipated debut single, and coincidentally the announcement was made on...

Congratulations are in order!

With the 2017 Academy of Country Music Awards right around the corner, Et's Nancy O'Dell and Kevin Frazier had the honor of revealing the nominees in several key categories, including Album of the Year, Vocal Event of the Year, and Single Record of the Year, on Thursday. Among the A-list artists up for some new hardware this year are Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley, Tim McGraw and so many more. See the list below!

The 52nd annual Acm Awards air live on CBS from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 2, at 8 p.m. Et/Pt.

News: Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley Will Once Again Co-Host Acm Awards

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After winning Record of the Year, Bruno Mars definitely had a lot to celebrate at the 2016 Grammy Awards Monday night...and that's exactly what he did! The "Uptown Funk" singer decided to spread the love among some of the other big winners, and how else would he do that than with a little bit of booze? Yes, Bruno brought a flask (unclear what it was filled with) and decided to get drunk with some of the major stars of music's big night, including Ed Sheeran, Mark Ronson and Jeff Bhasker. Snapping a photo of everyone drinking out of his personalized flask alongside a caption of their big wins throughout the evening, Bruno said he was "gettin' everybody...

[Brightcove "4757487814001" "" "" "auto"] Another successful Grammy Awards is in the books, and there were no shortage of crazy moments off-camera. Taylor Swift kicked off the show with a world TV premiere performance of "Out of the Woods." While many were wowed by her vocals, the night's album of the year winner was not impressed. Swift, 26, was spotted wiping away tears and telling Bff Selena Gomez, "I missed that note." Taylor was crying because she missed a note #GRAMMYs poor Taylor pic.twitter.com/PhEBUkn2jm— Taylor Swift Updates (@1989TUpdates) February 16, 2016 Even without a single nomination this year, Adele had the best time ever.

Over the past half-decade, superproducer Jeff Bhasker has evolved from a behind-the-boards impresario into a de facto hitmaker. Since connecting with Kanye West to confect half of the songs on the perilously moody 808s & Heartbreak in 2008, the Socorro, New Mexico–raised musician elevated his profile with credits on projects with Drake, Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift, and Bruno Mars, and netted two Grammys for his work with Jay Z, West, and fun., the latter of which helped earned him a Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) nomination at the 2013 ceremony. This year he’s up for the same award again, for his work on individual songs (Elle King’s “Last Damn Night,” Cam’s “Burning House”) and full-length albums (Mark Ronson’s Uptown Special, Nate Ruess’s Grand Romantic). Ahead of the 58th annual ceremony, Bhasker breaks down what it means to produce a record in 2016 and the process behind some...

The nominations for the 58th Grammy Awards have been announced today, with Skrillex and Diplo (and their collaborative project Jack Ü) leading the way.

Their competition comes in the form of dance music artists like Above & Beyond, Galantis and Disclosure, among others, making for a strong collection of talent from various spectrums of the Edm scene.

For a full list of nominees from the dance music categories, please see below and as always, feel free to drop a comment letting us know your thoughts.

Best Dance Recording

“We’re All We Need”

Above & Beyond Featuring Zoë Johnston

“Go”

The Chemical Brothers

“Never Catch Me”

Flying Lotus Featuring Kendrick Lamar

“Runaway (U & I)”

Galantis

“Where Are Ü Now”

Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Our Love

Caribou

Caracal

Disclosure

In Colour

Jamie Xx

Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü

Skrillex And Diplo

Best Remixed Recording, Non-classical

“Berlin By Overnight (Cfcf Remix)”

Cfcf,...

Here is the complete list of nominations for the 58th annual Grammy Awards, for recordings released during the eligibility year of Oct. 1, 2014 through Sept. 30, 2015. More or less than five nominations in a category is the result of ties. General Field Category 1 – Record Of The Year (Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s) and mastering engineer(s), if other than the artist.) • Really Love D’Angelo And The Vanguard D’Angelo, producer; Russell Elevado & Ben Kane, engineers/mixers; Dave Collins, mastering engineer Track from: Black Messiah • Uptown Funk Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars Jeff Bhasker,...

Before his "Uptown Funk" gave it to us for 14 weeks straight, and before he helped Amy Winehouse go "Back to Black," Mark Ronson worked as a humble club DJ in downtown Manhattan. In conversation with John Seabrook at the New Yorker Festival on Saturday at the Gramercy Theater — where Ronson performed six songs from his latest LP Uptown Special, with fellow producer Jeff Bhasker — the music producer described how Diddy, or Puffy, as he was called back then, helped bring him into the mainstream rap scene with encouragement in the form of a $100 tip.Ronson explained that he cut his teeth spinning at underground venues for such groups as Gang Starr and Brand Nubian; however, the range of celebrity surprisingly changed one night at a club formerly known as El Flamingo, on 21st Street: Then, all the sudden, people like Puffy and Biggie and Jay Z would be coming...

Mikky Ekko is a safer driver than you. Or he has psychic powers. In a moving addition to the Car Crash Music Video genre, the "Smile" clips co-stars the singer with a lovely garlanded (as opposed to Garlanded) maiden. The lovers traipse the field in reverse, retelling a tale of old, and one man faces the eternal question: do I let my girlfriend drive my automobile? "Smile" is the first single from Ekko's debut album "Time," out via RCA some time this fall. The set features collaborations with TV On The Radio collaborator Dave Sitek, Jeff Bhasker, Stargate, Dennis Herring, Clams Casino, Nick Ruth, Justin Parker, Benny Blanco and recent music video heartbreaker Ryan Tedder (of OneRepublic). Mikky Ekko is out on tour with Alt-j -- who had a big Billboard 200 bow this week -- in November. Still trying to place that voice? Ekko was featured on Rihanna's smash hit "Stay.

Which music stars went home with awards at the 2014 Grammy Awards? Find out with this full winners list.

Winners in each category are bolded.

Record of the Year

"Get Lucky" -- Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers

"Radioactive" -- Imagine Dragons

"Royals" -- Lorde

"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars

"Blurred Lines" -- Robin Thick feat. T.I. and Pharrell

Album of the year

"The Blessed Unrest" -- Sara Bareilles

"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk

"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" -- Kendrick Lamar

"The Heist" -- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

"Red" -- Taylor Swift

Song of the year

"Just Give Me a Reason" -- Jeff Bhasker, Pink and Nate Ruess (Pink feat. Nate Ruess)

"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars)

"Roar" -- Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry and Henry Walter (Katy Perry)

"Royals...

As we get closer to the Sunday’s Grammy Awards, we’re making our predictions in the Big Four categories: Record, album, song of the year and best new artist. Monday, we tackled Record of the Year. Tuesday, we looked at Album of the Year. Today, we look at song of the year, an award that goes to the songwriter. This year, all of the performers of the nominated songs are also among the co-writers (Fun Fact: Ella Yelich O’Connor is Lorde’s real name and Macklemore’s real name is Ben Haggerty). Song of the Year nominees: “Just Give Me A Reason,” Jeff Bhasker,...

The song of the summer - Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" - was a no-brainer for a record of the year nod when the 2014 Grammy nominations were announced Friday night during a live concert at the Nokia Theater in L.A. But Miley Cyrus, whose headline-making songs "We Can't Stop" and "Wrecking Ball" were eligible, was shut out of the major categories. Jay-z leads the pack with nine nominations, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis scored seven apiece while newcomer Lorde received four. LL Cool J, hosted the annual event, which included performances by Katy Perry, Taylor Swift,...

LL Cool J took to the stage on Friday (Dec. 6) to announce the nominations for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards as part of "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live! -- Countdown to Music's Biggest Night." The night also featured performances by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Lorde, and Robin Thicke.

Leading this year's awards show is Jay Z with nine nominations, while Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Justin Timberlake, and Pharrell Williams each earned seven.

Check out the list of main category nominations below:

Album Of The Year:

The Blessed Unrest -- Sara Bareilles

Random Access Memories -- Daft Punk

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City -- Kendrick Lamar

The Heist -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Red -- Taylor Swift

Record Of The Year:

"Get Lucky" -- Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams

"Radioactive" -- Imagine Dragons

"Royals" -- Lorde

"Locked Out Of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars

"Blurred Lines" -- Robin Thicke Featuring T.

It’s that time of year again, y’all. The 47th annual Country Music Association Awards don’t air until Nov. 6, but the nominees were announced on ‘Good Morning America’ Sept. 10 and we couldn’t be more excited! Read on for the full star-studded list.

Sheryl Crow and Florida Georgia Line announced the full list of nominees this morning for the 2013 Cma Awards!

Cma Awards 2013 Nominations — Full List

Duo of the Year

Big & Rich

Florida Georgia Line

Sugarland

Love & Theft

The Civil Wars

Thompson Square

Female Vocalist of the Year

Kelly Clarkson

Miranda Lambert

Kacey Musgraves

Taylor Swift

Carrie Underwood

New Artist of the Year

Lee Brice

Brett Eldgredge

Florida Georgia Line

Kip Moore

Kacey Musgraves

Male Vocalist of the Year

Jason Aldean

Luke Bryan

Eric Church

Blake Shelton

Keith Urban

Entertainer of the Year

Jason Aldean

Luke Bryan

Blake Shelton

George Strait

Taylor Swift

Vocal Group Of The Year...

Bringing country's biggest stars to Sin City, the 2013 Academy of Country Music Awards are coming to an end in MGM Grand's Garden Arena in Las Vegas this evening (April 7).

Helmed by hosts Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, the night went off with a bang and included performances from celebs like Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Eric Church and Lady Antebellum.

The big winner of the night was Luke Bryan taking home the Entertainer of the Year award, while Jason Aldean took home Male Vocalist of the Year and Miranda Lambert scored Female Vocalist of the Year.

In addition, Little Big Town proved victorious in the Vocal Group of the Year category, while Eric Church took home the trophy for Album of the Year.

Below is the complete list of 2013 Acm Awards winners:

Entertainer Of The Year

Jason Aldean

Winner Luke Bryan

Miranda Lambert

Blake Shelton

Taylor Swift

Male Vocalist

Winner Jason Aldean...