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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.

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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...

Before Justin Bieber's "Journals," there was Ariana Grande's "Yours Truly."

It was Aug. 30, 2013, and Grande - who rose to fame on Nickelodeon's "Victorious" and "Sam & Cat" - suddenly emerged as a musical superstar with her debut album. Thanks to her dreamy voice and impressive range, the budding phenom, who was then 20 years old, proved she was so much more than just a teen star.

The album was a testament of how '90s R&b, hip-hop, pop, and doo-wop can complement one another. Paired with production by Babyface, The Rascals (Leon Thomas III and Khris Riddick-Tynes), Antonio Dixon, Harmony Samuels, Tommy Brown (aka TBHits), as well as cowriting credits from the aforementioned and Victoria Monét, Sevyn Streeter, Jordin Sparks, and Priscilla Renea (now Muni Long), "Yours Truly" was an instant victory. This dream team fused Grande's instinctual talent and musical theater background to formulate an untapped side of her artistry,...

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Leon Thomas III will never be more ready to go solo. Since he was a kid, the actor, singer, songwriter, and producer has always been a piece of a bigger whole - whether he was starring in a Broadway play, ensemble cast on a Nickelodeon show, or in the studio cooking up hits for your favorite artist. But now, the 29-year-old tells Popsugar that it feels like the "perfect time" to break off as his own entity and "let people know what I can do as an artist."

"I was able to start hearing my voice for the first time and feeling connected to singing and music in a different way than I had ever been before."

Thomas is still primarily being recognized for his "Victorious" role, which he admits, at one point, "kind of bothered" him. "I had to really circle back and realize I used to do that,...

Before starring on HBO's hit prestige drama "The Sopranos," Steven Van Zandt's claim to fame was as a solo artist, hit songwriter, activist, and member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. He scored the memorable role of the wingtip-wearing consigliere Silvio Dante on "The Sopranos" despite no acting experience. As advisor to crime boss Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), Van Zandt's Dante is more than a wise guy caricature; Silvio is among the most level-headed members of Tony's crew, mediating meetings and executing orders but unafraid to tell his boss the truth (which Van Zandt compared to working with The Boss). In Brett Martin's "The Sopranos: The Complete Book," Van Zandt describes Tony's lifelong friend as "the only member of the family who was happy where he was" with few ambitions beyond those in his backstory – a background created by Van Zandt himself.

Co-stars Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa...

Los Angeles — Jeff Conaway, who starred in the sitcom "Taxi," played swaggering Kenickie in the movie musical "Grease" and publicly battled drug and alcohol addiction on "Celebrity Rehab," died Friday. He was 60.

The actor was taken off life support Thursday and died Friday morning at Encino Tarzana Medical Center, according to one of his managers, Kathryn Boole.

"It's sad that people remember his struggle with drugs. ... He has touched so many people," she said, calling Conaway a kind and intelligent man who was well read and "always so interesting to talk to. We respected him as an artist and loved him as a friend."

"He was trying so hard to get clean and sober," Boole added. "If it hadn't been for his back pain, I think he would have been able to do it."

Family members, including Conway's sisters, nieces and nephews, and his minister, were with him when he died,...

You better you bet that The Who will have halftime covered pretty well this Sunday, especially with the great Zak Starkey on drums. So here's a special Sunday playlist to help kickoff some alternative entertainment for the party people at your home who aren't gathered around the TV watching every play. These songs are meant to celebrate the general excitement of Super Bowl Sunday without revealing too much of my own hopes for the game . . . right until the last song. Another Park, Another Sunday - The Doobie Brothers Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone Sunday Sunday - Blur Feelin' Kinda Sunday - Nancy & Frank Sinatra Groovin' - The Young Rascals Lazy Sunday - The Lonely Island featuring Chris Parnell Gloomy Sunday - Billie Holiday Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon - Queen Sunny Sunday - Joni Mitchell Sunday Girl - Blondie Lazy Sunday - Small Faces Sunday Morning -...