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The Grammy Awards will announce their nominees next Friday, November 8th at 11am. The delivering of this info will come on Grammy.com. The show will on CBS Sunday February 2nd. Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. will be joined by Grammy winners . ...

The Weeknd doesn't appear in his new video called "Sao Paolo." Singer Anitta does, however, with a grotesque pregnant belly that has moving lips in place of a belly button. "Sao Paolo" isn't much of a song. I don't know what it is. But after the "The ...

This was coming for some time. CBS has lost the Grammy Awards and all its specials to ABC after 31 years. The 10 year deal begins in 2027. Earlier this year CBS made a deal for the Grammys' lesser rival, the American Music Awards. That certainly gave ...

Lady Gaga is ruling iTunes this morning. Stefani Germanotta has the top four spots on the iTunes top 100. That includes three versions of "Die with a Smile," her duet with Bruno Mars. Last night she released two iterations other than the original ...

Lady Gaga had a career glitch earlier this month with her "Harlequin" album and "Joker" movie. They bombed. But now Gaga has her revenge. Her Bruno Mars single, "Die with a Smile," is back at number 1 on iTunes. It's been a smash for weeks, since ...

Scott Cooper's "Deliver Me from Nowhere" has begun production. Jeremy Allen White, famous for playing Carmie on "The Bear," stars as Bruce Springsteen circa 1981. It's the story of Bruce writing the "Nebraska" album. I scooped news of this movie ...

What a week for the members of the Grateful Dead. A few days ago I announced they would receive the Musicares Person of the Year Award. Now beloved bass player Phil Lesh, a founding member, has died at age 84. I can tell you exclusively that Phil was ...

Lady Gaga is back. She's back to form, and on the dance floor, with "Disease," the first single from her upcoming 7th album. And while her jazz performances on "Harlequin" were impeccable and her ballad singing is plaintive on "Die with a Smile," ...

My great friend, John Titta, died yesterday after a two year battle with cancer. He was 69. John was most recently the Chief Creative Officer at ASCAP, the gigantic music licensing company. He had held high positions at Warner Chappell Music ...