Overall, Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), FUN., Jay-Z, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, and Kanye West top the nominations with six each; The Black Keys, Chick Corea, and Miguel each garner five nods; and producer Jeff Bhasker, mastering engineer Bob Ludwig and Nas are each up for four awards.
Nominations for the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced tonight by The Recording Academy and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as determined by the voting members of The Academy. Scroll below to see the nominees for Best Musical Theater Album!
One Direction are gearing up to release their highly anticipated second album TAKE ME HOME on Tuesday November 13. Fans can stream the album in its entirety a week early beginning Monday November 5, exclusively on the iTunes store www.iTunes.com/OneDirection. TAKE ME HOME includes the history making #1 single 'Live While We're Young,' which sold over 341k copies in its first week, making it Billboard's biggest opening week sales for a single by a non-US artist ever.
Taylor Swift is everywhere - on TV, in Target, on billboards - and now, so is her latest album, RED. After only a week since it was released, RED has sold over 1.2 million copies, Billboard reported tonight. A little context: no album has breached that mark since 2002.
Taylor Swift has announced that she will launch a North American stadium and arena tour in early 2013 in support of her blockbuster new album, RED. Taylor made the special announcement in partnership with ABC News on tonight's primetime TV special 'All Access Nashville with Katie Couric - A Special Edition of 20/20.' Watch the announcement here. RED was released this week to widespread worldwide critical acclaim and has already topped the iTunes album sales charts in 40 countries.
Z100's Jingle Ball 2012 is approaching fast. With the artist line up finally announced, featuring artists like Justin Bieber, One Direction and Taylor Swift, it was no wonder that the tickets for this year's concert sold out within minutes of going on sale Tuesday morning. Luckily, Jovani Fashions, the official evening wear sponsor for the event, is giving 5 lucky fans a chance to win tickets to the sold out show.
One Direction, Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber are among the artists confirmed for this year's Jingle Ball, the annual star-studded, holiday-timed concert sponsored by New York's Top 40 music station, Z100 (WHTZ). This year's concert will take place on December 7 at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Today, Z100, New York's Hit Music Station, announced the much-anticipated, star-studded lineup for its annual holiday concert, Z100's Jingle Ball 2012, presented by Aeropostale on Friday, December 7, at 7:30 p.m. ET at Madison Square Garden. To commemorate the pop culture phenomenon, Mayor Bloomberg has issued a special proclamation officially declaring December 7, 2012 Z100's Jingle Ball Day in New York City.
Warner Music Group (WMG) announced today that after more than eight years at WMG, Recorded Music Chairman and CEO, Lyor Cohen will resign from the company effective September 30, 2012.
The Bowery Presents will welcome Ed Sheeran to Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 7PM in support of the band's acclaimed debut album, "+." Powered by the hit single, "The A Team," the album entered the SoundScan/Billboard 200 at #5 upon its U.S. release earlier this year - the highest debut for a British solo artist's first full-length album since 2009.
Elektra recording artist Ed Sheeran has announced plans for his biggest U.S. headline tour to date. The 2013 trek gets underway January 17th at Houston's House of Blues and then continues through mid-February (see itinerary below). Among the tour's highlights are shows at some of America's most renowned venues, including Sheeran's debut performance on the Great Stage of New York's world famous Radio City Music Hall, set for January 30th.
One Direction took the US by storm earlier this year with the release of their debut album UP ALL NIGHT, making history as the first-ever UK band to debut at No. 1 on the US Billboard chart. UP ALL NIGHT is currently the top selling debut album of 2012. The band shows no signs of stopping with the release of their second album TAKE ME HOME available for pre-order Monday, September 3 and in stores Tuesday, November 13.
