Neil Portnow News

Initial performers announced for 'GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends' include Lila Downs, Earth, Wind & Fire, Andy Garcia and The CineSon All Stars, Lucrecia, Martina McBride, and JD Souther.

Country music legend Merle Haggard, well known for his such as 'Okie From Muskogee' and 'Mama Tried,' passed way today, April 6th, his 79th birthday.

The Recording Academy will honor its 2016 Special Merit Awards recipients with an awards ceremony and live tribute concert on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at The Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.

Representatives of the worlds of music and politics will come together at The Recording Academy's 2016 GRAMMYs on the Hill Awards to honor three-time GRAMMY winners Zac Brown Band

MTV reports that Sir George Martin, the producer and musician known as “the fifth Beatle,” has died at the age of 90. According to his management team, Martin died peacefully on March 8th at his home in England.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and his extraordinary cast will perform a number from the acclaimed musical via satellite from the legendary Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York.

Sun Nan, this year's winner of 'China Star,' a pop music TV show authorized by The Recording Academy® in China, was honored with the Recording Academy's President's Merit Award yesterday (11).

Six-time GRAMMY® winner Glenn Frey will be honored at the 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards® when the late musician's bandmates join close friend and collaborator Jackson Browne to perform a classic hit from the Eagles' legendary songbook.

The cast of Broadway's hit musical HAMILTON gathered together in the video below to announce that they will be performing via satellite at the 2016 GRAMMY AWARDS!

Teen musical artist Lee Reh has been chosen as the winner of the sixth annual GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares Teens Make Music Contest for his original interpretation of the importance of living above the influence of drug and alcohol use.

Glenn Frey, founding member of the iconic rock band the Eagles, has died. He was 67. President/CEO of The Recording Academy Neil Portnow just released a statement on his passing.

The Recording Academy® announced its Special Merit Awards recipients today, and this year's Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Ruth Brown, Celia Cruz, Earth, Wind & Fire, Herbie Hancock, Jefferson Airplane, Linda Ronstadt, and RUN DMC.

legendary singer, songwriter and actor David Bowie has passed away following a long battle with cancer. The Recording Academy has issued the following statement on Bowie's passin

Following the announcement of the news of Bowie's death, musicians and celebrities took to social media to share their grief over the loss of a legend

The Recording Academy®'s GRAMMY Recordings® and Republic Records announced the track list for the 2016 GRAMMY® Nominees album

The New York Times reports that French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, a dominant figure in classical music for over fifty years, passed away on Tuesday, January 5th at his home in Baden-Baden, Germany.

BroadwayWorld previously reported that Grammy Award-winner Natalie Cole passed away on December 31, 2015 from congestive heart failure at age 65. Below, BroadwayWorld pays tribute to the legendary singer in a special photo flashback!

David Campbell, one of Australia's foremost entertainers, who formerly served as the Adelaide Cabaret Festival's artistic director, has now issued a statement reflecting on the passing of Natalie Cole.

BroadwayWorld previously reported that Grammy Award-winner Natalie Cole passed away on December 31, 2015 from congestive heart failure at age 65. Now the Recording Academy has issued their own condolences.

Today, The Recording Academy has issued the following statement on the passing of Lemmy Kilmister