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Hudson to Lead Grammy Tribute to Whitney

Singer's death 'too fresh to do more'

(Newser) - Whitney Houston's death barely 24 hours before the Grammy Awards left the show scrambling to honor the singer who once dominated it, but People reports that Jennifer Hudson has been selected to pay a "respectful musical tribute" during tonight's telecast. "It's too fresh in...

VIP Tickets to Diddy's Grammy Party: $50K

Of course, that gets you quite a few female attendants

(Newser) - The hottest Grammys after-party must be the one Diddy is hosting, because tickets cost as much as $50,000. The black tie event will be held at the Playboy Mansion, and for $50,000 you'll get two cabanas with free bottle service and 15 female model attendants for up...

Unlikely Grammy Winner: Steve Jobs

Apple founder will be honored for contributions to music industry

(Newser) - Guess what Lady Gaga, Eminem, and Steve Jobs have in common? All are Grammy Award winners. Yes, really. For his revolutionary work with entertainment technology, Steve Jobs will be awarded a posthumous Grammy in February, the Huffington Post reports. The Apple founder will receive the Trustees Award because he "...

Grammy Ratings Hit Decade-Long High

26.6 million tuned in for awards show

(Newser) - The Grammys hit a high note in the ratings last night, drawing the show's biggest TV audience in a decade. Preliminary Nielsen figures today show the CBS broadcast attracted 26.6 million viewers, improving on last year's robust audience by 680,000 viewers. The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards was also...

Reporter's Grammy Flub: Caused by Stroke?

Serene Branson garbles her words during post-show segment

(Newser) - In the race to poke at the biggest Grammy Awards fail (Christina Aguilera's trip ? Lea Michele's "wimmers" ?), plenty of publications piled on Serene Branson, a CBS LA reporter who seemed to speak gibberish during a post-show segment. Which seemed pretty funny--until reports broke that her garbled speech...

Rabid Bieber Fans Attack Grammy Rival on Wikipedia

Vandals say her middle name 'Quesadilla,' 'go die in a hole'

(Newser) - Fear the Bieber! Or at least the wrath of Justin Bieber fans—especially if you had the misfortune of beating the young heartthrob at last night's Grammy Awards. Angry fans of the Bieb ran wild on Esperanza Spalding's Wikipedia page after the talented but less-well-known singer won the Best New...

Wins for Eminem, Lady Gaga, Esperanza Spalding, Arcade Fire

Music starts with Aretha tribute, and then first award goes to Train

(Newser) - The 2011 Grammys kicked off with a long, long ( too long ) tribute to Aretha Franklin, compliments of Jennifer Hudson, Martina McBride, Christina Aguilera (who didn't flub, but did fall ), Florence Welch (of Florence + the Machine), and Yolanda Adams. Next:
  • The group awarded the prize for Best
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5 Crazy Grammy Moments ... Before Grammys Started

No sweep for Eminem, thanks to Lady Gaga pre-telecast win

(Newser) - The Grammys are made up of a whopping 98 categories, which means a bunch of awards are handed out before the main event kicks off. E! lists five big surprises that have already happened:
  1. No sweep for Eminem: The very first award—for Short Form Music Video—went to Lady
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Lady Gaga Enters Grammys in Giant Egg

 Lady Gaga Enters 
 Grammys in Giant Egg 
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Feb 13, 2011 6:43 PM CST

Lady Gaga Enters Grammys in Giant Egg

...carried by four men, two of whom wore dresses

(Newser) - For any of you who thought Lady Gaga couldn't top the meat dress she wore to last year's MTV Video Music awards, here you go: She arrived at the Grammy Awards in a giant egg, carried by four men (two of whom wore tight gold boxers; the other two wore...

Grammys: Who Will Win, Who Should Win

Eminem bound to score at Sunday's awards show

(Newser) - The Grammys are Sunday, and it’s inevitable that you won’t agree with the winners in every category. In Entertainment Weekly , Leah Greenblatt and Simon Vozick-Levinson let us know who will win … versus who should win:
  • Album of the Year: Eminem will win for Recovery, but Arcade Fire’
...

Eminem Snags 10 Grammy Noms

Lady Gaga also does well—but where's Song of the Year nod?

(Newser) - Eminem raked in the Grammy nominations last night, leading the ranks with 10 nods including Album of the Year, Best Rap Album, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year. Next up were Bruno Mars with seven, and Lady Gaga , Lady Antebellum , and Jay-Z with six each. Of...

Slipknot Bassist Found Dead
 Slipknot Bassist 
 Found Dead 
May 24, 2010 5:55 PM CDT

Slipknot Bassist Found Dead

Paul Gray was 38; foul play not suspected

(Newser) - The bassist for the heavy metal band Slipknot was found dead today in a hotel in Urbandale, Iowa, police say. Paul Gray was 38. Police do not suspect foul play in his death, but they are investigating, and an autopsy is set for tomorrow, reports the Des Moines Register . Gray...

Lady Gaga Wins Big at Brit Awards
 Lady Gaga 
 Wins Big at 
 Brit Awards 
PLUS: HER MCQUEEN TRIBUTE
Feb 16, 2010 10:02 PM CST

Lady Gaga Wins Big at Brit Awards

She wins three awards, dedicates opener to late designer

(Newser) - Lady Gaga scored three awards at tonight’s Brit Awards—the across-the-pond version of the Grammys—and won over the London audience by dedicating her show-opening performance to a late friend and favorite fashion designer. “This is for Alexander McQueen,” Gaga said before launching into an acoustic version...

Taylor Swift's Label Fires Back at Haters

 Taylor Swift's 
 Label Fires Back 
 at Haters 
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Feb 4, 2010 2:14 PM CST

Taylor Swift's Label Fires Back at Haters

'She's not the best technical singer,' says chief, but she's 'emotional'

(Newser) - Get off Taylor Swift’s back about that "strikingly bad" Grammy performance with Stevie Nicks, pleads/threatens the head of her label, Big Machine Records. “Maybe she's not the best technical singer,” Scott Borchetta tells the Tennessean , “but she's probably the best emotional singer.” And that's...

Grammys Red Carpet: Best, Worst, Weirdest

Lady Gaga, Britney Spears' award show fashion doesn't disappoint

(Newser) - Even the Jersey Shore kids cleaned up a bit—where’d your signature “pouf” go, Snooki?—for the Grammys red carpet, but that didn’t mean there were no crazy get-ups to be found. PopEater points to some of the best and worst looks. Most notably, Lady Gaga showed...

Beyonc&eacute;, Taylor Swift Share Spotlight
 Beyoncé, Taylor 
 Swift Share 
 Spotlight 
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Jan 31, 2010 11:03 PM CST

Beyoncé, Taylor Swift Share Spotlight

Beyoncé sets record with 6 Grammys; Swift captures album of the year

(Newser) - Beyoncé won six Grammy Awards tonight in Los Angeles, setting a record for a female performer, but was foiled in two high-profile categories. The R&B superstar captured song of the year for "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On it)," while Taylor Swift took home album of the...

Michael Jackson's Kids Thank His Fans
 Michael Jackson's 
 Kids Thank His Fans 
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Jan 31, 2010 9:41 PM CST

Michael Jackson's Kids Thank His Fans

Prince Michael and Paris Michael accept lifetime achievement Grammy

(Newser) - Michael Jackson's two older children brought the house down at tonight's Grammy Awards, taking the stage to accept their late father's lifetime achievement honor and thank his fans. "His message was simple: Love," said Prince Michael, 12. We will continue to spread his message and help the world....

Fearless Grammy Predictions

Expect wins from Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Green Day

(Newser) - The Grammys are tonight, so Spin breaks down the best bets to take home a trophy.
  • Album of the Year: Taylor Swift’s Fearless is a shoo-in here, because “the only thing Grammy voters love as much as very old people is very young people"—though Lady Gaga
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Gays Blast Buju Banton Grammy Nod

Homophobic singer is up for best reggae album award

(Newser) - Gay rights groups angered at notoriously anti-gay reggae singer Buju Banton's Grammy nomination are urging organizers to use Sunday's awards show to denounce him. Banton—up for a best reggae album award for his Rasta Got Soul album—called for the murder of gay men in his 1988 hit Boom ...

Kings of Leon: We're Too Popular
 Kings of Leon: 
 We're Too Popular 
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Dec 4, 2009 10:41 AM CST

Kings of Leon: We're Too Popular

Frontman Caleb Followill annoyed by group's success

(Newser) - You’d think Kings of Leon would be thrilled by the group's recent success, capped off by four Grammy nods for “Use Somebody,” but it's actually kind of annoying. “We definitely got bigger than we wanted to be,” frontman Caleb Followill tells Spin . “You feel...

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