Tamara Palmer is a Recording Academy/GRAMMY.com contributor.
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on May 9, 2023 for Mental Health Awareness Month. It was updated on Oct. 10, 2025 with additional artists for World Mental Health Day. Sharing mental health issues with close family or specialized medical professionals can be challenging enough. Add in the pressures of fame and being in the public eye, and any…
Ruby Ibarra uses rap music and spoken word to singularly embody the fact that Filipino artists are not a monolith — just like the Philippines itself, which has many islands and languages. That’s not an easy mission, especially when you’re from the San Francisco Bay Area, home of world champion Filipino hip-hop DJs. But Ibarra has effortlessly carved her own…
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on Jan. 31, 2023 and was updated on Feb. 3, 2025 to reflect her 2025 GRAMMY wins. Two years after becoming the artist with the most GRAMMY wins at the 2023 GRAMMYs, Beyoncé made GRAMMY history again at the 2025 GRAMMYs. Along with winning her first golden gramophone for Album Of The Year…
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on July 26, 2022. It was updated on Feb. 3, 2025 to reflect her wins at the 2025 GRAMMYs. Since releasing her debut album, Dangerously in Love, in 2003, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has built a record-setting solo career for nearly two decades. As she noted upon winning her 28th GRAMMY in 2021, Beyoncé has…
The business of creating music is ever-changing, and the present is no different. The music industry is evolving rapidly, as the Recording Academy's 2024 Songwriters & Composers Wing Town Hall attests. To explore these changes, the Recording Academy's Songwriters & Composers Wing, in collaboration with our Washington, D.C.-based Advocacy & Public Policy team, yesterday held A Songwriters & Composers Town…
Nearly two decades after his still-unsolved murder took place, Mac Dre remains one of Bay Area rap’s definitive artists and guiding spirits. The rapper born Andre Hicks helped to pioneer and steer the region’s hyphy movement — a music, linguistic, car and party culture that influenced rap and even electronic music globally. Mac Dre released both his ninth album, Ronald…
Beware of venom: Megan Thee Stallion is not biting her tongue on her new album, simply titled Megan. The GRAMMY winner's first full-length release in two years is also the first to drop under her own control. Fans have been ready for this release even before the first single, "Cobra," came out in November. The second single, "Hiss," followed in…
The last two months have been monumental for Shaboozey. On March 29, Beyoncé fans around the world embraced his two guest collaborations on her COWBOY CARTER album, "SPAGHETTII" and "SWEET HONEY BUCKIIN'" — and they were instantly interested in what else the Nigerian-American singer had to offer. According to his label, EMPIRE, Spotify listens of Shaboozey's music (including his first…
Before Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC ruled the pop roost in the '90s, New Kids On The Block were busy building the boy band template that everyone later followed for international chart success and incredibly ardent fan followings. And it's a legacy they're continuing to celebrate nearly four decades later. On May 17, NKOTB dropped Still Kids, the group's first new…
When the Backstreet Boys released "I Want It That Way" on April 12, 1999, they likely had no idea how beloved their smash hit would still be a quarter-century later. Written by the Swedish powerhouse team of Andreas Carlsson and Max Martin, "I Want It That Way" is undoubtedly BSB's signature hit, particularly thanks to its memorable undulating melody and…
Music festival season doesn’t begin or end with Coachella. Festival fever brings millions of revelers to and across the United States annually for events that cater to every taste, style, and budget. While Coachella, with its big-name lineups and a magnet for celebrities and influencers, often takes the lion's share of press and social media attention, plenty of smaller festivals…
When Beyoncé released RENAISSANCE in July 2022, she revealed that the album would be part of a "three-act project." One year and eight months later, she delivered on her promise in a big, bold way with act ii: COWBOY CARTER. The expansive 27-track project finds the star experimenting with country, folk and Americana, pushing the boundaries of genre in a…
Artists on the rise got their metaphorical flowers on Feb. 1, when GRAMMY House played host to the Beats & Blooms Emerging Artist Showcase. The performance-heavy event was produced in conjunction with PEOPLE and Sephora and hosted by comedian Matt Friend. Some took the floral theme quite literally — like Texas rapper and singer Teezo Touchdown, who took to the…
Seated among a colorfully-draped stage, it was obvious that six-time GRAMMY nominee Halle Bailey was speaking to her people. The packed room at GRAMMY House in downtown Los Angeles on Feb.2 listened intently as Bailey led a Masterclass for GRAMMY U Members, which was moderated by GRAMMY- winning artist and songwriter Muni Long. The event was presented by Mastercard. In…
In the midst of GRAMMY Week, The Recording Academy, Gold House and Pacific Bridge Arts Foundation came together for the first-ever Gold Music Alliance reception — an intimate, yet powerful celebration of the Pan-Asian community's vast contributions to the music industry. "This is the first gathering, but it's definitely not going to be the last," promised Harvey Mason jr., CEO…
R&B is poised to make a huge impact at the 2024 GRAMMYs. Just a couple of years after critics questioned whether R&B was dead, stars such as SZA, Victoria Monét and Coco Jones are cleaning up with multiple nominations across fields. Women are at the forefront of the current R&B movement, and there’s a multigenerational reverence for recording artists with…
Britney Spears recently posted a message on Instagram that asserted she'd never return to the music business. She later deleted it, which could be taken as a sign that she hasn't made this big decision with such finality. But it was certainly an alarming statement to her diehard fans eagerly awaiting new music. It's fair to hold out hope that…
Fifty years since the recognized beginning of hip-hop culture in the United States, its beats, rhymes and life have been inspiring artists and doing serious business around the world. These days, though, there’s an audible international shift away from imitating American acts and producing sounds that are truer to location.\ \ "Overall, we’re definitely seeing the decline of the dominance…
When Prince released Diamonds and Pearls in October 1991, it represented both a sea change and return to form. The 13th album since his 1978 debut, Diamonds and Pearls was Prince's first release with the New Power Generation — a band formed with several musicians who toured with him in the years since the Revolution. Where the Revolution, which disbanded…
Fugees singer and rapper Lauryn Hill has been celebrating the 25th anniversary of her album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill all summer, with special performances at high-profile festivals across the country, including Roots Picnic in Philadelphia and ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans. Soon, she'll embark on a 17-date world tour, co-headlining with Fugees on the dates that take place in…
