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BLACKPINK, Greta Van Fleet To Perform GRAMMY Eve At UMG Party

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2019 Artist Showcase the night before the 61st GRAMMY Awards features K-pop and rock mix
Philip Merrill
GRAMMYs
Feb 8, 2019 - 12:40 pm

K-pop sensation BLACKPINK will make their U.S. performance debut on Feb. 9 at Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge's 2019 Artist Showcase in Los Angeles. On the night before the 61st GRAMMY Awards, they will be sharing the bill with Best New Artist-and-more nominees Greta Van Fleet.

A BLACKPINK U.S. tour announcement is eagerly anticipated but meanwhile the trending crew is expected to appear on "Good Morning America" and "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" the following week. Their April appearance at Coachella 2019 is another BLACKPINK 1st that has fans craving to attend.

In addition to their Best New Artist nomination, Greta Van Fleet's 2017 From The Fires is up for Best Rock Album and its track "Highway Tune" is up for Best Rock Performance. Their follow-up Anthem Of The Peaceful Army album was released on Oct. 2018.

The event is invitation only at ROW. Billboard has additional details including top artists who appeared in previous years' showcases hosted by Grainge. 

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MySpace Claims To Have Lost Years Of User-Uploaded Music

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"We apologize for the inconvenience and suggest that you retain your backup copies," the site shared in a message
Philip Merrill
GRAMMYs
Mar 18, 2019 - 4:09 pm

People old enough to remember the earliest days of social media will recall a time when networking platform MySpace was the top destination on the Internet, even bigger than Facebook and Google. In fact, there once was a thing called the "MySpace Generation," which helped launch the careers of artists including Lily Allen and Arctic Monkeys.

Indeed, for a time, MySpace operated as a platform for blossoming musicians to upload songs, where fans could then go and organically discover them, minus any industry middlemen. But now, in a sad erasure of digital memories, a MySpace "server migration" has resulted in a massive, irrecoverable data loss.

"As a result of a server migration project, any photos, videos, and audio files you uploaded more than three years ago may no longer be available on or from Myspace," the site informed its users with a banner message on March 18, as reported by The Guardian. "We apologize for the inconvenience and suggest that you retain your backup copies. If you would like more information, please contact our data protection officer."

Rumors and reports surrounding uploads that were no longer available have been circulating for more than a year, and Ars Technica summarized some of the support messages that assisted in letting users know whether their "content is no longer available and cannot be retrieved."

Despite its arguable irrelevance in today's social-media and music-discovery sphere, MySpace was at one point home to more than 14 million musicians, who uploaded more than 50 million tracks, all of which has been lost. (Unless they backed up their work, which sincerely we hope that they did.)

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Songwriters Hall Of Fame To Honor Martin Bandier With Leadership Award

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Visionary Leadership Award to be given alongside 2019 inductions in June
Philip Merrill
GRAMMYs
Feb 19, 2019 - 1:00 pm

On Feb. 19, the Songwriters Hall Of Fame announced that its Board member Martin Bandier will receive its Visionary Leadership Award at the class of 2019 induction ceremony on June 13 in New York City. Bandier is Chairman/CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, which he joined in 2007 after years of success at EMI Music Publishing. His honor will be given alongside this year's songwriting inductions including Dallas Austin, Missy Elliott, Tom T. Hall, John Prine, Jack Tempchin, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens.

The three previous recipients of the Visionary Leadership Award are Hal David, BMI's Del Bryant and ASCAP's John A. Lofrumento. 

"The SHOF has long benefitted from Marty's advice, guidance, wisdom and constant support," said Songwriters Hall Of Fame President/CEO Linda Moran. "Always the consummate professional and avid songwriters’ champion, he has consistently encouraged us to raise the bar toward achieving our early goals and fulfilling our ongoing mission."

In addition to his success as a music industry executive, Bandier is a philanthropist and has served with distinction on numerous other boards, including ASCAP, the Recording Academy's MusiCares and the National Music Publishers Association.

Before the 57th GRAMMY Awards in 2015, the Academy honored him with the President's Merit Award at the GRAMMY Salute To Industry Icons. Recording Academy President/CEO Neil Portnow described Bandier as "a luminary whose passion, vision and innovation, combined with his championing some of the world's greatest songwriters and his tireless work to maximize the value of musical compositions, has helped to shape our musical landscape for decades."

In September 2018, Bandier announced that March 2019 will be his final month working at Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

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Relive GRAMMY Week 2019 In Pictures

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The days leading up to the 61st GRAMMY Awards were filled with star-studded events around Los Angeles honoring some of music's greats—let's take a look at the highlights
Ana Monroy Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Feb 12, 2019 - 5:51 pm

The 61st GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 10 really lived up to its name as Music's Biggest Night, with tons of show-stopping performances, powerful speeches and big wins throughout the night.

Yet the big show was just one piece of the excitement for a celebratory and star-studded GRAMMY Week. Let's take a look at pictures capturing the big moments from some of the other events you may have missed last week.

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GRAMMY Week was in full-force midweek, with the Producers & Engineers Wing Celebration honoring GRAMMY-winning country legend Willie Nelson on Feb. 6. Artists including fellow GRAMMY winner Dave Matthews paid tribute to the icon.

The week continued with engaging programs and events from the GRAMMY Museum, most of which were geared towards aspiring musicians. This included a Mississippi Songwriting Workshop for local students on Feb. 7, followed by an evening event celebrating the blues with performances from PJ Morton and more. Also on Feb. 7, GRAMMY In The Schools Live! celebrated music educators like honoree Jeffery Redding and rocked The Montalbán with performances from alumni of GRAMMY Camp, one of the museum's student-focused offerings.

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There were also handfuls of great sponsored parties, like the Delta Airline's event on Feb. 7 featuring Ella Mai and the Bulova Brunch on Feb. 9 featuring GRAMMY-winning great Chaka Khan.

On Feb. 8, the MusiCares Person Of The Year Celebration celebrated their 2019 honoree, the GRAMMY-winning queen of country Dolly Parton. Her goddaughter Miley Cyrus, along with Katy Perry, Shawn Mendes and more celebrated the legend with dazzling Dolly-inspired looks and tribute performances.

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Less than 24 hours before the big night, many of the stars that would be onstage and in the audience, including Travis Scott, Brandi Carlile, Chloe x Halle and H.E.R., gave a killer show and practiced their red carpet poses at the Pre-GRAMMY Gala. The insanely star-studded event hosted by industry legend Clive Davis celebrated fellow industry greats, including the evening special honoree Clarence Avant.

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Immediately following the 61st GRAMMY Awards, TLC and En Vogue kept the party going at the GRAMMY Celebration. Check out the photo gallery above to get an insider's look at all these events and visit the links for more photo galleries, including backstage and on the red carpet at the show.

From Dolly To H.E.R.: 10 Unforgettable 2019 GRAMMYs Moments

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All The Ways BTS Won Our Hearts At The 2019 GRAMMYs

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From hinting at new music to dancing in the audience to presenting their first award, everyone's favorite K-pop septet lived it up at their first-ever GRAMMY Awards
Ana Monroy Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Feb 11, 2019 - 4:30 pm

The seven members of K-pop phenomenon BTS—J-Hope, Jin, V, Jungkook, Jimin, Suga and RM—were clearly as excited as their fans were for their first appearance at the 61st GRAMMY Awards. From arriving in style to dancing in their seats to more firsts as they took the stage, let's countdown the top five ways the boys of BTS stole the show—and our hearts.

5. Looking Dapper In Tuxes

The South Korean group always has a strong style game, but their understated pizazz in matching black-and-white tuxedos really elevated their look on their first GRAMMYs red carpet. Their excitement to be a part of Music's Biggest Night was palpable as they exited the SUV, posed for their first photos of the evening and made their way to the carpet.

4. Coyly Teasing New Music On The Red Carpet

Once they were on the carpet, the Recording Academy shared a special moment with the boys by asking few burning questions. When we asked when we could expect a new album, they teased with just enough info to get fans buzzing.

"It's gonna be real soon," RM said.

When asked if it would be a collab album, RM gave a coy answer, while Jimin looked straight into the camera and said: "There could be a collaboration song and some joint songs, we don't know, we're working on it."

They also shared their excitement about seeing H.E.R., Lady Gaga and Travis Scott perform at the GRAMMYs. (Back in September, during their visit to the GRAMMY Museum, BTS shared that they'd been listening to a lot of Scott's "Sicko Mode," so the boys were definitely ready to dance.)

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3. Dropping Even More Collab Hints

BTS & H.E.R.

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In addition to being ready to watch some of their favorite U.S.-based artists live for the first time, BTS name-dropped H.E.R., Scott and Gaga all as their dream collaborators. As they told Variety in another playful red carpet interview, they would love to work with the aforementioned artists, along with Camila Cabello. 

2. Singing & Dancing To "Jolene"

The boys seemed to be having the most fun of pretty much everyone when Dolly Parton took the stage for a big medley with some very special guests to celebrate her being the 2019 MusiCares Person Of The Year. As the cameras cut to the audience during Parton and goddaughter Miley Cyrus' "Jolene" duet, BTS could be seen dancing and singing along enthusiastically. Clearly anyone sitting near them had the best seats in the house, and the BTS army was quick to make the joyful moment viral.

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1. Becoming The First K-Pop Group To Present A GRAMMY

In addition to having a blast at their first GRAMMYs, the boys made history as the first K-pop group to present an award in the show's 61 years. They took the stage at STAPLES Center for the first time to present H.E.R.—one of the artist's they were stoked to see—with Best R&B Album.

As they told Variety on the carpet, it was their first time ever presenting an award, so it was quite a monumental day of highs and big firsts for the boys.

From Dolly To H.E.R.: 10 Unforgettable 2019 GRAMMYs Moments