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Charley Pride Honored With GRAMMY Museum Mississippi's Inaugural Crossroads Of American Music Award

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The living legend performed at the annual gala event, which benefited the GRAMMMY Museum Mississippi's music education programs
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Nov 4, 2019 - 1:53 pm

On Friday, Nov. 1, GRAMMY-winning country legend Charley Pride was honored by the GRAMMY Museum Mississippi with their first-ever Crossroads of American Music Award. The new award was established by the museum's Board of Directors to honor "an artist who has made significant musical contributions influenced by the creativity born in the cradle of American music."

The living legend was there in person to accept the award and performed at the annual gala event, which benefited the GRAMMMY Museum Mississippi's music education programs.

The 85-year-old Mississippi-born, Texas-based country music icon's hits have spanned the decades, all the way back to the mid-'60s, and include "Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone," "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" and "All I Have To Offer You Is Me," from 1970, 1971 and 1986, respectively.

According to the museum, which opened in Cleveland, Miss., in 2016 as the first GRAMMY Museum outside of the flagship Downtown Los Angeles location, Pride has earned over 36 No. 1 country singles and 52 Top 10 country hits. Yee-haw indeed!

In addition to his impressive number of hits, he has earned 13 GRAMMY nominations over his illustrious career and three GRAMMY Awards to-date. His golden gramophones were won at the 14th GRAMMY Awards for songs from his 1971 gospel album Did You Think To Pray, including Best Sacred Performance for its title track, and at the 15th GRAMMY Awards for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male for Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs.

Charley Pride Wins Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

In 2017, the country great's indelible impact on music was honored with the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award. Additionally, he was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1993 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.

Pride's most recent album was 2017's Music in My Heart.

For more information on exhibits, events and music education programs at the GRAMMY Museum in Mississippi, Los Angeles and New Jersey, please visit their respective websites.

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Willard Cox, Of GRAMMY-Winning Bluegrass Group The Cox Family, Has Died At 82

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The local bluegrass/gospel heroes were beloved for the vocal harmony they delivered while performing both hymns and original songs
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Nov 8, 2019 - 11:47 am

Willard Cox, the father of GRAMMY-winning bluegrass/gospel/country group The Cox Family, has passed away at the age of 82. The sad news was shared on Bluegrass Today on Nov. 5.

The Cox Family—consisting of Willard, his late wife Marie, and their four children; Evelyn, Lynn, Sidney and Suzanne—began performing together in 1972. They first saw regional fame in the South, as they toured across their homestate, Louisiana, as well as Texas, Mississippi and Arkansas. The local bluegrass heroes were beloved for the vocal harmony they delivered while performing both hymns and original songs.

In 1993, they worked with 27-time GRAMMY winner Alison Krauss, who produced their album Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone. The following year, Krauss and The Cox Family released a collaborative gospel album, I Know Who Holds Tomorrow, which earned a win for Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel Or Bluegrass Gospel Album at the 37th GRAMMY Awards.

The family's acclaim began to spread across the country, and in 2000, they were invited to work on the soundtrack for the Golden Globe-winning Coen Brothers film, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Krauss also performed on the soundtrack, which won all of them the coveted Album Of The Year at the 44th GRAMMY Awards.

The Cox Family's song on the soundtrack, "I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)," is one of their most popular on streaming services and helped them reach international audiences. On the deluxe edition of the album, they had two more songs; "Keep On The Sunny Side" and and "In The Highway."

Unfortunately, not long after the family finished working on the iconic soundtrack, Willard and Marie were seriously hurt in a car accident, leaving Willard with a severe spine injury. Despite the challenges, the family performed a limited number of shows with Willard in a wheelchair. Marie also fought breast cancer for several years and passed away in 2009.

The Cox Family's final album, Gone Like The Cotton, was released in 2015. 

Willard's funeral service is taking place today in Minden, La. The surviving family shared a kind message on the obituary: "The Family wishes to thank you all the thoughts and prayers shown during this time so far! Please continue to keep us in your prayers in the next few days as we celebrate his life!"

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Behind The Record: Your Favorite Artists #GiveCredit Where It's Due

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Artists took to social media to #GiveCredit on Oct. 25 with detailed Credit Covers for fans to explore
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Oct 28, 2019 - 4:50 pm

Last Friday, on Oct. 25, Behind the Record launched, and in doing so, acknowledged countless creatives behind your favorite records. 

Tons of artists showed up for the conversation, sharing Credit Covers highlighting the names of professionals who worked on all kinds of songs and albums.

For starters, L.A.-based producer/DJ TOKiMONSTA shared the Credit Cover for her track "I Wish I Could," featuring Belgian singer/songwriter Selah Sue on vocals, from her GRAMMY-nominated 2017 album Lune Rogue. She wrote: "Everyone on a track deserves to be recognized. A big thank you to everyone who works #BehindTheRecord."

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2019 GRAMMY host Alicia Keys also posted for her latest single, "Show Me Love" featuring Miguel, along with a powerful message: "One of my favorite things about making music is the collaboration process and everyone bringing their beautiful spirits and expertise to the process! It's an honor to have created magic with you on 'Show Me Love'!! Big Love to all the people #behindtherecord you're amazing and I'm grateful to you for rockin' with me. I'm here to #givecredit."

With Credit Covers, you can you can discover the instrumentalists, producers, mixers, engineers and whoever else made helped song that much more memorable and powerful. Did you know that the guitars on "Show Me Love" were performed by GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Raphael Saadiq and producer/songwriter Morgan Matthews (who also co-produced and co-wrote the track with Keys)?

"Proper crediting, at its core, is about a reverence for creativity and the incongruous ways in which it moves through creators. As technology continues to change at a rapid rate, we must be prepared to redefine the ways in which we recognize and define creative roles in order to create a more diverse and inclusive industry. We must be prepared to leave behind precedent in favor of a true recognition of modern authorship." - Maggie Rogers

Below, explore the collaborators on two GRAMMY winners' albums: H.E.R.'s 2019 EP, I Used To Know H.E.R., and Brandi Carlile's By The Way, I Forgive You. GRAMMY-nominated electro-pop duo SOFI TUKKER shared the cover for their fun new single, "Purple Hat," and the GRAMMY-nominated Jonas Brothers celebrated their co-creators behind Happiness Begins.

 
 
 

"We make music in the spirit of fun and collaboration and it's important to us that that spirit stays alive from the making of the track into its whole lifespan. Plus, it’s just fair. If someone helps make a song, they deserve to be credited. We usually make songs with our friends and it's so fun to be able to share the joy of releasing a song with people we love." - SOFI TUKKER

Nigerian Afropop queen Yemi Alade shared the credit cover for her 2019 album, Woman of Steel, and GRAMMY-winning alt-rockers The Black Keys shared one for their 2019 LP, Let's Rock. GRAMMY-winning country group Little Big Town celebrated all the hands behind the scenes on "Over Drinking," while EDM DJ/producer Marshmello did the same for his track "Happier" featuring Bastille.

 
 
 

GRAMMY-winning disco queen Gloria Gaynor thanked the collaborators on her 2019 gospel album, Testimony. GRAMMY- and Latin GRAMMY-winning Puerto Rican singer/activist iLe shared the Credit Cover for her 2019 album, Almadura, while GRAMMY-winning experimental jazz artist Esperanza Spaulding gave thanks for everyone who helped her with her 2018 LP, Twelve Little Spells.

 
 

Make sure to visit behindtherecord.grammy.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to stay in the loop on Behind the Record updates and other great behind-the-music content. You can also search the hashtags #GiveCredit, #BehindTheRecord and #WeAreMusic to join in on the global conversation.  

We are beyond grateful to all the artists and partners who have helped make this dream project a reality, to help give credit where it's due; thank you to everyone who has participated so far.

If you are an artist and want to make your own Credit Cover and have not yet; please check out the instructions here and visit behindtherecord.grammy.com/creditcovers.

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Keith Urban To Kick Off First Shows At Revamped Caesars Palace Colosseum

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The four-time GRAMMY winner will perform two nights—Sept. 6 and 7—at the newly remodeled Las Vegas venue during his Graffiti U Tour
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Jul 12, 2019 - 5:38 pm

Today, Ceasars Palace in Las Vegas announced that GRAMMY-winning country star Keith Urban will be launching the new era of The Colosseum, their 4,300 seat theater. The New Zealand-born artist will perform the first two nights—Sept. 6 and 7—at the newly remodeled venue during his Graffiti U Tour.

"Caesars Entertainment could not be more excited to celebrate the relaunch of The Colosseum at Caesars Palace by welcoming Keith Urban to officially unveil many new and state-of-the-art enhancements that we have made to our award-winning venue," Jason Gastwirth, President of Entertainment of Caesars Entertainment told Billboard. "Keith is a remarkable musician, and the general admission area will provide our guests an exciting entertainment experience in the next chapter of The Colosseum."  

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"We knew we had to reopen a venue as iconic as The Colosseum in a big way. Keith Urban was the perfect choice," Amanda Moore, VP Marketing for Live Nation Las Vegas, added. As Billboard reports, in April The Colosseum began a new partnership with concert behemoth Live Nation; AEG formerly ran the venue's shows since its opening in 2003.

Billboard notes that the remodel includes "improved state-of-the-art sound and moving light fixtures along with a completely new high-definition LED video wall measuring 110 feet long and 34 feet tall with more than double the resolution of its predecessor," all of which will be on display during Urban's shows.

The outlet adds that that more special engagements and residencies at the new and improved Colosseum will be announced soon. Previously announced shows include two different residencies from Mariah Carey, three shows from Madonna on her intimate Fall Madame X Tour and Sting's Spring/Summer 2020 residency.

Tickets for Urban's two Vegas shows go on sale to the general public on July 19, with his fan club's pre-sale beginning tomorrow, July 13; more info on his website.

Shania Twain Announces New "Party Vibe" Las Vegas Residency

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Shania Twain Announces New "Party Vibe" Las Vegas Residency

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"Two years! I get to settle down with a great production and have a party," the GRAMMY winner told ET. "So I'm gonna theme the show after a party. It's time to party!"
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Jun 17, 2019 - 1:16 pm

Five-time GRAMMY-winning country-pop queen Shania Twain is ready to make Las Vegas feel like a woman. The Canadian vocal powerhouse will be returning to Sin City with an all-new two-year residency titled "Let's Go!" kicking off at the Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood on Dec. 6.

Twain is the creative director for "Let's Go!" which she told ET is "worlds apart" from her prior Vegas residency, "Still The One," which ran from 2012–2014 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The new show will pull from her ample catalog of anthems and ballads, taking "inspiration from her iconic videos and elements from her 2018 sold out global NOW tour," according to a press release.

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The residency currently has 23 dates set, for six shows in December, followed by batches of performances in March, May and June 2020. Most recently, in 2018, she toured the world for her Now Tour, in support of her last LP, 2017's Now.

"Two years! I get to settle down with a great production and have a party. So I'm gonna theme the show after a party. It's time to party!" Twain told ET. "My 'Still The One' show was a more romantic, more theatrical type show and this show is gonna be very sexy fashions [and a] party vibe."

Twain also added that she's excited about being involved with the show's production. "It's a big undertaking and there's a lot of responsibility but I'm having a lot of fun with it. I'm wearing a lot of hats." She added, "I'm hands on and I love being behind the scenes." 

Tickets for the first batch of dates go on sale to the general public on June 21 at 10 a.m. PST, with pre-sales beginning June 18; more info here. The press release states $1 from every ticket purchased will be donated to Twain's charity, Shania Kids Can.

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