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Find Out Who's Nominated For Best Pop Vocal Album | 2020 GRAMMY Awards

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Some of music's biggest names, including Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift will be vying for top pop vocal honors
Nate Hertweck
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Nov 20, 2019 - 6:18 am

This year's pop field of GRAMMY nominees is stacked some of the heaviest hitters in the music world today. Let's take a closer look at the five artists and albums up for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards.  

The Lion King: The Gift – Beyoncé

Reigning supreme as Queen B, Beyoncé continued to expand her horizons with the soundtrack to one of the year's biggest films, showing the world how much "Spirit" she still has inside to share. In all, Bey earned four noms at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards including three for her work on The Lion King: The Gift plus a nod for Best Music Film for her fan favorite Homecoming. 

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? - Billie Eilish

It was difficult to go anywhere in the music-sphere this year without being drawn into the web of Billie Eilish. After amassing a cavalcade of fans from her pair of 2017 EPs, when her debut album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? finally arrived, it delivered. Still a teenager, Eilish earned an impressive six nominations this year for the 62nd GRAMMY Awards. 

thank u, next - Ariana Grande

Pop powerhouse Ariana Grande has been on a prolific tear through the music world of late, releasing two GRAMMY nominated albums in just a six month span. Her 2018 effort, Sweetener, won Best Pop Vocal Album at last year's GRAMMY Awards, will the "7 rings" singer score repeat victory in the category this year? 

No.6 Collaborations Project - Ed Sheeran

Proving he can do it all, acoustic pop darling Ed Sheeran released a different kind of LP in 2019, a staggering lineup of collaborations aptly called No.6 Collaborations Project. The album earned Sheeran the 14th GRAMMY nomination of his career. In fact, he won in this same category just two years ago for ÷ (Divide).

Lover - Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift filled her seventh studio album, Lover, with pure pop bliss. Now Swift looks to add another GRAMMY to her trophy shelf. No stranger to this category, Swift was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album last year for Reputation and won in this category four years ago for 1989, which also earned her the second Album Of The Year GRAMMY of her career. 

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Here Are The Nominees For Best Rock Album | 2020 GRAMMYs

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Massive moments in rock from Bring Me The Horizon, Cage The Elephant, The Cranberries, I Prevail and Rivals Sons made the cut this year
Nate Hertweck
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Nov 20, 2019 - 6:05 am

Simply put, rock rocks. But with that cold hard fact in mind, this year's crop of rock nominees each rock in their own special way, representing a wide swath of styles, influences and followings. With the 62nd GRAMMY nominations now turned up loud for all to hear, let's take a deeper look at the fierce five LPs up for Best Rock Album.

amo - Bring Me The Horizon

Few bands in this (or any) category have covered as much stylistic ground as Bring Me The Horizon. And with their sixth album, amo, BMTH boldly infused their aggressive, emotional sound with electro-pop, hip-hop and EDM elements, with stunning results. The album's lead single "MANTRA" received a nomination last year, the first of the band's career, for Best Rock Song.

Social Cues - Cage The Elephant

On their fifth studio effort, Cage the Elephant dug deep, using music to cope with some serious life challenges, breaking new ground musically in the process. Social Cues seeks a repeat win in the category, as their previous album, Tell Me I'm Pretty, earned the band Best Rock Album three years ago, the first GRAMMY of their career 

In The End - The Cranberries

The bittersweet arrival of In The End marks the Cranberries' final album following the death of influential lead singer Dolores O'Riordan, who is featured posthumously on the album. The eighth album of the band's long career earns them their first career GRAMMY nomination. 

Trauma - I Prevail

Persevering through a serious vocal chord injury to vocalist Brian Burkeiser, Detroit's I Prevail triumph on Trauma, their sophomore LP. On the brink of falling apart, the band rallied instead, emerging to make the album they wanted to hear without outside input. They've been rewarded for their efforts with their first career GRAMMY nominations, Best Rock Album as well as Best Metal Performance for Trauma's "Bow Down."  

Feral Roots - Rival Sons

This has been a breakout year for Rival Sons, co-headlining a tour with Stone Temple Pilots, paying tribute to Black Sabbath on "GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends" and dropping a game-changing Dave Cobb-produced LP, Feral Roots. Their sixth studio album shows off the band's raw, dangerous side and has now earned the group its first two career GRAMMY nominations, Best Rock Album plus Best Rock Performance for "Too Bad." 

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Selena Gomez Drops "Dance Again" Performance Video & Merch To Benefit MusiCares

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A portion of the proceeds from the merch sales will benefit the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund
Nate Hertweck
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Mar 26, 2020 - 2:00 pm

Pop superstar Selena Gomez treated fans to a brand new performance video for the song “Dance Again” from her new album, RARE. Have a look:

Gomez also introduced new “Dance Again” merchandise, pledging a portion of the proceeds to benefit the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund to help those in the music community affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Learn More: MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund

The Recording Academy and MusiCares established the fund last week, and have receieved a groundswell of support from artists and companies alike. 

Gomez released RARE, her third studio album, earlier this year. The singer/songwriter took to twitter to address the timing of her new video for "Dance Again" and deliver a message of unity and hope to her fans.

"It feels a little strange releasing something so lighthearted in the middle of such a heavy time for our world, but I also think it’s a good reminder that we will get through this together," Gomez tweeted.

Learn more about how you can donate to or apply for assistance via the Recording Academy's and MusiCares' COVID-19 Relief Fund.

Learn more about the financial, medical and personal emergencies services and resources offered by the Recording Academy and MusiCares. 

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Behind The Board: AG On Connecting With The Vocal, Breaking Into Sync & More

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The songwriter/producer/mix engineer also talks about how music saved her life, why music for picture is more artist-driven than the industry realizes, and some of her favorite projects
Nate Hertweck
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Mar 23, 2020 - 3:55 pm

"Any song that I hear...  it's the vocal," said songwriter/producer/engineer AG from her studio in Los Angeles. "That's the point of entrance for most people. If an artist can get though that and if I can help them arrive at an incredibly honest vocal that will connect with people, that, to me, is the whole ball game."

AG has applied her vocal-first approach to an impressive catalog of work, including collaborations with Larkin Poe, Snow Patrol, Natalie Imbruglia, Deap Vally, Aloe Blacc, KYGO, Robert Delong, Warpaint, MORGXN and more, plus a long list of syncs and in-episode song placements.  In the latest edition of Behind The Board, AG talks about how music intervened in her life just in time.

Behind The Board: AG

"Early on I realized that music was going to save me, and it has saved me so many times in my life," she said. "I always knew I was kinda different for many reasons, and I think that music was where I always felt like I belonged, so i was like, 'if I don't do this, I'm going to die [laughs]... I have to figure it out because this is what I know I'm meant to do, and I just have to figure out how I'm going to make money.'" 

AG was able to foray her skills into music for tv/film, a move many music makers attempt though few succeed. As a woman in the industry, AG recognizes the margin for error was even smaller. 

"I sort of fell into the sync world, and I just had a knack for it," AG said, adding, "Granted, I had to get good at it very quickly, because women don't have permission to suck."

Drawing upon her expereince and success in music, both as making her own and working with a wide array of different artists, AG carved her own lane i the sync world, recognizing that, even in the world of sync, there are certain artists who have a sound that naturally lends itself to syncing to picture. Her work can be heard in trailers for films and shows such as "The Handmaid’s Tale," A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, Highwaymen, ad campaigns for brands such as Cadillac, Guess, Ford, and the Olympics, in television shows including "Grey’s Anatomy," "Riverdale" and Blacklist" and in films such as Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw and The Last Witch Hunter.

Watch the video above to hear AG discuss some of her favorite projects, including collaborations with Christina Perri, MILCK and more.

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WATCH: Nile Rodgers & CHIC Record "Hey Jude" At Abbey Road For New Alzheimer's Benefit Project 'Music Moments'

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The Alzheimer's Association new multi-genre collection features 10 songs from 10 artists, including Sting, Joan Jett, Lee Ann Womack, Jason Isbell and more...
Nate Hertweck
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Mar 13, 2020 - 1:00 am

Today marks the release of Music Moments, an exciting and powerful new project featuring new recordings, unreleased tracks and exlusive interviews benefitting the Alzheimer's Association. To celebrate it's release, GRAMMY.com has your exclusive premiere of a special video featuring Nile Rodgers & CHIC recording "Hey Jude" at Abbey Road Studios. Take a look:

In the clip from Music Moments, Rodgers reveals why he chose the classic Beatles song to record for the project and recounts his very personal connection to Alzheimer's, as so many people in his family members, including his own mother and aunt, have suffered from the disease. 

"I chose 'Hey Jude' as my song becuase I would sing it to my Aunt because she had Alzheimer's," Rodgers says in the behind-the-scenes clip. "Every time we went to visit her, we'd sing 'Hey Jude' and she would sing every lyric with us."

The project highlights how music marks the most important moments like these and raises awareness for Alzheimer’s by driving the publlc conversation about the disease.

Produced by the Alzheimer’s Association and GRAMMY-winning music supervisor Randall Poster Music Moments also features Sting, Anthony Hamilton, Jason Isbell, Joan Jett, Lee Ann Womack, Brett Eldredge, Sharon Van Etten and The Head and the Heart, all honoring the personal, emotional connection between music and life’s most important moments that we would never want to lose to Alzheimer’s and all other dementia.

Each of the 10 artists involved recorded a new track with great personal significance. For instance, Sting, a 17-time GRAMMY Award winner, performs Otis Redding's “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay.” According to a statement, Sting expains, "the song perfectly captures a pivotal moment during his adolescence when he realized that, much like the ships coming and going from the river nearby, he would have to leave his hometown in order to chase his dreams of becoming a musician."

The collection was created to champion the fight for a world without Alzheimer’s disease. It is available in two parts, both a compilation album and a behind-the-scenes video series, full of powerful performances and heartfelt storytelling.

“The Alzheimer’s Association knows that we all have experiences with music that are significant and meaningful,” said Michael Carson, chief marketing officer, Alzheimer’s Association. “The Music Moments album, and the stories behind the songs, set the stage for sharing experiences and fueling important conversations. Ultimately, these conversations are critical to reducing stigma about Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. We are relentless in our pursuit to increase awareness and advance the cause.”

Fans are encouraged to join the conversation about Alzheimer's by sharing their own music moments on social media as part of the project using #MyMusicMoment. Music Moments is now available on all major streaming platforms, and you can find more information about the project and the cause on the organation's website.

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