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Rihanna, DJ Khaled, Bryson Tiller To Perform At 60th GRAMMY Awards

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Rihanna will perform alongside DJ Khaled and Bryson Tiller on Music's Biggest Night
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Jan 19, 2018 - 8:40 pm

Music's Biggest Night keeps getting bigger, as the Recording Academy confirms that eight-time GRAMMY winner and current nominee Rihanna will perform alongside previously GRAMMY-nominated artists DJ Khaled and Bryson Tiller at the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards.

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An eight-time GRAMMY winner, Rihanna is currently nominated for Best Rap/Sung Performance for "LOYALTY." with Kendrick Lamar.  

Previously announced GRAMMY performers include Brothers Osborne, Alessia Cara, Cardi B, Eric Church, Miley Cyrus, Childish Gambino, Daddy Yankee, Luis Fonsi, Elton John, Kesha, Khalid, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, Little Big Town, Logic, Patti LuPone, Bruno Mars, Maren Morris, Pink, Ben Platt, Sam Smith, SZA, and U2.

Live from Madison Square Garden in New York City, and hosted by award-winning television personality and performer James Corden, the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast live on CBS on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT.

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2018 GRAMMYs: Who's Performing?

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Find out which of your favorite artists are performing on the 60th GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, Jan. 28
Renée Fabian
GRAMMYs
Jan 26, 2018 - 5:30 am

The 60th GRAMMY Awards celebration in New York is quickly approaching. From rolling out the red carpet to tuning the guitars and adjusting the lights at Madison Square Garden, the Recording Academy is getting ready for the big milestone installment of Music's Biggest Night. But how about the performers?

Who's Performing On The 60th GRAMMYs?

Spanning multiple genres, including pop, rock, hip-hop, R&B, country, and more, this year's lineup of GRAMMY performers — many of them current nominees or past winners — will make for three-and-a-half hours of must-see television.

Without further ado, here is the list of performers for the 60th GRAMMYs.

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60th GRAMMY Awards Performers

Hosted by James Corden, the 60th GRAMMY Awards will take place at Madison Square Garden in New York on Jan. 28, airing live on CBS from 7:30–11 p.m. ET/4:30–8 p.m. PT.

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Childish Gambino, Lady Gaga To Perform On 2018 GRAMMYs

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Little Big Town and Pink are also among first performers announced for Music's Biggest Night on Jan. 28 in New York City
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Jan 4, 2018 - 6:30 am

Current nominees Childish Gambino, Lady Gaga, Little Big Town, and Pink are among the first performers announced for the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast.

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Additionally, GRAMMY winner Patti LuPone and current nominee Ben Platt will herald a special broadway tribute at the 60th GRAMMY Awards as Music' Biggest Night returns to New York City for the first time in 15 years.

Making his GRAMMY stage debut, Childish Gambino is currently nominated for five GRAMMY Awards: Album Of The Year and Best Urban Contemporary Album for Awaken, My Love!; and Record Of The Year, Best R&B Song and Best Traditional R&B Performance for "Redbone."

Set to perform a track from her GRAMMY-nominated album, Joanne, which is up for Best Pop Vocal Album, six-time GRAMMY winner Lady Gaga is also nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance for "Million Reasons."

Two-time GRAMMY winners Little Big Town are nominated for Best Country Album for The Breaker and Best Country Duo/Group Performance for "Better Man."

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Three-time GRAMMY winner Pink is nominated in the Best Pop Solo Performance category for "What About Us."

Two-time GRAMMY winner LuPone, who will reprise her 1981 GRAMMY performance of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina," and "Dear Evan Hansen"'s Platt, will team up to perform a classic from "West Side Story" in a special Broadway tribute honoring the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Leonard Bernstein.

Hosted by award-winning television personality and performer James Corden, the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast live from Madison Square Garden on CBS on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT. ​

 

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Your Favorite Artists Will Follow You To The Polls Thanks To State-Specific Playlists

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How one music streaming service is encouraging its users to vote in their local midterm elections on Tues. Nov. 6 with curated state playlists "to take to the polls"
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Nov 5, 2018 - 6:09 pm

With U.S. midterm elections happening nationwide tomorrow, Nov. 6., many musicians and other public figures have taken to social media over the past several weeks to encourage and remind their fans to vote. Spotify has recently joined the charge with their "Get Vocal" playlists curated for listeners across all states and territories.

On Tues. Oct. 30, a week out from election day, Spotify launched a new series of playlists, not to help listeners discover new artists or set a nostalgic vibe like their usual playlists do, but to encourage them to get out and vote. All U.S.-based users age 18 and up who used the app received a notification about their state's playlist, each titled "Get Vocal, [state]!" with a description reading "Songs uniquely popular in your state to take to the polls" and a hyperlink to the Voting Information Tool, powered by Google to help voters find their polling location. According to Billboard, Spotify users will also receive a reminder when the open the app on Nov. 6 with a link to the same site.

As of March 2018, 29 percent of Spotify users in the U.S. are between 25-34 years old, followed by 26 percent between the ages of 18-24 years old, according to Statista. Because only 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 18-24 voted in the last midterm elections, there has been a larger push this year to get more people to the polls, especially young people. Many artists, including John Legend and Linda Perry, who recently wrote and shared a song and campaign called "#GetUpandVote" just for the occasion, along with Rihanna, Chance The Rapper, Common, Alicia Keys and plenty of others who are using their platforms to encourage more young people to the polls this year.

As Rihanna recently tweeted, "I don't care what responsibilities you have today. There's no greater responsibility than being in control of your future and it starts NOW!!"

Visit gettothepolls.com to find out where to make your voice heard and vote in your local midterm elections.

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Americana Tour Blueprint Provides Musicians Valuable Booking & Routing Resource

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The new online tool from the Americana Music Association gives artist members info for roots music-friendly opportunities in over 100 markets
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Nov 1, 2018 - 2:10 pm

Touring is tough. For all the joy and rewards of playing your music in a new town each night, there are so many risks and challenges, starting with booking. Now, thanks to the Americana Music Association, a new tool called Americana Tour Blueprint makes routing a tour easier by connecting artists with venues in cities with a roots music-friendly support network of radio stations, retailers, and local press.

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The brand new online tool, which was conceived two years ago, allows members of the organization not only to map out a tour route based on information about over 100 markets on the circuit, but to request a booking at the 20 or so venues that have agreed to receive pitches from Americana Music Association artists.

The locations covered by the blueprint stretches through the area roughly surrounding the Interstate 95 corridor, including northeaster cities like Boston and New York all the way down to Miami. There's also a path through Interstate 65 that leads through markets like Atlanta, Asheville, N.C. and more. The organization hopes this project will go a long way toward fostering the artists of today and tomorrow in the genre it champions.

"As an artist advocacy group, our mission is to support the authentic voice of American roots music," says Americana Music Association Executive Director Jed Hilly. "But as a trade association, we are mindful of working with the industry to not only support legends but also to work for the next generation of rising stars."

To commemorate the launch of the new tool, the organization is walking the walk, presenting the inaugural 2019 tour featuring Caitlin Canty and Oshima Brothers, the first artists to use the new resource to book their tour, which kicks off Jan. 4 at New York City's Rockwood Music Hall.

Americana is inherently a live performance-oriented music genre, known for the use of acoustic instruments, vocal harmonies and road-themed lyrical content. For a style so steeped in tradition, this innovative new tool promises to support roots musicians and free up more of their time to do what they should be doing, making music. See you on tour!

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