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Top Female Artists Attend Bebe Rexha's Women's Dinner

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Charli XCX, Avril Lavigne, Kelsea Ballerini, and many more of music's top women came together for Rexha's Women In Harmony dinner
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Mar 1, 2018 - 2:10 pm

In an event billed as both a "celebration" and "conversation," singer/songwriter Bebe Rexha hosted a special dinner on Feb. 27 for around 40 of music's top female artists, producers and songwriters, calling the night the Women In Harmony dinner.

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Among the musical heavyweights in attendance were Sevyn Streeter, Latin GRAMMY Song Of The Year-winning songwriter Erika Ender ("Despacito"), Aluna Francis of AlunaGeorge, Avril Lavigne, Kelsea Ballerini, and many more.

"We're at a time where celebrating women is of utmost importance, and I think everybody in this room has always been a champion of female empowerment," said Charli XCX of the evening. "This is a room of amazingly talented songwriters, who have had multiple Billboard No. 1s. … It's important to shine a light on this community."

Hinting that she plans for the event to continue as an annual recurrence, Rexha told Billboard, "I want it to become what the Clive Davis [annual pre-GRAMMYs Gala] is. … I would love to expand it to executives and just really be a celebration for women in the music business."

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Charli XCX Releases Video For Single "5 In The Morning"

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The GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter takes over a warehouse in the video to accompany her latest single
Renée Fabian
GRAMMYs
Jun 27, 2018 - 3:59 pm

It's been just under a month since Charli XCX, who is on tour with Taylor Swift, gifted us with her new single, "5 In The Morning." On June 27, we also got a video to accompany the catchy pop-forward track.

In the relatively understated video directed by Bradley & Pablo, the GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter takes over an empty warehouse where she's "goin' all in." Colored lights strobe flash all around her unchoreographed dance moves. Like the song itself, Charli XCX proves that she's got it all covered, thank you very much.

This is the latest we've heard from Charli XCX since the release of her Pop 2 mixtape in December 2017. Before dropping "5 In The Morning," the British songstress teased she is "going to release a lot music this year." With this track, Charli XCX has set the bar high for what comes next, which we can only assume won't arrive "'til the bottles all popped."

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Listen: Charli XCX Releases New Track "5 In The Morning"

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The British singer/songwriter unveils her latest single after revealing she's got "a lot" of new music on the horizon
Renée Fabian
GRAMMYs
May 31, 2018 - 12:30 pm

Currently in the midst of a huge tour as an opening act for Taylor Swift's top-selling Reputation tour, it seems Charli XCX has also carved out some time for her own music.

On May 31, the British singer/songwriter released a new single, "5 In The Morning." It arrived just hours after Charli XCX teased she is "going to release a lot music this year," so much so we're "gonna be so f***ing sick of" her. Somehow we doubt it.

The track, which Billboard calls a "flashy banger," has a hip-hop vibe with an empowering message for all those who are "busy ballin'": "I'm goin' all in/ It's 5 in the mornin', I'm busy ballin'/I ain't even stoppin'/It's 5 in the mornin', I'm so devoted."

While we wait for what else Charli XCX has in store, you can likely catch some of her new music if you head out to see her on tour.

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Halsey, ODESZA, Migos & More Announced For Breakaway Festival 2018

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Breakaway Music Festival's flagship destination has unveiled its biggest lineup ever
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
May 10, 2018 - 1:50 pm

Music fans in Columbus, Ohio, are in for a treat this summer as Breakaway Music Festival has just unleashed a killer lineup for their flagship three-day multigenre event Breakaway Columbus.

With a lineup stacked with the names Flosstradamus, Smokepurpp, Jaden Smith, Flatbush Zombies, Chris Lake, and more, plus Halsey, ODESZA, and Migos tapped as daily headliners, the event's made it loud and clear that Breakaway Columbus is where Ohio residents can find a festival with energetic, forward-thinking lineups right in their own backyard.

And if the billing of rising stars of rap, electronic/dance, and pop wasn't incentive enough, Kaskade and Khalid will be putting in an appearance as the festival's mysteriously billed "special guests."

Breakaway Columbus will be held Aug. 24 – 26 at Columbus' MAPFRE Stadium. Tickets to the festival are still available.

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Taylor Swift Opens Tour With Camila Cabello, Charli XCX

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The GRAMMY winner kicked off the first leg of her North American tour in Glendale, Ariz.
Renée Fabian
GRAMMYs
May 9, 2018 - 11:15 am

Arguably one of the most anticipated tours of 2018, Taylor Swift kicked off the first leg of her Reputation Tour in Glendale, Ariz., on May 8, and it did not disappoint the 60,000 fans in attendance.

The GRAMMY winner took fans through songs from her latest album, Reputation, as well as fan favorites spanning her entire discography — "Should've Said No" (2006's Taylor Swift), "Love Story and "You Belong With Me" (2008's Fearless), "Long Live" (2010's Speak Now), "All Too Well" and "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (2012's Red), and "Shake It Off" (2014's 1989).

She also added a little extra magic to some of her songs, including a can't-miss mash-up of "Bad Blood" and "Should've Said No" and an acoustic version of Reputation's "Dancing With Our Hands Tied." The latter showed that even though the singer/songwriter has wandered far from her country beginnings, her songwriting comes from the same place. "I still write songs the same way," she said.

Swift has engaged Camila Cabello and Charli XCX as her tour openers, and they had their moment onstage with Swift during the main event, too. During a rendition of Swift's popular hit "Shake It Off," Cabello and XCX joined in the fun, trading lines and dancing it out. Comedian/actress Tiffany Haddish also made a cameo in a pre-taped segment for "Look What You Made Me Do."

This first leg of Swift's Reputation Tour winds through North America before concluding June 2 in Chicago. She'll then spend six dates across the pond in the U.K. before traveling stateside for the second leg of the North American tour, which starts June 30 in Louisville, Ky., and wraps up Oct. 6 in Arlington, Texas.

Tickets are still available via Ticketmaster.

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