"So much has happened to me in the last year," Carly Pearce wrote in an Instagram post announcing her forthcoming third album, 29: Written in Stone. It's a bit of an understatement: Nine months after losing her longtime producer busbee to brain cancer in 2019, the country star filed for divorce from fellow country singer Michael Ray.

But, as Pearce wrote, in the wake of the heartbreak, "Some unbelievable things started happening." Just days before her divorce went public, Pearce landed her second No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart with the apologetic Lee Brice collaboration "I Hope You're Happy Now," which went on to win Pearce her first Country Music Award and Academy of Country Music Award (she took home two ACMs, including Single of the Year).

Last fall, the Kentucky native released the lead single from her next project, the uptempo cautionary tale "Next Girl." The song's twangy production is arguably the most reminiscent of the '90s country that inspired Pearce to pursue her own music career when she began performing at just 11 years old. The singer herself could feel it, too.

"When we wrote 'Next Girl,'" she recalls to GRAMMY.com, "I was like, 'Wait a minute, this is what I always wanted to do.'"

Pearce harnessed that same energy as she continued to process her hardships and write songs. Five months later, she unveiled an EP titled 29, a raw and emotional account of what she'd been through. But as Pearce says, songs "just kept happening," and she quickly realized there was more to her story.

29: Written in Stone—arriving Sept. 17 via Big Machine—is an exceptional combination of Pearce's crafty songwriting (see: "Liability") and '90s country influence, resulting in the singer's most confident display yet. And that was clearly apparent from the first portion: The morning of Pearce's chat with GRAMMY.com saw the singer earn CMA nominations for Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year, her first in each category. While she admits the nods are "hard to process," she also acknowledges the kind of impact her vulnerability has had on fans and industry players alike. "People have really responded to this so amazingly."

Ahead of the album's release, Pearce will have an in-depth conversation at the GRAMMY Museum on Sept. 13, also performing as part of Big Machine's Spotlight Saturdays on Sept. 18. Her interview will be viewable on the Museum's official streaming platform, COLLECTION:live.

GRAMMY.com caught up with Pearce before release week (and her GRAMMY events) to hear how 29 evolved into a full-length album, the women of country who inspired her and why she's finally the artist that pre-teen Carly envisioned.

Take me through the progression of 29 the EP into 29: Written in Stone. How did your feelings change in the time between the two?

In the beginning, I wasn't quite sure what 29 was. I just knew I needed to get some things off my chest. "Messy" felt like a really good stopping point. I'm very much a situational writer, so when I wrote that song, I was like, "Okay, this feels like I'm done for a while."

I remember turning it in, and continuing to feel inspired to write. The songs just kept happening. These ideas would come to me, and it was forming almost faster than I could keep up.

Losing my producer, busbee, was a really interesting experience for me of looking at music completely different. I was very overwhelmed with the idea of even continuing on in music without him. I felt like I had unleashed this part of me that I was always supposed to find musically and sonically with this really country sound.

I think what I didn't realize is, I was kind of going through all of this in real time. Now when I go back and I listen to this project, it really is grief and realization of something that was so difficult—but then getting on the other side, which is a really powerful part of it. That's why I wanted the second half to be in color instead of black and white like the first.

Was there anything outside of your divorce and losing busbee that inspired songs on this album?

I think it was those two things. It was a blow to my professional life, losing my counterpart. [Busbee] is who helped form my sound, so to think he wasn't there was so difficult. Then, to have such an equal blow to my personal life—it still makes me quite emotional to think about how lost I felt in the beginning. Just, "How is this all happening to me at once?"

Was there anything you learned from busbee that had an impact on the making of this project?

The biggest thing—and I have just started to even be able to talk about this without being so emotional—but I went to see him two weeks before he died. The very last thing that he said to me was that he just wanted me to fly. I remember not really understanding what that meant in the beginning.

He knew that I had taken so much time in Nashville trying to make this whole career happen, and he knew the struggles. He knew the insecurities—how I was just a little unsure of myself in a writer's room or in front of a mic. Now, looking at it, I knew I needed to show him I could fly in all of those ways. Even when I woke up today and saw the album of the year [nomination], I was like, "God, I did it. I I tapped into what he told me to do and just gave it everything I had."

That's a heavy thing, but it's also so incredible.

I don't even know how to explain it. Also, the fact that "I Hope You're Happy Now" was the last song he ever worked on in his career, and look at what that song did for me as well. It almost feels like he's been here at every single step, like he really never did leave me.

You've said that this album is the biggest representation of the kind of music you've always wanted to make as a country artist. Was there a certain song that felt like a turning point for you in getting to that feeling?

"Next Girl" was one of the very first songs we wrote for this project. As soon as that one came out the way that it did, just with that '90s country feel to it, I was like, "Wait a minute, this is what I always wanted to do."

One of the musicians on the album, Josh Matheny, he's been with me for all of my albums. While I was singing the scratch vocal for "Next Girl" in the studio, he texted me and said, "I've never heard you sing more like yourself than right now." 

Did you feel that too?

Yes. I knew it. That's the music that I grew up on.

What made it feel different?

In interviews, people would ask me, "What do you want to be?" and I was always like, "I want [to be a member of] the Grand Ole Opry and I want to be a country music purist." I never quite felt like my music translated that completely, because it was still heavily pop-produced on a lot of things.

What I found was [29: Written in Stone co-producers] Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne loved '90s country like I did. It opened this understanding of the same way that we listened to music growing up that I had never experienced with busbee, [since] he was a pop producer.

Do you think that you would have worked with Shane and Josh if you hadn't lost busbee?

That's such an interesting thing that I've thought about quite a bit. It's almost like you don't know what you're missing until you find it. I knew that there was a little bit of a disconnect that I was still trying to find, but I don't necessarily think that I thought, "I need to change my producer."

It's interesting, because I feel like this is how it was supposed to be. I believe wholeheartedly that busbee was supposed to help me find my way, and I was supposed to make those two albums with him and start this beautiful journey in country music. But I do think I was meant to move on.

I wrote with both of [Josh and Shane] previously—I wrote one of my favorite songs ever with Shane and busbee, "If My Name Was Whiskey" from my first record. But [Josh and Shane] were blown away at my ability as a writer [now]. I've written so many songs in this town, but I hadn't really written like that.

 

Was there a '90s country song that helped you get through the pain you were experiencing as you wrote this album?

"You Don't Even Know Who I Am" by Patty Loveless is one of my absolute favorite songs. That shows you exactly the kind of artist that I wanted to be, in the lyric and the honesty.

Patty Loveless is the big influence for me. Loving her music, loving how she wrote songs, loving the kind of songs she cut. A strong woman with true substance to her lyrics, but songs that just felt so good.

Even before she became a part of the full-length album [on "Dear Miss Loretta," a doting tribute to Loretta Lynn], I had this thought of "What would Patty Loveless do?" and it stemmed from when we wrote "Next Girl." [Her song] "Blame It On Your Heart" is where "Next Girl" came from.

I was pushed to own what happened to me and own my truth in a way that I never had quite thought about—because nobody thinks, "Oh, my marriage is gonna fail in front of the world." Thinking about her and the way she would write songs is why I just owned it.

You co-wrote with a lot of female singer-songwriters on this album, including your peers Kelsea Ballerini on "Diamondback" and Ashley McBryde, who features on "Never Wanted to Be That Girl." What do you feel like your female collaborators brought to the storytelling for an album of this context?

I think just having a female perspective—a lot of these women were my friends, and it was important for me to feel safe by women, and almost affirming my feelings through women. These women were the first to message me as soon as my divorce came out, and really care about me as a person. I was able to be brutally honest in those rooms because I felt safe with them.

29: Written in Stone is coming out a week after Kacey Musgraves released her own post-divorce album with star-crossed. In a way, did having someone going through a similar situation at the same time—and in the public eye—make you feel less alone? Or at least give you some reassurance that being this honest in your music is what you should be doing?

It's very interesting, because so much of Golden Hour was about her husband, and so much of my sophomore album was about mine. I remember her divorce announcement came out very soon—I mean weeks—after mine. I've known her for a long time, and just hurting for her, and knowing what that felt like, and very much feeling like, "Oh my God, somebody else my age knows what it feels like."

I have to say that as a fan of music, I'm very much looking forward to her album. I feel like in a lot of ways, I will be able to listen to something and maybe not feel alone myself in the way that some people are probably listening to our music.

I do think it's a very powerful thing that two women didn't get it right the first time. We're young, we're only two years apart, and we're owning our truth in our own artistic ways. It reminds me of the kind of music that I grew up on with Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette singing these unapologetic songs, like "The Pill" or "D-I-V-O-R-C-E.," and just owning it. I'm proud of that, and I'm proud of Kacey for doing that.

Do you feel like being this honest has resulted in a bigger impact on your fans? I love what you've said about seeing your pain become purpose.

In the very beginning of putting this album out, I remember the hundreds of messages that I got from fans in a way that I've never gotten. Sure, I've had fans say, "I relate to your music" and "You helped me through a hard time," but this felt different. 

Now that we're back out on the road, I can't tell you how many people have come up to me and shared their stories. I helped them let go of a relationship, I helped them file for divorce, I helped them regain their worth, I got them out of an abusive relationship. All of these things that, to me, matter so much more than just being an artist singing on a stage.

Everybody experiences pain, and to hear that people have clung on to my music as hope, that's more empowering than anything I could ever imagine. I'm proud to have gone through what I went through for that.

Which is probably something that you weren't thinking you'd be able to say when you were initially going through all of it. 

Absolutely not. And that's the beautiful part of it. I had a fan recently come up to me and she was like, "I just went through a divorce and I just don't know what to do." I said, "You're gonna be okay." She's looking at me, on the other side, and she's like, "Are you sure?" and I said, "Yes, I know it." That's such a cool relationship that I now have with fans.

Is there a song on 29: Written in Stone that feels like the pinnacle Carly Pearce song to you, at least thus far?

Gosh, that's so hard. "29" is the song that I never wished I'd write, but am now so blown away that I wrote. I never wanted to write a song that talked about something like going through a divorce. But the fact that I went that deep, just went for it, and was brutally honest, that just really, really makes me proud.

[Written in Stone comes from] a lyric in the very last song on the album, "Mean It This Time"—"When I say forever/ I'm gonna write it in stone." So I kind of got to thinking about what "write it in stone" means to me. 

I came up with, "Life is indelible, and your words, your actions, and your truth should be written in stone." That's exactly what I've done on this project. I can put it out there, let it out, and shut the door. This is the kind of album I never wanted to make, but in hindsight, it's the best thing that ever happened to me.

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A select group of fans and die-hards got up close and personal with Yoshiki when he popped into the GRAMMY Museum for an intimate chat and performance. 

A multi-hyphenate in the truest sense of the world, Yoshiki has spent the past few decades balancing his work as a musician, songwriter, composer, producer, fashion designer and winemaker, producing a diverse and robust body of work. As the leader and co-founder of X Japan, he helped inspire the rock scene's striking visual kei movement, something that wasn’t always easy — in the early '80s,  it was hard for him to even get a cab in Tokyo with his big, blonde, spiked hair.

He’s since gone on to found another musical supergroup, The Last Rockstars, and he’s become a big name in the classical world, producing several studio albums and collaborating with everyone from George Martin to Bono to Sarah Brightman. He has penned music for TV and film, written a concerto for the Japanese emperor, and even launched his own celebrated line of kimonos, Yoshikimono.

Yoshiki has lived a truly fascinating whirlwind of a life for the past few decades, and he was happy to open up about much of it in this week’s conversation. Here are five things we learned at the GRAMMY Museum event "The Drop: Yoshiki." 

He Has A Long History With & Bold Future In Classical Music

Yoshiki sat down with Jasen Emmons, the Museum’s Chief Curator, for an hour-long discussion about the star’s career in the music industry, which he says was first nurtured when he was given a piano at age 4. He took to the instrument pretty much instantly, choosing to play in his darkened bedroom because he liked the vibe. His music-loving parents kept giving him instruments — one each year for his birthday — leading him to take up everything from the trumpet (which he quit after seeing a picture of himself playing) to the drums. 

He’s become wildly famous for both his percussion and piano skills, and this fall, will embark on a four-city tour of classical venues. On his Requiem tour, which begins in October, Yoshiki will become the first Japanese artist ever to headline Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, and the Tokyo Garden Theater.  

His Upcoming Classical Tour Is Inspired By His Late Mother

The name "Requiem," Yoshiki said, comes from a piece he wrote for his mother, who passed away in 2022. When she died, he told Emmons, he couldn’t stop crying for three or four days. Yoshiki went to seek the help of a doctor, who told him he just had to embrace his grief. 

He turned to composing, and as he told the room, "my tears turned into melody," and the solemn concerto slowly emerged. It’s still unfinished — there’s no strings arrangement yet, he says — but it’s one of the pieces he’ll be performing on tour later this year. 

Yoshiki Works A Lot, But At His Own Pace

Speaking of tours: Yoshiki also gave fans in attendance some hints about future tours, saying he’s working to bring the Last Rockstars back to the states sometime in the future, noting that they’re working on a new record but poking fun at his work load and perfectionism by joking, "Everything I’m involved in takes time." 

That includes "Angel," the new single from X Japan due to be released July 28. At the show, he performed an abbreviated classical arrangement of the song with Orchid Quartet and the singer Beverly. It’s an arrangement he’ll also most likely be performing on his classical shows, though Yoshiki says the X Japan version of the track will be much more rock-focused, with ample drums and guitar.

Yoshiki said that he wrote "Angel" some time ago, and that he composes music pretty much constantly. "Melodies fall into me even now," he said, noting that the frequency with which he hears music is "pretty much endless." 

When he composes a song, he added, it’s just about transposing the vision in his head. Actually laying it down in a studio gets more complicated, Yoshiki said, in part because he views recording as a "compromising process" that never quite sounds like he envisions in his mind. 

He Thinks Rock And Classical Music Have A Lot In Common 

As far as Yoshiki is concerned, any good melody can become both a rock track and a classical cut. He cited the example of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto no. 2, which he says has a second movement that he thinks sounds like Celine Dion — or, as he joked, does Celine Dion sound like Rachmaninoff? He thinks it can go either way, showing Emmons and the audience what he meant by playing a few bars of some of his more rock-oriented tracks on his piano. 

Yoshiki Has Given His Entire Body And Soul To Performing

Though he looks to be about 30 years old, Yoshiki is actually well into his fifties and years of feverish performance have taken a toll on his body. That’s clear in We Are X, a movie about the history of X Japan, where viewers can see Yoshiki getting frequent cortisone injections into his neck and back. He told Emmons he thinks he’s had hundreds at this point, as well as two neck surgeries. (He might even have a third one, he said.) 

That’s because, as he explained, he likes to play "every single show as if this was my last stage," and always tries "to give 1,000 percent." Yoshiki says he doesn’t always realize the pain he’s in until after he’s left the stage, though he does seem to think it’s all worth it, since as he told the audience, "I was given this life. I just want to go all the way." 

Of course, Yoshiki was also full of jokes at the event, telling silly stories about his first time getting acupuncture, when he was so new to the process that he worried about whether he’d be able to take a bath after the procedure, lest water seep in though all the holes left in his body. He poked fun at his last-minute whims, including flying Beverly over from the Philippines just for the show. He also told a story about eating Fugu, or blowfish, every single day for the three months he was just in Japan, in part because that’s what his staff kept ordering for him. 

Amidst wrapping up the show with performances of "Miracle," "Red Swan," and "Endless Rain," Yoshiki stopped for a moment to call out to his friends in the audience, including Lollapalooza co-founder Marc Geiger and Joelle Benioff, the mother of Yoshiki’s good friend, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. (The latter was actually sitting in the seat that Yoshiki had sponsored in the Clive Davis Theater, which is pretty cool.) 

Yoshiki wrapped up the evening by addressing the audience in a way that seemed both soft and sincere, saying, "because of you, I’m still here creating music" and adding, "I hope the music I create can help you, too." 

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Today, the Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum have announced a total of 212 music teachers as quarterfinalists for the 2024 Music Educator Award, which recognizes current educators — kindergarten through college across public and private schools — who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who demonstrate a commitment to the broader cause of maintaining music education in the schools. The quarterfinalists, who hail from 197 cities, were selected from more than 2,000 initial submitted nominations. In addition to the quarterfinalists, 123 legacy applicants from 2023 will also be eligible to win the Music Educator Award this year.

Semi-finalists for the 2024 Music Educator Award will be announced this September. The ultimate recipient will be recognized during GRAMMY Week 2024.

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A joint partnership and presentation between the Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum, the Music Educator Award is open to current U.S. music teachers, and anyone can nominate a teacher — students, parents, friends, colleagues, community members, school deans, and administrators. Teachers are also able to nominate themselves, and nominated teachers are notified and invited to fill out an application.

Each year, one recipient is selected from 10 finalists and recognized for their remarkable impact on students' lives. The 10th annual honoree will be flown to Los Angeles to attend the 2024 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 66th GRAMMY Awards, as well as a range of GRAMMY Week events. The nine additional finalists will receive a $1,000 honorarium, and the schools of all 10 finalists will receive matching grants. Fifteen semi-finalists will receive a $500 honorarium with matching school grants.

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The matching grants provided to the schools are made possible by the generosity and support of the GRAMMY Museum’s Education Champion Ford Motor Company Fund. In addition, the American Choral Directors Association, National Association for Music Education, NAMM Foundation, and National Education Association support this program through outreach to their constituencies.

Learn more about the Music Educator Award.

See the full list of the 2024 Music Educator Award quarterfinalists and legacy applicants below:

2024 MUSIC EDUCATOR AWARD QUARTERFINALISTS

Name	School	City	State
Casie Adams	Martinsburg High School	Martinsburg	West Virginia
Bruce Adams	Sam Houston High School	San Antonio	Texas
Miguel Aguiar	Southwest High School	San Antonio	Texas
Derek Alexander	Orville Bright Elementary School	Chicago	Illinois
Dawn Amthor	Wallkill Senior High School	Wallkill	New York
Jonathan Anderson	University High School (Volusia)	Orange City	Florida
Christopher Andrews	Hephzibah High School	Hephzibah	Georgia
Jeanne Andrews	Pauline J. Petway Elementary School	Vineland	New Jersey
Justin Antos	Dwight D. Eisenhower High School	Blue Island	Illinois
Javier Arau	New York Jazz Academy	New York	New York
Andrea  Armour	Christian County Middle School	Hopkinsville	Kentucky
Timothy Arnold	Orono High School	Long Lake	Minnesota
Shawn Athey	Veterans Memorial High School	Corpus Christi	Texas
Elizabeth Baker	Mary Martin Elementary	Weatherford	Texas
Jeremy Bartunek	Greenbriar School	Northbrook	Illinois
Adem Birson	New York University	New York	New York
Benjamen Blasko	Lipscomb University	Nashville	Tennessee
Amanda  Blevins	Tri-Valley High School	Dresden	Ohio
Susan Boddie	Valdosta State University	Valdosta	Georgia
Adrain  Bonner	Lancaster High School	Lancaster	Texas
Cherie  Bowe	Pascagoula High School	Pascagoula	Mississippi
Andrew Bowerly	Tenino High School	Tenino	Washington
George Bradshaw	Dover Area High School	Dover	Pennsylvania
Gwendolyn Brazier	Lathrop High School	Fairbanks	Alaska
Steve Browne	Nashville Community High School	Nashville	Illinois
Matthew Brusseau	Davie County High School	Mocksville	North Carolina
Ryan Bulgarelli	Loyalsock Township High School	Williamsport	Pennsylvania
Cathryn Burt	East Newton High School	Granby	Missouri
James Byrn, Jr.	Maconaquah High School	Bunker Hill	Indiana
Mary Catherine Campbell	Seven Pines Elementary	Sandston	Virginia
Helen Capehart	Bridgeport High School	Bridgeport	Texas
Marcos Carreras	Conservatory of The Arts	Springfield	Massachusetts
Michael "Patrick" Carte	Scott High School	Madison	West Virginia
Curtis Carver	Harlem High School	Harlem	Georgia
Roger Chagnon III	Westfield Academy and Central School	Westfield	New York
Kristopher Chandler	Gautier High School	Gautier	Mississippi
Jeff Chang	Decatur High School	Federal Way	Washington
Krista Clay	West Branch High School	Beloit	Ohio
Travis Coakley	William Carey University	Hattiesburg	Mississippi
Vanessa Cobb	Montgomery Central High School	Cunningham	Tennessee
Mark Collins	John S. Battle High School	Bristol	Virginia
Trish Conover	Community Middle School	Plainsboro	New Jersey
John Contreras	Pueblo High School	Tucson	Arizona
Kyle Cook	Western Branch Middle School	Chesapeake	Virginia
Travis Cook	Plymouth Christian Academy	Canton	Michigan
Daniel Cook	University of North Texas	Denton	Texas
Andrew Cote	Merrimack College	North Andover	Massachusetts
Drew Cowell	Belleville East High School	Belleville	Illinois
Cory Craig	Benton Intermediate School	Benton	Louisiana
Matthew Cunningham	Brockton High School	Brockton	Massachusetts
Shannon Curtis	Zimmerman Middle High School	Zimmerman	Minnesota
Isaac Daniel	Stax Music Academy	Memphis	Tennessee
Jim Daughters	Southeast Missouri State University	Cape Girardeau	Missouri
Marci DeAmbrose	Lincoln Southwest High School	Lincoln	Nebraska
Jackie Deen	Pottsboro High School	Pottsboro	Texas
Matthew Denman	Classen School of Advanced Studies	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma
Ryan Diefenderfer	Paradise Valley High School	Phoenix	Arizona
Jennifer DiVasto	Pennridge High School	Perkasie	Pennsylvania
Antoine  Dolberry	P.S. 103x Hector Fontanez	Bronx	New York
George Dragoo	Stevens High School	Rapid City	South Dakota
Marisa Drake	Patuxent High School	Lusby	Maryland
Kathleen  Dudley	Andrew Cooke Magnet School	Waukegan	Illinois
Jonathan  Eising	James Hubert Blake High School	Silver Spring	Maryland
Jonathan Eldridge	Weston High School	Weston	Massachusetts
Carol Evans	Gwynedd Mercy University	Gwynedd Valley	Pennsylvania
Anthony Ferreira	Suffield High	West Suffield	Connecticut
Tamara Frazier	North Valleys High School	Reno	Nevada
J.D. Frizzell	Briarcrest Christian School	Eads	Tennessee
Chesteron Frye	St. Helena College & Career Academy	Greensburg	Louisiana
Nicholas Garofalo	Chattahoochee High School	Johns Creek	Georgia
Matt Gerry	Salina South Middle School	Salina	Kansas
Anna Girling	Sebastopol Attendance Center	Sebastopol	Mississippi
Vivian Gonzalez	Miami Arts Studio 6-12 @ Zelda Glazer	Miami	Florida
Johnathan Gore	Sandy Run K8 School	Swansea	South Carolina
Serena Gorham	Weare Middle School	Weare	New Hampshire
Kylie Griffin	Dozier Elementary	Erath	Louisiana
Jess Gronberg	Hawkes Bluff Elementary	Davie	Florida
Alan Guckian	Manor High School	Manor	Texas
Nathaniel Gunter	Greer High School	Greer	South Carolina
Amy Hannequin	Bethel Middle School	Bethel	Connecticut
Crystal Harding	Ypsilanti Community High School	Ypsilanti	Michigan
Diana  Harrigan	Bloom High School	Chicago Heights	Illinois
Toye Harris	Miami High School	Miami	Oklahoma
Chris Hayslette	Bridgeport Middle School	Bridgeport	West Virginia
Colette Hebert	Ella Fitzgerald Academy	Yonkers	New York
Martha Heise	Seventh Street Elementary School	Oil City	Pennsylvania
Jonathan Helmick	Slippery Rock University	Slippery Rock	Pennsylvania
Corey Hermens	Grant County High School	Dry Ridge	Kentucky
Joel Hill	Velma Jackson High School and Shirley D. Simmons Middle School	Camden	Mississippi
Autumn Danielle Hodges	Clarksville- Kraus Middle School	Clarksville	Arkansas
Elaine Holmes	Comsewogue High School	Port Jefferson Station	New York
Gene Hundley	Swainsboro Middle School	Swainsboro	Georgia
Victor Iapalucci	Philip Barbour High School	Philippi	West Virginia
Devin James	Salem High School	Conyers	Georgia
Heidi Jaye	Daniel Webster Elementary School	New Rochelle	New York
Luke Johnson	Ingalls Elementary	Ingalls	Kansas
Jamie Jones	Manzano Day School	Albuquerque	New Mexico
Tyler Jones	Thompson Middle School	Alabaster	Alabama
Daniel Joosten	Edgerton High School	Edgerton	Wisconsin
Brett Keith	Northern Bedford County Middle/High School	Loysburg	Pennsylvania
Deonte Kennedy	Craigmont High School	Memphis	Tennessee
Matthew Kilby	Fort Dorchester HS	North Charleston	South Carolina
Lou Kitchner	Bedford Middle School	Westport	Connecticut
Michael Kiyoi	San Marcos High School	Santa Barbara	California
Kate Klotz	Monarch High School	Louisville	Colorado
Heidi Kohler	Clarence Middle School	Clarence	New York
Michael Lapomardo	Shrewsbury High School	Shrewsbury	Massachusetts
Michael Lee	Jericho Middle School	Jericho	New York
Morgan Lentino	Otter Creek Elementary	Elgin	Illinois
Joshua Light	Soddy-Daisy HS	Soddy-Daisy	Tennessee
Lisa Linde	Newton South High school	Newton	Massachusetts
Wes Lowe	The King's Academy	West Palm Beach	Florida
Cole Lundquist	Gloucester High School	Gloucester	Massachusetts
Robert Mamminga	St. Francis High School	Wheaton	Illinois
Peter Manzi	Carlsbad High School	Carlsbad	California
Samuel Maran	Lake High School	Millbury	Ohio
Jayson Martinez	Arts High School	Newark	New Jersey
Kevin McDonald	Wellesley High School	Wellesley	Massachusetts
Jill Melchitzky	Northwestern Middle School	Albion	Pennsylvania
Larrian Menifee	Ball High School	Galveston	Texas
Kimberly Mettert	East Noble Middle School	Kendallville	Indiana
Natalie Moore	Sullivan High School	Sullivan	Missouri
Mario Morales	Granbury High School	Granbury	Texas
Coty Raven Morris	Portland State University	Portland	Oregon
Brian Nabors	Shelby High School	Shelby	Ohio
Jenny Neff	The University of the Arts	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
Cassandra Nelson	Mountaineer Middle	Morgantown	West Virginia
Trevor Nicholas	Senn Arts at Nicholas Senn High School	Chicago	Illinois
Adam Nobile	Big Spring High School	Newville	Pennsylvania
Sam Noyce	Thomas Jefferson Jr. High School	Kearns	Utah
Tim O'Donnell	Ephrata High School	Ephrata	Washington
John Panella	Cottondale High School	Cottondale	Florida
James Patterson	Kingstree High School	Kingstree	South Carolina
Shakia Paylor	City Neighbors High School	Baltimore	Maryland
Fernando Penaloza	Savanna High School	Anaheim	California
Kathy Perconti	Wayne Central High School	Ontario Center	New York
Jordan Peters	Dr. E Alma Flagg School	Newark	New Jersey
Catherine Plichta	Theatre Arts Production Company School	Bronx	New York
Felix Ponce	Back of the Yards College Preparatory High School	Chicago	Illinois
David Pope	Baldwin Wallace University	Berea	Ohio
Ær Queen	Braddock Elementary School	Annandale	Virginia
Brian Querry	Charles A. Huston Middle School	Lower Burrell	Pennsylvania
Rebecca Raber	University of Mary	Bismarck	North Dakota
Marc Ratner	Mineola High School	Garden City Park	New York
Lance Rauh	Patriot Oaks Academy	St Johns	Florida
Hoza Redditt	MSA East Academy	St. Gabriel	Louisiana
Heather Rentz	St. Mark Westpark	Cleveland	Ohio
Aaron Rex	Mason Middle School	Mason	Ohio
Angela Rex	Riverside Middle School	Greer	South Carolina
Chris Richard	Rogers Heritage High School	Rogers	Arkansas
Sarah Riechers	Thurgood Marshall Elementary School	Manassas	Virginia
Stephanie Robertson	Ponchatoula High School	Ponchatoula	Louisiana
Bethany Robinson	Noblesville High School	Noblesville	Indiana
Keith Robinson	Jefferson Avenue Elementary	Seguin	Texas
Alberto Rodriguez	Mount Vernon High School	Alexandria	Virginia
Chad Rose	Sheridan High School	Sheridan	Wyoming
Stewart Rosen	Walter Reed Middle School	North Hollywood	California
Shawn Royer	Marian University	Indianapolis	Indiana
Dayshawn Russell	North Iberville Elementary	Rosedale	Louisiana
Hannah Ryan	University of Virginia's College at Wise	Wise	Virginia
Kyle Ryan	Turkey Hill School	Orange	Connecticut
Ashley Sands	Kennedy Secondary School	Fergus Falls	Minnesota
Mark Santos	Santa Ana High School	Santa Ana	California
Danni Schmitt	Roland Park Elementary/Middle School	Baltimore	Maryland
Kevin Schoenbach	Oswego High School	Oswego	Illinois
Eric Schultz	Coastal Carolina University	Conway	South Carolina
Jessica Schwartz	Denham Springs High School	Denham Springs	Louisiana
Josh Settlemyre	R.J. Reynolds High School	Winston-Salem	North Carolina
Jason Shiuan	Saratoga High School	Saratoga	California
Katie Silcott	Olentangy Shanahan Middle School	Lewis Center	Ohio
Kerra Simmons	Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts	Fort Worth	Texas
Joani  Slawson	Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy	Melbourne	Florida
Timothy Patrick Sloan Sr.	Albright Middle School	Houston	Texas
Jessie Smith	Yes Prep Public Schools	Houston	Texas
Cathryn Smith	Coleman High School	Coleman	Texas
Patrick Smith	Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School	New Haven	Connecticut
Tony Spano	Culver City High School	Culver City	California
Wes Sparkes	Eagleview Middle School	Colorado Springs	Colorado
Julian Spires	Meade Middle School	Fort Meade	Maryland
Shannon Stem	University Academy	Panama City	Florida
Harold Stephan	Stuyvesant High School	New York	New York
Cassandra Sulbaran	Braintree High School	Braintree	Massachusetts
Lynn Sweet	Mount Anthony Union High School	Bennington	Vermont
Agnes Tech	Indian Prairie Elementary School	Crystal Lake	Illinois
Chris Toomey	Mineola High School	Garden City Park	New York
Tom Torrento	Grosse Pointe North High School	Grosse Pointe Woods	Michigan
Jessica Torres	Elmont Memorial Jr. Sr. High School	Elmont	New York
Michelle Trinidad	Sacred Heart School	Bronx	New York
Alice Tsui	New Bridges Elementary	Brooklyn	New York
Jordan Tupper	Episcopal School of Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge	Louisiana
Martin Urbach	Harvest Collegiate High School	New York City	New York
Johny Vargas	Pueblo High School	Tucson	Arizona
Amy Villanova	Canyon Crest Academy	San Diego	California
Valerie Vinnard	Webster Elementary	Long Beach	California
Kenneth Walker	Ralls High School	Ralls	Texas
Kathy Wallace	Willard Elementary	Winchester	Indiana
Jennifer Walter	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	Greensboro	North Carolina
John Ware	Stovall Middle School	Houston	Texas
Brandon Weeks	North Polk High School	Alleman	Iowa
Lisa Werner	St. Bruno Parish School	Dousman	Wisconsin
Scott Weyman	Solanco High School	Quarryville	Pennsylvania
Elizabeth White	Holcomb RIII	Holcomb	Missouri
Tyler Wigglesworth	West Covina High School	West Covina	California
Derrick Williams	Vista Heights Middle School	Moreno Valley	California
Paula Williams	The Ron Clark Academy	Atlanta	Georgia
Sandi Wilson	Franklin School of Innovation	Asheville	North Carolina
Matthew Wiltshire	Lewiston High School	Lewiston	Maine
Damion Womack	The Montgomery Academy	Montgomery	Alabama
Tammy Yi	Chapman University	Orange	California
Nicholas Young	Altus High School	Altus	Oklahoma
Jason Younts	Samuel V. Champion High School	Boerne	Texas
DeAnna Zecchin	Indian River High School	Dagsboro	Delaware

2024 MUSIC EDUCATOR AWARD LEGACY APPLICANTS

Name	School	City	State
Phil Aguglia	Kenmore East High School	Tonawanda	New York
Heather Akers	Central Middle School	Dover	Delaware
Eric Allen	Western Middle School for the Arts	Louisville	Kentucky
Calandria Allen	Zachary Community Schools	Zachary	Louisiana
Abigail Alwin	Clague Middle School	Ann Arbor Public Schools	Michigan
David Amos	Heritage Middle School	Painesville	Ohio
Luke Aumann	Appleton North High School	Appleton	Wisconsin
Elizabeth Baker	Ilima Intermediate School	Ewa Beach	Hawaiʻi
Andre Barnes	Science Park High School	Newark	New Jersey
Conesha Barron	Lanier High School	Jackson	Mississippi
Lyndra Bastian	Creekside Middle School and Woodstock High School	Woodstock	Illinois
William Bennett	Cane Bay High School	Summerville	South Carolina
Heather Bice	Ridgeview High School	Orange Park	Florida
Charlie Bradberry	Iowa Park High School	Iowa Park	Texas
Justin Britt	Kingston Public Schools	Kingston	Oklahoma
Shantavia Burchette	East Side High School	Newark	New Jersey
John Burn	Homestead High School	Cupertino	California
Alexander Busby	Oviedo High School	Oviedo	Florida
Aaron Bush	Foxborough High School	Foxborough	Massachusetts
Meg Byrne	Pleasant Valley High School	Bettendorf	Iowa
Philip Carter	O'Fallon Township High School	O'Fallon	Illinois
Elizabeth Carter	Snowden School	Memphis	Tennessee
Francis Cathlina	University of Memphis	Memphis	Tennessee
Tiffany Chiang	Mark Twain I.S. 239	Brooklyn	New York
Ernesta Chicklowski	Roosevelt Elementary	Tampa	Florida
Michael Coelho	Ipswich Middle School and Ipswich High School	Ipswich	Massachusetts
Christine Cumberledge	Central Junior High School	Euless	Texas
Heather Dipasquale	Todd County Middle School	Elkton	Kentucky
Jack A. Eaddy, Jr.	Western Carolina University	Cullowhee	North Carolina
Dominique Eade	New England Conservatory of Music	Boston	Massachusetts
Cuauhtemoc Escobedo	Eckstein Middle School	Seattle	Washington
Jasmine Faulkner	Polaris Expeditionary Learning School	Fort Collins	Colorado
Daniel James Felton	Tartan High School	Oakdale	Minnesota
Nicholas Fernandez	Bentonville Schools	Bentonville	Arkansas
Cathryn Fowler	Health Careers High School	San Antonio	Texas
Marisa Frank	Explore! Community School	Nashville	Tennessee
Jasmine Fripp	KIPP Nashville Collegiate High School	Nashville	Tennessee
Jacob Garcia	Tennyson Middle School	Waco	Texas
Jorge L. Garcia	Elias Herrera Middle School	Laredo	Texas
Tina Gibson	Jefferson County Traditional Middle School	Louisville	Kentucky
Alex Gittelman	Haverford Middle School	Havertown	Pennsylvania
Guillermo Gonzalez	James A. Garfield High School	Los Angeles	California
Mansa Gory	Denzel Washington School of the Arts	Mount Vernon	New York
Deanna Grandstaff	Cecil Intermediate School	McDonald	Pennsylvania
Amanda Hanzlik	E.O. Smith High School	Storrs	Connecticut
Marvin Haywood	John Ehret High School	Marrero	Louisiana
Kristin Howell	Syosset High School	Syosset	New York
Emmanuel Hudson	Booker T. Washington High School	Shreveport	Louisiana
Karla Hulne	Blair-Taylor Middle/High School	Blair	Wisconsin
Mia Ibrahim	Health Opportunities High School	Bronx	New York
Luis Ingels	Candor Elementary School	Candor	New York
Justin Janer	Pinewood School Middle Campus	Los Altos	California
Daryl Jessen	Dakota Valley School	North Sioux City	South Dakota
De'Evin Johnson	Duncanville High School	Duncanville	Texas
Amir Jones	Harvey High School	Painesville	Ohio
Allison Kline	Blue Mountain Area School	Orwigsburg	Pennsylvania
Kenneth Kosterman	Rockwall-Heath High School	Heath	Texas
Joshua Krohn	Brent Elementary School	Washington	District of Columbia
Sarah Labovitz	Arkansas State University	Jonesboro	Arkansas
Heather Leppard	Girls Academic Leadership Academy (GALA)	Los Angeles	California
Hope Lewis	Charles O. Dickerson HS	Trumansburg	New York
Meredith Lord	Burncoat High School	Worcester	Massachusetts
Brendon Lucas	Nyack High School	Nyack	New York
Christian Lucas	Mariners Christian School	Costa Mesa	California
Alison McCarrey	Romig Middle School	Anchorage	Alaska
Angie McDaniel	Forest Creek Elementary	Round Rock	Texas
Ashleigh McDaniel Spatz	Burgess Peterson Academy	Atlanta	Georgia
Matthew McKagan	Lindero Canyon Middle School	Agoura Hills	California
Brian McMath	Northwest Guilford High School	Greensboro	North Carolina
Phillip McMullen	Silver Creek Central Schools	Silver Creek	New York
Tracy Meldrum	Verrado High School	Buckeye	Arizona
Xochilt Melendez Munguia	Gainesville Middle School for the Arts and Sciences	Gainesville	Virginia
Kris Milby	Greenup County High School	Greenup	Kentucky
Dana Monteiro	Frederick Douglass Academy	New York	New York
Shelby Montgomery	George Jenkins High School	Lakeland	Florida
David Moore	Inspire Charter Academy	Baton Rouge	Louisiana
Ryan Moseley	Appoquinimink High School	Middletown	Delaware
David Moss	West Hopkins School	Nebo	Kentucky
Deborah Muhlenbruck-Fleischer	Gunderson Middle School	Las Vegas	Nevada
Vicki Nichols	Grandview Elementary	Grandview	Texas
Jeremy Overbeck	Century High School	Bismarck	North Dakota
John Pachence	Penn State Abington	Abington	Pennsylvania
Jennifer Page	Niles North High School	Skokie	Illinois
Matthew Pitts	Robert JC Rice Elementary School	Gilbert	Arizona
Courtney Powers	Muhammad Ali School 23	Passaic	New Jersey
Natalie Pratt	Brentwood High School	Brentwood	Tennessee
William Rank	Oak Prairie Junior High School	Lockport	Illinois
Brett Rankin	Wilde Lake High School	Columbia	Maryland
Annie Ray	Annandale High School	Annandale	Virginia
Tracy Resseguie	Staley High School	Kansas City	Missouri
Giovanni Santos	La Sierra University	Riverside	California
Ruth Schwartz	Chugiak High School and Mirror Lake Middle School	Chugiak	Alaska
Laura Shapovalov	Walden III Middle and High School	Racine	Wisconsin
James Sheffer	Medford Memorial Middle School and Haines Sixth Grade Center	Medford	New Jersey
Matthew Shephard	Meridian Early College High School	Sanford	Michigan
Dylan Sims	York Middle School	York	South Carolina
Thomas Slater	Chestnut Oaks Middle School	Sumter	South Carolina
Michele Slone	Urbana Elementary and Jr. High School	Urbana	Ohio
Tony Small	St. Vincent Pallotti Arts Academy	Laurel	Maryland
Andrew Smith	Charlotte Central School	Charlotte	Vermont
Wayne Splettstoeszer	Torrington High School	Torrington	Connecticut
Elizabeth Steege	Cass High School	Racine	Wisconsin
Lawrence Stoffel	California State University, Northridge	Los Angeles	California
Tyler Swick	Robert and Sandy Ellis Elementary	Henderson	Nevada
Elizabeth Taylor	La Crosse Elementary School	La Crosse	Virginia
Cami Tedoldi	Foxborough High School	Foxborough	Massachusetts
Kylie Teston	Leonardtown High School	Leonardtown	Maryland
Jonathan Todd	Palisades High School	Charlotte	North Carolina
Matthew Trevino	Roan Forest Elementary	San Antonio	Texas
Alexis True	Thomas Downey High School	Modesto	California
Gregory Urban	Dunedin Highland Middle School	Dunedin	Florida
Jon Usher	Hidden Springs Elementary	Moreno Valley	California
Michael Vasquez	Charles L. Kuentz Jr. Elementary	Helotes	Texas
Aaron Vogel	Mountain Ridge High School	Glendale	Arizona
Bryen Warfield	Homestead High School	Fort Wayne	Indiana
Sarah Wehmeier Aparicio	Waukesha South High School	Waukesha	Wisconsin
Christopher White	Hickory Ridge High School	Harrisburg	North Carolina
Tammy White	Kiser Middle School	Greensboro	North Carolina
Tyron Williams	New Visions Charter High School for the Humanities IV	Far Rockaway	New York
Krista Williams	Floretta P. Carson Visual and Performing Arts Academy	Mobile	Alabama
Kelly Winovich	Northgate Middle/Senior High School	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania
Hayley Winslow	Snow Canyon Middle School	Saint George	Utah
Ronnie Ziccardi	Avonworth	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania

Working For Students: How Music Industry Professionals Find Fulfillment In Education

Since its founding in 1969, the Songwriters Hall of Fame has been celebrating the great songwriters and composers of our time. In 2010, it found a physical home at Downtown Los Angeles' GRAMMY Museum.

Now, the GRAMMY Museum is adding to that legacy with a special expanded exhibit, which dives deep into the history of songwriting and recorded music in the United States — as well as the Songwriters Hall of Fame and its inductees' role in it. Whether you're a songwriter or musician who loves the creative process, a history nerd, or simply a music lover, this exhibit is for you.

When you enter The Power Of Song, you'll hear the voices of legendary Songwriter Hall of Fame inductees and GRAMMY winners — including Nile Rodgers, Carole King, Diane Warren, Smokey Robinson and Jimmy Jam — discussing their creative process and some of the biggest songs they've written. Take a seat on the couch to absorb all their wisdom in the deeply informative and inspiring original short film.

Turn to the right, and you'll find a timeline across the entire wall, explaining the origins and key points around songwriting and recorded music in the U.S. On the other wall, pop on the headphones provided to enjoy a video of memorable Hall of Fame ceremony performances. One interactive video interface near the entrance allows you to hear "song highlights," and another allows you to explore the entire Songwriters Hall of Fame database.

The exhibit is filled with a treasure trove of handwritten song lyrics from Taylor Swift, Cyndi Lauper, Tom Petty and many more, as well as iconic artifacts, including Daft Punk's helmets, a classy Nile Rodgers GRAMMY look, and guitars from Bill Withers, Tom Petty, John Mellencamp and Toby Keith.

Below, take a look at five things we learned from The Power Of Song: A Songwriters Hall Of Fame Exhibit, which will be at the GRAMMY Museum from April 26 through Sept. 4.

Daft Punk Rerecorded "Get Lucky" To Fit Nile Rodgers' Funky Guitar

Legendary funk pioneer and superproducer Nile Rodgers is the current Chairman of the SHOF and has an active presence at the exhibit. One case features the disco-esque lime green Dior tuxedo Rodgers wore to the 2023 GRAMMY Awards, along with the shiny metallic helmets of French dance duo Daft Punk, who collaborated with Rodgers on their GRAMMY-winning 2013 album, Random Access Memories.

Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk and Rodgers had forged a friendship and been wanting to collab for years prior to 2013's Record Of The Year-winning smash "Get Lucky." When they finally connected and Bangalter and de Homem-Christo played the CHIC founder the demo for "Get Lucky," he asked to hear it again with everything muted except the drum track, so he could create the perfect guitar lick for it.

Bangalter and de Homem-Christo decided to essentially re-record the whole song to fit Rodgers' guitar, which joyously drives the track — and carried it to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, Daft Punk's first Top 5 hit.

Photo: Rebecca Sapp

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Set Up Their Studio The "Wrong" Way Because Of Prince

In the exhibit film, Jimmy Jam tells several stories about working with — and learning from — Prince. He recalls how he and Terry Lewis watched Prince work and record everything "in the red," so they set up their Minneapolis studio to follow his lead. A sound engineer told them it was too loud, but that ended up being the sound that artists like Janet Jackson and Usher came to them for. It was a "happy mistake," as Jam put it, that helped their legendary careers as a powerhouse production duo take off.

Prince's dogmatic, tireless work ethic also rubbed off on the powerhouse pair. One rehearsal, the Purple One kept pressing Jam to do more, which resulted in him playing two instruments, singing and hitting the choreography from behind his keyboard. "He saw that I could do more than I thought I could; he saw me better than I saw myself," he reflected.

"God Bless America" Composer Irving Berlin Didn't Read Music

In his 50 year-career, Irving Berlin wrote over 1000 songs, many of which defined American popular music for the better part of the 20th century. Along with penning "God Bless America," "White Christmas," "Puttin' on the Ritz," and "There's No Business Like Show Business" (among many other classics), he wrote 17 full Broadway musical scores and contributed songs to six more plays.

Berlin also wrote scores for early Hollywood musicals starring the likes of Ginger Rodgers, Fred Astaire, Marilyn Monroe, and Bing Crosby. He made a lasting, indelible mark on music, theater, film and American culture writ large.

Rather astonishingly, the widely celebrated American Tin Pan Alley-era composer was self-taught and didn't read sheet music. His family immigrated to New York from Imperial Russia when he was 5 years old, and when he was just 13, his father died, so he busked on the streets and worked as a singing waiter to help his family out.

In 1907, at 19, he had his first song published, and just four years later penned his first international hit, "Alexander's Ragtime Band." Berlin had a natural musicality and played music by ear in the key of F-sharp, with the help of his trusted upright transposing piano, a rare instrument that had a mechanism allowing him to shift into different keys. His "trick piano," as he called it, where many of his unforgettable songs first came to life, is on display at the exhibit.

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Smokey Robinson Didn't Expect "My Girl" To Become A Timeless Hit

Smokey Robinson was an important part of Motown's hit-making factory as a singer, songwriter and producer. In the exhibit film, he discusses "My Girl," one of his classic tunes, which he wrote and produced for the Temptations in 1965.

"I had no idea it would become what it would become," he said.

He says that people often ask him why he didn't record the unforgettable song with his group the Miracles instead of "giving it away" to the Temptations, but he never regretted his decision. Instead, he's honored to have created music that stands the test of time and means so much to so many people.

Robinson joked that the Temptations' then-lead singer David Ruffin's gruff voice scared girls into going out with him. Really, he loved Ruffin's voice, and thought he'd sound great singing a sweet love song like "My Girl." Safe to say he was right.

After World War II, Pop Music Changed Forever

Prior to World War II, American music operated as a singular mainstream market, and New York's Tin Pan Alley songwriters competed to make the next pop or Broadway hit. In a post-World War II America, especially when the early Baby Boomer generation became teenagers and young adults in the '60s and '70s, tastes changed and new styles of pop and pop songwriting emerged. As rock shook up popular culture, Tin Pan Alley gave way to a new era of young songwriters, many who worked out of just two buildings in midtown Manhattan, 1619 Broadway (the Brill Building) and 1650 Broadway.

In this richly creative and collaborative environment, powerhouse songwriting duos began to emerge and reshape pop music, challenging and balancing each other — and creating a ton of hits in the process. The hit-making duos of this diversified pop era included Burt Bacharach and Hal David (Dionne Warrick's "That's What Friends Are For"), Carole King and Gerry Goffin (Little Eva's "The Loco-Motion"), Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil (the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'") and Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich (the Ronettes' "Be My Baby" and the Crystals' "Then He Kissed Me," both in collaboration with Phil Spector). In fact, there are far too many classics penned by these four prolific songwriter duos to list here.

While there are still songwriters that pen big hit after hit for pop stars (Max Martin is still at it, as is his protege Oscar Görres), the dynamics in the industry have continued to shift with singers taking on more creative power themselves. Today's pop stars — including Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift — have found success co-writing with their own trusted teams of songwriters and producers. But as this new exhibit shows, it doesn't matter who is behind the pen — the power of song is mighty.

Meet Tobias Jesso Jr., The First-Ever GRAMMY Winner For Songwriter Of The Year

The 2023 GRAMMYs may have come and gone — but you can now take home a one-of-a-kind piece of Music's Biggest Night for a good case!

This GRAMMY Museum's new online auction via Charitybuzz features items signed by artists, including guitars signed backstage at the 2023 GRAMMYs by Bad Bunny, Sheryl Crow, Dr. Dre, Mick Fleetwood, Lizzo, Bonnie Raitt, Smokey Robinson, and Harry Styles.

Plus, the auction contains more guitars and items signed by 21 Savage, Joe Bonamassa, Brandi Carlile, Luke Combs, Miley Cyrus, Luis Fonsi, Jonas Brothers, Steve Lacy, LL Cool J, Shawn Mendes, Miguel, Kacey Musgraves, Kim Petras, Lionel Richie, Nile Rodgers, Slash, Sam Smith, Chris Stapleton, Susan Tedeschi, and Meghan Trainor.

The GRAMMY Museum's online auction via Charitybuzz is live now and will run through Thursday, April 13.

GRAMMY Museum Presents Spectacular 'The Power Of Song: A Songwriters Hall Of Fame Exhibit' Paying Tribute To American Icons