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Jon Batiste, Daniel Pemberton and Siddhartha Khosla are among the winners of the 2024 ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards. The kudos were presented as part of the 2024 ASCAP Screen Music Awards at an invitation-only event in Los Angeles on Thursday (May 9).
Here are this year’s recipients of the ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards, which are chosen by the ASCAP composer and songwriter community:
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Film score of the year: Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
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Television score of the year: David Fleming, The Last of Us
Television theme of the year: Siddhartha Khosla, Only Murders in the Building
Documentary score of the year: Jon Batiste, American Symphony
Video game score of the year: Gordy Haab, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and American Symphony were both shortlisted for Oscars for best original score, though neither wound up with a nomination. Batiste was Oscar-nominated for co-writing a song from American Symphony – “It Never Went Away,” which he co-wrote with Dan Wilson.
Khosla received two Primetime Emmy nods in 2022 for his work on Only Murders in the Building – outstanding music composition for a series (original dramatic score) and outstanding original main title theme music – but none this past year. Fleming has yet to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy.
In addition, the ASCAP Screen Music Awards recognize top composers of the past year’s hit streaming series and films. The top-rated streaming series winners include Robert Duncan for The Night Agent, Natalie Holt for Loki, Bear McCreary for the streaming remake of book series Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for the dramedy Unprisoned.
Among the top-rated streaming films winners, Germaine Franco is honored for her score for action-thriller The Mother, Marcus Miller for the holiday comedy Candy Cane Lane, and Lorne Balfe for both historical thriller Tetris and action-romance Ghosted.
In other categories, Pemberton takes home top box office film of the year for his score to the blockbuster animated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and David Vanacore is named the top most performed themes and underscore winner for his work on such shows as Survivor, The Kardashians and The Daily Show.
Composers Matthew Hawkins, the late Maurice “m.0.” Jackson and the late Neil Martin (collectively known as Numeriklab) win top network television series for their main theme for NCIS, while John Sereda is recognized with top cable television series for the historical drama When Calls the Heart.
The complete list of winners is available on the ASCAP website: www.ascap.com/screenawards24.
On Thursday (May 9), the Heat Latin Music Awards (or Premios Heat) unveiled their 2024 nominees exclusively on Billboard.
This year, Karol G and Feid lead the pack with 10 nominations each. They are followed by top nominees Carin León (6); Peso Pluma, Grupo Frontera and Xavi (5); and Bad Bunny, Young Miko, Fuerza Regida, Maluma, Marshmello and Yandel with four each. Fans can vote for their favorite artists on the LosHeat.TV app.
Taking place July 11 in The Dominican Republic, the awards show — celebrating its 10th anniversary — will include 10 new categories this year: producer of the year; music video director of the year; album of the year; best viral song; composer of the year; best song for video games, series, movies; best tropical artist; best salsa artist; fan club of the year; and best religious song.
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Premios Heat — founded by Colombian music executive Diana Montes — recognizes renowned and up-and-coming artists who are making a buzz in the Caribbean and Latin American regions. The event is celebrated on the beach, offering the ultimate “summer experience” to artists, media and attendees.
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Billboard celebrated the awards show’s 10th anniversary with a special edition of Premios Heat and the Dominican Republic in the April print issue.
Below, see the full list of nominees:
Best Male ArtistFeidBad BunnyPeso PlumaCarin LeónArcangelJ BalvinEladio CarrionChayanneCarlos Rivera
Best Female ArtistKarol GShakiraYoung MikoMaria BecerraNicki NicoleAnittaGreeicyKany GarcíaKali UchisKenia OSNatti Natasha
Best Group or BandMoratEslabón ArmadoPiso 21Grupo FronteraLos Ángeles AzulesGrupo FirmeRBDWisin & YandelFuerza RegidaReikMonsieur PerinéCultura ProféticaRawayana
Best Rock ArtistJuanesMoratMolotovManáBelanovaJorge DrexlerAterciopeladosMar Rendón
Best Pop ArtistLuis FonsiGreeicySebastián YatraManuel TurizoCamiloCarlos RiveraAna MenaAitanaLassoMalumaFonsecaChris LebronManuel Medrano
Greeicy (left) and Mike Bahía at Premios Heat in 2023.
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Best Urban ArtistFeidKarol GWisinOzunaYoung MikoBlessdEladio CarrionDukiAnuel AAArcangelJ BalvinMoraMyke TowersRels BJustin QuilesYandelNicky Jam
Best Tropical Artist (Bachata, Merengue, Vallenato, Cumbia)Romeo SantosCarlos VivesSilvestre DangondPrince RoyceJuan Luis GuerraGrupo 5Eddy HerreraFelipe PeláezKe PersonajesCharlie ZaaOlga TañonJorge CeledónJandy VenturaServando y Florentino
Best Salsa ArtistVíctor ManuelleGilberto Santa RosaWilly GarcíaGrupo NicheAlvaro RodChristian AliceaYiyo SaranteLa India
Best Artist South RegionNicki NicoleLudmillaEmiliaAnittaDukiKHEACris MjTruenoLa JoaquiAmy GutiérrezCielo TorresTiniMilo JTiago PZKLit Killah
Best Artist Andean RegionMike BahíaManuel TurizoCamiloGreeicyDanny OceanOvy On The DrumsRyan CastroDayanaraAndreina BravoElena RoseLassoFarinaJerry DiNachoFanny Lu
Best Artist North RegionLenny TavárezDarellJay WheelerYoung MikoLola ÍndigoRauw AlejandroQuevedoEladio CarrionJhaycoSt. PedroKim LoaizaLunayÁlvaro Díaz
Best New ArtistXaviKenia OSHumbeJoaquinaSaikoGabito BallesterosJunior HYng LvcasElena RoseOmar CourtzSanta Fe KlanBad Gyal
Musical PromiseNathZhamira ZambranoLos EsquivelDannyLuxVenestiAna Del CastilloJ NoaMarlon ArenasDamianLucia De La PuertaAnais CastroSarodj BertinEsteban RojasJuan Duque
Influencer of the YearDomelipaYeri MuaWendy GuevaraYuleria (Yurielkys Ojeda y Valeria Ramírez)Gemelas OrtegaLele PonsCarlos MontesquieuLa DivazaLa SeguraCalle y PochéLos MontañerosLa Granja del BorregoEl Mindo
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Best Popular Regional ArtistPeso PlumaChristian NodalGrupo FronteraCarin LeónPipe BuenoAlejandro FernándezÁngela AguilarXaviGabito BallesterosJessi UribeLuis AlfonsoYuridia
Best Dominican ArtistEl AlfaRochy RDChimbalaAngel DiorAmenazzyJey OneDonatyYailin La Más ViralShadow BlowLa InsuperableLa PerversaYaisel LM
Best Music Video“Triple S” – J Balvin, De La Ghetto, Jowell & Randy“S91” – Karol G“Mamasota” – Manuel Turizo, Yandel“Mónaco” – Bad Bunny“Isla Desierta” – Ozuna“Contigo” – Karol, G, Tiësto“Primera Cita” – Carin Leon“Puntería” – Shakira Cardi B“Así es la vida” – Enrique Iglesias, Maria Becerra“Privilegios” – Feid, Cupido
Best Collaboration“Perro Negro” – Bad Bunny, Feid“Contigo” – Karol G, Tiësto“ALV” – Arcangel, Grupo Frontera“Los del Espacio” – LIT killah, Duki, Emilia, Tiago, PZK, FMK, Rusherking, Maria Becerra, Big One“Según Quien” – Maluma, Carin León“Luna” – Feid, ATL Jacob“BZRP Sessions 58” – Bizarrap, Young Miko“Trofeo” – Maluma, Yandel“Harley Quinn” – Fuerza Regida, Marshmello“Bellakeo” – Peso Pluma, Anitta“No Es Normal” – Venesti, Nacho, Maffio“Calor” – Nicky Jam & Beéle
Best Content PlatformMoluscoTVAlofoke MediaPanel Urbano (Enrique santos, Dímelo King, Maiky Backstage)Dímelo KingLa Nave Podcast (Marko)Chente YdrachIbai llanosEscorpión DoradoEl ChomboJuanpis González
DJ of the YearSteve AokiMarshmelloTiëstoDj AdoniMarcela ReyesAgudelo 888GordoAlex Sensation
Song of the Year“Luna” -Feid, ATL Jacob“La Diabla” – Xavi“Que Chimba de Vida” – Karol G“Mi Ex Tenía Razón” – Karol G“Harley Quinn “- Fuerza Regida & Marshmello“Lala” – Myke Towers“La Víctima” – Xavi“El Amor De Su Vida” – Grupo Frontera, Grupo Firme
Producer of the YearTainyOvy On The DrumsBig OneMaster ChrisThe RUDEBOYZ – Kevin y ChaNBizarrapSOGSky RompiendoIcon Music – Jowan y RoloSergio GeorgeAndrés CastroEdgar Barrera
Director of the YearSimon BrandFernando LugoRodrigo FilmsJessy TerreroPedro ArtolaNuno GomesKacho López MariPatricia AlfonsoStillzAda OdremanHannah LuxSánchez
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Album of the YearMañana será Bonito Bichota Season – Karol GFerxxocalipsis – FeidGénesis – Peso PlumaColmillo de Leche – Carin LeónNadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana – Bad BunnyEl Comienzo – Grupo FronteraLas Mujeres Ya No Lloran – ShakiraOrquídeas – Kali UchisUn Sueño Llamado Ranchera – Felipe Peláez
Best Viral Song“Luna” – Feid, ATL, Jacob“La Diabla” – Xavi“Según Quién” – Maluma, Carin León“Lollipop” – Darell“Dora” – Farina, El Alfa“Línea del Perreo” – Uzielito Mix, Yeri Mua, El Jordan 23, DJ Kiire“Harley Quinn” – Fuerza Regida, Marshmello
Composer of the YearEdgar BarreraMauricio Rengifo y Andrés TorresMaster ChrisElena RoseKeitynMoraFeidManny CruzJustin QuilesBullnene
Best Videogame, Series or Movie SongLuis Fonsi, Adriel Favela – “La Paz” (Banda sonora serie “Zorro”)Karol G, feat Aldo Ranks – “Watati”- (Barbie)Peso Pluma, Grupo Frontera “TULUM” – (FIFA 24)Myke Towers – “LALA” – (FIFA 24)Peso Pluma – “Peligro” – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIBanda MS –“141”- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Fandom of the YearFandom – Karol GKeninis – Kenia OSTeamAndreina – Andreina BravoTurbias – Yeri MuaFandom DomelipaMarcianos – Mar RendónTeamLu – Lucia De La PuertaFandom – YuleriaFandom – FeidYahalovers – Yahaira PlasenciaTeam Chivirikas – Yailin La Más ViralLa Tribu – Camilo
Best Religious Song“Me Encontraste”- Christian Ponce & Alex Zurdo“Pan Duro” – Alex Campos“Pasa_je_ro” – Farruko“Guarda tu Corazón” – Alex Zurdo“Mambo 23” – Juan Luis Guerra“Donante de Sangre” – Daddy Yankee“El Cielo Aun Espera” – Adriel favela & Jesús Adrián Romero“Parabellum”- Redimi2
Legendary country songwriter Cindy Walker, whose most famous song is the cross-genre classic “You Don’t Know Me,” was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) in a special event on April 19 at historic Columbia Studio A in Nashville.
The ceremony took place during a SHOF Master Session with Liz Rose, a 2023 SHOF inductee. Rose spoke fondly of her close relationship with the late songwriter and presented the award to Walker’s niece Molly Walker. Rose’s daughter Caitlin Rose performed “You Don’t Know Me,” which Walker co-wrote with Eddy Arnold, who had the initial hit with the song in 1956.
“This would’ve made her so proud,” Molly Walker said at the event. “And the thing that gets me is, when we hear Cindy’s songs, she’s still with us. I can’t tell you how much this would have meant to her and her family.”
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The event was hosted by Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business. It was co-hosted by SHOF board member Fletcher Foster, who chairs the SHOF Nashville Committee.
The annual SHOF gala in June does not normally include posthumous inductions – though this year’s inductees include Steely Dan, whose Walter Becker died in 2017. The SHOF prefers the June event to have a celebratory mood. But it intends to continue hosting posthumous inductions at unique venues and special events such as this one.
“The ceremony at Columbia Studio A was warm, intimate, and respectful,” Foster said in a statement. “SHOF president and CEO Linda Moran says this now sets the stage for future posthumous inductions.”
Walker, who died in 2006 at age 87, was in the first class of inductees into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. In 1997, she became the first female songwriter to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2009, Walker received the Poet’s Award from the Academy of Country Music.
In 2006, Willie Nelson’s album You Don’t Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker, received a Grammy nomination for best country album. Fred Foster produced the album, which was released nine days before Walker’s death. The album included “Bubbles in My Beer,” “You Don’t Know Me,” “Sugar Moon,” “I Don’t Care and “Cherokee Maiden.”
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Walker’s first recorded song was “Lone Star Trail,” recorded by Bing Crosby, the top star of the era. She wrote 50 songs that were recorded by Bob Wills, dubbed “the King of Western Swing.”
Walker even had a hit record as an artist in 1944. “When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again” reached No. 5 on Billboard’s Most Played Juke Box Folk Records, a forerunner to today’s Hot Country Songs.
Walker had numerous No. 1 hits on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart across the decades, including “Sugar Moon” (Bob Wills, 1947), “Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me” (Eddy Arnold, 1950), “Cherokee Maiden” (Merle Haggard, 1976) and “You Don’t Know Me” (Mickey Gilley, 1981).
Ray Charles recorded “You Don’t Know Me” on his landmark 1962 album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, which topped the Billboard 200 for 14 weeks. Charles’ version of the song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Walker’s many other hits include “Don’t Be Ashamed of Your Age” (Ernest Tubb & Red Foley, 1950), “Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)” (Roy Orbison, 1962) and “Bubbles in My Beer” and “Distant Drums” (Jim Reeves).
Walker unquestionably paved the way for such top contemporary country songwriters as Liz Rose and Hillary Lindsey. The latter is another of this year’s SHOF inductees, along with the aforementioned Steely Dan plus Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley, Dean Pitchford and R.E.M.
In addition to these inductees, Diane Warren is set to receive the Johnny Mercer Award, the organization’s top honor, and SZA is set to receive the Hal David Starlight Award, which recognizes up-and-coming talent.
Walker was a solitary writer. She once explained her approach by saying, “Picasso doesn’t have a co-painter.” But if an artist gave her the idea or title for a song, she would include them in the credits, such as Eddy Arnold, who gave her the idea for “You Don’t Know Me.”
Walker shares that tendency to write solo with Warren, this year’s Mercer Award recipient. Warren collaborates on occasion, but more often than not, she works alone.
Given the threads that link Walker with some of this year’s other inductees and honorees, it’s a shame that her induction was handled separately. The idea should be to demonstrate the common threads that unite songwriters across genres and generations.
A BMI writer, Walker wrote every day, rising at 5 a.m. with a cup of black coffee to start the day in her writing studio. She once said she knew a song was finished “…once I was ready to fight a room full of tigers not to change a single word.”
Olivia Rodrigo and co-writer Daniel Nigro are the 2024 ASCAP Pop Music Songwriters of the Year. It is the second award in the top category for Rodrigo, who first received the honor in 2022.
Chappell Roan, who has a fast-climbing hit with “Good Luck, Babe!,” which she co-wrote with Nigro and Justin Tranter, was scheduled to present Nigro with his award on Wednesday (May 8) at an invitation-only event in Los Angeles celebrating this year’s ASCAP Pop Music Award winners.
Rodrigo and Nigro have shared two Grammy nods for song of the year (for “Driver’s License” and “Vampire”) and one for best rock song (for “Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl”). In less than three and a half years, Rodrigo has amassed 17 top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including three songs – “Driver’s License,” “Good 4 U” and “Vampire” – that entered the chart at No. 1.
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“Calm Down,” performed by Rema and featuring Selena Gomez, wins ASCAP Pop Song of the Year. Co-written by Rema, Gomez, Michael “LONDON” Hunter, Amanda “Kiddo AI” Ibanez and Andre Vibez, the song reached No. 3 on the Hot 100 and rode the chart for 57 weeks. “Calm Down” is published by Hook Like Behavior, Kobalt Music Publishing, Livelihood Music Company, SMG Tunes, Sony Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group and Warner Chappell Music.
Publisher of the Year goes to Universal Music Publishing Group for songs including “Calm Down,” “Cuff It” (Beyoncé), “Dance the Night” (Dua Lipa), “Barbie World” (Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice with Aqua), “Lavender Haze” (Taylor Swift), “Paint the Town Red” (Doja Cat), “Star Walkin’ (League of Legends Worlds Anthem)” (Lil Nas X) and “Sure Thing” (Miguel).
Other 2024 ASCAP Pop Music Award-winning songwriters include Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff (their holiday evergreen “All I Want for Christmas Is You”), Noah Kahan (“Dial Drunk”), St. Vincent (“Cruel Summer”), Meghan Trainor (“Made You Look”) and Leon Thomas (“Snooze”).
As previously announced, Charli XCX received the ASCAP Global Impact Award. Charli is gearing up for the release of her sixth solo album, BRAT on June 7 and a North American tour with Troye Sivan, who was set to present her with the award.
The ASCAP Pop Music Awards honor the songwriters and publishers of ASCAP’s most-performed pop songs of 2023. The winners are determined by data on terrestrial and satellite radio and for programmed and on-demand audio streams, all provided by Luminate Data LLC.
More information on the 2024 ASCAP Pop Music Award winners is available here.
Amy Winehouse has posthumously received a BRIT Billion Award celebrating one billion streams in the U.K.
Her parents, Mitch and Janis, accepted the award, saying, “We of course wish that Amy was here today accepting this award in person, but it’s amazing that she is still winning awards for her incredible talent and achievements. It’s wonderful that her music is being discovered by new audiences of young people who love it just as much as her contemporaries. We are so proud of Amy. Thank you.”
The award was presented following the U.K. release of the biopic Back to Black. Sam Taylor-Johnson directed the film, which stars Marisa Abela as the gifted but troubled singer who died in July 2011 at age 27. The film is due for release in the U.S. on May 17.
Released in October 2006, “Back to Black” is Winehouse’s most streamed song in the U.K., with more than 150 million streams. It is followed closely by “Valerie,” with more than 135 million streams in the U.K. “Tears Dry on Their Own,” “Rehab,” “You Know I’m No Good” and “Love Is a Losing Game” — all taken from Winehouse’s sophomore album Back to Black — each stand at more than 50 million U.K. streams.
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More than 25 artists have been recognized with a BRIT Billion award since the program launched in 2023, including global icons such as The Rolling Stones, Queen, ABBA and Whitney Houston, pioneering rap and hip-hop artists including AJ Tracey and Headie One and chart-dominating pop artists and singer-songwriters, with the likes of Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Lewis Capaldi and BRIT Award record-breaker Raye all having received the award.
The BRIT Billion award reflects the extent to which streaming has transformed the music landscape over the past decade. BPI, which administers the BRIT Billion award program, reports that more than 85% of the U.K.’s recorded music consumption now occurs through streaming. In 2023 there were a record 180 billion audio streams in the U.K. In the U.K., more than 2,000 artists now annually amass at least 10 million audio streams of their music, while more than 10,000 artists are streamed more than a million times.
Though Winehouse released just two albums in her lifetime, she made an indelible mark on the global pop scene. She won six Grammy Awards, including best pop vocal album for Back to Black, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200. She also won record and song of the year for “Rehab,” which was a No. 9 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
Tyler Childers and Sierra Ferrell are among the top nominees for the 23rd annual Americana Music Honors & Awards.
Ferrell released her new album Trail of Flowers last month, while in September 2023, Childers released his sixth studio album Rustin’ in the Rain, spearheaded by “In Your Love,” which earned Childers his Billboard Hot 100 debut.
This year’s nominees were revealed Tuesday (May 7) at the National Museum of African-American Music in Nashville. The nominations ceremony was hosted by Gina Miller, senior vp and general manager of MNRK Music Group and a member of the Americana Music Association‘s board of directors. The event also featured performances from SistaStrings, The War and Treaty, Megan McCormick with Amanda Fields and Ethan Ballinger, as well as Kaitlin Butts and Ferrell.
Other top nominees include the twice-nominated Brandy Clark, as well as Allison Russell, Charley Crockett, “Wondering Why” performers The Red Clay Strays, Stick Season hitmaker Noah Kahan and Wyatt Flores.
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The winners will be announced during the annual Americana Honors & Awards on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The awards show is the centerpiece of the annual Americanafest, which returns for its 24th year Sept. 17-21, 2024.
See the full list of nominations below:
Album of the year
Brandy Clark, Brandy Clark; produced by Brandi Carlile
The Past Is Still Alive, Hurray for the Riff Raff; produced by Brad Cook
Rustin’ In The Rain, Tyler Childers; Produced by Tyler Childers and The Food Stamps
Trail of Flowers, Sierra Ferrell; Produced by Eddie Spear and Gary Paczosa
Weathervanes, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit; Produced by Jason Isbell
Artist of the year
Tyler Childers
Charley Crockett
Sierra Ferrell
Noah Kahan
Allison Russell
Duo/group of the year
Black Pumas
Larkin Poe
The Milk Carton Kids
Turnpike Troubadours
The War And Treaty
Emerging act of the year
Kaitlin Butts
Wyatt Flores
Charles Wesley Godwin
The Red Clay Strays
Jobi Riccio
Instrumentalist of the year
Grace Bowers
Maddie Denton
Jamie Dick
Megan McCormick
Joshua Rilko
Song of the year
“American Dreaming,” Sierra Ferrell; Written by Melody Walker and Sierra Ferrell
“Dear Insecurity,” Brandy Clark; Written by Brandy Clark and Michael Pollack
“In Your Love,” Tyler Childers; Written by Geno Seale and Tyler Childers
“Jealous Moon,” Sarah Jarosz; Written by Daniel Tashian and Sarah Jarosz
“Right Back To It” – Waxahatchee; Written by Katie Crutchfield
Billy Porter, who is as philanthropic as he is flamboyant, will receive the 2024 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award in recognition of his contributions as an activist and spokesperson for the LGBTQ+ community. The Isabelle Stevenson Award – the Tonys’ equivalent of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & […]
Post Malone will perform on the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards on May 16, along with several other pop artists: Noah Kahan (who will perform with Kelsea Ballerini, an album of the year and female artist of the year nominee), Avril Lavigne (who will perform with Nate Smith, a new male artist of the year nominee) and Gwen Stefani (who will perform with her husband and frequent collaborator Blake Shelton, a six-time ACM Award winner). The latter couple are expected to perform their current single, “Purple Irises.”
Ed Sheeran teamed with Luke Combs to perform “Life Goes On” on last year’s ACM Awards, but this year’s lineup will be studded with more pop names than usual.
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Parker McCollum, the 2022 new male artist of the year winner, has also been added to the bill for this year’s show, which will be held at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, on May 16.
Previously announced performers are Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson, as well as Reba McEntire, who is hosting the show. McEntire will perform new music.
More performers are expected to be announced. The top nominees who have not yet been announced as performers are Luke Combs, Megan Moroney, Morgan Wallen, Jordan Davis and Zach Bryan. Many fans no doubt hope that Wallen joins Post Malone to perform their upcoming collab “I Had Some Help.”
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Bobby Bones will be featured throughout the show with the artist interview segment “Backstage With Bobby Bones,” which was introduced on last year’s show. Bones is a five-time ACM Awards winner for national on-air personality of the year.
The show will stream live globally on Prime Video at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The ACM stresses that a Prime membership will not be required to watch live. They note: “Everyone is invited to the Party of the Year.”
This is McEntire’s 17th time hosting or co-hosting the ACMs. She first co-hosted the show in 1986. McEntire is closing in on the all-time record for most times hosting or co-hosting a major awards show. That record has long been held by Bob Hope, who hosted or co-hosted the Academy Awards 19 times between 1940-78. (Both hosting stints span 38 years, so if McEntire hosts the ACM Awards again, she’ll surpass Hope’s span of years as host or co-host.)
The 2023 ACM Awards, hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, garnered more than 7.7 million viewers on Prime Video plus additional viewership across Amazon Music, the Amazon Music channel on Twitch, and Amazon Live, making it one of the year’s most-watched awards shows.
This marks the ACM Awards’ third year streaming on Prime Video; its second in a row coming from Ford Center at The Star. The venue opened in 2016 and serves as the practice facility for the Dallas Cowboys. Last year’s ACM Awards were the first awards show to take place there.
The 59th ACM Awards is produced by Dick Clark Productions (DCP). Raj Kapoor is executive producer and showrunner, with Patrick Menton as co-executive producer. Damon Whiteside serves as executive producer for the ACM, and Barry Adelman serves as executive producer for DCP. John Saade serves as consulting producer for Amazon MGM Studios.
Kapoor was one of three executive producers of the Grammy Awards on Feb. 4, along with Ben Winston and Jesse Collins. He also served as executive producer and showrunner of the Oscars on March 10. Menton was a co-executive producer of the Grammys.
Kapoor won a Primetime Emmy in 2022 as an executive producer of Adele: One Night Only, which was voted outstanding variety special (pre-recorded). Menton has received two Primetime Emmy nods for work alongside Kapoor on a pair of Grammy telecasts in 2021 and 2022. Adelman has received 18 Primetime Emmy nods for his work on the Golden Globe Awards and So You Think You Can Dance, though he has yet to win.
A limited number of tickets to the 59th ACM Awards are available for purchase on SeatGeek.
Fans can also tune into the official ACM Red Carpet on Prime Video, the Amazon Music Channel on Twitch, and Amazon Live, starting at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT. The full rebroadcast will be available directly following the stream on Prime Video and available the next day for free on Amazon Freevee and the Amazon Music app.
Fans can also enjoy a week of pre-ACM livestream shows hosted by Kelly Sutton and Amber Anderson of the Country Heat Weekly podcast and courtesy of Amazon Music. Broadcasting live on the Amazon Music Channel on Twitch, the festivities will kick off on Tuesday, May 14 at 9 p.m. ET with “Live from the ACM Awards: ACM New Artist Winners Celebration from Tostitos Championship Plaza at The Star,” which will include the presentation of the awards for ACM new male artist, new female artist, and new duo or group of the year.
On Wednesday, May 15 at 9 p.m. ET, fans will be able to stream “Live from the ACM Awards: Backstage with Kelly & Amber.” On Thursday, May 16, fans can tune into the official ACM Red Carpet on Prime Video and the Amazon Music Channel on Twitch starting at 7 p.m. ET. Amber and Kelly will also release three ACM-themed Country Heat Weekly podcasts on Thursdays, starting on May 9 with the duo’s interview with McEntire.
Fans can also stream the Official ACM Awards playlist available now on Amazon Music.
DCP is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a Penske Media Corporation (PMC) subsidiary and joint venture between PMC and Eldridge. PMC is the parent company of Billboard.
Controversy over winners and losers has been part of the Grammy experience since the very first presentations, which took place on May 4, 1959 — 65 years ago today. The biggest controversy that year had to do with a disappointing showing by Frank Sinatra, who was coming off one of the biggest years of his long career. He had two No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 in 1958 — Come Fly with Me and Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely.
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Sinatra was the year’s top Grammy nominee, with six nods, including two for album of the year (the aforementioned albums) and two for best vocal performance, male (Come Fly with Me and “Witchcraft”). The star wound up winning just one award — and it wasn’t even for his singing. He took best album cover for his art direction of Only the Lonely.
Sinatra attended the event, which was held in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. — now best known for hosting the Golden Globes every year. (There was a simultaneous event in New York City for East Coast denizens.) Other attendees at the Beverly Hilton included Sinatra’s fellow Rat Pack members Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin, as well as fellow nominees Henry Mancini and Peggy Lee. Comedian Mort Sahl served as MC.
Sinatra’s two nods for album of the year no doubt worked against him in that category. (The rules have since been changed so an artist can only have one nomination as a lead artist in most categories.) The award went to Mancini for The Music from Peter Gunn. The album featured music from a weekly TV detective series that debuted in September 1958 and ran for three seasons. (Mancini’s album was released after the Dec. 31, 1958 eligibility cut-off for the 1958 awards. It’s a mystery how it was nominated in the first place. It was probably just a goof that slipped by the small staff at the fledgling Recording Academy. The many tools that people use today to quickly check facts didn’t exist back then, an era of rotary phones and 3 x 5 cards.)
In addition to album of the year, Mancini won best arrangement for that same album. Mancini went on to win 20 Grammys, which was, for many years, the most won by any artist. (That title is currently held by Beyoncé with 33 awards.)
Perry Como‘s silky “Catch a Falling Star” won best vocal performance, male, beating the two Sinatra entries. “Witchcraft” and “Catch a Falling Star” were both nominated for record of the year, but lost to Domenico Modugno‘s lounge music staple “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare).”
In addition to record of the year, Modugno took song of the year for “Volare,” which is, to this day, the only foreign-language song to win record or song of the year. “Volare” topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks in 1958, though Modugno landed just one more Hot 100 entry, a song that peaked at No. 97.
There were just 28 categories at the first Grammys, the lowest number ever. There were five double winners — Mancini, Modugno, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and Ross Bagdasarian Sr., the creator of The Chipmunks.
Fitzgerald won two awards for different installments of her celebrated Song Book series, a fitting tribute to this versatile singer. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book won best vocal performance, female. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book took best jazz performance, individual.
Count Basie won awards in different genres for the same album (something that couldn’t happen today). He took best performance by a dance band and best jazz performance, group, both for Basie.
Bagdasarian won best comedy performance and best recording for children, both for “The Chipmunk Song,” which was a No. 1 hit on the Hot 100. The smash was also nominated for record of the year. It is, to this day, the only children’s or comedy recording to be nominated in that category.
The Grammys were the last of the four EGOT-level awards shows to get underway, arriving a little more than a decade after the third of the four, the Emmys, rolled out. The first Oscars were presented on May 16, 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The first Tony Awards were presented on April 6, 1947 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. The first Primetime Emmys were presented on Jan. 25, 1949 at the Hollywood Athletic Club.
The first Grammys were a black-tie affair. “The Grammy Awards were a formal event from the beginning and very much in keeping with the times,” Christine Farnon, who was instrumental in organizing the first show, was quoted as saying in the 2007 coffee table book, And the Grammy Goes To… The Official Story of Music’s Most Coveted Award, written by David Wild. “As I recall, no one objected to dressing black-tie back then, though like so much else, that would change eventually.” Farnon went on to be the academy’s executive vice president. She ran the academy for 35 years until her retirement in 1992 — an undersung pioneer for powerful women in the music industry.
Sinatra didn’t let his disappointing showing at the 1st annual Grammy Awards keep him down for long. He landed three more nominations the following year, and this time won album of the year for Come Dance with Me! He would win that award two more times, for September of My Years (1966) and A Man and His Music (1967). This made him the first two-time winner and also the first three-time winner. On Feb. 4, 2024, Taylor Swift became the first four-time winner.
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