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BTS and its members had a big night at the 2023 MAMA Awards, which were held over two nights, Nov. 28 and 29, at Tokyo Dome, Japan. Jimin, who was a top nominee at this year’s ceremony with eight nods, won best male artist. Additionally, Jung Kook won two awards – best dance performance male solo […]
SEVENTEEN was the top winner at the 2023 MAMA Awards, which were held over two nights, Nov. 28 and 29, at Tokyo Dome, Japan. The group won five awards – album of the year for FML; best male group and best dance performance male group, both for “Super”; bibigo culture & style and worldwide fans’ choice.
SEVENTEEN was one of 10 winners in the latter category, along with ATEEZ, BTS, ENHYPEN, Lim Young Woong, NCT DREAM, Stray Kids, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, TWICE and ZEROBASEONE.
NewJeans was a close runner-up in total number of awards, with four – artist of the year and three awards for their hit “Ditto” – song of the year, best female group and best dance performance female group.
BTS, JISOO and ZEROBASEONE each won three awards. ATEEZ, Jung Kook and TREASURE each won two.
Jung Kook won both of his awards – best dance performance male solo and best collaboration – for “Seven” featuring Latto. The track was a global hit, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Awards were presented in more than 20 categories. There are the usual five or six nominees in most categories, but in the big four categories – artist, song and album of the year and worldwide fans’ choice – there are dozens of entries. All artists who were nominated in one of the subordinate categories were automatically nominated there — an unusual approach for an award show to take.
In the worldwide fans’ choice category, winners were determined by global fan votes. There were two rounds of voting on the K-culture platform Mnet Plus and on Spotify, which is also one of the sponsors for this year’s awards.
Jimin and Tomorrow X Together were the leading nominees for the 2023 MAMA Awards, which were announced Oct. 19. Each received eight nominations.
Jimin won best male artist, beating two fellow members of BTS – Jung Kook and V. The other nominees in the category were Lim Young Woong, Parc Jae Jung and TAEYANG.
The nominees for album of the year included three albums that topped the Billboard 200 in 2023: Tomorrow X Together’s The Name Chapter: Temptation, Stray Kids’ 5-STAR and NewJeans’ Get Up.
While many Western awards shows are moving toward gender-neutral categories, fully half of the 20 categories here are gendered. There are separate male and female categories for best artist, best group, best new artist, best dance performance solo and best dance performance group.
First-night performers included &TEAM, Dynamicduo, ENHYPEN, INI, JO1, JUST B, Kep1er, Lee Young Ji, STREET WOMAN FIGHTER 2, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, TVXQ!, xikers and Yoshiki.
In addition, JAEHYUN of BOYNEXTDOOR, HONG EUNCHAE of LE SSERAFIM, ANTON of RIIZE, CHOI HYUN SUK, YOSHI, HARUTO of TREASURE and ZHANG HAO of ZEROBASEONE appeared for special collaborations.
Second-night performers included ATEEZ, BOYNEXTDOOR, EL7Z UP, (G)I-DLE, LE SSERAFIM, Monika, NiziU, RIIZE, SEVENTEEN, TREASURE and ZEROBASEONE.
Also, XIAOTING of Kep1er and Bada Lee from STREET WOMAN FIGHTER 2 appeared on stage.
Videos of the performance can be watched on the official YouTube channel, Mnet K-POP.
The MAMA Awards, which bills itself as the world’s foremost K-pop awards, is presented by entertainment company CJ ENM. This year’s eligibility period ran from Oct. 22, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023. The show aired live on various global platforms, including CJ ENM’s music channel Mnet.
Here’s the full list of nominations for the 2023 MAMA Awards, with winners marked.
Artist of the year
ADYA
aespa
BOYNEXTDOOR
Choi Ye Na
EL7Z UP
EVNNE
EXO
(G)I-DLE
Hwasa
IVE
Jeon Somi
Jihyo
Jimin
Jisoo
Jungkook
KISS OF LIFE
LE SSERAFIM
Lee Chae Yeon
Lim Young Woong
LIMELIGHT
NCT DREAM
WINNER: NewJeans
Parc Jae Jung
RIIZE
SEVENTEEN
Stray Kids
Taeyang
TREASURE
tripleS
TWICE
TXT
V
xikers
ZEROBASEONE
Song of the year
aespa – “Spicy”
Agust D (Suga) – “People Pt.2” (Feat. IU)
AKMU – “Love Lee”
Anne-Marie, Minnie – “Expectations”
ASH ISLAND – “Goodbye” (Feat. Paul Blanco)
BIG Naughty – “Hopeless Romantic” (Feat. Lee Suhyun)
BIG Naughty – “With me” (The Interest of Love OST)
BSS (SEVENTEEN) – “Fighting” (Feat. Lee Young Ji)
BTOB – “Wind and Wish”
BTS – “Take Two”
BTS – “The Planet” (BASTIONS OST)
DAWN – “Dear My Light”
(G)I-DLE – “Queencard”
Hwasa – “I Love My Body”
IVE – “I AM”
J-Hope – “on the street” (with J. Cole)
Jay Park – “Candy” (Feat. Zion.T)
Jeon Somi – “Fast Forward”
Jihyo – “Killin’ Me Good”
Jimin – “Like Crazy”
Jisoo – “FLOWER”
Jungkook – “Seven” (Feat. Latto)
Kai – “Rover”
LE SSERAFIM – “UNFORGIVEN” (Feat. Nile Rodgers)
Lee Chae Yeon – “KNOCK”
Lee Mujin – “Ordinary Confession”
Lim Jae Hyun – “Heaven (2023)” (It Was Spring OST)
Lim Young Woong – “London Boy”
M.C the MAX – “Eternity”
MeloMance – “A Shining Day”
NCT 127 – “Ay-Yo”
NCT DREAM – “Candy”
WINNER: NewJeans – “Ditto”
Parc Jae Jung – “Let’s Say Goodbye”
Paul Kim – “You Remember” (The Glory OST)
SEVENTEEN – “Super”
STAYC – “Teddy Bear”
Stray Kids – “S-Class”
Taeyang – “VIBE” (Feat. Jimin)
Taeyong – “SHALALA”
TXT – “Goodbye Now” (Love Revolution OST)
TXT – “Sugar Rush Ride”
V – “Love Me Again”
ZEROBASEONE – “In Bloom”
Zior Park – “CHRISTIAN”
Album of the year
(G)I-DLE — I Feel
aespa — MY WORLD
Agust D — D-DAY
Big Naughty — Hopeless Romantic
BTOB — WIND AND WISH
EL7Z UP — 7+UP
EVNNE — Target: ME
EXO — EXIST
IVE — I’ve IVE
JEON SOMI — GAME PLAN
JIHYO — ZONE
JIMIN — FACE
KAI — Rover
KISS OF LIFE — KISS OF LIFE
LE SSERAFIM — UNFORGIVEN
Lee Chae Yeon — Over the Moon
LIMELIGHT — LOVE & HAPPINESS
NCT DREAM — ISTJ
NewJeans — Get Up
Parc Jae Jung — Alone
WINNER: SEVENTEEN — FML
STAYC — TEENFRESH
Stray Kids — 5-STAR
TAEYANG — Down to Earth
TAEYONG — SHALALA
TXT — The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION
TREASURE — REBOOT
tripleS — ASSEMBLE
TWICE — READY TO BE
V — Layover
xikers — House of Tricky : How to Play
ZEROBASEONE — Youth in the Shade
Worldwide fans’ choice (10 winners)
aespa
AKMU
WINNER: ATEEZ
BOYNEXTDOOR
BTOB
WINNER: BTS
CIX
CRAVITY
WINNER: ENHYPEN
EVNNE
EXO
fromis_9
(G)I-DLE
H1-KEY
Highlight
ITZY
IVE
Jisoo
Jeon Somi
Kep1er
LE SSERAFIM
Lee Chae Yeon
Lee Mujin
WINNER: Lim Young Woong
MONSTA X
n.SSign
NCT 127
WINNER: NCT DREAM
NewJeans
NMIXX
ONEUS
P1Harmony
Parc Jae Jung
Red Velvet
RIIZE
WINNER: SEVENTEEN
SHINee
STAYC
WINNER: Stray Kids
Super Junior
Taeyang
TEMPEST
THE BOYZ
WINNER: TXT
TREASURE
WINNER: TWICE
Xdinary Heroes
xikers
WINNER: ZEROBASEONE
Zior Park
Best male artist
WINNER: Jimin
Jung Kook
Lim Young Woong
Parc Jae Jung
TAEYANG
V
Best female artist
Hwa Sa
JEON SOMI
JIHYO (TWICE)
WINNER: JISOO
LEE CHAE YEON
YENA
Best male group
EXO
NCT DREAM
WINNER: SEVENTEEN
Stray Kids
TOMORROW X TOGETHER
TREASURE
Best female group
(G)I-DLE
aespa
IVE
LE SSERAFIM
WINNER: NewJeans
TWICE
Best new male artist
BOYNEXTDOOR
EVNNE
RIIZE
xikers
WINNER: ZEROBASEONE
Best new female artist
ADYA
EL7Z UP
KISS OF LIFE
LIMELIGHT
WINNER: tripleS
Best vocal performance solo
DAWN – “Dear My Light”
LEE MU JIN – “Ordinary Confession”
Lim Young Woong – “London Boy”
WINNER: Parc Jae Jung – “Let’s Say Goodbye”
V – “Love Me Again”
Best vocal performance group
WINNER: AKMU – “Love Lee”
BTOB – “Wind and Wish”
BTS – “Take Two”
M.C the MAX – “Eternity”
MeloMance – “A Shining Day”
Best collaboration
Anne-Marie, MINNIE ((G)I-DLE) – “Expectations”
BIG Naughty – “Hopeless Romantic” (Feat. LEE SUHYUN)
BSS (SEVENTEEN) – “Fighting” (Feat. Lee Young Ji)
WINNER: Jung Kook – “Seven” (feat. Latto) – Clean Version
TAEYANG – “VIBE” (feat. Jimin of BTS)
Best dance performance male solo
Jimin – “Like Crazy”
WINNER: Jung Kook – “Seven” (feat. Latto) – Clean Version
KAI – “Rover”
TAEYANG – “VIBE” (feat. Jimin of BTS)
TAEYONG – “SHALALA”
Best dance performance female solo
Hwa Sa – “I Love My Body”
JEON SOMI – “Fast Forward”
JIHYO (TWICE) – “Killin’ Me Good”
WINNER: JISOO – “FLOWER”
LEE CHAE YEON – “KNOCK”
Best dance performance male group
NCT 127 – “Ay-Yo”
NCT DREAM – “Candy”
WINNER: SEVENTEEN – “Super”
Stray Kids – “S-Class”
TOMORROW X TOGETHER – “Sugar Rush Ride”
ZEROBASEONE – “In Bloom”
Best dance performance female group
(G)I-DLE – “Queencard”
aespa – “Spicy”
IVE – “I AM”
LE SSERAFIM – “UNFORGIVEN” (feat. Nile Rodgers)
WINNER: NewJeans – “Ditto”
STAYC – “Teddy Bear”
Best rap & hip-hop performance
WINNER: Agust D – “People Pt.2” (feat. IU)
ASH ISLAND – “Goodbye” (Feat. Paul Blanco)
j-hope – “on the street” (with J. Cole)
Jay Park – “Candy” (Feat. Zion.T)
Zior Park – “CHRISTIAN”
Best OST (original soundtrack)
BIG Naughty – With me (The Interest of Love OST)
WINNER: BTS – The Planet (BASTIONS OST)
Lim Jae Hyun – Heaven (2023) (It Was Spring OST)
Paul Kim – You Remember (The Glory OST)
TOMORROW X TOGETHER – Goodbye Now (Love Revolution OST)
Best music video
(G)I-DLE – “Queencard”
IVE – “I AM”
WINNER: JISOO – “FLOWER”
Jung Kook – “Seven” (feat. Latto) – Clean Version
SEVENTEEN – “Super”
Stray Kids – “S-Class”
Other Awards
Worldwide icon of the year: BTS
Favorite new artist: RIIZE, ZEROBASEONE
Inspiring achievement: TVXQ!
Favorite Asian male group: INI
Favorite Asian female group: Kep1er
Favorite international artist: Yoshiki
Galaxy Neo Flip artist: TREASURE
bibigo CULTURE & STYLE: STREET WOMAN FIGHTER 2, SEVENTEEN
Favorite dance performance male group: TREASURE
Favorite dance performance female group: LE SSERAFIM
Favorite global performer male group: ATEEZ
Favorite global performer female group: (G)I-DLE
Albums by Troye Sivan, Genesis Owusu, Gretta Ray and Jen Cloher are among the finalists for the 19th annual Australia Music Prize, announced Thursday, Nov. 29.
Sivan has a chance of extending his winning streak, which earlier this month saw the Aussie pop star clean up at the 2023 ARIA Awards with four wins, including song of the year and best solo artist. The Perth, Western Australia-raised singer and songwriter is one of nine artists nominated for the AMP, earning a nod for Something to Give Each Other, his ARIA Chart-topping third studio album.
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Meanwhile, Owusu can go a perfect two-from-two with Struggler, his sophomore effort. The Ghana-born, Canberra-raised hip-hop-meets-funk artist won the AMP in 2021 for Smiling with No Teeth.
Cloher, the singer, songwriter and guitarist, is recognized on the shortlist with I Am The River, The River is Me, her third AMP nomination after chances at the 2013 and 2017 editions.
Gretta Ray is no stranger to industry accolades, having triumphed in the Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition and Triple J Unearthed contest earlier in her career. Making Positive Spin, her second album, was “such a joyous, rewarding process,” she explains. The collection “heavily focuses on the theme of gratitude, and after touring it throughout Australia and the U.K. over these past few months, being shortlisted for this prize has me feeling more grateful than ever.”
Also in the running are longplays by Angie McMahon (Light, Dark, Light Again), Floodlights (Painting Of My Time), Mo’Ju (ORO,PLATA,MATA), Polaris (Fatalism), and RVG (Brain Worms).
One of the top honors in Australia’s music awards calendar, the AMP celebrates “the album as an art form,” regardless of commercial success.
Those eligible Australian artist albums were released during the period Jan. 1 to Oct. 27, 2023, with the winner snaring A$30,000 ($20,000), courtesy of headline sponsor SoundMerch. Almost 450 eligible albums were considered this time by a judging panel of industry experts.
“It’s always an honor to be shortlisted for the AMP, I know how rigorous a process goes into deciding on the final nine,” comments Cloher in a statement unveiling the shortlist. “To be honest, it’s the only music award that I take seriously on this continent.”
Spearheaded by founder and prize director Scott Murphy, previous AMP recipients include Sampa the Great (twice), the Avalanches, Courtney Barnett, the late Gurrumul, and the most recent champ, King Stingray.
The winner for 2023 will be announced during an event held next Wednesday, Dec. 6 at the APRA AMCOS offices in Sydney. Universal Music Australia labels EMI, Virgin and Island Records continue their support of the AMP by contributing funds which enable nominees to attend the finale.
2023 AMP shortlist:
Angie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light AgainFloodlights – Painting Of My TimeGenesis Owusu – StrugglerGretta Ray – Positive SpinJen Cloher – I Am The River, The River is MeMo’Ju – ORO,PLATA,MATAPolaris – FatalismRVG – Brain WormsTroye Sivan – Something to Give Each Other
BTS and ZEROBASEONE were both double winners at night 1 of the 2023 MAMA AWARDS, the world’s top K-pop awards show, on Tuesday (Nov. 28). BTS won the Samsung Galaxy worldwide icon of the year award and also was one of 10 winners of worldwide fans’ choice. ZEROBASEONE was one of two winners of favorite new artist (along with RIIZE) and another of the 10 winners of worldwide fans’ choice.
The other eight winners of worldwide fans’ choice were ATEEZ, ENHYPEN, Lim Young Woong, NCT DREAM, SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids, TOMORROW X TOGETHER and TWICE.
Nominees for worldwide fans’ choice who were not selected were aespa, AKMU, BOYNEXTDOOR, BTOB, CIX, CRAVITY, EVNNE, EXO, fromis_9, (G)I-DLE, H1-KEY, Highlight, ITZY, IVE, Jisoo, Jeon Somi, Kep1er, LE SSERAFIM, Lee Chae Yeon, Lee Mujin, MONSTA X, n.SSign, NCT 127, NewJeans, NMIXX, ONEUS, P1Harmony, Parc Jae Jung, Red Velvet, RIIZE, SHINee, STAYC, Super Junior, Taeyang, TEMPEST, THE BOYZ, TREASURE, Xdinary Heroes, xikers and Zior Park.
First-night performers included &TEAM, Dynamicduo, ENHYPEN, INI, JO1, JUST B, Kep1er, Lee Young Ji, STREET WOMAN FIGHTER 2, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, TVXQ!, xikers and Yoshiki.
In addition, JAEHYUN of BOYNEXTDOOR, HONG EUNCHAE of LE SSERAFIM, ANTON of RIIZE, CHOI HYUN SUK, YOSHI, HARUTO of TREASURE and ZHANG HAO of ZEROBASEONE appeared for special collaborations.
Videos of the performances can be watched on the official YouTube channel, Mnet K-POP.
ZEROBASEONE is set to take the stage on night 2, Wednesday Nov. 29, along with ATEEZ, BOYNEXTDOOR, EL7Z UP, (G)I-DLE, LE SSERAFIM, Monika, NiziU, RIIZE, SEVENTEEN and TREASURE.
Here’s a complete list of winners from night 1 of the 2023 K-Pop Awards.
SAMSUNG Galaxy Worldwide Icon of the Year: BTS
Worldwide Fans’ Choice: ATEEZ, BTS, ENHYPEN, Lim Young Woong, NCT DREAM, SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, TWICE, ZEROBASEONE
Favorite New Artist: RIIZE, ZEROBASEONE
Inspiring Achievement: TVXQ!
Favorite Asian Male Group: INI
Favorite Asian Female Group: Kep1er
Favorite International Artist: Yoshiki
Galaxy Neo Flip Artist: TREASURE
bibigo CULTURE & STYLE: STREET WOMAN FIGHTER 2
Pop hitmaker Caity Baser, all-female indie rock band The Last Dinner Party and teen pop/soul singer Sekou are the three finalists for the Rising Star Award at the 2024 Brit Awards.
Baser’s “Pretty Boys” reached No. 26 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart in February. She has had three other entries on that chart: “X & Y”; “Feels This Good,” a Sigala feature which also featured Mae Muller and Stefflon Don; and “Dance Around It” with Joel Corry. Baser is also a member of Loud LDN.
The Last Dinner Party’s “Nothing Matters” reached No. 16 on the Official Singles Sales Chart in July. The band, which was formed in 2021, consists of Abigail Morris (vocals), Lizzie Mayland (vocals, guitar), Emily Roberts (lead guitar, mandolin, flute), Georgia Davies (bass) and Aurora Nishevci (keys, vocals).
Sekou was born in Leicester but is now based in London and Los Angeles. He attracted label interest after a video of him performing in a car park went viral. He lists his main influences as Beyoncé, Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder.
Previous winners of The Rising Star award, which is now in its 16th year, include Adele, Sam Smith, Florence + The Machine, Ellie Goulding and last year’s recipient, FLO. The award is open to British artists who, as of Oct. 31, had not yet achieved a top 20 placement on the Official Album Charts or achieved more than one top 20 chart placement in the Official Singles Chart.
The shortlist and winner are determined by a panel of music editors and critics from the national press, online music editors, heads of music at major radio and music TV stations plus songwriters, producers and live bookers — those working with new rising talent on a regular basis.
While the roster of winners includes some of the biggest British talent of the past two decades, the show has also missed a few. Lewis Capaldi was nominated in 2019, but lost to Sam Fender. Dua Lipa was nominated in 2017, but lost to Rag ‘n Bone Man.
Here’s a full list of past winners and other finalists for The Brits’ Rising Star Award.
2008: Adele; other finalists: Duffy, Foals
2009: Florence + the Machine; other finalists: Little Boots, White Lies
2010: Ellie Goulding; other finalists: Delphic, Marina and the Diamonds
2011: Jessie J; other finalists: James Blake, The Vaccines
2012: Emeli Sandé; other finalists: Michael Kiwanuka, Maverick Sabre
2013: Tom Odell; other finalists: AlunaGeorge, Laura Mvula
2014: Sam Smith; other finalists: Ella Eyre, Chlöe Howl
2015: James Bay; other finalists: George the Poet, Years & Years
2016: Jack Garratt; other finalists: Izzy Bizu, Frances
2017: Rag’n’Bone Man; other finalists: Anne-Marie, Dua Lipa
2018: Jorja Smith; other finalists: Stefflon Don, Mabel
2019: Sam Fender; other finalists: Lewis Capaldi, Mahalia
2020: Celeste; other finalists: Beabadoobee, Joy Crookes
2021: Griff; other finalists: Pa Salieu, Rina Sawayama
2022: Holly Humberstone; other finalists: Bree Runway, Lola Young
2023: FLO; other finalists: Cat Burns, Nia Archives
SZA was the top winner at the 2023 Soul Train Awards, which premiered Sunday, Nov. 26, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on BET and BET Her. The red-hot star won four awards: best R&B/soul female artist, album of the year for SOS, and both song of the year and the Ashford & Simpson songwriter’s award for “Snooze.”
This is the sixth consecutive year that a female solo artist has won album of the year at the Soul Train Awards. H.E.R.’s H.E.R. won in 2018, followed by Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You, Summer Walker’s Over It, Jazmine Sullivan’s Heaux Tales, Beyoncé’s Renaissance and now SOS.
This marks the second time SZA has won best R&B/soul female artist; she previously won in 2017.
SZA, who was Billboard’s woman of the year for 2023, is this year’s leading Grammy nominee with nine nods, including album of the year and best progressive R&B album for SOS (which logged 10 weeks atop the Billboard 200) and best R&B song for “Snooze” (which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100).
Usher was runner-up at the Soul Train Awards with three awards, followed by Victoria Monét with two. Keke Palmer hosted the show, which was billed as “the soulful house party of the year.”
Usher won best R&B/soul male artist for the second time. He previously won in 2010 in a tie with Trey Songz. He also won the certified soul award and best collaboration for the hit “Good Good,” on which he teamed with Summer Walker and 21 Savage. That was the only award for Walker, who went into the night with nine nods (tied for the lead with SZA and Usher) and 21 Savage, who was the nominations runner-up with eight.
Monét won best dance performance and video of the year, both for “On My Mama.” That track is up for two Grammys: record of the year and best R&B song.
Coco Jones was named best new artist. She also won in that category at the BET Awards on June 27. Jones, 25, is nominated in that category at the Grammys as well.
Kirk Franklin won the best gospel/inspirational award for the fifth consecutive year, and the sixth time overall, for “All Things.”
Burna Boy, Chris Brown, Janelle Monáe and October London, each of whom received four nominations, were shut out, though Monáe received the Spirit of Soul Award. The show tweaked the name of its Lady of Soul award, which it has presented annually since 2015, “to honor the diversity and inclusivity of this year’s recipient.” Monáe identifies as nonbinary.
Connie Orlando, EVP, specials, music programming & music strategy, oversaw the annual show and executive produced for BET with Jamal Noisette, VP, specials & music programming. Jesse Collins, CEO of Jesse Collins Entertainment, served as executive producer, along with Jesse Collins Entertainment’s Jeannae Rouzan–Clay and Dionne Harmon.
Fans can watch encore presentations of the show on Monday, Nov. 27, at 9 p.m. ET/PT and on Wednesday, Nov. 29, at 6 p.m. ET/PT on BET. The show will air internationally on BET Africa on Monday, Nov. 27, at 3 CAT, and on BET France on Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 20:45 PM CET. The show will also be available to watch on My5 and Sky On-Demand in the U.K. beginning Thursday, Nov. 30.
Here’s the complete list of 2023 Soul Train Awards nominees, with winners marked:
Album of the year
The Age of Pleasure, Janelle Monáe
Age/Sex/Location, Ari Lennox
Clear 2: Soft Life EP, Summer Walker
Girls Night Out (Extended), Babyface
I Told Them…, Burna Boy
Jaguar II, Victoria Monét
WINNER: SOS, SZA
What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe), Coco Jones
Song of the year
“Back to Your Place,” October London
“Favorite Song,” Toosii
“Good Good,” Usher, Summer Walker, 21 Savage
“ICU,” Coco Jones
“Kill Bill,” SZA
“Lipstick Lover,” Janelle Monáe
“On My Mama,” Victoria Monét
WINNER: “Snooze,” SZA
Video of the year
“Back to Your Place,” October London
“Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2,” PinkPantheress & Ice Spice
“Boyfriend,” Usher
“Good Good,” Usher, Summer Walker, 21 Savage
“ICU,” Coco Jones
“Kill Bill,” SZA
“Lipstick Lover,” Janelle Monáe
WINNER: “On My Mama,” Victoria Monét
“Special,” Lizzo
Best R&B/soul female artist
Ari Lennox
Beyoncé
Coco Jones
H.E.R.
Janelle Monáe
Summer Walker
WINNER: SZA
Victoria Monét
Best R&B/soul male artist
6lack
Babyface
Brent Faiyaz
Burna Boy
Chris Brown
Eric Bellinger
October London
WINNER: Usher
Best group
Dvsn
Flo
Jagged Edge
Kool & The Gang
WINNER: Maverick City Music
Phony Ppl
Ronald Isley & The Isley Brothers
Tank and The Bangas
Wanmor
Best collaboration
“America Has a Problem” (Remix), Beyoncé Feat. Kendrick Lamar
“Boy’s a Liar, Pt. 2,” PinkPantheress & Ice Spice
“Creepin’ (Remix),” Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, Diddy Feat. 21 Savage
“Fly Girl,” Flo feat. Missy Elliott
WINNER: “Good Good,” Usher, Summer Walker, 21 Savage
“Sittin’ on Top of the World,” Burna Boy Feat. 21 Savage
“Special,” Lizzo feat. SZA
“To Summer, From Cole (Audio Hug),” Summer Walker, J. Cole
Best new artist
Ambré
Ayra Starr
WINNER: Coco Jones
Doechii
Flo
Fridayy
Tyla
Wanmor
Certified soul award
Anthony Hamilton
Ashanti
Ciara
Eric Bellinger
Monica
PJ Morton
Ronald Isley & The Isley Brothers
T-Pain
WINNER: Usher
The Ashford and Simpson songwriter’s award
“Back to Your Place,” October London
“Favorite Song,” Toosii
“Good Good,” Usher, Summer Walker, 21 Savage
“ICU,” Coco Jones
“Kill Bill,” SZA
“On My Mama,” Victoria Monét
“Sittin’ on Top of the World,” Burna Boy Feat. 21 Savage
WINNER: “Snooze,” SZA
Best dance performance
“Better Thangs,” Ciara Feat. Summer Walker
“Boyfriend,” Usher
“Good Good,” Usher, Summer Walker, 21 Savage
“How We Roll,” Ciara & Chris Brown
WINNER: “On My Mama,” Victoria Monét
“Snooze,” SZA
“Summer Too Hot,” Chris Brown
“Under the Influence,” Chris Brown
Best gospel/inspirational award
“All of the Glory,” Shirley Caesar
WINNER: “All Things,” Kirk Franklin
“Came Too Far,” Fridayy Feat. Maverick City Music & My Mom
“Cry,” Koryn Hawthorne
“Feel Alright (Blessed),” Erica Campbell
“God Problems,” Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore, Naomi Raine
“The Journey,” H.E.R.
“Try Love,” Kirk Franklin
The 2024 Brit Awards is making two changes to boost the “representation and inclusion” of its nominees. It is adding a separate R&B category to its four genre awards, and it is increasing the number of nominees for both British artist of the year and international artist of the year from five to 10.
The show, officially dubbed BRIT Awards with Mastercard 2024, returns for its 44th edition on Saturday March 2, 2024.
The Brit Awards introduced four genre awards categories in 2022 — alternative/rock, dance, pop/R&B and hip hop/grime/rap. With the addition of a category focused solely on R&B, there will be five genre awards categories. Eligibility for the R&B award will cover a 24-month period as opposed to the usual 12 months.
At the 2023 Brits on Feb. 11, Harry Styles won the pop/R&B award, over Cat Burns, Charli XCX, Dua Lipa and Sam Smith. The previous year, Lipa won, beating Adele, Joy Crookes, Griff and Ed Sheeran.
For 2024, The Brits will also increase the number of nominees for both British artist of the year and international artist of the year from five to 10. This change, also aimed at improving representation and inclusion, follows extensive consultation within the BRITs organization and relevant industry and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) groups, including the BPI’s own Equity & Justice Advisory Group (EJAG).
“The BRITs is committed to making the show as inclusive and representative as possible,” Dr. Jo Twist OBE, BPI chief executive said in a statement, “The changes to this year’s categories are part of an ongoing process of evolution, and we will continue to review, listen and learn.”
With 10 nominees, British artist of the year and international artist of the year will now mirror song of the year and best international song, which also have 10 nominees. Most other Brits categories have five nominees, except for Rising Star, which has three.
At the 2023 Brit Awards, two of the five nominees for British artist of the year, and four of the five nominees for international artist of the year, were people of color. Styles won artist of the year over Central Cee, Fred Again, George Ezra and Stormzy. Beyoncé won international artist of the year over Burna Boy, Kendrick Lamar, Lizzo and Taylor Swift.
The Brits Voting Academy, responsible for determining the shortlists and the overall winners of the Brit Awards (except for the Rising Star award, which is voted on by a separate panel), is refreshed annually, drawing on updated member data, to ensure relevance and diversity across its participants. The Voting Academy is composed of approximately 1,200 individuals drawn from across the music industry, including artists, managers, media, producers, publishers, record labels and retailers.
In 2024, the Voting Academy will again have a balanced split of men and women and will include a number of members who identify as non-binary or who prefer not to specify their gender, while a quarter of its members identify as Black, Asian or ethnic minority background. The Academy and the voting process is overseen by Civica — an independent voting scrutineer.
Eligibility for the above categories (apart from Rising Star and the five genre awards) is achieved either by an artist album achieving a Top 40 placement on the Official U.K. Albums Chart during the 12-month eligibility period (Dec. 9, 2022–Dec. 8, 2023), or two Top 20 singles on the Official U.K. Singles Chart. To be eligible for one of the genre awards, an artist must have released a Top 40 album or single in the same eligibility period, with the R&B award eligibility achieved over a 24-month period.
For each awards category, Voting Academy members select from a longlist of eligible entries. They will be able to select up to 10 entries in the Artist of the Year categories (UK and International) and Song of the Year (UK and International), and up to five in all other categories.
Mastercard returns as headline partner of The Brit Awards for the 26th year.
Next year could be a watershed moment for contemporary R&B at the Grammys, particularly in the General Field. With SZA leading all nominees at the 2024 Grammy Awards with nine nods and Victoria Monét (seven) and Coco Jones (five) right on her heels, a new class of R&B powerhouses is looking to make a major splash on Music’s Biggest Night.
At the top of 2023, Beyoncé became the most-awarded act in Grammy history thanks to her triumph in best dance/electronic album for her seismic Renaissance album. That same record — which won three additional Grammys and spawned a pair of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hits — reigned victorious at the Soul Train Awards, where it secured the “Cuff It” singer her fourth album of the year win at the ceremony.
The Soul Train Music Awards launched in 1987 with a star-studded ceremony co-hosted by Dionne Warwick and Luther Vandross. Intended to celebrate the best in R&B, soul, rap, jazz, and gospel music, the Soul Train Music Awards predate any Grammy categories honoring rap and R&B albums. The Recording Academy introduced best R&B album (along with such other “genre album” awards as best pop album, best rock album and best country album) in 1995, with best rap album arriving the following year.
So, just how often do the winners of the Soul Train Music Award for album of the year sync up with the Grammy winners for best R&B album, best progressive R&B album and best rap album? While Soul Train cannot always be used as a proper precursor there is certainly considerable overlap between the two shows.
Every Soul Train Music Awards ceremony since 1995 — barring 2020 — has found the show’s album of the year winner getting, at the very least, a nod in its respective genre category at the corresponding Grammy ceremony. There have been 15 instances in which the Soul Train album of the year winner won the Grammy for their respective genre category. But there’s a catch.
For the the ceremony’s first nine years (1987-1996), album of the year was split into male, female, and group, with additional categories for rap, jazz and gospel albums. From 1997 to 2003, the awards were consolidated into a single R&B/soul or rap album of the year category. In 2004, Soul Train experimented with dropping genre specifications, presenting an award simply titled “album of the year.” They returned to the male, female, group split from 2005 to 2007, ultimately settling on one album of the year category from 2009 onwards.
Here’s some more Soul Train Music Awards lore: the 2008 ceremony was canceled due to the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike. Luckily, the 2023 WGA strike ended in time for this year’s Soul Train Music Awards.
This year’s Soul Train album of the year nominees are SZA (SOS), Victoria Monét (Jaguar II), Coco Jones (What I Didn’t Tell You – Deluxe), Babyface (Girls Night Out – Extended), Burna Boy (I Told Them…), Ari Lennox (age/sex/location), Janelle Monáe (The Age of Pleasure) and Summer Walker (Clear 2: Soft Life – EP).
The 2023 Soul Train Music Awards will air on Sunday, Nov. 26, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on BET and BET Her. SZA, Summer Walker and Usher lead all nominees with nine nods each.
Here’s a brief overview of which albums have triumphed at both the Soul Train Music Awards and the Grammys.
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2023 Billboard Music Awards content garnered more than 293 million cross-platform views in its first 48 hours, dick clark productions announced Wednesday (Nov. 22). The show, making its debut in a digital format, was the No. 1 social program across all of TV and streaming on Sunday and jumped 47% in year-over-year social engagements.
Billboard Music Awards content was distributed via BBMAs and Billboard social channels, as well as via Harmony, Penske Media’s proprietary livestreaming platform, which syndicated BBMAs programming across sites including Billboard, Variety, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone, IndieWire and WWD.
The 2023 Billboard Music Awards was the No. 1 social program across all of TV and streaming on Nov. 19, according to Social Content Ratings. It also ranked No. 1 in total interactions (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube); No. 1 in earned interactions (Cross-platform Key Opinion Leader + Organic Twitter) and No. 1 in total video view counts (Facebook, Twitter and YouTube).
The BBMAs saw increased social engagement on show day (up 47% year over year) and throughout the duration of the campaign (up 43% year over year), according to ListenFirst.
A wide range of artists had top-performing on-demand clips.
KAROL G’s medley of “QLONA,” “Labios Mordidos” and “OJOS FERRARI” trended at No. 2 on YouTube on the day after the show and has more than 56 million views on her Instagram to date. The Colombian singer delivered a sexy, soaking-wet performance with her team of dancers on an immersive, water-filled stage, with choreography by Parris Goebel. She was surrounded by fans from Spotify’s Fans First program.
Morgan Wallen’s performance of “’98 Braves” has more than 43 million views on the BBMAs’ Instagram so far. The country superstar performed the song at the Atlanta Braves’ current MLB home field, Truist Park.
Performances by K-pop stars Stray Kids and NewJeans trended on YouTube on the day following the show at Nos. 8 and 9, respectively. Stray Kids performed “S-Class” and “LALALALA” from South Korea. Their performance on an elevated stage was augmented by pyrotechnics. NewJeans performed “Super Shy” and “OMG” as fans sang along.
Mariah Carey’s performance of “All I Want for Christmas Is You” also hit YouTube’s trending list (No. 11). After dropping into the stage via a ski lift, the Queen of Christmas transported fans into a winter wonderland that featured dancers on skates and backup singers including her children, Roc and Roe. The creative was overseen by legendary choreographer Debbie Allen. This marked the first time the holiday anthem was performed on an awards show.
According to data from Luminate, songs performed on the 2023 Billboard Music Awards saw an increase in total on-demand streams on the day following the BBMAs (when compared to BBMAs day, Nov. 19). “One in a Million” by David Guetta and Bebe Rexha increased by 47%. KAROL G’s “OJOS FERRARI” saw a 38% spike. Wallen’s “’98 Braves” increased by 25%.
Winners were determined by year-end performance metrics on the Billboard charts, the music industry’s ultimate data-driven measure of success. The eligibility dates for this year’s awards are aligned with Billboard’s year-end charts tracking period, which measures music consumption from the charts dated Nov. 19, 2022 through Oct. 21, 2023.
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Less than two weeks after she won a CMA Award for song of the year for her classic “Fast Car,” Tracy Chapman was nominated to join the 2024 class of inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF). Twelve performing songwriters and 10 non-performing songwriters are nominated. Three songwriters from each of those categories will be inducted at the 2024 SHOF Induction & Awards Gala in New York City in June 2024.
Hillary Lindsey, who was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2022, is nominated here, as is Dean Dillon, a 2002 inductee into the Nashville SHOF.
Seven of this year’s SHOF nominees are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – George Clinton (Parliament/Funkadelic went into the Rock Hall in 1997); Donald Fagen & Walter Becker (Steely Dan was honored by the Rock Hall in 2001); Debbie Harry, Chris Stein & Clem Burke (Blondie got the Rock Hall nod in 2006); Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe (R.E.M. was honored by the Rock Hall in 2007); Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson (Heart was saluted by the Rock Hall in 2013); Chuck D and Flavor Flav (Public Enemy went into the Rock Hall in 2013); and Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons & Michael McDonald (The Doobie Brothers got the Rock Hall nod in 2020).
Becker, who died in 2017, is this year’s only posthumous nominee.
Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford, who collaborated on Loggins’ 1984 smash “Footloose,” a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, are separately nominated.
Fourteen songwriters are nominated as individuals. Five two-member teams are nominated, as are two three-member teams and one four-member team (the former members of R.E.M.)
A songwriter with a notable catalog of songs qualifies for induction 20 years after the first significant commercial release of a song. Eligible voting members have until midnight ET on Dec. 27 to turn in ballots, with their choices of three nominees from each category.
Here’s the complete list of SHOF’s 2024 nominees. The SHOF supplied the five song titles that are listed after each songwriter’s name. The organization stresses “Please note that the five songs listed after each nominee are merely a representative sample of their extensive catalogs.” In many cases here, that’s an understatement.
Performing Songwriters
Bryan Adams – “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You,” “Heaven,” “All For Love,” “Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?,” “Summer of ’69”
Randy Bachman & Burton Cummings – “These Eyes,” “American Woman,” “Laughing,” “No Time,” “No Sugar Tonight”
Debbie Harry, Chris Stein & Clem Burke p/k/a Blondie – “Call Me,” “Heart of Glass,” “Rapture,” “One Way or Another,” “Sunday Girl”
Tracy Chapman – “Fast Car,” “Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution,” “Give Me One Reason,” “Baby Can I Hold You,” “Sing for You”
George Clinton – “Atomic Dog,” “Flashlight,” “(Not Just) Knee Deep,” “P-Funk,” “Give Up the Funk”
Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons & Michael McDonald p/k/a Doobie Brothers – “Listen to the Music,” “Long Train Runnin,’” “What a Fool Believes,” “China Grove,” “Black Water”
David Gates – “Everything I Own,” “Make It With You,” “Baby I’m-a Want You,” “The Guitar Man,” “If”
Ann Wilson & Nancy Wilson p/k/a Heart – “Barracuda,” “Crazy on You,” “Dog and Butterfly,” “Straight On,” “Even It Up”
Kenny Loggins – “Danny’s Song,” “Footloose,” “Celebrate Me Home,” “Return to Pooh Corner,” “What a Fool Believes”
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour p/k/a Chuck D, William Jonathan Drayton p/k/a Flavor Flav, p/k/a Public Enemy – “Fight the Power,” “Bring the Noise,” “Don’t Believe the Hype,” “Can’t Truss It,” Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos”
Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe, p/k/a R.E.M. – “Losing My Religion,” “Everybody Hurts,” “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine),” “Radio Free Europe,” “The One I Love”
Donald Fagan & Walter Becker p/k/a Steely Dan – “Reelin’ in the Years,” “My Old School,” “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number,” “Black Friday,” “Kid Charlemagne”
Non-Performing Songwriters
L. Russell Brown – “Sock It to Me – Baby!,” “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree,” “C’mon Marianne,” “Knock Three Times,” “Use It Up and Wear It Out”
Dean Dillon – “Tennessee Whiskey,” “Ocean Front Property,” “Here For a Good Time,” “The Chair,” “I’m Alive”
Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter – “Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got),” “Don’t Pull Your Love,” “Nightshift,” “One Tin Soldier (Theme from Billy Jack),” “We Built This City”
Hillary Lindsey – “Jesus Take the Wheel,” “Blue Ain’t Your Color,” “Girl Crush,” “Always Remember Us This Way,” “Million Reasons”
Tony Macaulay – “Baby Now That I’ve Found You,” “Build Me Up Buttercup,” “Don’t Give Up On Us,” “Last Night I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All,” “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)”
Timothy Mosley p/k/a Timbaland – “Sexy Back,” “Get Yer Freak On,” “Pony,” “Big Pimpin,’” “The Way I Are”
Roger Nichols – “We’ve Only Just Begun,” “Rainy Days and Mondays,” “I Won’t Last a Day Without You,” “Out in the Country,” “Times of Your Life”
Dean Pitchford – “Footloose,” “Fame,” “Holding Out for a Hero,” “All the Man That I Need,” “Let’s Hear It for the Boy”
Maurice Starr – “Candy Girl,” “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever),” “Is This the End,” “Step by Step,” “Popcorn Love”
Narada Michael Walden – “How Will I Know,” “Freeway of Love,” “Who’s Zoomin’ Who,” “I Don’t Wanna Cry,” “I Shoulda Loved Ya”