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The 23rd Annual Americana Honors & Awards, which are set for Sept. 18 at Nashville’s fabled Ryman Auditorium, will be bookended by memorable performances.
Duane Betts will open the show by performing the Allman Brothers Band’s “Blue Sky,” which his father Dickie Betts wrote. The song appeared on the 1972 classic Eat a Peach, the band’s first album to make the top 10 on the Billboard 200. Dickie Betts died on April 18 at age 80.
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell will close the show with “Return of the Grievous Angel,” the opening track on Gram Parsons‘ Grievous Angel, on which Harris was prominently featured. The album was released in January 1974, four months after Parsons’ death from an overdose. He was just 26.
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The Americana All-Star Band, led by Buddy Miller, will return to back the artists who are performing on Americana music’s biggest night. Other band members include Don Was (who is set to receive a lifetime achievement award), The McCrary Sisters, Bryan Owings, Jerry Pentecost, Jen Gunderman, Jim Hoke and Larry Campbell.
In addition to being top nominees this year, Sierra Ferrell, Noah Kahan and Brandy Clark are set to perform on the show.
Blind Boys of Alabama, Dave Alvin, Dwight Yoakam and Shelby Lynne, all of whom are set to receive lifetime achievement awards, will also perform.
Other performers set for the show include SistaStrings (who will perform with Clark) and Fantastic Negrito (who will perform in a tribute to the late Rev. Gary Davis, who will receive the Legacy Award in partnership with the National Museum of African American Music).
The program will be filmed for broadcast on PBS in the Austin City Limits time slot in November. The awards show is the centerpiece of the annual Americanafest, which returns for its 24th year Sept. 17-21.
The show is set to begin at 6:30 pm CT. Doors open at 5:30 pm CT.
Here are all the performers and presenters for the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards.
Performers
Blind Boys of Alabama
Brandy Clark (with SistaStrings)
Charles Wesley Godwin
Dave Alvin
Dwight Yoakam
Fantastic Negrito
Hurray for the Riff Raff
Jobi Riccio
Kaitlin Butts
Larkin Poe
The Milk Carton Kids
Noah Kahan
Sarah Jarosz
Shelby Lynne
Sierra Ferrell
Turnpike Troubadours
The War and Treaty
Waxahatchee with MJ Lenderman
Wyatt Flores
Presenters
Allison Moorer
Amy Helm
Amythyst Kiah
Gaby Moreno
Hiss Golden Messenger
Iron & Wine
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Joe Henry
Lukas Nelson
The Lone Bellow
Margo Price
The Milk Carton Kids
Nathaniel Rateliff
Shane Smith & Bennett Brown
Silvana Estrada
Susan Tedeschi
T Bone Burnett
Warren Zanes
Milan confirms itself as the Italian capital of music by hosting Billboard Italia Women in Music next week. Billboard’s iconic awards ceremony will be held Monday (Sept. 16) at Teatro Manzoni, one of the cultural symbols of the city. The event is the first local edition of the Billboard format in Europe. The Woman of […]
If there’s anyone who knows about a showstopping kiss on the MTV VMAs stage, it’s Britney Spears — and she had some thoughts on Sabrina Carpenter‘s own viral VMA lip-lock with an alien at Wednesday night’s show.
Spears posted a selfie video to her Instagram account, where she brought up a few Carpenter moments from the awards show.
“Did you guys watch the VMAs?” she asked her 42 million followers. “I didn’t watch the VMAs, but I did see stuff on my phone from YouTube of Sabrina Carpenter. Why is she kissing an alien onstage? I adore her. I love her to death. I didn’t understand that part. Why didn’t she kiss a girl? Like, that was weird. But I also thought that, like, the whole thing was kind of, like, weird.”
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The pop star then went on a tangent about taking a “really long bath” on VMA night and doing some coloring — “I’m into coloring right now. I like to color and I like to trace.” — before circling back to Carpenter.
“This Sabrina girl, she said my name on the red carpet and I thought that was kind of cool,” Spears said. “Because I forget I’m famous sometimes. Because I’m a mom, I’m kind of old, blah-blah-blah, but that was kind of cool. … She made me cool. OK, maybe not,” she laughed.
Spears has had a lot of memorable moments on the VMA stage over the years, including her notorious kiss with Madonna at the 2003 show, when Brit and sometime rival Christina Aguilera joined the Queen of Pop onstage to perform “Like a Virgin” and share a three-way kiss.
Britney’s presence was felt throughout Wednesday’s show, like when host Megan Thee Stallion wore a re-creation of Spears’ 2001 “I’m a Slave 4 U” performance costume — complete with a yellow snake wrapped around her arms — or when Tate McRae paid tribute to the sheer, lacy Dolce & Gabbana minidress Spears wore on the red carpet that same year.
Carpenter herself even had an onstage reference to Spears, when she played an audio snippet from Britney’s “Oops!…I Did It Again” music video during the transition between “Please Please Please” and new single “Taste” for her debut VMA performance.
Watch Spears’ reaction to the 2024 VMAs below:
Eminem opened the 2024 VMAs on Wednesday (Sept. 11) with his recent hit “Houdini.” As it turns out, the show delivered a pretty neat magic trick of its own. In an era of flat, or even declining, ratings for awards shows, the VMAs delivered their biggest audience in four years, with more than 4 million viewers.
MTV reports that combined ratings for the premiere and encore showings were up 8% compared to a year ago (4.09 million vs. 3.78 million). Ratings for the premiere simulcast at 8 p.m. ET/PT were up 25% compared to a year ago (3.11 million vs. 2.49 million).
That premiere broadcast was simulcast across 13 networks in the U.S., the same number as last year – BET, BET Her, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV, MTV2, Nick at Nite, Paramount Network, Pop, TV Land, VH1 and Univision. That means that the casual music fan who may have been channel-surfing came across the show multiple times. That sheer repetition may have stirred their interest and made it seem like this was an event.
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The black-carpet pre-show at 6:30 p.m. aired on four networks. The first encore at 11:18 p.m. (the show ran over, as awards shows tend to do) aired on 10 networks. (Two other networks started their first encore showings within that hour.) The second encore at 2:34 a.m. aired on four networks.
MTV reports that the 2024 VMAs were the No. 1 most social entertainment telecast in history, with 66.7 million interactions. The only program that beat it was the second presidential debate of the 2024 campaign season, which aired the previous night, between VP Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.
The show rang up 829 million video views (an 18% increase over last year) and 76.3 million engagements (a 25% increase over last year) across global owned accounts.
VMAs trended No. 1 worldwide on X (formerly Twitter) for 10 hours. Media impressions were up 8% — 107.5 billion impressions this year vs. 99.5 billion impressions last year.
The 2024 VMAs had an impressive artist lineup, including host/performer Megan Thee Stallion and such other red-hot artists as Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Benson Boone. Taylor Swift didn’t perform, but she was in the audience (or onstage accepting awards) from start to finish. It seems fair to say that artists support the VMAs at this point more than MTV supports music videos, other than on this one night a year. Maybe, given these healthy ratings for their flagship program, the channel can address putting music videos back into its programming mix.
Suffice it to say that Wednesday night’s (Sept. 11) 2024 MTV VMAs was a lot. The 40th anniversary celebration of the former music video channel’s signature awards ceremony handed out around two Moonpersons per hour during its 190-minute run time, but you might have not noticed since it also packed in 16 star-studded performances that […]
On the red carpet at Wednesday evening’s (Sept. 11) VMA Awards, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” hitmaker Shaboozey opened up about the Country Music Association’s recent reveal of this year’s slate of the 2024 CMA Awards nominations, which included no nods for Beyoncé‘s country-inspired Cowboy Carter.
Shaboozey himself is up for two CMA Awards accolades, including single of the year (for “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”) and new artist of the year. The smash hit is currently in its ninth week atop the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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Prior to releasing “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey was featured on two tracks on Cowboy Carter: “Spaghettii” and “Sweet Honey Buckiin’.”
Her project spent four weeks at the pinnacle Billboard‘s Top Country Albums chart, while, back in February, Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” made her the first Black woman to top Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs. However, when this year’s slate of CMA Awards nominations were revealed, Beyonce earned zero nominations for her.
Shaboozey weighed in on the red carpet during the VMA Awards, telling E! News, “It’s definitely unfortunate, if that’s something that she was looking to receive and that’s something that she worked for, it really sucks, ’cause I know as an artist, you put a lot of time and a lot of work, and a lot of things, and a lot of energy into music, you know? But you know awards aren’t really, you know, they’re not everything, as long as you’re connecting with people and genuinely making music that’s impacting people, that’s all that matters, you know?”
He added, “I say she changed my life and changed the lives of other artists as well, and to me, if I can do that for another artist, or another person in general, I’d be at peace.”
The 58th annual CMA Awards is slated to take place at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 20 and will air on ABC, and next day on Hulu.
Leading the CMA Awards nominees this year are Morgan Wallen with seven nominations, while Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton each earned five nominations.
Watch Shaboozey’s interview with E! News below:
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Noah Kahan may say that “I just like to play the victim,” but he’s not afraid to applaud fellow artist Chappell Roan for calling out unacceptable behavior. Roan made headlines on the red carpet of the 2024 MTV VMAs Wednesday (Sept. 11), when she confronted a photographer who appeared to tell her to “shut the […]
Katy Perry‘s career-spanning medley and passionate Vanguard acceptance speech at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday (Sept. 11) kept fans on their toes — including Taylor Swift, whose jaw dropped more than once during the showcase.
One of the “Anti-Hero” singer’s biggest reactions came when the night’s main honoree said something that definitely needed censoring during the ceremony’s live broadcast: “… and the LGBTQ community, who I recognize I wouldn’t be here without, and who showed me that you can be both kind and c—.”
At hearing the C-word come out of Perry’s mouth, Swift froze in the middle of clapping, opened her mouth in disbelief, then turned around to look at longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff, who pointed at the 14-time Grammy winner as she smiled and nodded.
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Other memorable moments came when the “Woman’s World” artist started her speech by saying she’d done her entire performance while “on the first day of [her] period,” which also made Swift stop in her tracks before nodding with dazed encouragement. Moments before, when Perry was performing her medley to celebrate winning 2024’s Video Vanguard honors, the Eras Tour headliner totally stopped dancing as her jaw dropped with shock as the former American Idol judge started kissing her “I’m His, He’s Mine” collaborator, Doechii, in a position that would make the most flexible yoga enthusiasts envious.
Swifties — many of whom were watching the pop star’s reactions on the VMAs‘ live audience cam more than the actual show itself — were totally here for it. “Taylor Swift’s reaction to Doechii and Katy Perry kissing is priceless,” one person wrote, while another added, “taylor gagged over ‘you can be both kind and c—‘ is SENDING ME.”
At other points in the night, Swift took home seven different Moon People — including video of the year for “Fortnight” — which ties her with Beyonce for most-awarded in history with 30 awards total over the past two decades. But fans of both the “Karma” artist and Perry were perhaps most heartened to see the former dancing along to the latter’s set and cheering her on as the “Roar” vocalist accepted the Vanguard prize from partner Orlando Bloom.
That’s because the two pop stars have a storied past, involving a yearslong feud that the pair eventually settled in 2018. A year later, Perry joined Swift in her “You Need to Calm Down” music video, solidifying their friendship once more.
Watch Swift react to Perry’s Vanguard showcase below.
On Wednesday (Sept. 11), the MTV Video Music Awards celebrated its 40th anniversary with a star-studded telecast led by first-time host Megan Thee Stallion.
In addition to Thee Hot Girl Coach’s fiery Megan medley — which featured her Billboard Hot 100 hits “Hiss” (No. 1), “Boa” (No. 39) and “Mamushi” (with Yuki Chiba, No. 36) — the three-hour telecast also featured electrifying performances from Eminem, Jelly Roll, Shawn Mendes, Karol G, LISA, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Katy Perry, Doechii, Anitta, Fat Joe, DJ Khaled, Rauw Alejandro, Benson Boone, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Halsey, Lenny Kravitz, Quavo, Camila Cabello, GloRilla, Teddy Swims and Jessie Murph.
Taylor Swift, who was joined by “boyfriend” Travis Kelce, was the night’s biggest winner. By clinching seven Moonpeople from her 12 overall nominations, Swift tied Beyoncé as the biggest VMAs winner of all time. Carpenter took home her first Moonperson (song of the year for “Espresso”), as did fellow 2024 breakout star Roan (best new artist). Perry reigned as the night’s biggest honoree as she became the latest artist to receive the coveted Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Introduced by her fiancé Orlando Bloom, Perry delivered a bombastic career-spanning medley that notably featured two selections from her forthcoming 143 album: “Lifetimes” and the Doechii-assisted “I’m His, He’s Mine.”
Of course, no single television program can capture everything that happens on a night when so many stars come out to play — but Billboard has you covered. From the ground floor of Long Island’s UBS Arena to a VIP suite hosted by Bacardí Rum, the official spirits partner of the 2024 MTV VMAs which also boasts a global partnership with Cabello, Billboard was a true fly on the wall.
Here are five things you missed on the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards telecast.
Taylor Swift & Shaboozey Link Up
The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards took over the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, on Wednesday (Sept. 11). Hosted by Megan Thee Stallion, the 2024 VMAs boasted a surprisingly consistent, inventive and impressive run of performances. This year’s broadcast marks 40 years of the VMAs, which had its inaugural show at Radio City Music […]