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It was a sultry Miami evening at the Premio ASCAP 2024 on Tuesday night (April 2), which celebrated top composers and publishers at Vizcaya Palace at the seashore in Miami.
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Among the winners on site were Keityn, who won Composer of the year for the second consecutive year; Feid, who won composer/artist of the year; Yng Lvcas, who co-wrote “La Bebé,” the track he performs with Peso Pluma and which won Song of the year; and Carlos Vives, who received the coveted ASCAP Founders Award.
Keityn’s win came as a result of working on some of the biggest hits of the past year, including “Monotonía” and “Acróstico” by Shakira and “Amargura”, “Cairo” and “Mi Ex Tenía Razón” by Karol G among many others.
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When asked by Billboard which in the list of 10 of hits was his favorite, Keityn — who recently had a baby boy — paused for moment.
“I’d have to say ‘Acróstico,” he finally said. “It’s an extremely personal song, and I feel it’s so important that it’s a song where everything she wanted to say felt genuine. Plus, when I was little, my mom used to make acrostics with our names. And ‘Acróstico’ is literally an acrostic with Sasha and Milan’s names. So, to be able to contribute such a personal song to Shakira is really a gem in my career.”
Keityn’s countryman, and friend, Feid, spoke to Billboard about his soon to be released album with Yandel, which he says came together in a mere two months, after the two of them met at a radio show in Los Angeles.
“I told him, ‘Let’s do an old-school album of five songs. I don’t want filler tracks,” Feid says. Despite the fact that he was on the road in the middle of his tour, the Colombian star found the time to finish. “I love to be inside the studio. It’s the first thing I do when I get up in the morning,” he explains.
Picking up his award, Feid reinforced the team mentality that has been part of his success.
“I may be the face of this project, but we’re a team behind this musical project,” he says.
Vives was the last winner to pick up his award, given for his career trajectory.
When he started as a singer in Colombia, Vives said, “Commercial music had pop music and tropical music. 30 years ago, we started to electrify the percussive patterns of that music, not Cuban style – which is a music we admire and with which we have many similarities, but also many differences. They called it tropipop, and it became the new Colombian pop.”
On his end, 24-year-old Yng Lvcas picked up his award for one of the biggest bangers of the year. “La Bebe” topped Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart, reached No. 2 on the Billboard Global 200 and No. 11 on the Hot 100.
As has been widely critiqued here and elsewhere, Beyoncé has yet to win album of the year. She was previously nominated for I Am…Sasha Fierce in 2010 (lost to Taylor Swift’s Fearless), Beyoncé in 2015 (lost to Beck’s Morning Phase), Lemonade in 2017 (lost to Adele’s 25) and Renaissance in 2023 (lost to Harry Styles’ Harry’s House). The fact that she lost to a white artist in each case has not escaped notice.On “Sweet Honey Buckiin’,” a track on the new album, Beyoncé addresses her album of the year (AOTY) track record. “A-O-T-Y, I ain’t win/ I ain’t stuntin’ ’bout them,” she raps. “Take that s—t on the chin/ Come back and f—k up the pen.”
In accepting an honorary award on the Grammy telecast on Feb. 4, Jay-Z “went there” and bluntly addressed her losses.
Looking at his wife, who was standing in the audience, he said, “I don’t want to embarrass this young lady, but she has more Grammys than everyone and never won album of the year. So even by your own metrics, that doesn’t work. Think about that. The most Grammys, never won album of the year. That doesn’t work.”
He then doubled down by saying, “When I get nervous, I tell the truth.”
Jay’s calling out the Grammys, right there on the Grammy stage, was a moment of high drama. Never mind that many other artists with large numbers of Grammys have never won album of the year, including Jay himself (24), Kanye West (also 24), Vince Gill (22) and Bruce Springsteen (20).
Because of all the attention Beyoncé’s repeated losses for album of the year have received, Recording Academy voters may feel unspoken pressure to finally give her the big one. It will be hard for voters to be totally objective when they have so much Grammy history on their minds, but that’s how it often works with awards.
Should Bey win for Cowboy Carter, it would be her first win on her fifth try. No one else in Grammy history has ever won for the first time on their fifth nomination in the category. Seven artists won for the first time on their third nod – Frank Sinatra (who received two nods in the Grammys’ first year), The Beatles, Whitney Houston, Steely Dan, Ray Charles, Dixie Chicks and Beck.
If Beyoncé finally wins, Sting, Kanye West, Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar will remain as the only artists to go 0-4 as lead artists for album of the year. Sting’s tally includes the final studio album by The Police. Gaga’s includes her second collab album with Tony Bennett. The tallies for West and Lamar include just solo studio albums. (Lamar’s tally does not count the Black Panther soundtrack, which was also nominated, but on which he was credited as a featured artist, not the lead artist.)
Why has Beyoncé’s 0-4 track record in this category attracted so much more attention than these four other artists’ identical records? Discuss amongst yourselves.
As Jay-Z pointed out at the Grammys in February, Beyoncé has been nominated for album of the year four times but has never won — despite the fact that she’s the awards show’s winningest artist of all time, taking home 32 trophies from 88 nominations. On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast (listen below), Katie […]
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) unveiled its 2024 ASCAP Latin Music Awards winners during an invite-only ceremony hosted Tuesday night (April 2) in Miami. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news For a second consecutive year, Colombian hitmaker Keityn was named songwriter of the year […]
Many of Nashville’s top songwriters and music publishers were feted Monday evening (April 1) during the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP)’s Nashville Country Awards, held at the Ryman Auditorium. The Spotify-sponsored event, which was hosted by Storme Warren, drew a throng of songwriters and industry execs from Nashville’s independent country songwriter and publisher community.
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Jordan Davis, who is independently published by Anthem Entertainment, was named artist-writer of the year, while his song “Next Thing You Know,” which he co-wrote with Josh Osborne, Chase McGill and Greylan James, was named song of the year; the song was independently published by Anthem Entertainment.
“This is amazing,” Davis told the crowd in taking the stage to accept his artist-writer of the year honor, adding, “I moved [to Nashville] in 2012 and dreamed of getting in the room to write songs with some of the people that are sitting right here in these front rows and never in a million years would have dreamed that I would have found the community and the family that I have here in Nashville. I’m blessed to get to say I do this for a living.”
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Big Loud Publishing took home publisher of the year honors, while Morgan Wallen, who is independently published by Big Loud Publishing, was named songwriter of the year. Wallen’s “98 Braves,” written by Travis Wood, John Byron and Josh Miller was named publisher pick of the year; the song was independently published by Creative Nation Music, Big Loud Publishing, and Concord Music Publishing.
Wallen’s “Last Night,” written by Wallen, John Byron, Ashley Gorley, Charlie Handsome and JKash, was named AIMP most streamed country song of the year; the song was independently published by Big Loud Publishing and Prescription Songs.
The rising songwriter of the year award went to Rocky Block (who is independently published by Big Loud Publishing), who has co-written songs including Cody Johnson’s “Whiskey Bent,” and Wallen’s “Man Made a Bar” and “Cowgirls.”
“I’ve been to so many of these and dreamt of this,” Block said. “I’ve been independently published my whole career,” Block said, thanking Bob DiPiero for being an early champion and also thanking Big Loud. “I’m thankful to work with everyone of you in this room.”
Meanwhile, Mae Estes, who is independently published by Plaid Flag Music and Kobalt Music Publishing, was named rising artist-writer of the year. Estes is known for songs including “Hell You Raised” and “Roses.”
“I worked three jobs at a time in this town for almost six years and finally got a publishing deal to write songs in Music City and y’all changed my whole life,” Estes told the audience shortly before hit yet another milestone that same evening, performing for the first time on the Ryman Auditorium stage.
“The awards are always a magical night with Artist nominees performing Song of the Year-nominated songs,” says Ree Guyer, owner of Wrensong Entertainment, in a statement. “It is always fun seeing our indie publishers come together to celebrate one another in a laid-back, intimate setting.”
As is tradition for the AIMP Nashville Awards, past and present rising artist-writer of the year and artist-writer of the year nominees were on hand to perform. Each song of the year and publisher picks category nominated songs were performed by someone other than the original artist or writer. This year’s performers included Davis, Dylan Scott, Russell Dickerson, Estes, George Birge, Dylan Marlowe and HARDY.
Big Machine Music’s vice president of publishing Tim Hunze was named the 2024 AIMP song champion award honoree, recognizing his contributions to the independent publishing and songwriting community. Hunze offered up advice he received from songwriter Tom Shapiro, saying, “‘If you take care of the creatives and the writers, you’ll always have a job.’ That is the best part of what I get to do, working with the creatives.” He also nodded to earning the song champion award, saying, “Being a song champion is just being passionate and finding something you love. I’ve been doing the same thing since I was a kid; I found a band I liked and I told all my friends and all my buddies.”
The 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards will air live on CBS on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. This inaugurates a five-year deal to broadcast the long-running awards show on CBS.
Nominations for the 2025 Golden Globe Awards will be announced on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024.
The Globes aired on NBC for all but two years from 1996 to 2023. The show wasn’t televised in 2008 due to a WGA strike or in 2022 amid widely reported ethical and membership issues within the organization. The Globes moved to CBS earlier this year with a well-received and highly rated show that amounted to something Hollywood knows well — a comeback story.
CBS’ broadcast of the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 7 averaged 10 million viewers (Nielsen Live+7-Day national ratings), up nearly +50% from last year, its largest audience since 2020. The telecast, hosted by Jo Koy, was also the third-largest live-streamed CBS special event on Paramount+ ever in terms of average minute audience and reach.
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The Golden Globe Awards, which likes to call itself Hollywood’s “Biggest Party of the Year,” is the largest awards show in the world to celebrate the best of both film and television. Airing so early in January, it is also the first major award show of the season.
Produced and owned by Dick Clark Productions (DCP), the Golden Globe Awards are viewed in more than 185 countries worldwide.
The 2025 show will air Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025 (8:00-11:00 p.m., live ET/5:00-8:00 p.m., live PT) on CBS, and will stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. (live and on-demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the special airs).
Here are the key dates for the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards.
Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024: Submission website opens for 2025 Golden Globe motion picture and television entries.
Monday, Nov. 4, 2024: Deadline for motion picture and television submissions. Entries for the submissions must be completed online at https://goldenglobes.dmds.com/en. The website will open on Aug. 1, 2024.
Monday, Nov. 18, 2024: Deadline for television nomination ballots to be sent to all voters.
Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024: Final screening date for television.
Monday, Nov. 25, 2024 by 5:00 p.m. PT: Deadline for receipt of television nomination ballots.
Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024: Deadline for motion picture nomination ballots to be sent to all voters.
Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024: Final screening date for motion pictures and Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award.
Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 by 5:00 p.m. PT: Deadline for the receipt of motion picture nomination ballots.
Monday, Dec. 9, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. PT: Announcement of nominations for the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards.
Friday, Dec. 13, 2024: Final ballots sent to all voters.
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 by 5:00 p.m. PT: Deadline for the receipt of final ballots.
Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. PT: Presentation of the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards.
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Taylor Swift is going head-to-head with boyfriend Travis Kelce for an award at the 2024 Webby Awards, which honor achievements on the Internet. Swift’s collaboration with Vote.org on National Voter Registration Day is vying with Kelce’s collaboration with The Cheesecake Factory on “Fashion Icons” in the category Best Creator or Influencer Collaboration, Features (Social).
Kelce has a second nomination for his podcast with his brother Jason Kelce, New Heights With Jason and Travis Kelce, which is nominated for Sports, Shows (Podcasts).
Swift and Kelce were both winners at the 2024 People’s Choice Awards on Feb. 18, though they competed in different categories there. Swift won four awards — female artist, pop artist, concert tour and social celebrity. Kelce won one — athlete of the year.
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In the Webby race for Music Video, General Video (Video), the nominees are Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red,” Lil Nas X’s “J Christ,” Megan Thee Stallion’s “Cobra,” Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire” and Victoria Monét’s “On My Mama.”
Other nominees in various categories include Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, Kelly Clarkson, Ryan Gosling, Timothee Chalamet, Adam Driver, Laverne Cox, Michelle Obama and Paris Hilton.
“This year’s nominees represent the very best in innovation and creativity on the Internet,” Claire Graves, president of The Webby Awards, said in a statement.
Nominees are selected by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. All nominees are eligible to win two awards: The Webby Award, selected by the Academy, and The Webby People’s Voice Award, voted on by the online community. Voting for The Webby People’s Voice Awards is now open at http://vote.webbyawards.com. Voting continues through April 18 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
Now in its 28th year, the Webby Awards received 13,000 entries from more than 70 countries. The organizations earning the highest number of nominations this year include PBS (20), Warner Bros. Discovery (18), Audible (16), Netflix (14), CNN (13), Paramount (11), iHeartMedia (11), The Washington Post (11), MTV Entertainment (11), TenderfootTV (5) and WaitWhat (4).
This year, a new suite of AI Apps and Experience categories recognize the innovation and continued impact of AI across tech, pop culture, advertising, art, public service and activism. With these categories, The Webby Awards hope to highlight and inspire work that reimagines the default ways we do things online – including using machine learning as a tool to address environmental and social concerns.
Winners will be announced on Tuesday, April 23 and will be celebrated at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday, May 13. Writer and comedian Amber Ruffin will host this year’s ceremony. Fans will be able to watch special moments and the signature five-word acceptance speeches from winners on May 13 by following @TheWebbyAwards across Instagram and TikTok.
For a complete list of nominees, and to vote for the People’s Voice Awards, visit http://vote.webbyawards.com.
Here are the nominees in selected categories for the 28th annual Webby Awards:
Best Creator or Influencer Collaboration, Features (Social)
Amaury Guichon’s Whimsical Wonka Suitcase – Warner Bros. Pictures
M·A·C COSMETICS x TUBEGIRL – M·A·C COSMETICS
The Ad You Stay In ft. Paris Hilton – 1stAveMachine
The Cheesecake Factory x Travis Kelce: Fashion Icons – EssenceMediacom
Vote.org + Taylor Swift on National Voter Registration Day – Vote.org
Music Video, General Video (Video)
Doja Cat “Paint the Town Red” – Church Edit
Lil Nas X “J Christ” – Church Edit
Megan Thee Stallion “Cobra” – Church Edit
Olivia Rodrigo “Vampire” – Modern Post
Victoria Monet “On My Mama” – HOUND LLC
Original Music Score / Best Sound Design, Features (Podcasts)
From the Streets to the Suites – Audible
Meditative Story: From great loss, a great freedom, by Isabel Allende – WaitWhat
Radical – Tenderfoot TV
The Duolingo French Podcast Presents: The Secret Life of Josephine Baker – Duolingo
Undertow: The Sisters – Realm
Best Host, Features (Podcasts)
Baby, This is Keke Palmer – Wondery c/o SLATE PR
HBO’s Succession Podcast – Warner Bros. Discovery
Six Degrees with Kevin Bacon – SixDegrees.Org
The Assignment with Audie Cornish – CNN
The Laverne Cox Show – iHeartPodcasts
Best Overall Social Presence – Media/Entertainment, Features (Social)
Bravo TV Social Media – Bravo
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Social – MPRM
Saturday Night Live – Saturday Night Live
Sesame Street – Sesame Workshop
The Kelly Clarkson Show Social – The Kelly Clarkson Show
Media & Entertainment, Branded Content (Advertising, Media & PR)
#TikTokFitness Powered by Peloton – Gravity Road
Call Me with Timothee Chalamet – TBWA Media Arts Lab
The Price of Morals Campaign – Squid Game: The Challenge – BBH USA
They’re Just Ken: Ryan Gosling Gifts BTS’ Jimin Ken’s Guitar – IW Group
WeTransfer and Jungle Collaboration – WeTransfer
Best Individual Episode, Features (Podcasts)
Autism for Badass Moms – Autism for Badass Moms
Disney For Scores Podcast – Disney Music Group
ESPN Daily – Satchel Paige’s Legend and Legacy – ESPN, Inc.
Marshawn Lynch with Shannon Sharpe on Club Shay Shay – Hirsch Leatherwood
Possible | Trevor Noah on the Future of Entertainment and AI – Wonder Media Network
Best Limited Series, Features (Podcasts)
Audible Original Can You Dig It?: A Hip Hop Origin Story With Chuck D – Sound+Fission
Dykes to Watch Out For – Audible
Strike Force Five – DKC
The Sounds of Nightmares – Bandai Namco Europe
We Found Love – The Boston Globe
Best Series, Features (Podcasts)
All There Is with Anderson Cooper – CNN
American Masters: Creative Spark – American Masters
Classy with Jonathan Menjivar – Audacy and Paper Kite Podcasts
Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast – Audible
Paul Giamatti’s CHINWAG with Stephen Asma – Treefort Media
Comedy, Shows (Podcasts)
Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend – SiriusXM
Gold Minds with Kevin Hart – Metro PR
Hold Up with Dulcé Sloan & Josh Johnson from The Daily Show – Paramount
The Bald and The Beautiful – Studio71
Trust Fall – Broadway Video
Interview/Talk Show, Shows (Podcasts)
On with Kara Swisher – Vox Media
Oprah’s Super Soul – OWN
The Assignment with Audie Cornish – CNN
The Ezra Klein Show – New York Times Opinion Audio
Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Lemonada Media
Sports, Shows (Podcasts)
30 for 30 Podcasts: Bag Game – ESPN
After the Whistle with Brendan Hunt and Rebecca Lowe – Apple News
It Is What It Is – The Legion Media Group
New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce – Metro Public Relations
Nightcap with Unc and Ocho – Hirsch Leatherwood
Best Partnership or Collaboration, Features (Podcasts)
Democracy Vibe Check – WABE
DJ Switch: Joy Through Music – Rebel Girls
KIDZBOP – Audible
SHOOT THE MESSENGER: Espionage, Murder & Pegasus Spyware – Exile Content Studio
The Official Love & Death Podcast – Texas Monthly Studio
Best Use of Video, Features (Social)
Call Me with Timothee Chalamet – TBWA Media Arts Lab
CMT Campfire Sessions – MTV Entertainment Studios & Paramount Media Networks
Gin & Juice (Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre) – Rosewood Creative
It’s Ludacris: Hip-Hop Artist and Falcons Mascot Go Viral for Aerial Stunts – Atlanta Falcons
Love Sick – Atlantic Records
Best Use of AI, Features (Social)
Cheeseburger Nuggets – Developed with AI – davidmartin Holding GmbH
Diverse by Default. Pinterest’s Inclusive AI – Pinterest
Freestyle-RapGPT Battle – Leagas Delaney Hamburg GmbH Werbeagentur
Ghostface Is Calling – Paramount Pictures
Niceaunties – Niceaunties
Interview/Talk Show, General Video (Video)
Drama Actors Roundtable: Pedro Pascal, Evan Peters, Kieran Culkin, Damson Idris & More – The Hollywood Reporter
Last Meals – Mythical
Mavericks with Mav Carter – The SpringHill Company
Recess Therapy – Doing Things
The Zane Lowe Interview Series – Apple
Technical Achievement, Performance & Craft (Video)
Birds Eye View: Atlanta Falcons Overhead Roof Camera Angle – Atlanta Falcons
HolidAI – Mss ng Peces
Meta Quest 3 – Sphere – Expand Your World – Meta
Stranger Things 4 – The season finale – Accenture Song Brand Germany GmbH
Troye Sivan x Spotify Green Screen – Spotify
Animation, Branded Entertainment (Video)
A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Demon – GFUEL
Alzheimer’s Research UK ‘Change the Ending’ – Passion Pictures
Animaniacs x MasterClass – Hulu
Up in smoke – NOMINT
Video Games by Tenacious D – Pinreel Inc.
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Taylor Swift won artist of the year at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards, which were presented on Monday (April 1) at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. (Here’s the full list of winners.) Swift previously won the award in 2015. In 2016 and 2018, Swift won female artist […]
Between performers and winners, the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday night (April 1) at Dolby Theater in Los Angeles was a star-studded affair. Justin Timberlake kicked things off for the show’s performers, starting the show with “Selfish” and “No Angels,” both from his just-released sixth album, Everything I Thought It Was. Other performers included […]
Beyoncé received her much-deserved Innovator Award at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday night (April 1), and the “Texas Hold ‘Em” superstar took the stage to accept her trophy from a fellow icon, Stevie Wonder.
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“Whenever anyone asks me if there’s anyone I could listen to for the rest of my life, it’s always you. God bless you,” she told the “Isn’t She Lovely” singer, thanking him for playing the harmonica on her version of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” featured on her freshly released album, Cowboy Carter.
Wonder then sweetly told Bey, “I just want to thank you for motivating the world to becoming a better place.”
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During her heartfelt acceptance speech, Beyoncé shared what being an innovator means to her. “Innovation starts with a dream, and the road to execute that dream can be very bumpy. Being an innovator is doing what everyone believes is impossible,” she told the crowd, dressed in line with her current country era, rocking a leather jumpsuit with fringe, as well as a big belt with a buckle and a sleek black cowboy hat. “Being an innovator often means being criticized, which often will test your mental strength. Being an innovator is leaning on faith and trusting that God will catch you and guide you.”
She continued, “To all the record labels, every radio station, every award show, my hope is that we’re more open to the joy and liberation that comes from enjoying art with no preconceived notions. I want to dedicate this award to all the innovators who have dedicated their lives and their art to creating shifts. Thank you for your sacrifice and your powerful forces and your dauntless spirit.”
Bey then thanked the artistic innovators who inspired her, including Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Tracy Chapman, Linda Martell, Prince, Andre 3000, Tina Turner, Michael Jackson and Wonder, applauding them for “executing your dream so we can all follow.”
The “Break My Soul” singer wrapped up by thanking her team at her Parkwood Entertainment company, as well as her husband Jay-Z, whom she called “my rock, my best friend,” and her three children — 12-year-old Blue Ivy and six-year-old twins Sir and Rumi — “who continue to be my inspiration and biggest blessing.”
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter arrived on Friday (March 29) and officially became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day in 2024, and marked the most first-day streams for a country album by a female artist in the history of Amazon Music.