AWARDS INDUSTRY NEWS

Paul Shaffer Enters Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

Co-penned by Paul Shaffer and Paul Jabara in 1979 and originally intended for Donna Summer, It’s Raining Men became a massive hit for The Weather Girls in 1982, reaching No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart and all these years later earns Shaffer recognition

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Grammy Week to Kick Off With ‘Women in the Mix’ Event Featuring Cyndi Lauper, Ingrid Andress, Sheila E., More

Grammy Week 2021 will kick off with a new event titled “Women in the Mix,” which aims to highlight and amplify the voices of female producers, engineers, artists and executives in the music industry.

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Academy Of Country Music® Announces Nominees For Radio Awards Categories For The 56th Academy Of Country Music Awards

The Radio Awards winners will be announced ahead of the 56th ACM Awards in April and more info to follow in the coming months. The 56TH ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS™ will broadcast LIVE on Sunday, April 18

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Morgan Wallen not eligible to participate in Academy of Country Music Awards

Country musician Morgan Wallen, who has come under fire for using a racial slur in a video released outside his Nashville home, is no longer eligible to participate in this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards.

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MTV postpones its Africa Music Awards as Bobi Wine’s team releases report documenting alleged abuses

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine. After an online campaign urging MTV Base to cancel its annual MTV Africa Music Awards over allegations of human rights abuses by the Ugandan government, the TV channel postponed the awards

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Keith Urban takes out Golden Guitar Award for top-selling Australian album

Keith Urban’s 2020 album The Speed of Now Part 1 has taken out the 2021 Golden Guitar Award for Top Selling Australian Album of the Year.

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Lolita Ritmanis’ ‘Blizzard of Souls’ Score: An Oscar Long Shot?
When Lolita Ritmanis was a little girl in Portland, Oregon, she didn’t even speak English. She spoke the native tongue of her parents, who fled the terrors of Communist Latvia in the years following World War II. Now an Emmy-winning composer (and bilingual), she is on the Oscar shortlist for best original score for her...
H.E.R on Original Song ‘Fight For You’ From ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
Director Shaka King tasked singer and songwriter H.E.R to bring home the end of “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Her challenge was what tone to go for. The original song contender “Fight For You” is a hopeful one. As a fan of Fred Hampton’s story, the songwriter knew she could make a masterpiece drawing on...
Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard on Thirty Years of Composing Beautiful Music
Spike Lee calls his 30-year collaboration with composer Terence Blanchard “a match made in heaven.” The two have worked together on 17 films and three television projects including their most recent collaboration, “Da 5 Bloods.” Written and directed by Lee, it stars Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Norm Lewis, Isiah Witlock Jr., Clarke Peters and Chadwick...
Oscars Predictions: Best Original Score – Two ‘Souls’ Are In The Race for Film Composing
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long:...
Oscars Predictions: Best Original Song – ‘Trial of the Chicago 7’ Gives Daniel Pemberton His Oscar Shot
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long:...
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