List of Grammy Winners

Full list of Grammy winners: Female R&B Vocal Performance: Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” Male R&B Vocal Performance: Maxwell, “Pretty Wings” R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Jamie Foxx and T-Pain, “Blame It” Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: Beyoncé, “At Last” R&B Song: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”, [...]

Country Artists Try To Build Their Base Abroad

Country Artists Try To Build Their Base Abroad NASHVILLE, TN (AP) — Dierks Bentley and his band recently jetted to Australia to open six shows for Brooks & Dunn, playing to more than 10,000 people a night in the country’s largest cities. And yet Bentley, a headlining act in the U.S. with a half dozen [...]

2009 CMT Award Nominations

Sugarland Sugarland Leads With 5 CMT Award Nominations NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Sugarland leads all the nominees announced Tuesday for Country Music Television’s awards show next month with five nominations. Brad Paisley and Taylor Swift are next with four each, followed by Rascal Flatts and newcomers Lady Antebellum with three fan-voted nominations apiece. Kelly Pickler [...]

Kris Allen wins American Idol. He was my pick.

Kris Allen, the ultimate underdog, has made one of the biggest comebacks in television history!  After 620 million votes, 19 weeks, 100,000 auditions, an extra judge and a bikini girl, Kris Allen is your new American Idol.  The All-American, married boy next-door defeated the glammed-out, leather-clad rocker and is now the eighth champ in the “Idol” [...]

Aria Presents Chart Awards

Aria Presents Chart Awards SYDNEY, Australia (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — The Australia Recording Industry Association, or Aria recognized eleven Australian artists for their chart success at the seventh annual ARIA #1 Chart Awards. The awards, held at the Doltone House in Sydney on May 13th, was hosted by MTV VJ’s Maz Compton and Darren McMullen, and [...]

2009 Polar Music Prize

Peter Gabriel (AP) Gabriel, Abreu Win Polar Music Prize STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — British musician Peter Gabriel and Venezuelan composer Jose Antonio Abreu on Tuesday were named the winners of the 2009 Polar Music Prize. Gabriel and Abreu will each receive a 1 million kronor ($130,000) award at a ceremony later this year in Stockholm, [...]

2009 Blues Music Awards

Janiva Magness Janiva Magness Wins Top Honor At Blues Awards MEMPHIS, TN (AP) — The soulful singer Janiva Magness won entertainer of the year at the 2009 Blues Music Awards in Memphis. The Michigan native also won best contemporary female artist at Thursday’s show. Buddy Guy won three awards: contemporary blues album, contemporary male artist [...]

2009 ASCAP Award Results

Ann & Nancy Wilson 26th Annual ASCAP Awards Held In Hollywood Posted: Thu., Apr. 23, 2009 04:23:06 PM MST LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) – More than 600 songwriters, recording artists, and industry figures attended the 26th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards, held on April 22nd at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, California. Top honors [...]