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Billie Eilish Sweeps 62nd Grammy Awards

5:05am January 27, 2020

by Mandalit del Barco

In a night when Billie Eilish, the youngest artist to win Album and Record of the year, might have otherwise been the whole story, the Recording Academy could not put its recent scandals behind it.

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Lizzo accepts the award for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 62nd annual Grammys in Los Angeles on Jan. 26, 2020.

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2020 Grammy Awards: The Full List Of Winners

11:04pm January 26, 2020

by NPR Staff

Lizzo and Billie Eilish are among the artists who won trophies at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards, presented on Jan. 26, 2020.

Suspended Recording Academy president and CEO Deborah Dugan, speaking at the 62nd Grammy Awards nomination event in New York in November.

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The Cloud Over The Grammys: Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct, Vote Rigging

1:52pm January 24, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The Grammy Awards telecast is airing Sunday evening. The Recording Academy says that nothing should overshadow the night, but allegations from its ousted female president and CEO suggest otherwise.

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Grammy Awards Will Take Place Under A Cloud Of Allegations

12:16pm January 24, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The Recording Academy, which hands out the Grammys, has been hit with allegations of sexual misconduct and vote-rigging, lodged by the academy's recently dismissed President and CEO Deborah Dugan.

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Megan Thee Stallion's latest single, "B.I.T.C.H.," introduces fans to her new alter ego, Suga.

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Megan Thee Stallion Introduces Fans To Her New Alter Ego With New Single

11:19am January 24, 2020

by Sidney Madden

Don't say she didn't warn you! Megan Thee Stallion shares her first solo single of 2020 and debuts a fresh alter ego named Suga.

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Thanks To His Dad, Baby Ryan Covers AC/DC's 'Thunderstruck'

6:57am January 24, 2020

Matt MacMillan spent a year recording his son's coos and laughs. He painstakingly isolated them by pitch and stitched them together. The result is some serious competition for AC/DC.

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A Grammy Award on display at a Recording Academy event in New York City in 2018.

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Grammy Awards Face Credibility Threat In Former CEO's Complaint

9:24pm January 22, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The EEOC discrimination complaint filed by Deborah Dugan, the Recording Academy's first female chief, contains several allegations that could undermine the prestige of the prizes.

David Olney, performing in Denver, Co. on Apr. 23, 2015.

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The Experience In, And Of, David Olney's Beloved Songs

5:27pm January 22, 2020

by Jewly Hight

Olney had a gift for character — creating them in his lyrics, inhabiting them in his performances — and that literarily bent musical talent made him a fixture in Nashville for decades.

Andy Madadian is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Jan. 17, 2020 in Hollywood, Calif.

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Andy Madadian, The Prince Of Persian Pop, Receives Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star

3:31pm January 22, 2020

by David Greene

The Tehran-born singer, who has a huge fan base among Persian and Armenian Americans, is the first Iranian to be enshrined on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Before she was nominated for four Grammy Awards, Yola was a highlight of NPR Music's SXSW playlist The Austin 100 in 2019. Coincidence?

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Playing SXSW 2020? Send Us Your Songs

12:46pm January 22, 2020

by Stephen Thompson

For the 13th straight year, NPR Music is heading to Austin in search of discoveries. To prepare, we want to hear music by every artist scheduled to perform at the festival.