The Best New Artist Grammy is a cherished award for young musicians as they are quickly peers in an exclusive club that includes heavy hitters like The Beatles (1965), Mariah Carey (1991), Lauryn Hill (1999), Christina Aguilera (2000), Alicia Keys (2002), Kanye West (2005), Adele (2009), Billie Eilish (2020), Olivia Rodrigo (2022), and Chappell Roan (2025).
The award doesn't guarantee success, nor does it eliminate the possibility of being a one-hit wonder like what happened with Starland Vocal Band (1977), A Taste of Honey (1979), and Milli Vanilli (1990, whose award was notoriously revoked).
Now that Geese have made their Saturday Night Live debut, inspiring some music fans to agree with the likes of Jack Black that they're the next big thing, or siding with others who think they're the worst band in years, some are asking, "wait, you mean Goose?"
The youngest son of South LA preachers, Kenyon Dixon naturally grew up with gospel in the house. And only gospel. As he matured, he evolved into R&B both via his voice and his pen.
After releasing a slew of independent solo albums, in 2021 Kenyon received a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Bring It On Home to Me.” The next year he was signed by Epic.
Kanye West, now just Ye, has performed alongside some of the biggest names in hip-hop. He and Jay-Z shared a co-headlining tour together during Watch The Throne, he's traded verses with Common, Travis Scott, even Canada's Justin Bieber.
But there's no one fans wanted to see him rock the mic next to than his own flesh and blood, North West, his sassy 12-year-old daughter whose mom is Kim Kardashian.
Bruce Springsteen live debuted his new single, "Streets of Minneapolis," in the apropos city of Minneapolis, in the Twin City's most famous music venue, First Avenue, not far from where the subjects of the song were tragically struck down.
On Friday (1/30), the Boss surprised the 1,500 who packed the club made famous by Prince in the Purple Rain movie, who were there for a Tom Morello benefit called A Concert of Solidarity & Resistance to Defend Minnesota!
Diana Silvers, the actor/model/musician dropped her debut album From Another Room in November via Capitol Records and it's gotten a lot of attention, which she could probably appreciate.
"I’m a very curious person. I’m a Scorpio, and we’re known to be investigators," she told Paper. "We’ve gotta get to the bottom of things. But that’s what’s so fun about creating: you start listening to music in an entirely different way."
Bad Bunny won three Grammys last night (2/1) at Staples Center for Debí Tirar Más Fotos, taking Album of the Year, Best Música Urbana Album, and Best Global Music Performance, bringing his career total to six bad boys.
The Puerto Rican star who will be performing at the Super Bowl on Sunday found himself in a tough situation because of that very important game.
Despite being able to seat just 80 attendees, and being squeezed in a storefront in a Nashville strip mall so tiny that even the musicians say it's smaller than they ever imagined, The Bluebird Cafe has helped launch the careers of some of the biggest stars in country music.
Stars like Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, Trisha Yearwood, Jason Isbell, Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley, and Miss Taylor Swift, performed at the unassuming cafe, magic happened, and their lives transformed.
The kids who snagged tickets to a bill advertised as “Mike Dirnt with very special guests,” were pleasantly surprised when the guests turned out to be Tre Cool and Billie Joe Armstrong.
Indeed, Green Day, who are no strangers to raucus surprise club shows, notched another one up Wednesday (1/22) at The Observatory in Orange County, California.
Born Alexandra Ashley Hughes in Toronto and raised in Oakville, Ontario, Allie X moved to Los Angeles early in her career and began releasing music independently while also working as a songwriter for other artists, most notably co-writing “BITE” and “Bloom” with Troye Sivan for his Blue Neighbourhood album.
Prolific, experimental, and always growing, Allie X has had several releases of her own: her studio albums are CollXtion II (2017), Cape God (2020), Girl With No Face (2024), as well as the 2018 EP Super Sunset.
