Los Angeles: Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48. Houston's publicist, Kristen Foster, said on Sunday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unknown. Meanwhile, an official of the Beverly Hills Police department gave...
07:04 AM, Feb 12, 2012
Hip-hop superstar, actor and two-time Grammy Award winner LL cool J is the first official host of the Grammy Awards in 7 years. ...
03:34 PM, Feb 11, 2012
Los Angeles: The Grammys in recent years have targeted young audiences even as older acts won key awards to the surprise of some music fans, but this Sunday's honors will shine its spotlight on Adele, whose popularity crosses all age boundaries. The soulful British singer, whose album '21' has spawned massive hits like 'Rolling in the Deep' and topped charts for 19 weeks, enters music industry's biggest awards with six...
03:25 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Adele Adkins, the camera-shy 23-year-old from Tottenham, UK, looks set to dominate this year's Grammy awards with as many as six nominations including the Album of the Year and Record of the Year. ...
01:17 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Los Angeles: Rapper and 'NCIS: Los Angeles' actor LL Cool J will be the first official host of the Grammy Awards in seven years, the Recording Academy said on Wednesday. "I'm thrilled to be a part of music's biggest night," said the two-time Grammy award winning host. "I will always have fond memories of my first Grammy Awards and to now be hosting the Grammy show, in the company of...
01:12 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Los Angeles: Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is receiving a posthumous Grammy for his technological innovations in the arts. Jobs is among a dozen people, music groups or companies receiving honorary awards Feb. 11, the day before the Grammys. He died of cancer in October. The Grammys are honoring Jobs with one of the group's Trustees Awards, citing the late Apple boss' advancements that "transformed the way we consume music, TV,...
10:29 AM, Dec 23, 2011
Los Angeles: Rock 'n' Roll King Elvis Presley has been nominated for a posthumous Grammy Award. Young Man With the Big Beat: The Complete '56 Elvis Presley Masters - a five-CD box set of the star's early recordings - has been tipped in the Best Historical Album category by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, reported MTV online. The release will go up against records by stars including...
01:56 PM, Dec 22, 2011
London: Singer Adele is to perform at the Grammy awards, but won't have much rehearsal time as she is still resting following throat surgery. The 'Rolling in the Deep' hitmaker plans to sing live at the US ceremony, where she has been nominated for six accolades, Contactmusic reported. "She can't wait to perform but her throat is still very fragile and she doesn't want to harm her recovery. She should...
01:47 PM, Dec 03, 2011
The nominees for the 54th annual Grammy Awards were announced on Wednesday in Los Angeles and Adele seems to have already stolen the show. ...
03:34 PM, Dec 02, 2011
Chicago: Grammy-winning blues musician Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, who was a longtime sideman for Muddy Waters, died of a stroke on Friday in Chicago at age 75, according to a statement on his website. Smith's death comes less than six months after the passing at age 97 of blues master Joe Willie 'Pinetop' Perkins, with whom Smith shared a Grammy win this year in the best traditional blues album category...
12:36 PM, Sep 17, 2011
New Delhi: AR Rahman was going through a "dark" phase when the offer to jam with Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger came his way and the rest is history. The Oscar-Grammy winner is excited about his teaming up with Jagger, English singer Joss Stone, musician Dave Stewart and Jamaican reggae artist Damian Marley for 'SuperHeavy'. The band's 16-song album has two of his contributions -- 'Satyameva Jayate' and 'Mahiya' --...
11:47 AM, Sep 12, 2011
Los Angeles: A photo book showing pop star Lady GaGa's life on the road and in the recording studio will be released this year, the book's publisher said on Thursday. The photo book, titled 'Lady Gaga,' will feature more than 350 pictures of the Grammy Award-winning singer taken by Terry Richardson between the Lollapalooza festival in August 2010 and the final shows of her "Monster Ball" tour this year, according...
12:48 PM, Jul 29, 2011
Pop icon and triple Grammy winner Lady Gaga, for the first time, appears for an interview to Indian television channel. Amrita Tripathi: Hello and welcome to this very special show. For the first time on Indian television, an interview with a pop icon. She has become a kind of cult figure, fresh off her triple Grammy win. Lady Gaga, welcome to the show. Lady Gaga: Hi, thanks so much. I...
07:05 PM, Feb 15, 2011
Lady Gaga after her three Grammy win says she was shocked and taken by surprise. ...
02:30 PM, Feb 15, 2011
Lady Gaga after her three Grammy win says she was shocked and taken by surprise. ...
02:02 PM, Feb 15, 2011
New Delhi: Not many have heard of Esperanza Spalding, a 26-year-old jazz bassist and singer who grabbed the limelight at the Grammys on Sunday by winning the Best New Artist title. Here are 10 things you didn't know about Esperanza Spalding: 1. Born on October 18, 1984, Esperanza Spalding is an American multi-instrumentalist best known as a jazz bassist and singer. Spalding is of African-American, Welsh and Spanish descent. 2....
10:26 PM, Feb 14, 2011
Eminem had a great night 'burning it up' on stage with Rihanna. People got a little emotional when Barabara Streisand and Bob Dylan performed. ...
05:23 PM, Feb 14, 2011
CNN-IBN's Amrita Tripathi catches up with the official blogger of the 53rd Grammy Awards Arjan Timmermans. ...
12:18 PM, Feb 14, 2011
Los Angeles: Lady Gaga stole the Grammy limelight on Sunday by arriving encased in a giant egg, and crawling out of it to perform her new single "Born This Way". Gaga, 24, declared in a Twitter message that she was "in incubation" for her live appearance. Aides said she had spent three hours crouched inside the egg with an oxygen mask ahead of her arrival. Borne aloft by attendants dressed...
11:36 AM, Feb 14, 2011
