Adele sees the largest Grammy bounce in history
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In the week given that Adele performed at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, she has sold over 730,000 albums.
For Neil Portnow, ‘the most emotional Grammys’
With Whitney Houston’s tragic passing 24 hrs just before Sunday’s telecast, Neil Portnow and producers of the Grammy Awards display were forced to scramble to figure out the most proper way to honor the fallen pop star.
In the hrs following the news, Grammy executive producer Ken Ehrlich and his team announced former “American Idol” diva Jennifer Hudson would carry out a “respectful musical tribute” on the display and It was reported she would be joined by soul/funk diva Chaka Khan.
In the end Khan backed out and the powerhouse Hudson carried out an understated, however poignant, version of Houston’s signature “I Will Often Love You.” Display host, LL Cool J began the ceremony with a semi-impromptu prayer.
Pictures: Grammy winners
“We made the decision to address this correct on top rated of the display. We are in a position to be nimble,” Portnow explained backstage on Sunday. “We’ve altered stuff an hour before. There was a imaginative discussion. Due to the fact it’s so fresh and substantial. [LL Cool J] explained, ‘What I would do is say a prayer.’ And we thought if that’s what you would do, no need to have to create that. Just do it from your heart.”
2012 Grammy Awards: Winners
The 2012 Grammy Awards ceremony has come to an end and several of music’s brightest stars walked away from the Staples Center stage in Los Angeles with leading honors. See the total list of winners beneath:
Album of the Year: “21″, Adele
Record of the Year: ”Rolling in the Deep,” Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth, Tom Elmhirst & Mark Rankin
Song of the Year: ”Rolling in the Deep,” Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth
Very best New Artist: Bon Iver
Whitney Houston’s death casts shadow on Grammys
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What throat surgery? Adele brings down the property with her efficiency of her hit, ‘Rollin’ in the Deep’.
The usual glitz of the Grammys was tempered by grief Sunday evening as the music planet paid tribute to Whitney Houston and showered its newest star Adele with awards.
A day right after Houston was located dead in a Beverly Hills hotel area at the age of 48, a dark cloud overshadowed the usually celebratory atmosphere.
Kanye West, Foo Fighters, Bon Iver, Adele among early 2012 Grammy winners
Kanye West, Foo Fighters, Bon Iver, Adele, and Skrillex have been among the early winners at the non-television portion of the 2012 Grammy Awards.
Nominated for a total of seven Grammys, Kanye picked up Finest Rap Album for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, topping Lil Wayne, Lupe Fiasco, Nicki Minaj, and even himself (and Jay-Z). His song “All of the Lights” also earned Very best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
Foo Fighters have taken residence 4 Grammys so far, such as Very best Rock Album (Wasting Light), beating Best Rock Song (“Walk”), Greatest Difficult Rock/Metal Overall performance (“White Limo”), and Greatest Prolonged Form Music Video (Back And Forth). They’re also nominated for Very best Album.
Bon Iver’s standout sophomore LP took house Best Alternative Album, beating out Radiohead, My Morning Jacket, Death Cab For Cutie, and Foster the Individuals. Bon Iver is also nominated for Record of the Year and Finest New Artist.
Extensively deemed a favorite for Very best Album, Record, and Song, Adele has already won Finest Pop Vocal Album (21) and Finest Brief Type Music Video (“Rolling in the Deep”).
Skrillex won 3 Grammys, like Finest Dance Recording, Greatest Dance/Electronica Album, and Greatest Remixed Recording. The DJ is also nominated for Very best New Artist.
Beach Boys added to the Grammys, which now features 957 performers and will last four years
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The Grammys really want you to watch their show on Sunday. And they’re doing it by throwing as many performers as humanly possible onstage — many of them at the same time.
This afternoon, the producers announced that the long-dormant, recently reconstituted surviving members of the Beach Boys — Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks — would be making their return to the stage at the show for their first performance together in roughly two decades.
In a confounding bit of casting, they’ll join “Pumped Up Kicks” hitmakers Foster the People and “Moves Like Jagger” juggernaut Maroon 5 for a never-before, never-again collaboration that has the potential to be both a blissfully memorable celebration of great music or a complete and utter train wreck. (On a side note: This is totally the performance the Grammys wanted Bon Iver to be a part of, right?)
Also on the Grammys performance roster this year? The Civil Wars, Maceo Parker, Diana Krall, and Joe Walsh. For those of you keeping track, the current performance lineup looks like this: Adele; Tony Bennett and Carrie Underwood; Glen Campbell, the Band Perry, and Blake Shelton; Coldplay and Rihanna; Foo Fighters, deadmau5, David Guetta, Chris Brown, and Lil Wayne in a tribute to dance music; Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson; Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt paying homage to Etta James; Bruno Mars; Paul McCartney; Nicki Minaj; Katy Perry; Bruce Springsteen; and Taylor Swift.
It was unclear whether or not the Civil Wars, Parker, Krall, and Walsh would be performing together (though that quartet doesn’t make any sense at all, for what it’s worth), but even if they are, that’s a conservative grand total of 15 performances over the course of Sunday night’s show. Last year’s version of the Grammys featured 17, and there’s still time for some surprises.
Tony Bennett + John Mayer Look Dapper in ‘One for My Baby’ Video
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Tony Bennett enlisted the very best of the finest to appear on his Grammy-nominated ‘Duets II’ album, including John Mayer, who seems in the duo’s new video for ‘One for My Infant (And One particular A lot more for the Road).’
Both singers are searching mighty dapper in the clip, which is taken from Bennett’s forthcoming ‘Duets II: The Excellent Performances’ DVD, due out on March 6. The video exhibits the crooner and Mayer singing the classic tune, which was popularized by Frank Sinatra, alongside a dwell band.
Bennett leads the charge with sing-song lyrics and customized asides directed at Mayer, who effortlessly keeps up with Bennett’s banter, though he looks a tiny lost without having his guitar. Followers will be excited to see this overall performance, as Mayer has been lying reduced considering that possessing throat surgery last 12 months.
This is the very first new song from Mayer given that the release of his 2009 ‘Battle Studies’ LP. The 34-year-old is expected to unveil his fifth studio album, ‘Born and Raised,’ this year.
‘Duets II: The Excellent Performances’ attributes a lot more filmed moments in between Bennett and Michael Buble, Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse, Carrie Underwood, Norah Jones and much more. The DVD accompanies the ‘Duets II’ album, which was released in September 2011.