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06 Feb

In Pictures: The 2023 Grammy Awards

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Crown the Queen. Beyoncé has now won more Grammy Awards — 32 — than any other artist in history. She broke the record when her album “Renaissance” won the Grammy for best dance/electronic album. It was her fourth Grammy of the night. “I’m trying not to be too emotional,” she said while accepting her record-breaking award. “I’m trying to just receive this night.” Later in the night, Harry Styles won album of the year for “Harry’s House,” Lizzo won record of the year for “About Damn Time” and Bonnie Raitt won song of the year for “Just Like That.” Some of the…

06 Feb

Grammy Awards 2023: Viola Davis Becomes An EGOT

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Viola Davis has become the 18th person to achieve the EGOT – winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award – as the Grammy Awards kicked off in Los Angeles on Sunday. Davis completed her collection by winning best audio book for her autobiography Finding Me. “I wrote this book to honour the six-year-old Viola,” said the star. “To honour her life, her joy, her trauma, everything.” The star won the best supporting actress Oscar in 2016 for Fences. Her Emmy Award recognised the TV drama How To Get Away With Murder, and she has two Tony Awards for her…

06 Feb

Grammys 2023: Rocky Dawuni Loses Out On Best Global Music Performance Award

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Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode’s ‘Bayethe’ has won the Best Global Performance award at the 65th Grammy Awards, beating off competition from artistes including Ghana’s Rocky Dawuni. Other nominees include ‘Udhero Na’ by Arooj Aftab and Anoushka Shankar ‘Gimme Love’ by Matt B and Eddy Kenzo and Last Last’ by Burna Boy. The song that earned Rocky Dawuni the nomination was ‘Neva Bow Down’ which features Blvk H3ro. It was released on September 22, 2022. Last year, Rocky Dawuni’s ‘Voice of Bunbon Vol. 1’ album also got a nomination in the Best Global Music Album category. This comes…

25 Nov

You Are Mentally Safe When You Don’t Focus On The Grammys – Diana Hamilton

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Ghanaian music sensation, Diana Antwi Hamilton, says it is mentally safe when the focus of musicians is on the music rather than the Grammys. “We do anything humanly possible to surpass ourselves and then we leave the rest to God because when it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t happen it’s not our time. If you have that mentality, you’re safe and don’t care what happens. If it doesn’t happen then there’s another time”. The 2021 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) Artiste of the year made the comment on the back of the release of the nominees for the 65th Grammys…

26 Sep

We’re Learning More About Afrobeats Amid Push Of Category In Grammys – Recording Academy CEO

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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Recording Academy, organisers of the Grammy Awards, has said there is a possibility the event will in the near future have a category for Afrobeats. Speaking to the media on his arrival in Ghana, Harvey Mason Jr, noted that the Recording Academy recently had a meeting with leaders of the Afrobeats community including producers, songwriters, executives and others to learn more about the genre – and will continue to do so. “We just talked about what are the different sub-genres (of Afrobeasts), the needs, the desires, and my goal is to represent all…

15 Sep

Sissala Goddess, Wiyaala Officially Joins GRAMMYS Academy Class 2022

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Ghanaian Afro-pop singer-songwriter Wiyaala officially has been welcomed as a member of GRAMMYS 2022 New Member Class, this comes on the back after receiving an invitation from the Recording Academy. On September 9, on Friday, Recording Academy President and CEO Harvey Mason Jr. shared the news during an annual address, in which he welcomed nearly 2,000 diverse musicians, including the Ghanaian Afropop singer-songwriter, and other music industry professionals, into its ranks. The membership presents her with a fortuity to celebrate, mirror, and give back to music and its creators. On the report of the earlier announcement, 47% of this year’s…