Awards & Events

The 2021 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) were unable to avoid the years-running viewership decline that most every award show has suffered as of late. The ceremony’s television audience plummeted to yet another... Read More...

Legendary singer-songwriter Ray Charles has officially been announced as one of four Country Music Hall of Fame members-elect for 2021, with a formal ceremony set to take place sometime next year. The more ... Read More...

The Recording Academy has invited 2,710 new members to vote on future Grammy Awards. The move comes as part of the Academy's push for diversity among its voting ranks. This year, 55% of new invitees are from... Read More...

After taking 2020 off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Eurovision Song Contest has stormed back with 183 million watchers in 2021. The Geneva-based European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which consists of 115 b... Read More...

Award shows’ long-running viewership declines are showing few signs of subsiding, as the 2021 Billboard Music Awards suffered a 36 percent year-over-year drop in audience size and hit another all-time ratings... Read More...

The Recording Academy has unveiled additional rule changes for the 2022 Grammys, which are scheduled to take place on Monday, January 31st. The 64-year-old organization – which also announced changes to the ... Read More...

The Board of Directors at the Country Music Association has officially disqualified Morgan Wallen from its upcoming Awards show in November. But they are allowing limited eligibility to allow Morgan collabora... Read More...

Some 16 months after becoming the Recording Academy’s interim president and CEO in the wake of Deborah Dugan’s abrupt – and much-publicized – departure, Harvey Mason Jr. is set to assume the roles on a perman... Read More...

With other awards shows having suffered record-low viewership amid a pandemic-prompted pivot to virtual, the iHeartRadio Music Awards will feature an in-person crowd – a move that iHeartMedia’s John Sykes bel... Read More...

Though the Recording Academy recently voted to eliminate “nominations review committees” – referred to as “secret committees” by some – The Weeknd isn’t yet ready to end his Grammys boycott. To recap, The We... Read More...