This week on Scoreboard Black Panther takes #1 on the Billboard 200 and Drake gets together with BlocBoy JB
‘Black Panther The Album Music From and Inspired By’ produced by Kendrick Lamar and Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith is now available on all streaming platforms.
Mura Masa is 21-year-old Alex Crossan, whose mix of global sounds can be traced back to his upbringing in rural Guernsey, Great Britain. After a childhood spent dabbling with guitar, piano, and drums in local bands, he turned his hand to producing electronic music.
The 2018 Grammy Awards took place in New York City this year and the stars were out. E! News hosted their annual Grammy Red Carpet pre-show and the stars did not come to disappoint. Artists like SZA, Big Sean, Rita Ora and first-time nominee Cardi B walked the red carpet last night, showcasing some of their best looks.
The 60th Grammys aired Sunday night live from Madison Square Garden in NYC. There were some upsets, like 4:44, which was nominated for the most Grammys and went home with zero, and some obvious choices, like everything Bruno Mars has ever put out. Record of the Year went to 24k Magic by Bruno Mars.
Music streaming service Spotify celebrated some of this year’s Grammy Best New Artist nominees which include SZA, Khalid, Julia Michaels, Alessia Cara, Lil Uzi Vert with a special star studded event which included guests Sting, Jared Leto, Keith Urban, Hailey Baldwin, Ansel Elgort, Shaggy, Justine Skye, Nick Cannon, Normani Kordei, Alesso, CHVRCHES, Martha Hunt, Danielle Brooks, Rachel Platten, Marshmello, Pentatonix, Jade Bird, Ryan Leslie, DJ Z-Trip and more along with 300 of these artists’ biggest fans on Spotify Premium at New York City’s Skylight Clarkson SQ on Thursday January 25th.
NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 25: Singer Khalid performs onstage at “Spotify’s Best New Artist Party” at Skylight Clarkson on January 25, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Spotify)
The best new artist nominees hit the stage to perform some of their popular hits that have helped them to achieve recognition and stand out. There were also special guest performances by Logic and Marshmello. Speaking with fashion model Martha Hunt about what stands out about the new artists, she gushed talking about SZA, “Well I’ve been a fan of her for a long time since ‘Sweet November.’ Then to see her excel with this new album it’s been really exciting for me because I think she is a true talent and she has one of those artist souls and I respect that about her.”
The Knockturnal also spoke with music legend Sting who discussed the importance of Spotify for finding new artists:”Well there are so many of them, and they’re all available on Spotify, so you can find them.” The music legend went on to further discuss his latest collaboration with reggae artist Shaggy and their meshing of musical styles, “Well you know I’ve been into Jamaican music from Ska from Blue Beat through reggae through Bob Marley. I knew Shaggy’s music because he’s one of the biggest stars in the world and so it was kind of a natural thing when we started to go in there and explore reggae with an authentic reggae artist. So we’re trying to produce something kind of hybrid of what I do with what he does and I think we manage a very successful combination of the two of our vocal styles and two of our musical styles which has been mainly fun more than anything.”
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The MasterCard House opened its doors to us this week and brought to light its inspiring “Start Something Priceless” campaign with SZA.
2017 was one of the best years for music in recent history, with most Grammy nominations served towards artists of color. We wanted to share all of our favorites with you, in no particular order, because they’re all just so good. Comment any that we forgot, and be sure to tune into the 60th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony on January 28, 2018.
This week on Scoreboard U2 has the #1 album in the U.S. and Grammy previews continue with SZA
The Recording Academy has announced its 60th GRAMMY Awards nominees with JAY-Z leading the pack.