Grammy Award News

Chris Brown to perform at 2012 Grammys

By theGrio

8:14 AM on 02/07/2012

NEW YORK (AP) - Chris Brown will perform at this year's Grammy Awards, the event where his career almost ended three years ago...
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Jamie Grace earns 1st Grammy nod, battles Tourette syndrome

By theGrio

11:13 AM on 02/06/2012

ATLANTA (AP) - When Jamie Grace performs music, all of the uncontrollable facial twitches and involuntary body movements called tics become an afterthought...
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R Kelly's new chapter: 'Trapped in the Closet', 'X-Factor' and more

By Chris Witherspoon

8:05 AM on 12/23/2011

theGRIO REPORT - The three time Grammy Award winner R.Kelly been in the news more recently than he has in the past few years. Could this mean a comeback?...
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Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj look almost identical at Grammys

By theGrio

3:47 PM on 12/01/2011

Do Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj have the same boring stylist? Because that's the only explanation for their similar (and similarly yawn-worthy) ensembles at last night's Grammy nominations concert...
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Winehouse album becomes century's bestseller

By theGrio

1:45 PM on 08/24/2011

LONDON (AP) - Winehouse's second album had jumped to the No. 1 spot on the charts shortly after the soul singer was found dead in her London town house...
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Amy Winehouse album sales surge following her death

By theGrio

12:26 PM on 07/26/2011

Since Amy Winehouse died on Saturday, fans have been honoring the British singer by playing her Grammy-winning neo-soul watershed Back to Black...
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Coalition announces boycott of CBS over Grammys

By theGrio

10:32 AM on 07/01/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - A coalition of musicians claimed the the decision to drop 31 categories from the Grammy Awards unfairly target ethnic music...
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Jon Stewart and Bill O' Reilly to debate Common's lyrics

By theGrio

5:04 PM on 05/13/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - O'Reilly has criticized Common's presence at Wednesday's event. He says some of Common's lyrics celebrate violence...
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Whitney Houston voluntarily enters rehab

By theGrio

1:00 PM on 05/09/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - The 47-year-old, one of the most successful singers in pop music history, has battled problems with drug addiction for years...
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Longtime blues piano player Pinetop Perkins dies

By theGrio

2:38 PM on 03/22/2011

(AP) - Grammy Award winning blues musician Pinetop Perkins died Monday at his home in Austin, Texas. Perkins, an old school bluesman with a gravelly voice, was 97...
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Grammy leader to meet with awards critic Stoute

By theGrio

1:02 PM on 03/04/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - The chairman of the Recording Academy and the music industry veteran who wrote a scathing critique of this year's Grammy results have agreed to start a dialogue...
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Jay-Z worried about Rihanna's deteriorating health

By theGrio

10:02 AM on 03/03/2011

When Rihanna performed at the NBA All-Star Game last month, it was apparent her typically stellar vocals were a bit on the weak side...
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TheGrio's 100: Che 'Rhymefest' Smith, changing up the beat of Chicago poverty

By theGrio

8:06 AM on 02/23/2011

TheGrio's 100 - A self-proclaimed "rap-tivist," this Grammy-winning writer and producer serves as an outspoken leader for Chicago's South Side...
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Beautyshop Buzz: Are the Grammys still relevant?

By Terrence Romney

6:34 PM on 12/03/2010

VIDEO - The nominations are in and the count down begins for the 2010 Grammy Awards -- the pinnacle of outstanding achievement in the music industry...
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Slideshow: theGrio's great Grammy record-setters

By theGrio

7:01 PM on 12/02/2010

SLIDESHOW - Despite its reputation as a stogy ceremony, many artists popular with black audiences have been embraced by Grammy...
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Genre-bending artists fall at the mercy of Grammy voters

By Mike McCray

1:36 PM on 12/02/2010

OPINION - The Recording Academy took another step away from its, sometimes awkward, history with black music...
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Slap on the wrist? T.I. won't face drug charges

By theGrio

4:25 PM on 10/25/2010

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles prosecutors have declined to file a felony drug charge against T.I. stemming from his arrest last month on the Sunset Strip...
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Kanye: Taylor Swift, others didn't deserve Grammys

By Amanda Alcantara

1:12 PM on 10/22/2010

VIDEO - Kanye West claims that his complaints are not particularly about him, but about "things being fair for once."...
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Jennifer Hudson: Fiancé is 'pleasantly adjusted' to my new body

By theGrio

4:45 PM on 10/13/2010

Jennifer Hudson has lost 80 lbs. -- and that may not be the end of it...
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Wyclef Jean named fellow at Brown University

By theGrio

9:30 AM on 10/05/2010

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) - The Ivy League school says the Grammy Award winner will engage in activities related to its Haiti Initiative, including lectures, faculty conversations and classes...
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