The Recording Academy has voted to eliminate "secret committees" that determine Grammy nominations in key genres including rap, rock and dance music.These committees, previously slammed by artists include The Weeknd, were brought to light in 2020, when former Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan filed a 44-page complaint against the association. According to Dugan's complaint, the Academy uses unsupervised nominations review committees "as an opportunity to push forward artists with whom they ha...

Back in February, Jeremy Zucker and Chelsea Cutler released brent ii, a follow-up to their 2019 brent EP. Featuring five tracks, including their latest hit single "this is how you fall in love," Zucker and Cutler wrote, recorded and produced their project in a secluded cabin in Connecticut. "When we were creating brent, we really had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. brent kind of defined itself, so going into brent ii, we had a much better idea of what the project was going to be,"...

UPDATE (April 30, 2021): Last year, Teyana Taylor announced her retirement from music due to feeling "underappreciated" by her record label Def Jam/G.O.O.D Music. Now, Taylor has revealed more information about why she decided to step away from her music career via an interview with Cam Newton on his BET series Sip ‘N Smoke."At the end of the day, I’m a mom first. A mom, a wife, a woman. And I think for me, I put in a lot of work. I work very, very hard. So, if you feel unheard and unseen â...

Just two days after officially announcing her sophomore studio album Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish has released a new single titled "Your Power," accompanied by a stunning music video created and directed by the 19-year-old singer herself."This is one of my favorite songs I’ve ever written," Billie shares with her fans in an Instagram post. "I feel very vulnerable putting this one out because I hold it so close to my heart. This is about many different situations that we’ve all either wit...