The nominations for the 67th annual Grammy Awards are in, and Beyoncé is leading the pack. She’s nominated for 11 Grammys, including Album of the Year for Cowboy Carter. Its lead single, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” is up for both Record and Song of the Year.
With her album being a country one, Bey’s not nominated in the R&B categories this go-round. Instead, she has received nods in country categories, including Best Country Album, Best Country Song for “Texas Hold ‘Em” and Best Country Solo Performance for “16 Carriages.”
Beyoncé has made history with her nominations this year, becoming the artist with the most Grammy nominations of all time: 99. She previously was tied as the most-nominated artist with her husband, Jay-Z, who has 88. With 32 Grammys under her belt, Bey is still gunning for the Album of the Year, which she has yet to win.
Following not too far behind with seven nominations is Kendrick Lamar. His song “Not Like Us” is up for Record and Song of the Year, as well as Best Rap Performance, which is up against Metro Boomin‘s “Like That” featuring him and Future.
SZA, André 3000, Doechii, Mustard, Kehlani, Tems, Cardi B, GloRilla, Muni Long, Childish Gambino and more have also been nominated for Grammys.
The 67th annual Grammy Awards will return to Crypto.com Arena in LA on Feb. 2.
Charlie Puth is getting nostalgic for the holidays with his latest single, “December 25.”
The singer released the new song on Friday, just in time for the Christmas season. The song came to him while he was creating new music for his upcoming fourth studio album, he confirmed in a press release.
“I wrote and recorded December 25 completely on a whim a few weeks ago in my studio while working on my new album,” Charlie said. “And though it sounds absolutely nothing like anything on the album, I figured why not share it for the holidays. So here you go.”
Charlie also promises more exciting news to come. He embarks on a sold-out headlining arena tour this winter, during which he’ll travel across Asia, starting in Haikou, China, on Nov. 21.
David Gilmour wants you to know that no, Pink Floyd did not design The Dark Side of the Moon to sync up with the movie The Wizard of Oz.
While appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to promote his new album, Luck and Strange, the guitarist was asked to clear up an age-old rumor: that the album was deliberately created to provide a soundtrack to the classic Judy Garland film. “No. I mean, I only heard about it years later,” Gilmour told Fallon.
“Someone said you put the needle — and you’ve got the film running somehow — and on the third roar of the MGM lion, you put the needle on for the beginning of Dark Side, and there’s these strange synchronicities that happen,” he continued.
Gilmour said he had tried it, though he didn’t really have to, considering how many people on the internet have done it for him.
“Now people have done the donkey work, the chore work and added it on YouTube,” he said. “You can watch bits and there are these strange coincidences. I’ll call them coincidences.”
Gilmour also denied the rumor that hearing himself cough on the song “Wish You Were Here” made him stop smoking. And he confirmed that before he joined Floyd, he indeed worked as a model — simply because it paid better than his regular job as a van driver.
(WASHINGTON) — The judge in former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference case has paused all upcoming deadlines in the case, after special counsel Jack Smith filed a motion Friday requesting the pause.
As ABC News previously reported, Smith and the Justice Department are in talks about the best way to wind down the election case and his classified documents case, following Trump’s election victory on Tuesday.
The decision is based on longstanding Department of Justice policy that a sitting president cannot face criminal prosecution while in office, sources said.
“As a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, the defendant is expected to be certified as President-elect on January 6, 2025, and inaugurated on January 20, 2025,” Friday’s filing said. “The Government respectfully requests that the Court vacate the remaining deadlines in the pretrial schedule to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy.”
“By December 2, 2024, the Government will file a status report or otherwise inform the Court of the result of its deliberations. The Government has consulted with defense counsel, who do not object to this request,” said the filing.
Trump last year pleaded not guilty to federal charges of undertaking a “criminal scheme” to overturn the results of the 2020 election in order to remain in power.
Smith subsequently charged Trump in a superseding indictment that was adjusted to respect the Supreme Court’s July ruling that Trump is entitled to immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts undertaken as president.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has been in the process of considering how the case should proceed in light of the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling,
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
(WASHINGTON) — Three people have been charged in an alleged Iran-linked plot to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, an Iranian-American activist and two Jewish Americans living in New York, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Friday in New York.
Farhad Shakeri, Carlisle Rivera and Jonathan Loadholt are charged with murder-for-hire, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Rivera and Loadholt have been arrested, while Shakeri, who the FBI described as an “asset” of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is believed to be in Tehran.
The IRGC tasked Shakeri with surveilling and killing Trump to avenge the death of Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran’s elite Quds Force, in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad in January 2020, according to the complaint.
“There are few actors in the world that pose as grave a threat to the national security of the United States as does Iran. The Justice Department has charged an asset of the Iranian regime who was tasked by the regime to direct a network of criminal associates to further Iran’s assassination plots against its targets, including President-elect Donald J. Trump,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement announcing the charges.
Shakeri emigrated to the United States but was deported in 2008 after serving prison time for robbery, according to the Justice Department. While in prison, he met Rivera and Loadholt and hired them to target an Iranian American activist living in Brooklyn, according to the complaint.
The IRGC also tasked Shakeri with carrying out other assassinations against U.S. and Israeli citizens located in the United States, including Trump, the complaint alleges.
Shakeri informed law enforcement officials that he was tasked a month before the election with providing a plan to kill Trump, according to prosecutors. During the interview, Shakeri allegedly claimed he did not intend to propose a plan to kill Trump within the timeframe set by the IRGC.
He also stated he was tasked with surveilling two Jewish-American citizens residing in New York City and was offered $500,000 by an IRGC official for the murder of either victim, according to the complaint. He was also tasked with targeting Israeli tourists in Sri Lanka, the complaint said.
“Actors directed by the Government of Iran continue to target our citizens, including President-elect Trump, on U.S. soil and abroad. This has to stop,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement. “Today’s charges are another message to those who continue in their efforts — we will remain unrelenting in our pursuit of bad actors, no matter where they reside, and will stop at nothing to bring to justice those who harm our safety and security.”
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
It’s 2024 but you can’t stop The Beatles. What’s been called the “final” Beatles single, “Now and Then,” has earned a nomination for Record of the Year at the 67th annual Grammy Awards; nominations were announced Nov. 8.
Released in November, “Now and Then” features vocals John Lennon recorded on a demo in the late ’70s, along with new contributions from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, and guitar parts George Harrison recorded in the ’90s during the sessions for their Anthology series.
In that category, the song is up against hits from Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and rapper Kendrick Lamar.
“Now and Then” is also nominated for Best Rock Performance, along with records by Pearl Jam, Green Day and The Black Keys. And in the category of Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Record, one of the nominees is All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words.
Meanwhile, The Rolling Stones‘ Hackney Diamonds is up for Best Rock Album, facing off against Pearl Jam’s Dark Matter, Green Day’s Saviors, The Black Crowes‘ Happiness Bastards and Jack White‘s No Name, among others. Pearl Jam’s “Dark Matter” and Green Day’s “Dilemma” are also up for Best Rock Song.
In the Best Metal Performance category, Judas Priest and Metallica are both nominated: Priest for “Crown of Thorns” and Metallica for “Screaming Suicide.”
Legendary rock acts also appear in some of the more obscure categories. Dire Straits‘ Mark Knopfler is up for American Roots Song for “Ahead Of The Game,” and Little Feat and The Fabulous Thunderbirds are both up for Best Traditional Blues Album for, respectively, Sam’s Place and Struck Down.
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple, a documentary about E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, is up for Best Music Film, as is The Greatest Night in Pop, documenting the creation of “We Are the World.”
Here are the main nominees in the rock categories:
Best Rock Album: Pearl Jam — Dark Matter The Rolling Stones — Hackney Diamonds Green Day — Saviors Jack White — No Name The Black Crowes — Happiness Bastards Fontaines D.C. — Romance IDLES — TANGK
Best Rock Song: The Black Keys — “Beautiful People (Stay High)” St. Vincent — “Broken Man” Pearl Jam — “Dark Matter” Green Day — “Dilemma” IDLES — “Gift Horse”
Best Rock Performance: The Beatles — “Now and Then” The Black Keys — “Beautiful People (Stay High)” Green Day — “The American Dream Is Killing Me” IDLES — “Gift Horse” Pearl Jam — “Dark Matter” St. Vincent — “Broken Man”
Best Metal Performance: Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne — “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” Judas Priest — “Crown of Thorns” Knocked Loose feat. Poppy — “Suffocate” Metallica — “Screaming Suicide” Spiritbox — “Cellar Door”
(WASHINGTON) — Billionaire Elon Musk joined President-elect Donald Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the call told ABC News.
Musk was at Mar-a-Lago with Trump on election night as well as the day after, as previously reported by ABC News. Musk’s involvement in the call further highlights his influence in the upcoming administration.
Musk, the world’s richest person, had a profound impact on Trump’s campaign including a multi-billion dollar door-knocking operation, a social media megaphone and a $1 million sweepstakes for battleground voters.
Zelenskyy wrote on social media that he had an “excellent” call with Trump, but made no mention of Musk.
“I had an excellent call with President Trump and congratulated him on his historic landslide victory — his tremendous campaign made this result possible,” Zelenskyy wrote on X.
The call happened as Zelenskyy seeks to shore up long-term American military and financial support in its war with Russia.
On the campaign trail, Trump has often boasted that he would be able to stop the war in Ukraine, though he has yet to provide specifics as to how, often showing a willingness to work with both sides.
As of now, Musk is expected to return to Mar-a-Lago next week, but plans remain in flux, per sources familiar with the plans.
The Recording Academy announced its nominees for the 2025 Grammy Awards Friday, and Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen, Post Malone, Lainey Wilson, Jelly Roll and Beyoncé are a few country stars who scored nods.
Country music was also represented in several all-genre categories, with Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” getting nominated for Song of the Year and Record of the Year, Cowboy Carter earning an Album of the Year nod, and Shaboozey and “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” scoring Best New Artist and Song of the Year nominations.
The 2025 Grammy Awards will take place Feb. 2 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The ceremony will air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+.
Best Country Album Higher – Chris Stapleton Whirlwind – Lainey Wilson F-1 Trillion – Post Malone Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves
Best Country Song “I Had Some Help” – Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen “I Am Not Okay” – Jelly Roll “Texas Hold ’Em” – Beyoncé “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey “The Architect” – Kacey Musgraves
Best Country Solo Performance “It Takes a Woman” – Chris Stapleton “I Am Not Okay” – Jelly Roll “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey “16 Carriages” – Beyoncé “The Architect” – Kacey Musgraves
Best Country Duo/Group Performance “I Had Some Help” – Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen “Break Mine” – Brothers Osborne “Bigger Houses” – Dan + Shay “II Most Wanted” – Beyoncé & Miley Cyrus “Cowboys Cry Too” – Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan
Best Americana Album No One Gets Out Alive – Maggie Rose $10 Cowboy – Charley Crockett The Other Side – T Bone Burnett Trail Of Flowers – Sierra Ferrell Polaroid Lovers – Sarah Jarosz Tigers Blood – Waxahatchee
Album of the Year Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter Hit Me Hard and Soft – Billie Eilish New Blue Sun – André 3000 Brat – Charli XCX Djesse Vol. 4 – Jacob Collier
Song of the Year “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey “Texas Hold ‘Em” – Beyoncé “Fortnight” – Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone “Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish “Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar “Die With a Smile” – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars “Please Please Please” – Sabrina Carpenter
Record of the Year “Texas Hold ‘Em” – Beyoncé “Fortnight” – Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone “Now And Then” – The Beatles “Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter “Good Luck, Babe!” – Chappell Roan “Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish “360” – Charli XCX “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
Best New Artist Shaboozey Benson Boone Teddy Swims Sabrina Carpenter Chappell Roan RAYE Khruangbin Doechii
The nominations for the 2025 Grammys were announced Friday. Here’s who’s nominated in the rock categories:
Best Rock Album: Pearl Jam — Dark Matter The Rolling Stones — Hackney Diamonds Green Day — Saviors Jack White — No Name The Black Crowes — Happiness Bastards Fontaines D.C. — Romance IDLES — TANGK
Best Rock Song: The Black Keys — “Beautiful People (Stay High)” St. Vincent — “Broken Man” Pearl Jam — “Dark Matter” Green Day — “Dilemma” IDLES — “Gift Horse”
Best Rock Performance: The Beatles — “Now and Then” The Black Keys — “Beautiful People (Stay High)” Green Day — “The American Dream Is Killing Me” IDLES — “Gift Horse” Pearl Jam — “Dark Matter” St. Vincent — “Broken Man”
Best Alternative Music Performance: Cage the Elephant — “Neon Pill” St. Vincent — “Flea” Fontaines D.C. — “Starburster” Kim Gordon — “Bye Bye” Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds — “Song of the Lake”
Best Alternative Music Album: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds — Wild God Clairo — Charm Kim Gordon — The Collective Brittany Howard — What Now St. Vincent — All Born Screaming
Best Metal Performance: Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne — “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” Judas Priest — “Crown of Thorns” Knocked Loose feat. Poppy — “Suffocate” Metallica — “Screaming Suicide” Spiritbox — “Cellar Door”
In the big four main categories, Billie Eilish‘s “Birds of a Feather” was nominated for Song and Record of the Year, while her album HIT ME HARD AND SOFT is up for Album of the Year. Record of the Year also includes what’s called the final Beatles song, “Now and Then.”
Also nominated are Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross‘ Challengers soundtrack for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.
The 2025 Grammys will air live from Los Angeles Feb. 2 on CBS and Paramount+.
Sting was recently announced as a mega mentor for the Knockout Rounds of NBC’s The Voice, where he’ll advise Snoop Dogg and Gwen Stefani‘s teams. But he tells People he wasn’t sure about accepting the gig, since he’d never watched the show before.
“I’d never seen The Voice,” he tells People. “When I was given the premise of the show, I was a little bit anxious, but I know Gwen very well. I’m a big admirer of Snoop Dogg, and so I thought, I’m going to take a risk. I’m going to go on the show even though I’m a little trepidatious.”
But he says once he got into it, he found coaching the contestants to be “nourishing and joyful.”
He says, “I really feel good about the show. I feel good about myself, and I feel good about the young singers who are putting themselves through this ordeal. It is an ordeal, but I’ve loved it so far.”
Sting had a unique perspective, given that he was a teacher before he became a rock superstar.
“In teaching, there’s no such thing as teaching, actually. What happens in a classroom is learning and people learn through enthusiasm,” he says. “A teacher’s job is just to be enthusiastic, show appreciation, curiosity. And that’s your job here [on The Voice].”
Sting also welcomed the opportunity to work with Stefani. The two first met when she was a 13-year-old Police fan. In 2003 they played the Super Bowl halftime show together, and she inducted The Police into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame that same year.
“I’m so impressed by her ability to communicate with the singers so succinctly and so intelligently, so compassionately,” he notes. As for Snoop, Sting worked with the rapper on his upcoming solo album, Missionary.
