Gabby Barrett is among a list of elite female musical artists getting honored at the Billboard 2022 Women in Music Awards show.
During the ceremony, she will receive the Rising Star Award, an honor that’s previously been given to the likes of Halsey, Kelsea Ballerini and Ariana Grande.
Gabby is the only mainstream country artist confirmed to be honored at this year’s all-genre awards show, although Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Bonnie Raitt, a rock, blues and Americana legend with country leanings, is receiving the much-coveted Icon Award.
Other honorees includes Doja Cat, Saweetie, Karol G and Summer Walker. Ciara will host the event, which is taking place March 2 at the YouTube Theater at Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. This year will be unlike any Women in Music Awards ceremony in the past, as tickets will go on sale to the general public for the very first time.
Gabby’s career has seen a meteoric, genre-spanning rise since the release of her chart-topping debut single, “I Hope,” and hit first album, Goldmine. She’s since earned another number one with “The Good Ones,” and has been teasing new music for the year ahead.
Phoebe Bridgers will receive the Trailblazer Award at this year’s edition of Billboard‘s annual Women in Music ceremony.
The Trailblazer Award was first given to Paramore‘s Hayley Williams in 2014. At the time, it was described as honoring a “standout female artist who breaks from convention to make a unique mark in music and pave the way for other talent.”
Other previous Trailblazer winners include Lana Del Rey, Kesha, Janelle Monáe and Brandi Carlile.
The 2022 Billboard Women in Music event takes place March 2 in Los Angeles, and will stream live online. Along with Bridgers, this year’s honorees include Bonnie Raitt, Gabby Barrett, Doja Cat, Karol G, Saweetie and Summer Walker. Ciara will host.
Three associates of YoungBoy Never Broke Again were reportedly arrested Tuesday when a SWAT team raided the rapper’s home in Harris County, Texas.
The sheriff’s office says a warrant was executed in connection to the shooting of a 20-year-old man in November. SWAT members seized multiple weapons during the raid, including AR-15s and a number of pistols, according to TMZ.
Roymellow Williams, Daryl Brown, and Carleon Gallien were booked for aggravated robbery and aggravated assault.
YoungBoy, born Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, owns the property and his mother, Sherhonda Gaulden, lives there. It is not known if she was home at the time of the raid.
Gaulden is now under house arrest in Utah as he awaits trial for weapons-related charges. He was released from federal prison in October after posting $500,000 bond. Last week, YoungBoy released his 17th mixtape, Colors, featuring Quando Rondo and Internet Money. He is nominated for a Grammy for Best Melodic Rap Performance for his feature on “WusYaName” from Tyler, the Creator‘s latest album, Call Me If You Get Lost.
The Swedish metallers have posted an Instagram photo of guitarist Björn Gelotte working on a riff in the recording studio. In the caption, the band writes, “Here we gooooooooo.”
In Flames most recent album is 2019’s I, the Mask. Last year, they released CD reissues of their albums, from their 1994 debut Lunar Strain to 2008’s A Sense of Purpose.
This spring, In Flames will join Megadeth, Lamb of God and Trivium on the 2022 Metal Tour of the Year. They’d originally been on the 2021 bill as well before dropping off due to COVID-19 complications.
Music, Money, Madness…Jimi Hendrix in Maui, the 2020 documentary focusing on two legendary 1970 shows that the Jimi Hendrix Experience played in Hawaii, will be screened in select U.S. theaters on various dates in February.
The documentary, which originally was released on Blu-ray in November 2020 in conjunction with the companion album Live in Maui, tells the story of how Hendrix and his band traveled to the island of Maui during the summer of 1970 to participate in the making of the movie Rainbow Bridge by playing two free outdoor concerts on the slopes of the dormant Haleakala volcano. The shows, which took place on July 30, were attended by a few hundred local residents.
Only 17 minutes of the footage from the two sets were used in Rainbow Bridge, a poorly received 1971 movie directed by Andy Warhol associate Chuck Wein that focused on various counterculture figures on the Hawaiian island. Music, Money, Madness…Jimi Hendrix in Maui incorporates previously unseen footage from the performances and the band’s visit to the island, as well as new interviews with Experience bassist Billy Cox, Hendrix engineer Eddie Kramer, Wein, a number of Rainbow Bridge cast members and Warner Bros. label executives.
The first theatrical screenings of the documentary are scheduled for February 1 in various California cities, as well as Buffalo, New York; Oklahoma City; and Tacoma, Washington.
A special screening will be held on February 16 in Los Angeles at The Regent Theater that will feature a Q&A and conversation with Kramer, director John McDermott and Experience Hendrix CEO Janie Hendrix, Jimi’s sister.
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After receiving four Grammy nominations for his latest album, Donda, including Album of The Year, Kanye West is ready to drop Donda 2.
Ye announced Thursday that he is releasing the followup next month.
“DONDA2 COMING 2 22 22 EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY FUTURE,” West revealed on Instagram with a picture of his Chicago childhood home on fire, referencing a scene from his Donda stadium listening event last summer at Soldier Field in his Chicago hometown
Donda is named after Ye’s late mother, Donda West, who passed away in 2007. She was 58.
In addition to Album of the Year, Donda earned three more Grammy nominations: Best Rap Album, Best Melodic Rap Performance for “Hurricane” featuring TheWeeknd and Lil Baby, and Best Rap Song for “Jail” featuring Jay-Z. West also received an Album of the Year nomination for Lil Nas X‘s Montero. Yeezy was recognized for his contribution as a co-producer on the triple-platinum hit “Industry Baby” featuring Jack Harlow.
On November 14, the 22-time Grammy winner dropped the deluxe version of Donda featuring five new songs.
The new project includes three brand-new tracks — “Never Abandon Your Family,” “Up From the Ashes,” and the André 3000 assisted “Life of the Party” — in addition to “Keep My Spirit Alive pt 2,” featuring KayCyy, Conway the Machine and Westside Gunn, and “Remote Control pt 2” with Kid Cudi and Young Thug.
The original Donda was released in August 2021, and like Kanye’s previous nine studio albums, debuted at the top of the Billboard 200. The only artists with more number one albums are The Beatles with 19, followed by Jay-Z with 14, and Barbra Streisand and Bruce Springsteen, each with 11. Eminem is tied with West with ten chart-topping albums.
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An erratic driver crashed into a building in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood and tried to rip out the intercom system – all in a failed attempt to meet Taylor Swift, police sources tell ABC Audio.
The man drove down Franklin Street in the wrong direction, crashing into the front of a building at around 5 a.m. Thursday morning. He reversed the vehicle and drove at the building again, hitting a fire hydrant. The man then got out of his vehicle and tried to yank the intercom system from the door of the building, in an apparent attempt to get inside.
His attempts were unsuccessful, and he started walking away from the building when police arrived and took him into custody. The man was mumbling about Taylor Swift, who owns property in the neighborhood. He was taken to the hospital for an evaluation. Charges are likely.
Law enforcement sources told TMZ that the man said he wasn’t going to leave until he met with Taylor. It’s not known if she was even in the area at the time; she owns property in several different states.
This particular area of Tribeca is a frequent target of break-ins by people trying to meet the singer.
Alina Kozhevnikova, the little person looking for love on this season of TLC’s Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days has been fired by the network, over Facebook posts in which the 27-year-old apparently made numerous racist and anti-Muslim comments.
“TLC discontinued filming with Alina Kozhevnikova following the recent discovery of her past social media statements,” begins a statement from the network sent to ABC Audio.
“She will not appear on the upcoming Tell All, any future seasons of the franchise and starting next month, she will no longer appear on Before the 90 Days. TLC does not tolerate racism or discrimination of any kind.”
Fans began screenshotting the now-deleted posts, in which Kozhevnikova used the “n word” repeatedly, and made disparaging comments about Muslims in her native Russia.
One of the threads on this season’s installment of 90 Days centered on Kozhevnikova’s relationship with Caleb Greenwood, who she’d been friends with for 13 years before they decided to give romance a try.
On Instagram Monday, she attempted to defend herself, saying, “Despite what’s being said about me, my friends, family and those who met me in person know who I really am & who I am not. And I know it too,” she wrote with a heart and an hourglass emoji. “[T]he answers are coming,” the message concluded.
(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 876,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
About 63.5% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern:
Jan 27, 12:34 pm
Cases decreasing or at plateau in most states
The U.S. is now reporting an average of 627,000 new COVID-19 cases per day — an 18% drop over the last two weeks, according to federal data.
Most states are seeing cases decreasing or at a plateau, according to federal data. Just 10 states are seeing at least a 10% increase in cases: Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.
Despite this positive news, cases in the U.S. are still extremely high. Since the beginning of January, more than 17.4 million new cases have been reported — that’s nearly three times the number of cases reported in every other month of the pandemic.
-ABC News’ Arielle Mitropoulos
Jan 27, 8:01 am
New Hampshire to sell rapid COVID-19 tests at liquor stores
Rapid at-home COVID-19 testing kits will soon be on sale at liquor stores across New Hampshire, according to Gov. Chris Sununu.
Sununu announced Wednesday that the New Hampshire Executive Council unanimously approved a request by the state’s Department of Health and Human Services to use federal funds from the American Rescue Plan to secure 1 million over-the-counter antigen test kits for liquor store customers. The tests are expected to hit shelves within the next two weeks.
“In addition to tax-free liquor and lottery tickets, you’ll be able to grab a tax-free test,” the governor wrote on Twitter Wednesday.
Sununu said the test kits will be sold “at cost” for about $13, which can be reimbursed through health insurance, though that will vary from company to company.
Jan 26, 6:36 pm
1st participant dosed in Moderna’s omicron-specific vaccine
Moderna announced Wednesday that the first participant has been dosed in the phase 2 study of its omicron-specific booster candidate, in case it becomes necessary.
Moderna’s trials will include people who received two doses of the original Moderna vaccine and people who received two doses of the original Moderna vaccine and a Moderna booster shot.
Pfizer announced Tuesday that it’s initiated clinical studies to evaluate an omicron-based vaccine for adults.
Jan 26, 5:00 pm
NIH trial finds mixing and matching boosters is safe and effective
A study from the National Institutes of Health published in the New England Journal of Medicine found mixing and matching boosters are safe and create a similar immune response to sticking with your initial vaccine.
An earlier version of this study, with more preliminary findings, helped guide the CDC’s decision to allow mix-and-match.
The study authors make no claims about specific combinations being more or less effective. The study did find that people who got an mRNA vaccine (Pfizer or Moderna) and then received the Johnson & Johnson booster had a significant increase in T-cell response, a part of immunity.
The trial looked at 458 participants who received a vaccine with no prior COVID-19 infection. This data is only for the first 29 days after receiving the booster; researchers plan to follow the participants for one year, allowing for more data.
-ABC News’ Vanya Jain, Sony Salzman, Eric Strauss, Dr. Alexis Carrington
Jan 26, 4:47 pm
Unvaccinated child dies in Mississippi
An unvaccinated child has died in Mississippi from COVID-19, according to the state’s health department.
The department confirmed to ABC News that the child was between the ages of 11 and 17, an age bracket that is eligible to receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.
This marked the 10th child — including an infant — to die in Mississippi from COVID-19. None of the 10 children were vaccinated, according to the health department.
Lee Brice is in the mood for good-timing romance in the music video for his latest single, “Soul.” Set at a wedding, the video follows the bride and groom — plus a handful of other couples, all at different stages in their relationship — through a romantic and irrepressible dance party.
Just like lines from the song such as “Kiss you from your head to your toeses,” the video brings a dash of unapologetic cheesiness into the mix, but at the root of the song is something much deeper.
“The idea that our souls truly connect to each other in unexplainable ways has always been at the core of what I do as a musician, a writer, a producer, a singer…” Lee explains. “And I think it’s a good reminder to keep with me every day. I hope everybody loves this song as much as I do.”
“Soul” is currently climbing the charts at country radio. It follows Lee’s latest chart-topper, “Memory I Don’t Mess With.”
