[aggregation-styles] Axios Just 8.8 million people tuned into the Grammy Awards on CBS this year, a new all-time low for the music awards show, according to near-final Nielsen ratings. Why it matters: In a sign of how much the pandemic has sped up ratings declines for award shows, the Grammy's...
Billie Eilish Really Is the California Girl Next Door
If Billie Eilish lives in the neighborhood, is she one of us? It might seem preposterous to think of Eilish as the California girl next door. The 18-year-old is the first international pop star born in the 21st century, with the best-selling album of the past year, 50 million social media...
Despite Female Push, Garth Brooks Bests Underwood at CMAs
The Country Music Association Awards almost fully honored and highlighted the women of country music — whose songs have been heavily dismissed on country radio over the years — until two words were uttered when they named its entertainer of the year: Garth Brooks. Wednesday night’s show kicked off with...
He Said, She Said: AP Writers Predict 2019 Grammy Winners
NEW YORK — When the Grammys decided to extend the nominees in the top four categories from five to eight, they didn't consider how much harder it would make our lives as credible prediction experts. So we have to dig even deeper than we've done in the past as we...
Cancer Claims Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul, at 76
NEW YORK — Aretha Franklin, the undisputed "Queen of Soul" who sang with matchless style on such classics as "Think," ''I Say a Little Prayer" and her signature song, "Respect," and stood as a cultural icon around the globe, has died at age 76 from pancreatic cancer. Publicist Gwendolyn Quinn...