As a first-time Grammy Awards nominee, Sabrina Carpenter must have been filled with nerves. But during the 2025 Grammys ceremony, the singer did a phenomenal job of hiding it.
With the pressure of winning off her plate having taken home two gramophones already, Carpenter served up a pipping hot offering of Short N Sweet‘s breakout songs “Espresso” and “Please Please Please.”
Although Carpenter had to clean up her humor to fit broadcast television standard, she definitely included it in her performance (viewable here). While Carpenter is a budding pop darling, she decided to jazz it up by incorporating the genre’s vocal styling into her delivery. She also let the jazz enter her toes with a fun tap dance routine. While Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet Tour has long since ended, on the 2025 Grammy Awards stage, everyone witnessed exactly what the glamorous set had to offer.
In addition to the victorious performance, Sabrina Carpenter had much more to write home about. Earlier in the evening, Carpenter snagged wins for Best Pop Solo Performance (“Espresso”) and Best Remixed Recording (“Espresso” Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix).
Check out our full coverage of the 2025 Grammys here. To view the full 2025 Grammy Awards list, click here.
Billie Eilish just turned 23 years old a couple months ago, but she’s already become a Grammys mainstay: Heading into the 2025 Grammys, she had earned 9 career wins from an impressive 32 nominations. (Perhaps her most notable Grammy year was 2020, when she won the “big four” awards of Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Record Of The Year, and Best New Artist.)
At this point, it wouldn’t be a Grammys without Eilish, and sure enough, she showed up to the 2025 ceremony, both as a nominee and as a performer.
Eilish, Finneas, and a backing band delivered a performance of her hit “Birds Of A Feather,” on a gorgeous stage set-up inspired by the warm-colored California landscape (a fitting setting in light of the evening’s focus on Los Angeles wildfire relief). Specifically, the backdrop was of the San Gabriel Mountains and Eaton Canyon in Altadena, near where Eilish and Finneas grew up. Images from the pair’s childhood were also shown throughout their performance.
Eilish has had a huge night aside from the performance, as she earned 7 Grammy nominations: Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Pop Solo Performance (all for “Birds Of A Feather”), Album Of The Year, Best Pop Vocal Album (both for Hit Me Hard And Soft), Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (her and Charli XCX’s “Guess”), and Best Dance Pop Recording (“L’Amour De Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]”).
Doncic was reportedly blindsided by the trade and reportedly did not return Mavs GM Nico Harrison’s calls or texts after the trade got announced. After spending seven seasons with the Mavs, making first-team All-NBA each of the last five years, and leading Dallas to the Finals last summer, Doncic was extremely high on the list of players that figured to be untouchable in trade talks. Instead, his own team shopped him to the Lakers, who couldn’t say no to the chance to acquire a top-5 player in the league entering his prime, even if it makes things a little murky this season with LeBron James and now no high-end big man.
While figuring out how to maximize this year’s group is now the challenge facing Doncic, James, and first-year head coach JJ Redick, Doncic used Sunday to reflect on the last seven years and released a statement to Mavs fans thanking them for everything.
Seven years ago, I came here as a teenager to pursue my dream of playing basketball at the highest level. I thought I’d spend my career here and I wanted so badly to bring you a championship. The love and support you all have given me is more than I could have ever dreamed of. For a young kid from Slovenia coming to the U.S. for the first time, you made North Texas feel like home. In the good times and bad, from injuries to the NBA Finals, your support never changed. Thank you not only for sharing my joy in our best moments, but also for lifting me up when I needed it most.
To all the organizations I’ve worked with throughout the Dallas community, thank you for letting me contribute to your important work and join you in bringing light to those who need it. As I start the next part of my basketball journey, I am leaving a city that will always feel like a home away from home.
Dallas is a special place, and Mavs fans are special fans. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
Unsurprisingly, Doncic’s statement doesn’t mention anyone in the organization that just traded him suddenly in the middle of the night and explained they had concerns about his conditioning. The second sentence is the one that will eat at Mavs fans for a long time, saying he thought he’d spend his whole career in Dallas. Whether that would’ve remained the case in a year or two years, by trying to anticipate Doncic potentially asking out or trying to leave as a free agent, the Mavs ensured they looked like the bad guys in this situation. That’s great for Luka, who will likely get a king’s welcome every time he plays in Dallas from now through the end of his career rather than hearing boos cascade down on him like players who push their way out.
Today (February 2), The Weeknd drove that point home even further with the release of his video for “Open Hearts.” On the heels of his “Red Terror” visual directed by Eddie Alcazar (a subtle cultural reference to Qey Shibir in Ethiopia), The Weeknd somehow found a way to outdo himself.
While The Weeknd’s muse of heartbreak, love, and relationships is a constant across his discography, the video for “Open Hearts” incorporates cutting edge technology, forward-thinking storytelling, and bold cinematic direction to launch the song into a new stratosphere.
The video’s opening line recommends that viewers enjoy the video in Apple Immersive on Vision Pro (a virtual reality headset). However, in the event that you won’t miss any part of lucid dream The Weeknd finds himself in. In fact, each subtly he travels on love’s dizzying road jumps out in a way that nearly impossible to ignore.
From majestic horse herds to cosmic thrones, The Weeknd’s brings every bit of his feelings to new heights with fans mesmerized at each jolting turn.
Watch The Weeknd’s official music video for single “Open Hearts” above.
Hurry Up Tomorrow is out now via XO/Republic Records. Find more information here.
Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) executives have found themselves in the center of a few startling allegations. As the home of groundbreaking acts SZA, Schoolboy Q, Doechii, and more, the label is a dream job for those looking to make a name for themselves in the industry. However, according to Newsweek, several former employees are prepared to argue the opposite in a court of law.
In a recently filed civil lawsuit, two past staffers (only referred to as Jane Doe and Jane Roe) accused higher ups Brandon “Big B” Tiffith and Anthony “Moosa” Tiffith Jr. of making unwanted sexual advances and sexual battery.
Yesterday (February 1), TDE’s legal counsel released a statement to HipHopDX regarding the accusations. “This is a clear example of a shakedown lawsuit by [Jane Doe] and [Jane Roe] who made a demand of $48 million through their attorneys on fabricated claims, and whose attorneys are looking for their ten minutes of fame,” wrote lawyer Marty Singer. “There are text messages and communications that totally refute these baseless claims. Additionally, Ms. [Doe] and Ms. [Roe] were never employees of Top Dawg Entertainment. We are confident that we will prevail in this action.”
The lawyer of Jane Doe and Jane Roe says otherwise. “This lawsuit presents a glaring example of the systemic abuse and exploitation in the entertainment industry,” said Shounak S. Dharap. “Our clients trusted TDE to act with integrity and professionalism. Instead, their trust was betrayed in profoundly damaging ways. They’re bringing this lawsuit because they refuse to be silenced, and because they intend to hold TDE accountable in court.”
The case is expected to be heard by a judge this coming June.
The first thought that popped into everyone’s mind was this being a stealth trade request, but that was shut down both privately by sourced reports and also publicly by Mavs GM Nico Harrison when he and Jason Kidd met with the media in Cleveland before the Mavs faced the Cavs. This was a trade that was initiated by Dallas, and on Saturday night Tim MacMahon of ESPN reported the Mavs had concerns about Doncic’s conditioning and giving him a supermax extenstion this summer that would kick in in 2027.
As for how this got clearance from the top down, Harrison was asked on Sunday what new owner Patrick Dumont’s reaction was when he told him he was thinking about trading the franchise’s top star, and said Dumont initially laughed at him (video here).
“The first time he laughed at me,” Harrison said with a laugh (that was not shared by Kidd sitting next to him). “No, I mean, Patrick he’s the owner, obviously he’s the ultimate decision-maker, but he entrusts J-Kidd and I to lead this team and he’s putting the trust into us. And then obviously you gotta get judged on the performance that you’ve done as a leader, and at some point if it doesn’t work out then I’ll be judged for that.”
I gotta say, I think Dumont’s initial instinct to laugh off the idea of trading Luka was the right one and they might should’ve stuck with that. It’s really hard to see how the Mavs successfully navigate the long-term after this trade. There’s certainly a world where Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis make them competitive in the West, although they will not be considered among the top contenders. The issue comes in a few years as Irving turns 33 and Davis turns 32 later this season, while Doncic is just entering his prime, turning 26 soon. Trading away that kind of talent at this stage in his career without being asked to do it by the star is unheard of, and, quite frankly, laughable.
The rest of Harrison’s press conference on Sunday didn’t go much better, as the spin the Mavs are putting on all of this makes little to no sense. They’re trading away Doncic due to a lack of reliability but are bringing in a player with an even worse history of missing time with injuries in Davis. If it’s a financial move to get out of the tax, which certainly played a role given how they brought in the Jazz to take on Jalen Hood-Schifino and move below that threshold, it’s unfathomable from a new ownership group that has a team coming off a Finals appearance. Harrison went on to say this wasn’t a move made with 10 years down the road under consideration but 3-4 years, joking he and Kidd (who did not seem thrilled to be sitting there) would likely be gone long before then, which makes even less sense to go after Doncic’s conditioning when the guy has averaged north of 28/8/8 for the first seven years of his career, made the conference finals twice, and the Finals once even with those concerns.
The pressure is now firmly on this Mavs group to win at a high level in the immediate future to salvage anything out of this trade, but if this does not result in at least a few deep playoff runs soon, Harrison will be gone and this quote will haunt him and the Mavs for a long time.
The Beyhive is buzzing yet again. Today (February 2), in the wee hours of the morning, Beyoncé decided to cause a tizzy by making her highly-anticipated announcement. Despite the well though out theories floating around, the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer isn’t moving on to Act III of her Renaissance album series.
Over on Instagram, Beyoncé shared the first teaser
(viewable here) for her forthcoming Cowboy Carter Tour. Since the controversial project’s release, supporters wondered if Beyoncé would hit the road to support the body of work. Well, that speculation has officially been validated.
In the clip, a neon sign with the words “Cowboy Carter Tour” dangles above the road before it suddenly ends. Although Beyoncé has not yet revealed the tour’s schedule, supporters believe the rodeo is coming this summer considering a clue Bey provided in the Renaissance film.
With Beyoncé Cowboy Carter album nominated for several Grammy awards, depending on how the ceremony turns out she could generously pull the turn on a date reveal later tonight. For now, the Beyhive is going to have to hold their horse until Beyoncé pulls the trigger.
There was some chatter that the 67th Annual Grammy Awards would be postponed due to the Los Angeles wildfires, but ultimately, the show is going on as planned today, February 2. However, per a statement from Harvey Mason Jr. (Recording Academy CEO) and Tammy Hurt (the chair of the Academy’s board of trustees), this year’s ceremony has “a renewed sense of purpose: raising additional funds to support wildfire relief efforts and honoring the bravery and dedication of first responders who risk their lives to protect ours.”
Of course, beyond that valuable cause, the core mission is to honor the best and brightest in music — as long as the release came out from September 16, 2023 to August 30, 2024, this year’s eligibility window — by handing out some Grammys. There are so many winners to keep track of, so below, check out our list of this year’s nominees, with the winners for each category marked in bold. This post will be updated as the results are announced.
Record Of The Year
The Beatles — “Now And Then”
Beyoncé — “Texas Hold ‘Em”
Billie Eilish — “Birds Of A Feather”
Chappell Roan — “Good Luck, Babe!”
Charli XCX — “360”
Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
Sabrina Carpenter — “Espresso”
Taylor Swift Feat. Post Malone — “Fortnight”
Album Of The Year
André 3000 — New Blue Sun
Beyoncé — Cowboy Carter
Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard And Soft
Chappell Roan — The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess
Charli XCX — Brat
Jacob Collier — Djesse Vol. 4
Sabrina Carpenter — Short N’ Sweet
Taylor Swift — The Tortured Poets Department
Song Of The Year
Beyoncé — “Texas Hold ‘Em”
Billie Eilish — “Birds Of A Feather”
Chappell Roan — “Good Luck, Babe!”
Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — “Die With A Smile”
Sabrina Carpenter — “Please Please Please”
Shaboozey — “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Taylor Swift Feat. Post Malone — “Fortnight”
Ariana Grande, Brandy & Monica — “The Boy Is Mine – Remix”
Beyoncé Feat. Post Malone — “Levii’s Jeans”
Charli XCX & Billie Eilish — “Guess Feat. Billie Eilish”
Gracie Abrams Feat. Taylor Swift — “Us.”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — “Die With A Smile”
Best Pop Vocal Album
Ariana Grande — Eternal Sunshine
Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard And Soft
Chappell Roan — The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess
Sabrina Carpenter — Short N’ Sweet
Taylor Swift — The Tortured Poets Department
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Disclosure — “She’s Gone, Dance On”
Four Tet — “Loved”
Fred Again.. & Baby Keem — “Leavemealone” Justice & Tame Impala — “Neverender”
Kaytranada Feat. Childish Gambino — “Witchy”
Best Dance Pop Recording
Ariana Grande — “Yes, And?”
Billie Eilish — “L’Amour de Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]” Charli XCX — “Von Dutch”
Madison Beer — “Make You Mine”
Troye Sivan — “Got Me Started”
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Charli XCX — Brat
Four Tet — Three
Justice — Hyperdrama
Kaytranada — Timeless
Zedd — Telos
Best Remixed Recording
Charli XCX — “Von Dutch A. G. Cook Remix Feat. Addison Rae”
Doechii & Kaytranada Feat. JT — “Alter Ego (Kaytranada Remix)”
Julian Marley & Antaeus — “Jah Sees Them (Amapiano Remix)”
Sabrina Carpenter — “Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)”
Shaboozey & David Guetta — “A Bar Song (Tipsy) (Remix)”
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 Horns”
Knocked Loose Feat. Poppy — “Suffocate”
Metallica — “Screaming Suicide”
Spiritbox — “Cellar Door”
Best Rock Song
The Black Keys — “Beautiful People (Stay High)”
Green Day — “Dilemma”
Idles — “Gift Horse”
Pearl Jam — “Dark Matter”
St. Vincent — “Broken Man”
Best Rock Album
The Black Crowes — Happiness Bastards
Fontaines DC — Romance
Green Day — Saviors
Idles — Tangk
Jack White — No Name
Pearl Jam — Dark Matter
The Rolling Stones — Hackney Diamonds
Best Alternative Music Performance
Cage The Elephant — “Neon Pill”
Fontaines DC — “Starburster”
Kim Gordon — “Bye Bye”
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — “Song Of The Lake”
St. Vincent — “Flea”
Best Alternative Music Album
Brittany Howard — What Now
Clairo — Charm
Kim Gordon — The Collective
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Wild God
St. Vincent — All Born Screaming
Best R&B Performance
Chris Brown — “Residuals”
Coco Jones — “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”
Jhené Aiko — “Guidance”
Muni Long — “Made for Me (Live On BET)”
SZA — “Saturn”
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Kenyon Dixon — “Can I Have This Groove”
Lalah Hathaway Feat. Michael McDonald — “No Lie”
Lucky Daye — “That’s You”
Marsha Ambrosius — “Wet”
Muni Long — “Make Me Forget”
Best R&B Song
Coco Jones — “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”
Kehlani — “After Hours”
Muni Long — “Ruined Me”
SZA — “Saturn”
Tems — “Burning”
Best Progressive R&B Album
Avery*Sunshine — So Glad To Know You
Childish Gambino — Bando Stone And The New World
Durand Bernarr — En Route
Kehlani — Crash
NxWorries — Why Lawd?
Best R&B Album
Chris Brown — 11:11 (Deluxe)
Lalah Hathaway — Vantablack
Lucky Daye — Algorithm
Muni Long — Revenge
Usher — Coming Home
Best Rap Performance
Cardi B — “Enough (Miami)”
Common & Pete Rock Feat. Posdnuos — “When The Sun Shines Again”
Doechii — “Nissan Altima”
Eminem — “Houdini”
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar — “Like That”
Glorilla — “Yeah Glo!”
Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Beyoncé, Linda Martell & Shaboozey — “Spaghettii”
Future, Metro Boomin & The Weeknd — “We Still Don’t Trust You”
Jordan Adetunji Feat. Kehlani — “Kehlani (Remix)”
Latto — “Big Mama”
Rapsody Feat. Erykah Badu — “3:AM”
Best Rap Song
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar — “Like That”
Glorilla — “Yeah Glo!”
Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
Rapsody & Hit-Boy — “Asteroids”
¥$, Kanye West, Ty Dolla Sign & Rich The Kid Feat. Playboi Carti — “Carnival”
Best Rap Album
Common & Pete Rock — The Auditorium Vol. 1
Doechii — Alligator Bites Never Heal
Eminem — The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
Future & Metro Boomin — We Don’t Trust You
J. Cole — Might Delete Later
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
Malik Yusef — Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema Episode 1: In The Beginning Was The Word
Omari Hardwick — Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series
Queen Sheba — Civil Writes: The South Got Something To Say
Skillz — The Seven Number Ones
Tank And The Bangas — The Heart, The Mind, The Soul
Best Jazz Performance
The Baylor Project — “Walk With Me, Lord (Sound | Spirit)”
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck — “Juno”
Dan Pugach & Nicole Zuraitis Feat. Troy Roberts — “Little Fears”
Lakecia Benjamin Feat. Randy Brecker, Jeff “Tain” Watts & John Scofield — “Phoenix Reimagined (Live)”
Samara Joy Feat. Sullivan Fortner — “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me”
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Catherine Russell & Sean Mason — My Ideal
Christie Dashiell — Journey In Black
Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner — Wildflowers Vol. 1
Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding — Milton + Esperanza
Samara Joy — A Joyful Holiday
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Ambrose Akinmusire — Owl Song
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck — Remembrance
Kenny Barron — Beyond This Place
Lakecia Benjamin — Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
Sullivan Fortner — Solo Game
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra — And So It Goes
Dan Pugach — Bianca Reimagined
John Beasley Feat. Frankfurt Radio Big Band — Returning To Forever
Miguel Zenón — Golden City
Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band — Walk A Mile In My Shoe
Best Latin Jazz Album
Donald Vega Feat. Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero- As I Travel
Eliane Elias — Time And Again
Hamilton de Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba — Collab
Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez, John Beasley & Jose Gola — El Trio: Live In Italy
Michel Camilo & Tomatito — Spain Forever Again
Zaccai Curtis — Cubop Lives!
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Arooj Aftab — Night Reign
André 3000 — New Blue Sun
Keyon Harrold — Foreverland
Meshell Ndegeocello — No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin
Robert Glasper — Code Derivation
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Aaron Lazar — Impossible Dream
Cyrille Aimée — À Fleur de Peau
Gregory Porter — Christmas Wish
Lake Street Dive — Good Together
Norah Jones — Visions
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Béla Fleck — Rhapsody In Blue
Bill Frisell — Orchestras (Live)
Julian Lage — Speak To Me
Mark Guiliana — Mark
Taylor Eigsti — Plot Armor
Best Musical Theater Album
Hell’s Kitchen Merrily We Roll Along The Notebook The Outsiders Suffs The Wiz
Best Country Solo Performance
Beyoncé — “16 Carriages”
Chris Stapleton — “It Takes A Woman”
Jelly Roll — “I Am Not Okay”
Kacey Musgraves — “The Architect”
Shaboozey — “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Beyoncé & Miley Cyrus — “II Most Wanted”
Brothers Osborne — “Break Mine”
Dan + Shay — “Bigger Houses”
Kelsea Ballerini & Noah Kahan — “Cowboys Cry Too”
Post Malone Feat. Morgan Wallen — “I Had Some Help”
Best Country Song
Beyoncé — “Texas Hold ‘Em”
Jelly Roll — “I Am Not Okay”
Kacey Musgraves — “The Architect”
Post Malone Feat. Morgan Wallen — “I Had Some Help”
Shaboozey — “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Best Country Album
Beyoncé — Cowboy Carter
Chris Stapleton — Higher
Kacey Musgraves — Deeper Well
Lainey Wilson — Whirlwind
Post Malone — F-1 Trillion
Best American Roots Performance
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Feat. Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood — “Nothing In Rambling”
Rhiannon Giddens — “The Ballad Of Sally Anne”
Shemekia Copeland — “Blame It On Eve”
Sierra Ferrell — “Lighthouse”
Best Americana Performance
Beyoncé — “Ya Ya”
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings — “Empty Trainload Of Sky”
Madi Diaz & Kacey Musgraves — “Don’t Do Me Good”
Madison Cunningham — “Subtitles”
Sarah Jarosz — “Runaway Train”
Sierra Ferrell — “American Dreaming”
Best American Roots Song
Aoife O’Donovan — “All My Friends”
Iron & Wine & Fiona Apple — “All In Good Time”
Mark Knopfler — “Ahead Of The Game”
Shemekia Copeland — “Blame It On Eve”
Sierra Ferrell — “American Dreaming”
Best Americana Album
Charley Crockett — $10 Cowboy
Maggie Rose — No One Gets Out Alive
Sarah Jarosz — Polaroid Lovers
Sierra Ferrell — Trail Of Flowers
T Bone Burnett — The Other Side
Waxahatchee — Tigers Blood
Best Bluegrass Album
Billy Strings — Live Vol. 1
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes — I Built A World
Dan Tyminski — Dan Tyminski: Live From The Ryman
The Del McCoury Band — Songs Of Love And Life
Sister Sadie — No Fear
Tony Trischka — Earl Jam
Best Traditional Blues Album
Cedric Burnside — Hill Country Love
The Fabulous Thunderbirds — Struck Down
Little Feat — Sam’s Place
Sue Foley — One Guitar Woman
Taj Mahal — Swingin’: Live At The Church In Tulsa
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Antonio Vergara — The Fury
Joe Bonamassa — Blues Deluxe Vol. 2
Ruthie Foster — Mileage
Shemekia Copeland — Blame It On Eve
Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour — Friendlytown
Best Folk Album
Adrianne Lenker — Bright Future
American Patchwork Quartet — American Patchwork Quartet
Aoife O’Donovan — All My Friends
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings — Woodland
Madi Diaz — Weird Faith
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Big Chief Monk Feat. J’wan Boudreaux — Live At The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Kalani Pe’a — Kuini
New Breed Brass Band Feat. Trombone Shorty — Live At The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
The Rumble — Stories From The Battlefield
Sean Ardoin & Kreole Rock And Soul — 25 Back To My Roots
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Doe — “Holy Hands”
Melvin Crispell III — “Yesterday”
Ricky Dillard — “Hold On (Live)”
Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Feat. Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr — “One Hallelujah”
Yolanda Adams — “Church Doors”
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Bethel Music, Jenn Johnson Feat. CeCe Winans — “Holy Forever (Live)”
CeCe Winans — “That’s My King”
Elevation Worship Feat. Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore — “Praise”
Honor & Glory & Disciple — “Firm Foundation (He Won’t)”
Jwlkrs Worship & Maverick City Music Feat. Chandler Moore — “In The Name Of Jesus”
Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore Feat. Tasha Cobbs Leonard — “In The Room”
Best Gospel Album
CeCe Winans — More Than This
Karen Clark Sheard — Still Karen
Kirk Franklin — Father’s Day
Melvin Crispell III — Covered Vol. 1
Ricky Dillard — Choirmaster II (Live)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Brandon Lake — Coat Of Many Colors
Doe — Heart Of A Human
Elevation Worship — When Wind Meets Fire
Forrest Frank — Child Of God
Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine — The Maverick Way Complete
Best Roots Gospel Album
Authentic Unlimited — The Gospel Sessions, Vol. 2
Cory Henry — Church
The Harlem Gospel Travelers — Rhapsody
Mark D. Conklin — The Gospel According To Mark
The Nelons — Loving You
Best Latin Pop Album
Anitta — Funk Generation
Kali Uchis — Orquídeas
Kany García — García
Luis Fonsi — El Viaje
Shakira — Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
Best Música Urbana Album
Bad Bunny — Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana
Feid — Ferxxocalipsis
J Balvin — Rayo
Residente — Las Letras Ya No Importan
Young Miko — Att.
Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album
Cimafunk — Pa’ Tu Cuerpa
El David Aguilar — Compita del Destino
Mon Laferte — Autopoiética
Nathy Peluso — Grasa
Rawayana — ¿Quién Trae las Cornetas?
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 — Radio Güira
Kiki Valera — Vacilón Santiaguero
Marc Anthony — Muevense
Sheila E. — Bailar
Tony Succar & Mimy Succar — Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live At Gran Teatro Nacional)
Best Global Music Performance
Angélique Kidjo & Soweto Gospel Choir — “Sunlight To My Soul”
Arooj Aftab — “Raat Ki Rani”
Jacob Collier Feat. Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal — “A Rock Somewhere”
Masa Takumi Feat. Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung — “Kashira”
Rocky Dawuni — “Rise”
Sheila E. Feat. Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar — “Bemba Colorá”
Best African Music Performance
Asake & Wizkid — “MMS”
Burna Boy — “Higher”
Chris Brown Feat. Davido & Lojay — “Sensational”
Tems — “Love Me JeJe”
Yemi Alade — “Tomorrow”
Best Global Music Album
Antonio Rey — Historias de un Flamenco
Ciro Hurtado — Paisajes
Matt B & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra — Alkebulan II
Rema — Heis
Tems — Born In The Wild
Best Reggae Album
Collie Buddz — Take It Easy
Shenseea — Never Gets Late Here
Various Artists — Bob Marley: One Love — Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe)
Vybz Kartel — Party With Me
The Wailers — Evolution
Best New Age, Ambient, Or Chant Album
Anoushka Shankar — Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn
Chris Redding — Visions Of Sounds De Luxe
Radhika Vekaria — Warriors Of Light
Ricky Kej — Break Of Dawn
Ryuichi Sakamoto — Opus
Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon — Triveni
Best Children’s Music Album
Divinity Roxx & Divi Roxx Kids — World Wide Playdate
John Legend — My Favorite Dream
Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band — ¡Brillo, Brillo!
Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats — Creciendo
Rock for Children — Solid Rock Revival
Best Comedy Album
Dave Chappelle — The Dreamer
Jim Gaffigan — The Prisoner
Nikki Glaser — Someday You’ll Die
Ricky Gervais — Armageddon
Trevor Noah — Where Was I
Best Audio Book, Narration, And Storytelling Recording
Barbra Streisand — My Name Is Barbra
Dolly Parton — Behind The Seams: My Life In Rhinestones
George Clinton — …And Your Ass Will Follow
Jimmy Carter — Last Sundays In Plains: A Centennial Celebration
Various Artists — All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Bradley Cooper — Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein
Various Artists — The Color Purple
Various Artists — Deadpool & Wolverine
Various Artists — Saltburn
Various Artists — Twisters: The Album
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
Kris Bowers — The Color Purple
Hans Zimmer — Dune: Part Two
Laura Karpman — American Fiction
Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross — Shōgun
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross — Challengers
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games And Other Interactive Media
Bear McCreary — God Of War Ragnarök: Valhalla
John Paesano — Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Pinar Toprak — Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora
Wilbert Roget II — Star Wars Outlaws
Winifred Phillips — Wizardry: Proving Grounds Of The Mad Overlord
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Barbra Streisand — “Love Will Survive” (From The Tattooist Of Auschwitz)
Jon Batiste — “It Never Went Away” (From The Netflix Documentary American Symphony)
Luke Combs — “Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma” (From Twisters: The Album)
*NSYNC & Justin Timberlake — “Better Place” (From Trolls Band Together)
Olivia Rodrigo — “Can’t Catch Me Now” (From The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes)
Best Music Video
ASAP Rocky — “Tailor Swif”
Charli XCX — “360”
Eminem — “Houdini”
Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
Taylor Swift Feat. Post Malone — “Fortnight”
Best Music Film
Jon Batiste — American Symphony
June Carter Cash — June
Run-DMC — Kings From Queens
Steven Van Zandt — Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
Various Artists — The Greatest Night In Pop
Best Recording Package
The Avett Brothers — The Avett Brothers
Charli XCX — Brat
iWhoiWhoo — Pregnancy, Breakdown, And Disease
Kate Bush — Hounds Of Love (Baskerville Edition)
The Muddy Basin Ramblers — Jug Band Millionaire
Post Malone — F-1 Trillion
William Clark Green — Baker Hotel
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Alpha Wolf — Half Living Things
John Lennon — Mind Games
Kate Bush — Hounds Of Love (The Boxes Of Lost At Sea)
Nirvana — In Utero
Unsuk Chin & Berliner Philharmoniker — Unsuk Chin
90 Day Men — We Blame Chicago
Best Album Notes
Alice Coltrane — The Carnegie Hall Concert (Live)
Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestras — After Midnight
John Culshaw — John Culshaw — The Art Of The Producer — The Early Years 1948-55
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists — Centennial
Various Artists — SONtrack Original de la Película “Al Son de Beno”
Best Historical Album
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists — Centennial
Paul Robeson — Paul Robeson – Voice Of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, And Victor Recordings
Pepe de Lucía & Paco de Lucía — Pepito y Paquito
Prince & The New Power Generation — Diamonds And Pearls (Super Deluxe Edition)
Rodgers & Hammerstein & Julie Andrews — The Sound Of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) (Super Deluxe Edition)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Charlotte Day Wilson — Cyan Blue
Kacey Musgraves — Deeper Well
Lucky Daye — Algorithm
Peter Gabriel — I/O
Sabrina Carpenter — Short N’ Sweet
Willow — Empathogen
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas — Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams & Los Angeles Master Chorale — John Adams: Girls Of The Golden West
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck — Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 – Bates: Resurrexit (Live)
Skylark Vocal Ensemble & Matthew Guard — Clear Voices In The Dark
Timo Andres, Andrew Cyr & Metropolis Ensemble — Timo Andres: The Blind Banister
Ensemble 96, Current Saxophone Quartet & Nina T. Karlsen — Pax
Peter Gabriel — I/O (In-Side Mix)
Ray Charles & Various Artists — Genius Loves Company
Roxy Music — Avalon
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Nick Davies — Henning Sommerro: Borders
Best Instrumental Composition
Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman — “Strands”
André 3000 — “I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A “Rap” Album but This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time”
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck — “Remembrance”
Christopher Zuar Orchestra — “Communion”
Shelly Berg — “At Last”
Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella
Béla Fleck — “Rhapsody In Blue(Grass)”
Henry Mancini & Snarky Puppy — “Baby Elephant Walk (Encore)”
Jacob Collier Feat. John Legend & Tori Kelly — “Bridge Over Troubled Water”
Säje — “Silent Night”
Scott Hoying Feat. Säje & Tonality — “Rose Without The Thorns”
Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals
Cody Fry Feat. Sleeping At Last — “The Sound Of Silence”
John Legend — “Always Come Back”
Säje Feat. Regina Carter — “Alma”
Willow — “Big Feelings”
The 8-Bit Big Band Feat. Jonah Nilsson & Button Masher — “Last Surprise (From “Persona 5″)”
Best Orchestral Performance
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & JoAnn Falletta — “Kodály: Háry János Suite, Nyári este & Symphony In C Major”
Esa-Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony — “Stravinsky: The Firebird”
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas — “Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina”
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Marin Alsop — “John Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does The Spider Dance”
Susanna Mälkki & Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra — “Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava & Lemminkäinen”
Best Opera Recording
Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams & Los Angeles Master Chorale — John Adams: Girls Of The Golden West
Lyric Opera Of Kansas City & Gerard Schwarz — Moravec: The Shining
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus — Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus — Puts: The Hours
San Francisco Symphony Chorus & San Francisco Symphony — Saariaho: Adriana Mater
Best Choral Performance
Apollo’s Fire & Jeannette Sorrell — “Handel: Israel In Egypt, HWV 54”
The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street, Artefact Ensemble & Novus NY — “Sheehan: Akathist”
The Crossing, Donald Nally & Dan Schwartz — “Ochre”
Skylark Vocal Ensemble & Matthew Guard — “Clear Voices In The Dark”
True Concord Voices & Orchestra, Jeffrey Biegel & Eric Holtan — “A Dream So Bright: Choral Music Of Jake Runestad”
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion — “Rectangles And Circumstance”
JACK Quartet — “John Luther Adams: Waves & Particles”
Lorelei Ensemble & Christopher Cerrone — “Christopher Cerrone: Beaufort Scales”
Miró Quartet — “Home”
Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos & Emanuel Ax — “Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 And Op. 97 “Archduke””
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Andy Akiho — “Akiho: Longing”
Curtis J Stewart, James Blachly & Experiential Orchestra — “Perry: Concerto for Violin And Orchestra”
Mak Grgić & Ensemble Dissonance — “Entourer”
Seth Parker Woods — “Eastman The Holy Presence Of Joan d’Arc”
Víkingur Ólafsson — “J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations”
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Fotina Naumenko — Bespoke Songs
Joyce DiDonato, Il Pomo d’Oro & Maxim Emelyanychev — Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Karen Slack & Michelle Cann — Beyond The Years
Nicholas Phan, Farayi Malek & Palaver Strings — A Change Is Gonna Come
Will Liverman & Jonathan King — Show Me The Way
Best Classical Compendium
Amy Porter, Nikki Chooi, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & JoAnn Falletta — Lukas Foss: Symphony No. 1 & Renaissance Concerto
Andy Akiho & Imani Winds — BeLonging
Danaë Xanthe Vlasse, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Michael Shapiro — Mythologies II
Experiential Orchestra, James Blachly & Curtis J Stewart — American Counterpoints
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & María Dueñas — Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Andrea Casarrubios — “Casarrubios: Seven for Solo Cello”
Decoda — “Coleman: Revelry”
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, Axelle Fanyo & San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra — “Saariaho: Adriana Mater”
Eighth Blackbird — “Lang: Composition as Explanation”
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Master Chorale — “Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina”
As word broke late Saturday night, it spread across the league rapidly and reactions started to pour in. Stars around the league tweeted out their disbelief, LeBron James had to shut down a rumor he had “grown frustrated” with Anthony Davis, and in Portland, the Suns and Blazers were learning about it and discussing amongst themselves on the bench late in a fourth quarter blowout win by the Blazers. Kevin Durant spoke in detail about what the trade meant and how it could embolden other front offices to look to pull the plug and make a dramatic trade if things don’t seem to be working — which was perhaps a bit of him wondering what might happen to the listless Suns this week.
Devin Booker, on the other hand, decided to have a bit of fun at the expense of the Mavs, as they have never let him live down the Game 7 blowout win in Phoenix that Luka led in 2022. The picture of Luka staring at Booker during some late free throws became an instant meme and one the Mavs have used regularly, including just a few days ago as part of a social media trend of posting a photo with no context, with a caption of “ok last one we swear”.
Booker, in the wee hours of Sunday morning, retweeted that with “kept their word” in an elite post — and one that led Mavs fans already in their feelings to let out some of their anger on the Suns star guard.
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It’s an excellent post, and I have to imagine it made his teammate Kevin Durant, who is the NBA’s best poster, very proud to see him fire this one off. Mavs/Doncic fans, of course, used it as another opportunity to remind Booker that Doncic has dominated that matchup and this doesn’t change that, but Booker is certainly enjoying seeing Mavs fans in shambles over the trade after hearing so much from them in recent years.
With the trade happening just after midnight on the East Coast, an awful lot of folks learned about the deal while out on the town. For some that was by text or push notification on the Shams Charania tweet, but others found out thanks to a DJ who wanted to make sure those in the club were aware of the big news of the night.
I really do love everything about this, especially the fact that he read off the entire trade details. He didn’t just give the people a “Luka just got traded to the Lakers for AD.” No, he made sure they knew the full package so they could discuss amongst themselves with the full context of Max Christie, the Lakers 2029 first round pick, Markieff Morris, and Maxi Kleber’s inclusion. Smashing the bomb sound effect button and then transitioning straight into “TV Off” by Kendrick Lamar is also some real DJ business, and I hope this man got some tips or something for his service.
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