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2018 GRAMMY WINNERS LIST AND THE REASONS NOT FORGET TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE

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Whether it was  Hillary Clinton throwing shade at Pres. Trump by reading from the controversial book 'Fire and Fury,'  Blu Ivy Carter gesturing to hush her parents, former stripper Cardi B, celebrating her breakout year in the music industry with a Grammy performance in her hometown, Sir Elton John playing live in his unique fashion or Jay Z, the most nominated artist walking away with no wins, The 60th Annual Grammy Awards provided viewers months of hot topics. It was a great evening to be Bruno Mars, who had a clean sweep, bagging wins in all 6 of the areas in which he was nominated -- Best Song and Record of the Year and Album of the Year. Alessia Cara  deserves to be lauded for being named New Artist of the Year. But there are lots of nominees and winners who are forgotten because they are not announced during the telecast. Let's not forget the many other genres of music honored at the Grammys, such as Gospel and Contemporary Christian.  Winans' back sto...

2015 Soul Train Awards showcase R&B vets

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buzzz worthy. . . Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk" got the award for Song of the Year The "hippest" song in America is Bruno Ma the 2015 Soul Train Awards. ERYKAH BADU, BOYZ II MEN, BOBBY BROWN, R.KELLY, BRANDY, TYRESE, FANTASIA, JEREMIH AND MORE BRING SOUL TO THE STAGE WITH LARGER THAN LIFE PERFORMANCES AT SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2015 Annual event hosted by Erykah Badu to air on Centric and BET November 29 at 8 p.m. ET #SoulTrainAwards WHAT: SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2015  took place on Friday, November 6 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The hippest trip was led by the illest chick  Erykah Badu  and featured incredible performances by  Jill Scott, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Fantasia, Bobby Brown, Tyrese, Jeremih, Brandy, Boyz II Men, R.Kelly, Jazmine Sullivan, V. Bozeman, Cameo ,  Erica   Campbell  and  Tasha Cobbs. Jill Scott was honored with the first-ever Lady of Soul Award and  Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds  was presented with the Legend Award...

2012 Grammy Award Nominations

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buzzz worthy. . . The 2012 Grammy Award nominations were announced Wednesday night in a live telecast on CBS hosted by LL Cool J.  Kanye West lead the list of nominees with seven nods, followed by Bruno Mars, Foos and  "Rolling in the Deep" Star Adele with 6.   In R&B, Ledisi was nominated for 3 Grammys including R&B Song of the Year. As usual there were some shockers that made the list, but the media was all a chatter about who did not get nominated.  "Born this Way" by Lady Gaga was not nominated for song of the year, after she debuted it in such a massive way at last year's Grammys.  However, Gaga did make the Album of the YEar category fro Even thought Kanye West has the most nods, his name is incognito in the Song of the Year" category.  Taylor Swift was also denied a spot for "Song of the Year."  In Gospel, Sunday Best newbie Leandria Johnson was nominated for Best Performance, surprisongly because her alb...