Usher, Sheila and FKA Twigs performed a Prince medley at the 62nd Annual Grammys - the trio performed (well, FKA twigs actually just pole-danced) 'Little Red Corvette', 'When Doves Cry', and 'Kiss'. The host Alicia Keys was joined on stage by Boyz II Men to pay an emotional tribute to Kobe Bryant, who died earlier the same day - the four performed the Motown classic 'It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday'. Tyler, the Creator, donning his signature "IGOR" look, was joined by Boyz II Men for his energetic performance 'Earfquake' and 'New Magic Wand'. Aerosmith went 30 years back and showed where the rap-meets-rock/metal came from, with performance of 'Walk This Way' with Run DMC.

Billie Eilish became the first woman in Grammy history to sweep the Big Four awards: album, record and song of the year plus best new artist. The first artist ever to win the big four awards was Christopher Cross 39 years ago. Eilish took album of the year for her debut, 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?', becoming the youngest album of the year winner in Grammy history (she is 18), easily topping Taylor Swift, who was 20 when she won a decade ago for 'Fearless'. She's also the youngest record of the year winner, with 'Bad Guy', in Grammy history - before her, the youngest were Kimbra and Sam Smith (both were 22 when they won). Also, Eilish's collaborator and older brother Finneas (22), is the youngest winner of producer of the year, non-classical in the category's history. Lizzo took best urban contemporary album for 'Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)', Tyler, the Creator's 'Igor' won best rap album, The Chemical Brothers' 'No Geography' won best dance/electronic album, Cage the Elephant took best rock album with 'Social Cues', Vampire Weekend took best alternative music album with 'Father of the Bride', the late Nipsey Hussle won his first Grammy for best rap performance for 'Racks in the Middle', Tool won best metal performance for '7empest', Beyoncé's 'Homecoming' won best music film, former First Lady Michelle Obama's 'Becoming' won best spoken word record...

Eminem climbs the Billboard 200 chart for the historic 10th time with his latest release, 'Music to Be Murdered', with 279,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 23. Of the total starting sum 154,000 are in SEA units, 117,000 are in album sales, and 8,000 are in TEA units. Eminem is just the sixth act with at least 10 No. 1 albums. He joins The Beatles (with a record 19), Jay-Z (14), Bruce Springsteen (11), Barbra Streisand (11) and Elvis Presley (10). Back on the new Billboard 200, Halsey’s 'Manic' debuts at No. 2, with 239,000 equivalent album units earned, and Mac Miller’s first posthumous album, 'Circles' debuts at No. 3 with 164,000 equivalent album units earned.

On their split single King Khan and The Sadies each recount the same debaucherous, hallucinogens-enhanced night; 'Celeste' is a single from the first album brothers Brian Eno and Roger Eno made as a duo; 'Turn the Bow' by Local H is just some Pink Floyd-esque rawk; Rosalia makes plenty with just some hand-clapping, flamenco guitar and her voice in 'Juro Que'.

Five-year-old Slipknot fan and viral air-drummer Caleb H got decked out in period-appropriate Slipknot gear to blast his way through the band's classic 'Before I Forget' on an electronic drum set. Previously, his father uploaded a video with the young drummer playing a cover of 'Toxicity' by the System of a Down (lower below).

Neil Young appeared at the Convention Center in downtown L.A. on Wednesday to take his oath of citizenship. Following the ceremony, the 75-year-old was seen exiting the building accompanied by his wife Daryl Hannah — and waving a tiny star-spangled banner high and proud. The legendary rocker previously encountered issues with his application due to his history of using cannabis. Young is Canadian but has been living in California since the 1960s.

Eminem said his new album is not intended for people who are "easily offended or unnerved", and that it was "not made for the squeamish", answering to criticism of his lyrics (in song 'Unaccommodating' he references the Manchester bomb attack that killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert). Eminem said in a Twitter message that some lyrics on the album were "designed to shock the conscience, which may cause positive action".

The 2020 Grammy Awards take place on Sunday, January 26th, in Los Angeles (starting at 5 PM local time). The ceremony will be streamed live on Grammy.com. Alicia Keys returns for her second go-around as host of the Grammys, confirmed Grammys 2020 performers include Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Lizzo, Rosalía, Tyler the Creator, Jonas Brothers, and Demi Lovato. Aerosmith will team up with Run-DMC, and Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton will share the stage for the first time. There will also be a special tribute performance to Nipsey Hussle, featuring John Legend, Meek Mill, DJ Khaled, and Roddy Richh. Plus, Lil Nas X will join forces with BTS, Billy Ray Cyrus, Diplo, and Mason Ramsey for a performance as “Old Town Road All-Stars”. Camila Cabello will lead an all-star rendition of the Fame song 'I Sing the Body Electric' with Gary Clark Jr., John Legend, Common, Cyndi Lauper, Ben Platt, as “a tribute to longtime Grammy executive producer Ken Ehrlich to acknowledge the importance of music education in schools”.

Billboard revealed their annual Power List for the year 2020 with the top label executives, biggest managers concert promoters listed alphabetically, by sector. There are dozens of people there, a big majority of them most of the people haven't even heard of (a few exceptions like Jay-Z and Beyonce), but they make decisions about popular music. The top two, by Billboard's standards, are Universal Music Publishing Group chairman/CEO Jody Gerson, named Executive of the Year; Universal Music Group chairman/CEO Sir Lucian Grainge, named Executive of the Decade.

'Canada Flow' by the critically acclaimed rapper Amillion The Poet, featuring Canadian singer Jnè, is a heartfelt Joey Breeze production, coupled with witty lyricism by the former professional basketballer - "instead of buying Amazon we should be saving em/ instead of pouring Bahamas mamas should be praying for them".

Debut album 'Simulacrum' by the Paris-based avant-garde electronic artist Aho Ssan references French cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard’s 1981 text 'Simulacra and Simulacrum' - the album plays with notions of simulation and synthesis. Aho Ssan was unable to find a jazz musician to collaborate with, so he began building patches in Max/MSP to create simulations of a fictional jazz ensemble, called The Mensah Imaginary Band. The ensemble is named after his grandfather Mensah Anthony, who Aho Ssan never met, but who played trumpet in a Ghanaian band the 1950s.

London-based singer/songwriter Brooke Bentham shows an impressive versatility when it comes to evoking various strains of indie rock past and present on her debut album 'Everyday Nothing', out February 28. But, as her producer Bill Ryder-Jones said, there's something else special about her - "her lyric writing will be overlooked because of her voice but it is her words that will set her apart from others”. Her latest single is 'Control', but it's ‘Perform For You’ that's her favourite - "because it reminds me of lots of the music I love. Musically it was exactly where I wanted to be”. Her influences: Sylvia Plath, Yo La Tengo, Pavement, Mazzy Star, Carol Ann Duffy...

The French fashion giant Chanel presented its Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2020 collection this week with a soundtrack of well known electronica. The show took place inside Paris’ nice Grand Palais, the models are gorgeous, of course, the collection pretty, and the music made it - cool. The show opened with Opus III’s 1992 cover of Edward Barton’s ‘It’s a Fine Day’, Blanck Mass’ ‘Creature / West Fuqua’ added a bit of rawness, and the biggest part was taken by The Orb’s 1990 hit ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’.

Radiohead have established a Public Library this week, with rarities, visuals, and other artifacts, and Pitchfork picked out the best bits from it. The Fork selected the 'Meeting People is Easy' documentary about the highpoint of their career ('OK Computer' era), and how much they struggled back then, the noisy-Beatles-esque song 'I'm a Wicked Child', the New Order cover 'Ceremony'...

American fantasy drama series 'The Witcher' was huge for Netflix debuting in December to 76 million viewers - it had high production values, massive action set pieces and one important element that held its mythos together: an inescapably catchy song! 'Toss a Coin to Your Witcher', composed by Sonya Belousova and Giona Ostinelli and sung by actor Joey Batey, became a viral hit almost immediately.

A new sound in club music is coming from a small Irish coastal city of Cork, bringing the second wave of hard drum music. They're producers in their 20s - Numbertheory, Lighght, Ellll and Superfície, making syncopated mutations of percussion-driven electronic music, the common denominator being primal drum-laden sound where rhythms tumble at breakneck speed.

The creator of the now-famous Screwed and Chopped DJ technique, Dj Screw is the subject of a new biographical television series titled 'All Screwed Up'. Screw, real name Robert Earl Davis Jr. was a central and influential figure in the Houston hip hop community and was the leader of Houston's Screwed Up Click. The IYO Visuals writes, “After discovering his signature sound in the early ’90s, Robert’s popularity landed him in the middle of police harassment and a violent local beef. This dispute between two sides of America’s fourth-largest city would go on to cause one of the most infamous divides in the South’s urban culture.”

Experimental art-pop artist Katie Gately has shared her stunning new single 'Waltz'; Chicago art-rock trio FACS have shared their eerie yet breathtaking lead single 'Teenage Hive'; Hillary Woods shared her dark folk song 'Tongues of Wild Boar'; Helen Honey has shared her dark and dramatic song 'Midnight'; Lala Lala has a new short song 'Legs, Run', a promising teaser produced by WHY?; Radical Face released their tender, lovely 'Reveries'; psychedelic rockers Dungen released their new instrumental song 'B1', an easy listening little prog thing; art pop duo CocoRosie is back with 'Aloha Friday', an orchestral song written on Hawaii; Nuxxe co-founder Sega Bodega sings for the first time on 'Salv Goes to Hollywood', an electro art-pop song from his debut album.

Recently hired then fired American Recording Academy chief Deborah Dugan had filed a complaint against the organization stating that the nominating processes are fixed and accuses Grammy bosses of insider dealing and corruption. She says the board frequently nominates artists who aren't on the 20-deep list the Academy's members and expert committees propose for nomination, to reward "artists with whom they have personal or business relationships". Also, she says the Board manipulates the nominations process to ensure that certain songs or albums are nominated.

Pearl Jam have released 'Dance Of The Clairvoyants', the first single from their new album 'Gigaton', out March 27, the Rolling Stone reports. Jeff Ament wrote on Twitter - “‘Dance’ was a perfect storm of experimentation and real collaboration… We’ve opened some new doors creatively and that’s exciting”. At the first listen it reminds of the change U2 have made in the 1990s with their album 'Pop'. Pearl Jam start a world tour in March.

Selena Gomez climbs for the third time to the top of Billboard 200 chart, with her third solo album 'Rare'. The album starts with 112,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. last week - 56,000 were in SEA units (equating to 79.3 million on-demand streams for album’s tracks), just under 53,000 in album sales, and a little over 3,000 in TEA units (track equivalent albums).

She decided to become a singer after hearing a female Buddhist monk chanting at a temple), her songs pair Gregorian chants with gagaku, imperial court music from ancient Japan. Director David Lynch selected her to perform at his 2019 Manchester international festival showcase, and super-producer Rick Rubin invited her to his US Showtime documentary series Shangri-La. Unusual music, but pleasant enough.

Dubai has been announced as the seventh host city for the massive September 26 event Global Goal Live: The Possible Dream that will call on governments, philanthropists and the private sector to provide the $350 billion needed annually to achieve the goals to end extreme poverty, tackle climate change and reduce income equality by 2030. The 10-hour, six-continent telecast is being billed as one of the largest live broadcast cause events in history, and it will include performances by Alicia Keys, Billie Eilish, Coldplay, Cyndi Lauper, D'banj, Eddie Vedder, EXO, H.E.R., Janelle Monáe, Lizzo, Metallica, Miley Cyrus, Muse, Ozuna, Ozzy Osbourne, Pharrell Williams, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shawn Mendes, Tiwa Savage, Usher and more.

Bright Eyes have announced their first live shows in more than nine years, along with plans to release new music. Unlike their previous nine albums, this project won't be released through Saddle Creek Records - they have signed with the Indiana-based indie Dead Oceans. The label has just posted a minute-long teaser of the band in the studio; a warning - no guitars or voice, just plenty of strings, like at a symphony rehearsal.

Music period drama 'Wu-Tang: An American Saga' about the iconic New York rap collective, has been renewed for second season by Hulu. The series debuted in September to rave reviews. The series chronicles the history and formation behind the Wu-Tang Clan as they deal with the daily struggle of balancing their music career amidst the drug-induced early 90’s.

The NME released the shortlist for its 2020 awards, with Billie Eilish, Slowthai, Stormzy and The 1975 all achieving multiple nominations. Emily Eavis has been named a Godlike Genius, in recognition of her "outstanding contribution" to the Glastonbury festival.

Event organizers from Hydro club in Glasgow have banned numerous accessories ahead of Slipknot gig on Saturday, including spiked collars, large belt buckles, and large chain wallets. The band's promoters have requested similar restrictions at previous gigs, and fans were quick this time to criticize and make fun of these regulations.

Radiohead have launched Radiohead Public Library, a new online archive of their music videos, live TV performances, artwork etc. Out-of-print T-shirt designs from each era of the band’s history can be custom-made via the site. The band have also uploaded songs from their first ever release, 1992’s 'Drill' EP, the 2005 song 'I Want None of This' from charity compilation 'Help! A Day in the Life', and the 2011 remix release 'Tkol Rmx 8'.

Queen have become the first band with an official U.K. coin - the commemorative coin is launched today, with Queens on both sides: her majesty Queen Elizabeth II on one face, and the band on the other. The coins' design features the instruments played by each founding member: Brian May’s Red Special guitar, John Deacon’s Fender Precision bass, Roger Taylor’s Ludwig bass drum decorated with the Queen crest, and Freddie Mercury’s Bechstein grand piano with the opening notes of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' pressed down. Prices range from £13 for the limited edition “brilliant uncirculated” coin, with the silver and a gold proof edition going for £2,100.

Late-night host Stephen Colbert made a joke about the new James Bond theme song that Billie Eilish had recorded (the movie will be out in April, the song is expected at about the same time). Colbert made a spoof-song based on Eilish's 'Bad Guy' video, witch lyrics - "James Bond/ You are a super spy/ Movie/ It's called 'No Time to Die'/ Get drunk, have sex and shoot a gun/ Being James Bond sounds fun/ He's a Bond guy... duh". A green-haired Eilish doppleganger whisper-sang in the spoof while bopping through scenes of artfully fired guns and men in suits, all while in a yellow sweatsuit similar to the one worn by the 18-year-old star in the original video.