The Grammy Awards telecast on CBS crushed each new ratings record Sunday night, not usually for a song awards uncover though for any awards broadcast, fueled by penetrating seductiveness in how a uncover would compensate reverence to Whitney Houston, who had died a day before. For a full generation – a uncover finished out of [...]

Record of the Year ”Rolling in the Deep,” Adele Album of the Year ”21,” Adele Song of the Year Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth (”Rolling in the Deep,” Adele) New A

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Following a pattern familiar from the death of Michael Jackson, Ms. Houston’s music rocketed back on the charts and radio playlists as news of her death spread. For the week that ended Sunday, Ms. Houston had a nearly 60-fold increase in albu

As though Bill Donohue didn’t have enough to be cranky about. The perpetually apoplectic Catholic League president is on the rampage about President Obama trying to make sure women working at Catholic institutions get insurance

A group of Latin jazz musicians are planning to hold a concert in Los Angeles on the same night as the Grammy Awards to protest the decision that eliminated 31 categories from this year’s awards, protest organizers announced Mo

Or was it 2007? To say nothing of 2005, 2000, 2009 and 2002. For the third time in recent memory, the Grammys dropped a boatload of awards on a young female singer-songwriter and her breakthrough album. This year it was Adele, wh

Adele Adkins got her due. Her album “21,” about what she called “a rubbish relationship,” spotlighted a big, soulful voice and smart tracks that spoke to both heartsore teenagers and Motown-loving parents, selling more than 6.3 million

The 23-year-old singer and songwriter, whose raw vocals and searing lyrics made “21” the best-selling album last year, captured six awards, sweeping record, song and album of the year. She seemed to be a perfect champion for a beleaguered r

Ms. Houston’s body was removed from the hotel in Beverly Hills early Sunday and was taken downtown to the morgue. The autopsy was finished on Sunday, but the Los Angeles County coroner’s office said the official cause of death would await t