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Song of the Year is perhaps the crux of the whole "The Grammys only care about Top 40 music" argument. Album of the Year and Record of the Year can be judged on sales without much moral handwringing, but Song of the Year? The actual craft of writing a song that resonates with millions while building upon centuries of human achievement? The Grammy 2015 nominees include Taylor Swift and Meghan Trainor, and we will tell you who should win and who will win. -
Grammys 2015 Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Nominees Who Should Win & Who Will Win: Iggy Azalea's 'Fancy' Takes On Jessie J's 'Bang Bang'
The category of Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for the 2015 Grammy Awards has Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX's "Fancy" going up against Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj's "Bang Bang." Katy Perry and Juicy J's "Dark Horse" could play spoiler while Coldplay and A Great Big World/Christina Aguilera occupy the underdog spots. -
MIXTAPE MONDAY: Check Out New Songs From Sia, Four Tet, Shlohmo, Courtney Barnett And Many More!
Each and every week we put together our favorite tracks that had premiered a few days prior into one magnificent mixtape to share with you and your friends. This time around we've decided to share new songs from Sia, Four Tet, Shlohmo, Courtney Barnett and more right here! -
Grammys 2015 Best Rap Album Nominees, Who Should Win & Who Will Win: Iggy Azalea, Eminem and Wiz Khalifa Among Contenders
Music Times picks who should win (and who will actually win) the Best Rap Album, choosing from Iggy Azalea, Childish Gambino, Common, Eminem, ScHoolboy Q and Wiz Khalifa. -
Super Bowl Guest Acts Since 2011, When The NFL Allowed The to Come Back: Destiny's Child, Slash, M.I.A. and More
The Super Bowl had an unspoken band on guest acts for six years following the infamous Justin Timberlake/Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction." How have backing musicians fared since being welcomed back during 2011? We look back at Destiny's Child, Slash, M.I.A. and more while looking forward to Katy Perry's performance with Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott. -
10 Super Bowl Halftime Show Stages: Ranking the Platforms of Madonna, Beyoncé, Bruno Mars and More
The Super Bowl Halftime Show often benefits from a great performance onstage. Sometimes. But knowing the much of the audio is prerecorded kind of takes some of the fun out of it. That's why more often than not our final verdict on the big game's big entertainment (especially in recent years) had revolved more around the stage-show than the music itself. Nothing is more important to a stage-show than a stage. Music Times went back and checked out the last ten Super Bowl performers and more importantly, what they were playing on, and ranked them accordingly (including Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Madonna and more). This isn't a ranking of the performances, but of the platform that held it. -
7 Songs You Didn't Know Jeff Lynne Helped Write: Sam Smith, George Harrison and...The Pussycat Dolls?
Sam Smith's "Stay With Me" was one of the biggest songs of 2014 and this week's big news was that Tom Petty would receive a songwriting credit for the song due to its similarities to his own "I Won't Back Down," a coincidence that Petty referred to as a "musical accident no more no less." Although Petty has appeared in all of the headlines, an equal amount of the songwriting credit was also awarded to Jeff Lynne, the frontman for the Electric Light Orchestra, who has been behind the scenes on many a track. Check out a list of Lynne's other surprise songwriting credits, not counting work with band's he's a part of, including the Traveling Wilburys. -
Bob Dylan's No. 1's...Don't Exist. 4 Covers That Took Him to No. 1: Guns N' Roses, Gabrielle, The Byrds and More
Bob Dylan has been to the top of the charts numerous times. Just not on record. Check out the list of performers who have earned Dylan a no. 1 as a songwriter with their covers: The Byrds, Guns N' Roses, Gabrielle and more. -
5 AC/DC Replacement Drummers for Phil Rudd: Jason Bonham, Steven Adler, Chris Cester and More
The unstoppable rock 'n' roll force that is AC/DC has been having a rough go at things lately. They unfortunately parted ways with founding member Malcolm Young, who served as the steady rhythm guitarist on 14 albums before leaving to receive treatment for dementia in September. Another crucial piece of the hard rock puzzle, drummer Phil Rudd, had to take a break in order to deal with some bizarre legal issues. Now with AC/DC riding high on the success of Rock or Bust, they will no doubt be looking for a replacement until either Rudd is cleared or locked up. Steven Adler, Jason Bonham and Chris Cester are all suitable substitutes. -
6 Film Directors and Operas They've Helmed: Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, Werner Herzog and More
Yesterday Music Times reported that Woody Allen would be reprising his role as the director for Gianni Schicci, an opera by Puccini, and that Placido Domingo would star in the lead role to open the Los Angeles Opera's 2015-'16 season. Allen is far from the first director to be a fan of opera but he is one of the few who have bucked up and attempted to direct their own renditions of orchestral classics. Here are six other big names to try their hand at the theatre, including Roman Polanski and Julie Taymor among others. -
Britney Spears, The Beatles and Kelly Clarkson: The Largest Jumps to No. 1 in Billboard Hot Hot 100 History
Kelly Clarkson set the current record for the largest one-week jump on the Hot 100 to no. 1 with her single "My Life Would Suck Without You." The record has changed hands only seven times over the last 50 years, including The Beatles, Britney Spears and T.I. All of them dominate 2014's biggest jump (Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" moving from no. 14 up to the top). -
7 of The Most Disappointing Albums Ever: Guns N' Roses, Michael Jackson, Lil Wayne and More
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