The awards season was in full
swing this November. First up was the 2017 Country Music Association (CMA)
Awards. Chris Stapleton was the big winner of the night winning Male Vocalist
of the Year and Album of the Year for From a Room: Volume 1. The other winners
were:
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Female Vocalist of the Year: Miranda Lambert
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New Artist of the Year: Jon Pardi
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Entertainer of the Year: Garth Brooks
·
Single of the Year: Keith Urban – Blue ain’t
your color
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Song of the Year: Little Big Town – Better man
·
Vocal Group of the Year: Little Big Town
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Music Video of the Year: Brothers Osborne – It
ain’t my fault
·
Musical Event of the Year: Glen Campbell with
Willie Nelson – Funny how time slips away
Next up we have the MTV
European Music Awards which was hosted by Rita Ora at the Wembley Arena,
London. She gave a brilliant performance of her songs Your Song and new hit
Anywhere and was also bestowed with the Power of Music Award. Other good performances
of the night were Camila Cabello’s Havana, Eminem and Skylar Grey’s Walk on
Water, Shawn Mendes’ There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back and Clean Bandit’s medley
of Symphony, Rockabye and I Miss You with Zara Larsson, Anne-Marie and Julia
Michaels. Shawn Mendes was the big winner of the night taking home four awards
including Best Artist and Best Song for There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back. Other
significant wins include:
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Best Video: Kendrick Lamar – Humble
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Best New Artist: Dua Lipa
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Best Pop: Camila Cabello
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Best Electronic: David Guetta
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Best Rock: Coldplay
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Best Hip-Hop: Eminem
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Global Icon: U2
The 2017 Latin Grammys were
also held in November with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee both leading with 4
awards for their mega hit Despacito winning Record of the Year, Song of the
Year, Best Urban/Fusion Performance and Best Short Form Music Video. Some of
the best performances of the night included CNCO with Reggaeton Lento
(Bailemos), Luis Fonsi, Bomba Estéreo, Victor Manuelle and Diplo with Despacito
and Maluma with Felices Los 4. Some of the other significant winners were:
· Album of the Year: Rubén Blades with Roberto
Delgado & Orquesta – Salsa Big Band
·
Best New Artist: Vincente Garcia
·
Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album: Shakira – El
Dorado
·
Producer of the Year: Eduardo Cabra
·
Best Urban Song: Residente – Somos Anormales
The 2017 American Music Awards
is the final major award ceremony for the year. Bruno Mars had an almost clean
sweep grabbing 7 out of his 8 nominations of the night including Artist of the
Year, Favorite Male Artist Pop/Rock, Favorite Male Artist R&B/Soul and
Video of the Year for That’s What I Like. There were amazing performances by
Marshmello and Selena Gomez with Wolves, Imagine Dragons and Khalid with a
mashup of Thunder and Young, Dumb and Broke, BTS with DNA and Diana Ross who
was bestowed with the Lifetime Achievement Award sang a medley of her hits I’m
Coming Out, Take Me Higher, Ease on Down the Road, The Best Years of My Life
and Ain’t No Mountain High Enough. The other major wins include:
·
New Artist of the Year: Niall Horan
· Collaboration of the Year: Luis Fonsi &
Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber – Despacito
·
Tour of the Year: Coldplay – A Head Full of
Dreams
·
Favorite Female Artist - Pop/Rock: Lady Gaga
· Favorite Song - Pop/Rock: Luis Fonsi & Daddy
Yankee ft. Justin Bieber – Despacito
·
Favorite Artist - Rap/Hip-Hop: Drake
·
Favorite Artist - Latin: Shakira
·
Favorite Artist - Electronic Dance Music: The
Chainsmokers
·
Favorite Soundtrack: Moana
Lastly in awards news, we have
the most anticipated nominations in music - Grammys. The 2018 Grammy Nominations
were announced at the end of the month with Jay-Z leading with 8 nominations
followed by Kendrick Lamar with 7 and Bruno Mars with 6. The following are the
nominees under the 4 main categories:
1. Record
of the Year
·
Childish Gambino – Redbone
·
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber
– Despacito
·
Jay-Z – The story of O.J.
·
Kendrick Lamar – Humble.
·
Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
2. Album
of the Year
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Childish Gambino – Awaken My Love
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Jay-Z – 4:44
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Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
·
Lorde – Melodrama
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Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
3. Song
of the Year
·
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber
– Despacito
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Jay-Z – 4:44
·
Julia Michaels – Issues
·
Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid –
1-800-273-8255
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Bruno Mars – That’s What I Like
4. Best
New Artist
·
Alessia Cara
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Khalid
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Lil Uzi Vert
·
Julia Michaels
·
SZA
In other news, Selena Gomez
was named the Billboard’s 2017 Woman of the Year. The singer was honored at the
annual Women in Music gala at the end of the month. This year the Rising Star
was awarded to 2016 America’s Got Talent winner Grace VanderWaal. The other honorees were:
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Rulebreaker Award – Kehlani
·
Icon of the Year – Mary J. Blige
·
Breakthrough – Camila Cabello
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Powerhouse – Kelly Clarkson
Meanwhile in chart news, in the
US, Post Malone ft. 21 Savage’s Rockstar reigned supreme throughout the month
although Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug’s Havana peaked at No.2 and came
extremely close to dethroning Rockstar. During the month Ed Sheeran &
Beyoncé’s Perfect, Lil Pump’s Gucci Gang and Maroon 5 ft. SZA’s What Lovers Do
all entered the top 10.
In the UK, Rockstar opened the
month at the top although here Camila Cabello managed to overthrow Post Malone
and stayed at the top for the remainder of the month. During the month Rita
Ora’s Anywhere, Charlie Puth’s How Long and Eminem ft. Beyoncé’s Walk on Water
all entered the top 10.
Other songs which became popular
during the month were:
1. Selena
Gomez & Marshmello – Wolves
2. Big
Shaq – Man’s not hot
3. Taylor
Swift – Call it what you want
4. Clean
Bandit ft. Julia Michaels – I miss you
5. NF
– Let you down
6. Sam
Smith – One last song
7. Post
Malone – I fall apart
Till the next beat...
At Ease!!!
