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Why The Oscars — Not The Grammys — Were Music’s Biggest Night This Year

Lady Gaga at the 91st Annual Academy Awards. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

For years, the Grammy Awards have been billed as Music’s Biggest Night. But that distinction has shifted—at least for 2019—to the Oscars.

Music took center stage at the ceremony honoring the world’s best films and filmmakers, from Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s electric performance of A Star Is Born‘s “Shallow” to Green Book‘s upset victory for Best Picture. Mahershala Ali took home the Oscar for Best Support...

Inside Nipsey Hussle’s Blueprint To Become A Real Estate Mogul

Golden Opportunity Zone: Even as his music career accelerates, Nipsey Hussle—pictured at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards—is focused on his next entrepreneurial move. (Photo by David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

The tattered stretch of West Slauson Avenue just off Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles isn’t the first place you’d expect to see a Cadillac Escalade roll up and deliver a Grammy-nominated musician. At the tiny strip mall on the south side of the street, storefronts include a...

The Grammys Cultivated A Diverse Cast Of Winners — And Then Cut Them Off

Dua Lipa  with her awards for Best New Artist and Best Dance Recording during the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP)

Last year, the Grammys came under fire for underrepresenting hip-hop among the major category winners and lacking female nominees and winners across the board. In the latter case, Recording Academy chief Neil Portnow made matters worse by suggesting the problem was that women needed to “step up.”

Flash-forward one year. The academy expanded the number...

From Drake To Cardi B, The Grammys’ Five Most Notable Moments

Drake accepts the Best Rap Song award for ‘God’s Plan’ onstage during the 61st Annual Grammys. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

For the next few days, pundits will opine on which Grammy performances, acceptance speeches and ad-libs were the night’s most momentous. But only a few dozen writers could bear witness to perhaps the best arbiters of such distinction: the instantaneous, audible reaction of the crowd of journalists assembled in the media center backstage a...

How Weird Al Topped Guns N’ Roses And The Grateful Dead For His Latest Grammy Win

Weird Al Yankovic after winning Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. (Photo by Jerod Harris/FilmMagic)

While most observers focus on the big names up for Grammys this year–Cardi B, Drake, Lady Gaga, Jay-Z and Post Malone, to name a few–a familiar face has quietly added to a considerable collection of hardware. “Weird Al” Yankovic snared the award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package, besting fellow nominees including Guns N’ Roses and th...

Brandi Carlile Has Already Won Three Grammys

Brandi Carlile performs onstage at the Clive Davis gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 9, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Just weeks ago, Brandi Carlile said she had never won anything–“not even a karaoke contest.” Today, that has changed in a big way: the singer-songwriter has already taken home three Grammys at the 61st annual ceremony in Los Angeles.

Carlile has won Best Americana Album for By The Way, I Forgive...

Full Coverage Of The 61st Annual Grammy Awards, From Cardi B To Weird Al

Cardi B arrives at the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards. (Photo by Dan MacMedan/WireImage)

The Grammys are underway at the Staples Center, and some of the biggest names in the business are already taking home hardware on music’s biggest night. Forbes will have all the latest for you, live from Los Angeles, from the red carpet to backstage interviews.

Check out our running list of winners here. For more, follow my updates via Twitter and Instagram, and check back below for an updated list of Forbes ...

Live Coverage Of The 61st Annual Grammy Awards, From Cardi B To Weird Al

Cardi B arrives at the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards. (Photo by Dan MacMedan/WireImage)

The Grammys are underway at the Staples Center, and some of the biggest names in the business are already taking home hardware on music’s biggest night. Forbes will have all the latest for you, live from Los Angeles, from the red carpet to backstage interviews.

Check out our running list of winners here. For more, follow my updates via Twitter and Instagram, and check back below for an updated list of Forbes ...

Fearless Forecast 2019: Big Years For Billie Eilish, Travis Scott, Boi-1da

Billie Eilish: One of a handful of artists in for a huge 2019.

The end of 2018 upon us, which means the latest installation of an annual tradition–predictions for the music industry in the coming year–and if last year’s edition was any indication, prognosticators may want to pay close attention. That column highlighted Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and hip-hop as soon-to-be winners for 2018. And they were.

Swift and Perry ended up claiming the second and first spots on the Forbes list of highest-p...

Moe Shalizi, Marshmello’s Manager, Is Leaving Red Light To Start A New Company

On The Way Up: Moe Shalizi is taking his clients to his new management company, The Shalizi Group.

Earlier this year, 28-year-old Moe Shalizi—best known as the manager of Marshmello—earned a spot in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Music Class of 2019. The honor doesn’t seem to have made Shalizi complacent: He’s leaving Red Light Management to start his own company, The Shalizi Group.

Shalizi will take all ten of his employees as well as his acts with him, including Jauz, Slushii, Southside, Ookay, Gha...