Ed Sheeran

2013 Billboard Music Awards: Swift dominates, Bieber deflates

2013-05-20 07:53:00

LAS VEGAS -- On the Billboard stage, there’s not much room for surprises, at least not where the awards are concerned.�This is a ceremony dictated by radio, sales, streaming and fan voting. So it should be�expected that Taylor Swift and Justin...

'The Voice' recap: Teams Adam and Usher take it live

2013-05-07 09:38:00

"The Voice" stepped out for its first live show of the season on Monday night, when the members of Teams Adam and Usher took the stage to compete for next week's top 12. Viewers will vote to put through two singers from each team of four, then each...

In new book, Clive Davis talks bisexuality, Dylan, Whitney and more

2013-02-19 08:55:00

This post has been updated. See below for details. Among the dozens of musical luminaries referenced in record man�Clive Davis’ new autobiography, "The Soundtrack of My Life," are a number of wild cards and surprises. Yes, Davis devotes pages to...

Review: Ed Sheeran celebrates his birthday at the Nokia Theatre

2013-02-18 10:14:00

It’s impressive enough for a charismatic guy with a British accent, a pirate’s hat and an acoustic guitar to bring a theater full of excited teenage girls to a frenzy of screams worthy of Justin Bieber or the Beatles, as�Ed Sheeran did on...

Phoenix releases new song, 'Entertainment,' from upcoming album

2013-02-18 12:39:00

The year of Phoenix has begun. After announcing last week that it would release a new album in April, the French band on Monday posted the disc's first song, "Entertainment," on YouTube. It's a speedy electro-rock jam built around the group's...

Shadow Morton, '60s pop wizard, reportedly dead at 71

2013-02-16 10:27:00

Shadow Morton, the songwriter and producer behind such 1960s pop classics as "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" and "Leader of the Pack" -- both recorded by the Shangri-Las -- is dead. According to the New York Times, Morton died Thursday in Laguna Beach;...

Jessie Ware covers Rihanna's 'Diamonds,' result sparkles

2013-02-16 21:57:00

One of Pop & Hiss' favorite performances at the Grammy Awards last weekend was Rihanna's hauntingly stark rendition of "Stay," in which the audacious dance-pop star showed a vulnerable side we haven't seen much since "Unfaithful" way back in 2006....

Ed Sheeran knows what he wants: America

2013-02-16 07:00:00

Ed Sheeran had plenty to be proud of Sunday night at the Grammy Awards, where the English singer-songwriter's "The A Team" was nominated for song of the year. Not only that, but Sheeran performed the tune — a sympathetic ballad about a troubled...

Grammy Awards 2013 recap [Video]

2013-02-11 09:45:00

�The 55th Grammy Awards honored a wide range of acts on Sunday night. Mumford & Sons' "Babel" was named top album, Gotye won record of the year for "Somebody That I Used to Know" and the New York City group Fun. took home awards for song of the year...

Grammys 2013: Gotye, Fun. victories show pop's winning appeal

2013-02-11 07:00:00

Since at least 1989, when it was universally ridiculed for bestowing the hard rock-metal award on Jethro Tull over Metallica, the Recording Academy has lived in fear of seeming terminally out of touch. British neo-folkies Mumford & Sons won the evening'...

Grammy Awards 2013: Mumford & Sons' 'Babel' wins album of the year

2013-02-10 20:42:00

The Grammy Awards gave their top honor to British roots music band Mumford & Sons for their album “Babel” on Sunday at the 55th awards ceremony on a night that distributed honors broadly to an array of younger generation acts including New...

Grammys 2013: Live blogging the show

2013-02-10 21:00:00

The Grammys, live . . .� 8:55 p.m.: The Grammys saved the most fascinating performer for one of its final performances, and the Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch finally received a Grammy tribute, albeit a brief one. First, to introduce Frank Ocean, Juanes...

7 p.m. Sunday, ABC Tracy Morgan hosts. Madonna is named top touring artist.

2012-07-17 00:00:00