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Silk Sonic and “King Richard” Collect Top Prizes at 2022 BET Awards

Nikoleta P — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 06:05:00 +0000

BET Awards returned to Los Angeles to celebrate black excellence this weekend, and the list of winners at this ceremony is pretty impressive. The music duo Silk Sonic, formed by Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, dominated the music categories, while King Richard picked up top awards in the movie field.

Silk Sonic defeated the likes of Drake, Doja Cat, and Kanye West to win the night’s biggest award – album of the year – with their debut joint album An Evening with Silk Sonic. They also won trophies for best group and video of the year, while Anderson .Paak collected the award for the video director of the year.

It was also a big night for Kendrick Lamar, who walked away with two awards – best male hip hop artist and video of the year. The list of major winners also included Megan Thee Stallion (best female hip hop artist), Jazmine Sullivan (best female R&B/pop artist), and The Weeknd (best male R&B/pop artist).

As for movie categories, King Richard came into the night with the most nominations, and it lived up to the hype. It won awards for the best movie, while its star Will Smith collected the award for the best actor. Zendaya was named the best actress for her work in Euphoria and Spider-Man: No Way Home.

The 2022 BET Awards took place on June 26 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, with Taraji P. Henson serving as a host.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS AT 2022 BET AWARDS:

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
JAZMINE SULLIVAN

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
THE WEEKND

Best Group
BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON .PAAK, SILK SONIC

Best Collaboration
ESSENCE – WIZKID FEAT. JUSTIN BIEBER & TEMS

Best Female Hip Hop Artist
MEGAN THEE STALLION

Best Male Hip Hop Artist
KENDRICK LAMAR

Video of the Year
SMOKIN OUT THE WINDOW – BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON .PAAK, SILK SONIC

Video Director of the Year
ANDERSON .PAAK A.K.A. DIRECTOR .PAAK

Best New Artist
LATTO

Album of the Year
AN EVENING WITH SILK SONIC, BRUNO MARS, ANDERSON.PAAK, SILK SONIC

Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award
WE WIN, LIL BABY X, KIRK FRANKLIN

BET Her
GOOD MORNING GORGEOUS, MARY J. BLIGE

Best International Act
TEMS (NIGERIA)

Best Movie
KING RICHARD

Best Actor
WILL SMITH, KING RICHARD

Best Actress
ZENDAYA, EUPHORIA | SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME

YoungStars Award
MARSAI MARTIN

Sportswoman of the Year Award
NAOMI OSAKA

Sportsman of the Year Award
STEPHEN CURRY

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2022 Grammy Awards: Jon Batiste and Silk Sonic Win Top Prizes

Nikoleta P — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:30:00 +0000

Only a week after the Oscars, the world’s biggest stars gathered for another major ceremony on Sunday night—the Grammy Awards. Jon Batiste came into the night as the most nominated artist and picked up five awards, closely followed by Silk Sonic with four.

Batiste was in the running for 11 trophies but only picked up one in the main field—album of the year for We Are. He also received two awards in the American Roots categories, picked up the trophy for the best music video for “Freedom”, and shared the Grammy for best score soundtrack for visual media for his work on Soul with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

Silk Sonic’s triumph at the Grammys was far more impressive since they came into the night with just four nominations, and managed to win all of them. Their single “Leave the Door Open” won awards for record and song of the year, in addition to best R&B performance and best R&B song.

It was also a big night for Olivia Rodrigo, who won a total of three awards, including best new artist and best pop vocal album for Sour. The list of artists walking away with three awards also included D’Mile, Foo Fighters, Chris Stapleton, and CeCe Winans.
The 64th Annual Grammy Awards took place on April 3 in Las Vegas with Trevor Noah serving as a host.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS AT 2022 GRAMMY AWARDS:

Album of the Year
We Are
Jon Batiste

Record of the Year
“Leave the Door Open”
Silk Sonic

Song of the Year
“Leave the Door Open”
Silk Sonic

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Kiss Me More
Doja Cat Featuring SZA

Best Pop Vocal Album
Sour
Olivia Rodrigo

Best R&B Album
Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan

Best Rap Performance
Family Ties
Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar

Best New Artist
Olivia Rodrigo

Best Country Album
Starting Over
Chris Stapleton

Song of the Year
Leave the Door Open
Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Silk Sonic)

Producer of the Year
Jack Antonoff

Best Comedy Album
Sincerely
Louis C.K.

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Love For Sale
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga

Best Pop Solo Performance
driver’s license
Olivia Rodrigo

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Songwrights Apothecary Lab
Esperanza Spaulding

Best Rap Song
Jail
Dwayne Abernathy, Jr., Shawn Carter, Raul Cubina, Michael Dean, Charles M. Njapa, Sean Solymar, Kanye West & Mark Williams

Best Melodic Rap Performance
Hurricane
Kanye West Featuring The Weeknd & Lil Baby

Best Progressive R&B Album
Table for two
Lucky Daye

Best R&B Song
Leave the Door Open
Silk Sonic

Best Traditional R&B Performance
Fight for You
H.E.R.

Best R&B Performance – TIE
Leave the Door Open
Silk Sonic

and

Pick Up Your Feelings
Jasmine Sullivan

Best Alternative Music Album
Daddy’s Home
St. Vincent

Best Rock Album
Medicine at Midnight
Foo Fighters

Best Rock Song
Waiting on a War
Foo Fighters

Best Metal Performance
The Alien
Dream Theater

Best Rock Performance
Making a Fire
Foo Fighters

Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Shaw: Narrow Sea
Caroline Shaw

Best Classical Compendium
Woman Warriors – Voices of Change
Amy Andersson, conductor; Amy Andersson, Mark Mattson & Lolita Ritmanis

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Mythologies
Sangeeta Kaur & Hila Plitmann

Best Classical Instrumental Performance, Solo
Alone Together
Jennifer Koh

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Beethoven: Chello Sonatas
Yo Yo Ma

Best Choral Performance
Mahler: Symphony No. 8
Gustavo Dudamel

Best Opera Recording
Glass: Akhnaten

Producer of the Year, Classical
Judith Sherman

Best Engineered Classical Album
Chanticleer Sings Christmas
Leslie Ann Jones and Michael Romanowski

Best Spoken Word Album
Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation From John Lewis
Don Cheadle

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Tree Falls
Taylor Eigsti

Best Tropical Latin Album
Salswing!
Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta

Best Regional Mexican Music Album
A Mis 80s
Vicente Fernandez

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Origen
Juanes

Best Música Urbana Album
El Ultimo Tour Del Mundo
Bad Bunny

Best Latin Pop Album
Mendó
Alex Cuba

Best Roots Gospel Album
My Savior
Carrie Underwood

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Old Church Basement
Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music

Best Gospel Album
Believe For It
CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Believe For It
CeCe Winans; Dwan Hill, Kyle Lee, CeCe Winans & Mitch Wong

Best Gospel Performance/Song
Never Lost
CeCe Winans

Best Music Film
Summer of Soul
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, video director; David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent & Joseph Patel, video producers

Best Music Video
Freedom
Jon Batiste

Best Immersive Audio Album
Alicia
George Massenburg & Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Ann Mincieli, immersive producer

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Passenger
Mike Shinoda

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Love For Sale
Dae Bennett, Josh Coleman & Billy Cumella, engineers; Greg Calbi & Steve Fallone, mastering engineers

Best Historical Album
Joni Mitchell Archives, Volume 1: The Early Years
Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer

Best Album Notes
The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions
Ricky Riccardi

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
All Things Must Pass
Darren Evans, Dhani Harrison & Olivia Harrison

Best Recording Package
Pakelang
Li Jheng Han and Yu Wei

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Subconsciously
Black Coffee

Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Alive
Rüfüs Du Sol

Best Raggae Album
Beauty in the Silence
Soja

Best Regional Roots Album
Kau Ka Pe’a
Kalani Pe’a

Best Contemporary Blues Album
662
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

Best Traditional Blues Album
I Be Trying
Cedric Burnside

Best Bluegrass Album
My Bluegrass Heart
Béla Fleck

Best Americana Album
Native Sons
Los Lobos

Best American Roots Performance
Cry
Jon Batiste

Best Country Song
Cold
Dave Cobb, J.T. Cure, Derek Mixon & Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Younger Me
Brothers Osborne

Best Country Solo Performance
You Should Probably Leave
Chris Stapleton

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Humpty Dumpty (Set 2)
Chick Corea, soloist

Best Latin Jazz Album
Mirror Mirror
Eliane Elias With Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
For Jimmy, Wes And Oliver
Christian McBride Big Band

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Skyline
Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette & Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Best New Age Album
Divine Tides
Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
The Edge of Longing
Vince Mendoza

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Meta Knight’s Revenge
Charlie Rosen and Jake Silervman

Best Instrumental Composition
Eberhard
Lyle Mays

Best Global Music Album
Mother Nature
Anjelique Kidjo

Best Global Musical Performance
Mohabbat
Arooj Aftab

Best Immersive Album
Soundtrack Of The American Soldier
Leslie Ann Jones, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Dan Merceruio, immersive producer (Jim R. Keene & The United States Army Field Band)

Best Song Written for Visual Media
All Eyes on Me
Bo Burnham
Bo Burnham, video director; Josh Senior, video producer

Best Musical Theater Album
The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical
Composers/Lyricists Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear
Producer Emily Bear

Best Composition Soundtrack Album For Visual Media
The United States vs. Billy Holiday
Andra Day
Compilation Producer Salaam Remi
Music Supervisor Lynn Fainchtein

Best Score Soundrack Album For Visual Media – TIE
Caros Raphael Rivera
The Queen’s Gambit
and
Jon Batiste, Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor
Soul

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Silk Sonic’s Debut Album Gets Official Release Date

Amanda B — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 06:20:00 +0000

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak proved to be a match made in heaven since starting making new music together under the moniker Silk Sonic, and their first album together is just around the corner. An Evening with Silk Sonic got an official release date and it’s hitting the shelves this fall.

Silk Sonic’s debut album is set to come out on November 12th, and it will have to face some tough competition on the charts. Taylor Swift is also releasing the re-recorded version of her fourth studio album Red that same day, after moving its release date up a week.

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The release date of An Evening with Silk Sonic comes as somewhat of a surprise because Mars and .Paak previously said that they probably won’t share it with the world until January 2022.

“We’re really in touch-up mode now. We’ve got the bones of most of the album, so it’s really about touching up parts that need a little more… Grease,” Mars told Rolling Stone, and added they’ll drop more singles in the lead-up to the album because he doesn’t want it to be “binge-watched”.

The release date announcement was preceded by two singles—the duo’s chart-topping debut “Leave the Door Open” and its follow-up “Skate”, which peaked at no. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak to Release Silk Sonic’s Debut Album in January 2022

Joan H — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 06:33:00 +0000

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak have delayed the release of Silk Sonic’s debut album An Evening with Silk Sonic. During a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine, the pair revealed that the record’s original fall of 2021 release date has now been pushed to January 2022.

According to Mars, the delay will allow the duo to put some extra work into the songs. “We’re really in the touch-up mode now,” Mars explained. “We’ve got the bones of most of the album, so it’s really about touching up parts that need a little more… Grease.”

However, Mars and .Paak intend to make the wait more bearable for the fans by releasing several more singles before the record officially comes out.

“I don’t want to be binge-watched,” Mars added.

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak first revealed plans to form a band together in late February, saying they already have an album ready. They debuted the Silk Sonic project a week later, releasing its first single “Leave the Door Open.” The track was met with critical acclaim while topping the US Billboard Hot 100 charts and reaching No.1 in several other countries.

“Skate,” the second single from An Evening with Silk Sonic, was released on 30th July.

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Silk Sonic Returns to No. 1 with “Leave the Door Open”

Greg H — Thu, 20 May 2021 05:40:00 +0000

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak proved they’re a match made in heaven since forming the R&B duo Silk Sonic, and their success on the charts reflects that. Their debut single “Leave the Door Open” returned to the no. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the second time.

“Leave the Door Open” was originally released on March 15th, and it debuted at no. 4 before climbing to the top spot about a month after its release. Mars and Paak delivered the first live performance of this hit single at this year’s Grammy Awards.

“Leave the Door Open” is expected to be featured on the duo’s debut album, titled An Evening with Silk Sonic. They’ve been thinking of working together since touring by each other’s side in 2017, and their first joint album is expected to come out later this month.

When it comes to the rest of this week’s Billboard Hot 100 chart, Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” featuring DaBaby reached its new high at no. 2. It was followed by two former no. 1 singles—Justin Bieber’s “Peaches” and The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Save Your Tears”.

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Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak to Release Album Together

Jas Cilas — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 07:55:59 +0000

Pop star Bruno Mars and rapper/singer Anderson .Paak recently dropped some exciting news for their fans. The duo formed a band together and will have an album coming out soon.

Mars revealed on social media that the band is called Silk Sonic and features Parliament Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins as a “special guest.” He also announced that their first single will come out on March 5th.

We locked in and made an album. The band’s called Silk Sonic. First song drops next Friday 3/5. pic.twitter.com/kzCQ3f7NRa
— Bruno Mars (@BrunoMars) February 26, 2021

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak toured in 2017 together, with .Paak serving as an opening act on Mars’ world tour for 24K Magic. They also reportedly spent some time in the studio alongside EDM duo Disclosure and funk legend Nile Rodgers, but those sessions didn’t result in new material at the time.

Silk Sonic’s album would be the first from Mars since previously mentioned 24K Magic. Since then, the Grammy Award-winning musician released several collaborations, including the hit single “Please Me,” which featured Cardi B.

Anderson .Paak’s most recent release is 2019’s critically acclaimed Ventura. The album made it to no. 4 on the U.S. Billboard 200, being his first Top 10 project. It also brought .Paak a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, while the single “Come Home” got recognized as Best R&B Performance.

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