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Delayed from its original January 31
st date, the 63
rd annual Grammy Awards will now take place on Sunday, March 14, with a more stripped, COVID-19 safe presentation. As with many televised ceremonies in the last year, the show reduced capacity by depleting live audiences and blending in-person and pre-taped appearances to uphold their illustrious lineup. Houstonâs riveting music scene is alive and well in this lengthy roster, and itâs a rich reminder of how much the cityâs diverse rhythm continues to shape the entertainment industry.
Letâs start on a heartwarming note.
Late Tejano sensation Selena will be honored posthumously with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Though sheâll be the first Texan woman to receive the high honor, the Queen of Tejanoâs talent is no stranger to the historic award show. In 1994, Quintanilla won Best Mexican American Album for
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Ever since sound joined the movies, music has been an integral part of the medium of film. Hollywood has continued to have a symbiotic relationship with song, from adapting musicals from the stage, creating musicals for animation and live-action, popularizing new genres with performance scenes, and just plain commissioning songs to pair thematically with the movie. Tucked among all of the ways that music is used on-screen is a recurring phenomenon of a film taking a pre-existing song and making it explode with newfound popularity. Here are six songs (and a couple of soundtracks) that were made by the movies, as well as a couple of soundtrack albums that became huge under unusual circumstances.