Rolling Stone Menu Grammys Head Harvey Mason Jr. on How and Why the Show Moved to March
“There was never a time when we said, let’s just cancel … The show was a chance for us to come together, take a breath and relieve each other and enjoy some musical moments”
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With Covid-19 cases in Los Angeles surging at an unprecedented rate, the Recording Academy the organization that oversees the Grammys announced Tuesday that they were moving the show from January 31st to March 14th.
California set a new single-day record of 74,000 new cases earlier this week, according to
Grammy Awards postponed to March 14, same day as SAG Awards, amid COVID-19 surge in California Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY
The Screen Actors Guild expressed disappointment over an announcement that the Grammy Awards have been rescheduled to the same day already tapped for the SAG Awards.
Music s biggest awards show, which had been scheduled for Jan. 31 in Los Angeles, will no longer take place this month because of rising COVID-19 cases in California. The Recording Academy now aims to hold a ceremony on March 14, according to a Tuesday statement.
SAG-AFTRA told USA TODAY in a statement Tuesday it was extremely disappointed about the conflicting date and has been in contact with the Recording Academy in order to find ways to make this year’s awards season as successful as possible.”
Burna Boy,
Stonebwoy,
Bella Shmurda, and more musical artists from across Africa have bagged wins at the first ever Global Music Awards Africa (GMAAs). This follows after the GMAAs reportedly took place this past weekend in Accra, Ghana. The GMAAs debut took place virtually due to COVID-19 regulations and was broadcasted live with live performances from
Sherifa Gunu, S3fa, Epixode,
Levites Band.
Read: Did South Africa s Anatii Win a Grammy For Brown Skin Girl ?According to Music in Africa, Burna Boy who recently won a Grammy award for his album Twice as Tall received a GMMA for Global Artist of the Year . Bella Shmurda was the popular winner of the night collecting two awards for his viral hit single CashApp . He walked away with Global Collaboration of the Year and Global Most Popular Song of the Year . Nigerian singer Teni won Global Act of the Year . The win comes just after she dropped her album WONDALAND. Ghana is known for its dancehall artists and the categor
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