Jon Batiste Leads Grammys With 11 Nominations, H.E.R., Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish & Olivia Rodrigo Among Top Nominees

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt should go without saying that hosting “Saturday Night Live” is one of the most daunting roles in television. Being a trained actor isn’t enough because you also have to be funny and comfortable in a high-pressure live setting; being a reality-TV or internet celebrity is even less effective training for the same reasons.

Billie Eilish, 19, proved she can do it all, as she pulled double duty on Saturday Night Live! As both the musical guest and host for the December 11 episode, the “Happier Than Ever” hitmaker gave her fans a real treat in front of the live 30 Rockefeller audience. With a slew of Grammys already under her belt, the real surprise from Billie came from the effortless scene-stealing she did in the sketches, none more so than a hilarious twerking nurse on TikTok.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe Weeknd, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande were the three most-played artists across radio formats in 2021, followed by Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo, according to a year-end report from Mediabase.Rounding out the top 10 radio artists in Mediabase’s ranking were Pop Smoke, Doja Cat, 24kGoldn, Ava Max and Drake.Although she was only the fourth-biggest artist at radio overall, Dua Lipa had the No.

Billie Eilish‘s name is among the most mispronounced names, words and phrases by US broadcasters in 2021, a new study has found.In a report released by the US Captioning Company, via The Guardian, Eilish’s name – specifically the word ‘Eilish’ – ranks as one of the most mispronounced words of the year, along with ‘Dogecoin’, ‘Yassify’, ‘Cheugy’, ‘Glasgow’ and the name of the newest COVID-19 variant, ‘Omicron’.The US Captioning Company captions and subtitles real-time events on both television

DEALSFader has formally announced the launch of Fader Distribution, and has agreed a new partnership with Universal Music’s label services business Virgin. “We set up Fader Distribution to create a tier of service to aid independent artists that are in the very early stages of their development”, says CEO Jon Cohen.

Billie Eilish has shared a video for "Male Fantasy," the closing track from her third studio LP, July's Happier Than Ever, which is nominated for the Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album awards at the 2022 Grammys. Its title track is nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Solo Pop Performance, and the song's visual treatment is nominated for Best Music Video.

Billie Eilish looks back on past relationships with the music video for “Male Fantasy”.

Billie Eilish has teased details around her forthcoming music video for ‘Male Fantasy’, which she has directed and edited herself.Taking to social media, Eilish shared a clip of the video which sees her sitting in a dark room while the ‘Happier Than Ever’ track’s opening notes play.Set for release at 9am PT time (5pm GMT time), the video for ‘Male Fantasy’ will be the sixth from ‘Happier Than Ever’ – all of which Eilish herself has directed.

Billie Eilish has always had a great relationship with her fans, but sometimes she needs some help when they become a little more familiar than they should.

Billie Eilish is showing off her new look on the red carpet for the first time!

Billie Eilish has only been in the music scene for a few years now, but her incredible hits and her impeccable style has made her one of the biggest acts in the industry in a very short amount of time.

Bye, bye blonde! Billie Eilish seemingly said goodbye to her light locks — and fans are going wild over her new look.

Chris Willman Music WriterProbably never before in history did as much time transpire between the release of a film’s theme song and the actual release of the movie as in the case of “No Time to Die.” Billie Eilish’s title song, written with her producer and brother, Finneas, came out 20 months before the James Bond film it was written for, due to a series of pandemic-related delays that kept pushing back the movie.

Billie Eilish is back in the hot seat for the fifth annual Time Capsule interview with Vanity Fair. 

JON BATISTELeading the nominations with 11, Jon Batiste thanked his collaboraters and ancestors. A post shared by Jon Batiste (@jonbatiste)H.E.RH.E.R is only 24 years old and has already been nominated for 23 Grammy‘s.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOlivia Rodrigo has capped her breakthrough year with an impressive seven Grammy nominations related to her debut album “Sour,” including Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist.While other artists had more nominations — specifically Jon Batiste, Justin Bieber, Doja Cat and H.E.R.