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The GRM Daily Rated Awards returned as a live event last night, with a ceremony held in London.Dave was the big winner of the night, taking home four trophies for Male Artist Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Track Of The Year and Video Of The Year.The latter two were both for his Stormzy collaboration ‘Clash’, of which he said: “Back in 2019, I’d just finished my tour. My friend Cal who produced this song had just brought Jordan 1s and Jordan 4s, so I freestyled ‘Clash’.

Little Simz‘ 2022 Mercury Prize victory for her album ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’.The rapper was declared the overall winner of the prestigious award earlier tonight (October 18) after beating off competition from fellow favourites Self Esteem and Wet Leg at a live ceremony at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith.Mayor Of London Sadiq Khan was one of the first to congratulate Simz. “Huge congratulations to the inspiring and incredible @LittleSimz on winning the @MercuryPrize.

Mercury Prize have confirmed the line-up of live performers for this year’s rescheduled award ceremony.The 2022 prize had been due to be presented last month at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London, but the ceremony was called off on the night (September 8) following the death of the Queen.The 2022 Mercury Prize ceremony will now take place on Tuesday (October 18), with the show set to be hosted by Lauren Laverne and broadcast on BBC TV and radio.This morning (October 13), the Mercury Prize organisers have confirmed the line-up of live performers on the night.

BRIT Awards have been announced with the event set to be staged for the first time on a Saturday.The bash will be held on February 11 at the O2 Arena and will be broadcast on ITV again for the 30th year.Award organisers also announced that Managing Director of Atlantic Records, Damian Christian will be taking over as Chair of the BRIT Committee for 2023.Commenting on the new date, Christian said: “The BRITs is the biggest night of the year for the UK music industry, and we want as many eyes on it as possible as we showcase the best and most diverse British talent.

Mercury Prize shortlist for 2022 Album Of The Year has been revealed.At 11am today (July 26), the Mercury Prize – in partnership with mobility app FREE NOW – confirmed that the 12 albums that have been shortlisted for the Album Of The Year award include Harry Styles’ ‘Harry’s House’, Little Simz’s ‘Sometimes I Might be Introvert’, Sam Fender’s ‘Seventeen Going Under’, Wet Leg’s self-titled album and Yard Act’s ‘The Overload’.You can find the entire list of albums shortlisted for the coveted award below.The awards show for the event will take place on September 8 at London’s Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith. Tickets for the event are now available for purchase here.It was announced yesterday (July 25) that a handful of musicians including Anna Calvi, Lanterns On The Lake’s Hazel Wilde, Loyle Carner and Jamie Cullum helped judge this year’s prize, alongside a range of broadcasters and critics.The Mercury’s official website has also noted that the 12 nominated artists will “receive a specially commissioned ‘Album Of The Year’ trophy, with the overall winner also receiving a winner trophy and a cash prize of £25,000”.This year’s Mercury Prize has also announced that it’s new headline sponsor is the FREE NOW mobility app as part of a “multi-year commitment from FREE NOW to support British music”.Last year, Arlo Parks walked away with the 2021 Mercury Prize for her album ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’.

Little Simz has shared a new track live at Glastonbury 2022. Listen to the track below.Simz was performing at the West Holts stage, on Friday (June 24).

Inflo has announced the launch of a new campaign aimed at setting a base rate and royalty structure for new and emerging producers in the UK music industry.Teaming up with artist manager Nathan Burke, Inflo’s partner at the Forever Living Originals label, the campaign was announced in a statement published on his Instagram.“Nathan & I have been on a mission to introduce a base rate and royalty for young producers in the UK,” he wrote. “This will ensure young producers are protected on any major label releases and have a code of conduct to go by.”He continued: “Everyone agrees no young or upcoming producers should be exploited, and the artist shouldn’t have to give up any further royalty share than they already have been.

Sam Fender, Dave and Little Simz were among the winners at The Ivors 2022, which took place at London’s Grovesnor House tonight (May 19).The annual award ceremony celebrates songwriting and composing in both popular music and in film, TV and video game scores.Fender took him the trophy for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for ‘Seventeen Going Under’, the title track from his second album, which was released last year. The win marks his first Ivors victory.Dave was named Songwriter of the Year for his work on the Top 10 single ‘Titanium’ and his chart-topping second album ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’, as well as collaborations with Fredo.

Øya Festival has confirmed its full line-up for 2022, with the likes of H.E.R. and Little Simz joining the bill.The Norwegian festival will return to Oslo’s Tøyenparken from August 9-13 this year, with Gorillaz, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Florence + The Machine set to headline.Øya has now confirmed the final names on the line-up (which is split 50/50 between male and female artists) for their 2022 festival, with H.E.R., Little Simz, Fred Again.., Perfume Genius and Freddie Gibbs among the latest additions.Remi Wolf, Aldous Harding, Kings Of Convenience, Jenny Hval and CMAT are also set to perform at Øya in August.Day tickets for Øya Festival are on sale now, with weekend passes sold out.

Little Simz has cancelled her upcoming North American tour due to the “huge deficit” it would leave her in financially.The London rapper was due to head out on a 10-date run in May, with shows scheduled to take place in Portland, San Francisco, Toronto, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles and New York, among other locations.However, Simz has now announced that the shows will no longer be going ahead as planned, but has assured her US and Canadian fans that she “will be there soon, back bigger and better”.“Hey guys, due to unforeseen circumstances I’ve been left with no option but to reschedule my US tour,” she wrote in a statement. “I take my live shows seriously and would only want to give you guys nothing but the best of me.

Little Simz has won Best Solo Act From The UK at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 this evening (March 2).The North London musician was up against Arlo Parks, Dave, Rina Sawayama and Sam Fender in the category. She accepted the award on the podium from Ghetts and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.“Can I just say – after the awful two years we had, you look beautiful tonight!” Khan said to the audience.

The BBC Radio 6 Music Festival will make its fully-fledged post-COVID return this year, taking place across multiple venues in Cardiff. Among the line-up are Little Simz, Father John Misty, Idles, Pixies, Beebadoobee, Mykki Blanco, Self Esteem and more.“After two years, it feels very special to say that the 6 Music Festival is back with a bang in Cardiff”, says Head Of BBC Radio 6 Music, Samantha Moy.

The 2022 BRIT Awards took place at London’s O2 Arena on Tuesday night with Little Simz, Dave, and Adele all taking home awards. For the first time the awards removed gender categories and instead focused on genre, with Dave winning Best Hip-Hop/Rap/Grime Act and Little Simz collecting the Best New Artist prize, despite releasing her debut mixtape over a decade ago.

Spotify streams of Little Simz‘ music have soared over 350 per cent following her appearance at this year’s BRIT Awards.The rapper, who released her last album, ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’, back in September, won the award for Best New Artist at last night’s (February 8) ceremony at London’s The O2. She also performed a medley of her tracks ‘Introvert’ and ‘Woman’.Her massive night has since prompted a huge spike in Spotify streams in comparison to other BRITs winners including Adele, Silk Sonic, Ed Sheeran, Dave and Sam Fender.There was a 812 per cent increase in streams of ‘Introvert’ and a 594 per cent spike for ‘Woman’, equating to a 365 per cent jump overall.Elsewhere, Adele, who took home three BRITs last night (Artist Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year), saw a 137 per cent increase in Spotify streams following the awards, while Dave’s streams went up by 217 per cent. Fender’s music saw a 79 per cent jump.“As ever, the BRITs showed the incredible breadth of talent being fostered here in the UK, across every genre of music,” Tom Connaughton, managing director of Spotify UK and Ireland, said in a statement (via Rolling Stone UK).

BRIT Awards 2022 attracted its lowest audience ever in overnight figures when it was broadcast on Tuesday (February 8).According to figures published by Broadcast, ITV pulled in 2.7 million viewers during the show, which spanned two-and-a-half-hours from 8pm.While this is the lowest in the show’s history, a drop from 2.9 million viewers for 2021’s event, this figure doesn’t count viewers around the world who streamed it digitally on YouTube or catch-up service ITV Hub.The show also went up against BBC drama This Is Going To Hurt starring Ben Whishaw,  which attracted a bigger audience of 3.2 million viewers in overnight ratings.This year’s BRIT Awards featured performances from Adele, Ed Sheeran, Little Simz, Dave, Liam Gallagher and Sam Fender – along with a surprise appearance from Bring Me The Horizon.Adele was the big winner on the night, taking three awards including the coveted Album Of The Year for her fourth LP ‘30’.

in a Twitter clip announcing the bad news. “I’m so sorry, but my show ain’t ready.”The pop star reportedly clashed with the venue and their desire for her to perform with a 60-member choir while she wanted to prioritize keeping shows “low-key” and “all about the voice.”It has also been reported the postponement followed the best-selling artist throwing a fit over a swimming pool stunt.

Little Simz won Best New Artist at tonight’s (February 8) BRIT Awards 2022, taking to the stage with her mum to accept the award.She was nominated in the category alongside Central Cee, Griff, Joy Crookes and Self Esteem.Simz was presented the award by Tom Daley and Celeste. “Mum, look at what you’ve done. Look at what you’ve done,” she said as she handed her mum the trophy.

BRIT Awards 2022 is underway at London’s The O2, where the likes of Adele, Ed Sheeran, Little Simz and more are all in the running for awards.Tonight’s (February 8) event will be hosted by Mo Gilligan for the first time, while the show will also not hand out trophies in gendered categories. Instead, they will be replaced by Artist Of The Year and International Artist Of The Year fields.Four new genre categories have also been added – Alternative/Rock Act, Hip-Hop/Grime/Rap Act, Dance Act and Pop/R’N’B Act – which fans were able to vote for via TikTok.Adele, Sheeran, Little Simz and Dave led the nominations going into the night with four nods each.

LONDON -- Adele is set to make a return to live performance at Tuesday’s Brit Awards, the U.K.’s leading music prizes.The soulful singer has nominations in four categories — including album of the year for “30” — and also is scheduled to perform during the ceremony at London’s O2 Arena. It comes weeks after she canceled a planned Las Vegas residency at the last minute, citing delivery delays and coronavirus illness in her crew.Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and British rappers Little Simz and Dave also have four nominations apiece, including artist and album of the year.

Little Simz has been announced as a headliner of the West Holts stage at Glastonbury Festival 2022.The rapper last played the stage in 2016 for a mid-afternoon set. She previously performed at the Worthy Farm, Somerset festival in 2019 when she took to the Park Stage.Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis revealed the news during a chat with BBC Radio 1’s Clara Amfo tonight (February 2).Eavis said: “Little Simz…has just confirmed to headline the West Holts Stage.”As Emily Eavis just revealed during her chat with Clara Amfo on @bbcradio1 – the amazing @LittleSimz will headline the West Holts Stage at Glastonbury 2022! pic.twitter.com/ZhHwZvOGBU— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) February 2, 2022She added that Glastonbury is now “in full festival mode” as it prepares to host its first complete festival since the COVID pandemic forced two years of postponements.

With less than two weeks to go before this year’s BRIT Awards, Inflo has been announced as the winner of this year’s British Producer Of The Year prize.Real name Dean Josiah Cover, Inflo has worked with artists including Adele, Little Simz and Michael Kiwuanuka, as well as leading his own project, Sault. Although the best producer trophy has been handed out in some capacity as part of most BRIT Awards ceremonies since 1977 – generally not as part of the main ceremony and for a time in partnership with the Music Producers Guild Awards – he is the first black producer to take away the prize.“As the first black music producer to ever win a BRIT for Best Producer, I feel honoured to be a part of change”, says Inflo.

Liam Gallagher has hinted that an Oasis deep cut could make a return to his live solo set.Gallagher told a fan on Twitter today (January 24) that he’d like to return ‘I Can See A Liar’ – from 2000’s ‘Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants’ – to his live shows.One of Gallagher’s fans asked: “If you could sing an Oasis song that you haven’t sung in several years, what song would it be?”Gallagher replied: “‘I Can See A Liar’ is tickling my maltesesrs [sic] these days.”The song was performed only handful of times by Oasis, the last time being on The Late Show With David Letterman back in May 2000.I can see a liar is tickling my maltesesrs these days— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) January 24, 2022Last week, Gallagher announced details of a new single called ‘Everything’s Electric’.After teasing some “fucking massive” news on Twitter last week (January 19), the former Oasis frontman confirmed a day later that the track will arrive on February 4. It’ll be the first preview of his third solo album ‘C’mon You Know’, which is out on May 22.

BRIT Awards will have the most women nominees in over a decade.The nominations were announced on December 18 during the one-hour The BRITs Are Coming TV special on ITV. Find the full list of nominees here.In the 13 categories, 18 female artists or all-women groups were nominated, with the likes of Adele, Little Simz and Taylor Swift up for awards.

Barack Obama has shared his favourite music of the year, including tracks by The War On Drugs, Little Simz and Mitski – check it out below.As is customary in the run-up to Christmas, the former US President has been posting his personal picks from the past 12 months on social media.

the college’s statement said.Born Gloria Jean Watkins in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on September 25, 1952, hooks adopted the pen name “bell hooks” from her maternal great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks. She kept her name in lowercase letters to shift the attention from her identity to her ideas, while intentionally breaking culturally imposed grammar rules.She received a bachelor’s degree in English from Stanford University in 1973, a master’s in English from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1976

The full list ranks a total of 100 records, with the top 20 – topped by ‘New Long Leg’ by Dry Cleaning, and rounded out with records like Japanese Breakfast’s ‘Jubilee’, ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ by Little Simz and ‘Daddy’s Home’ by St. Vincent – all receiving new colourways exclusive to Rough Trade.In a statement shared alongside the news, Dry Cleaning said: “Rough Trade record shops have played a huge role in our musical lives.

Little Simz has announced the release of a new film called I Love You, I Hate You – see the trailer below.Sharing its name with one of the tracks on the London rapper’s latest album, ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’, the Sam Pilling-directed film is set to be released tomorrow (November 17).Written by Caroline Adeyemi, I Love You, I Hate You is a story by Simz, which also sees her star alongside Sonia Ajuwa, C.J.

Little Simz was the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday night. The U.K.

Dave, Ghetts, Little Simz and Arlo Parks leading the way.The annual celebration of Black music and culture will return on Sunday, December 5 at Coventry Building Society Arena, with the event set to be live-streamed on YouTube and air on the BBC.Dave is up for five awards in 2021 including Best Male Act, Album Of The Year (‘We’re All Alone in This Together’) and Best Hip Hop Act.

Little Simz has shared a new video for her ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’ standout ‘I Love You, I Hate You’.The raw, vulnerable song – released as a single back in July – sees Simz addressing her absent father, rapping: “Hard to not carry these feelings even on my best days / Never thought my parent would give me my first heartbreak.”The accompanying video, directed by Jeremy Ngatho Cole, visually represents many of the sentiments expressed on the track.