Who WASN’T There Made the 2026 Grammys One of the Best in Years – and Why It Mattered
(February 2, 2026) – The most powerful moments of the 2026 Grammys – held in Los Angeles on Sunday (Feb. 1) – didn’t come from the many great performances of…
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Why a Grammy Win for Kendrick & SZA’s “Luther” Would Make History — and Snub Marvin Gaye
If “Luther” Wins Song of the Year, Grammy History Gets Complicated (January 6, 2026) – The 2026 Grammys are fast approaching, but it’s a 2014 rule change that may cause…
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Tour Mates SZA and Kendrick Lamar Just Pulled Off a Billboard 200 First!
(April 28, 2025). With the return of SZA’s blockbuster album SOS to No. 1 (from No. 3 last week) on the new Billboard 200 chart dated May 3, and with…
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The Haunting Connections Between Roberta Flack’s Death and Kendrick’s “Luther” Hitting No. 1
(February 28, 2025). The news of Roberta Flack’s death on Monday (2/24) came just as Billboard announced that Kendrick Lamar & SZA had climbed to No. 1 on the Hot…
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Always the Runner-Up: The Strange, Unlucky Fate of ‘If This World Were Mine’ and ‘Luther’
(February 15, 2025). If this world were mine… well, actually it kinda was — and wasn’t. That’s the self-eating irony baked into the fate of “If This World Were Mine,”…