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The GRAMMY nominations come out later today. The official list is expected to be released at 10:00 AM. The nominations can be watched at live.GRAMMY.com as well as on the Recording Academy's YouTube channel. Presenters will be announcing the nominees for all 94 categories. Meanwhile…”Rolling Stone” has come out with predictions on who it thinks will win the GRAMMYs. The big takeaway…the magazine sees a diverse group of winners this year. They think Taylor Swift will win Album of the Year for “Midnights,” while Miley Cyrus wins Record of the Year for “Flowers.” They also say Gracie Abrams gets Best New Artist, and Travis Scott gets best rap album for “UTOPIA.” As for best country album…Rolling Stone thinks that Lainey Wilson has it on lock for “Bell Bottom Country.”
HARDY, with some help from Morgan Wallen and Post Malone, lit up the stage at the CMA Awards Wednesday night with their mini-tribute to 90's country hitmaker Joe Diffie. The trio performed Diffie's "Pickup Man" and "John Deere Green." But that's not the end of it. HARDY has announced that he's putting out the third volume of his "Hixtape" series. "Hixtape Vol. 3: Difftape" will serve as a tribute to Diffie, with some help from many of HARDY's musical friends. Bonus: the project was done with the cooperation of Joe Diffie's estate. The collection will utilize 2006 master recordings of Diffie’s greatest hits, remixed with additional instrumentation and vocals by HARDY. “I’m super excited about 'Difftape.' I think it’s a one-of-a-kind project and we’re the first people to do something like this,” Hardy shares. “Especially having the original recordings and the fact that we have his family’s blessing to do it, it’s all really special.” As a follow-up to their performance Wednesday night, HARDY has released a surprise two-pack, "Hixtape Vol. 3: Difftape (Small Batch)" which is out now. Check out the studio versions of "Pickup Man" and "John Deere Green" below...The complete album comes out March 29.
From the highest of highs to the lowest of lows in a split second. Jelly Roll was on that rollercoaster ride Wednesday night at the CMA Awards. The country superstar opened the ceremony with his performance of "Need A Favor" with Wynonna; he closed the night with his performance of "Love Can Build A Bridge With K. Michelle. In between, he earned his very first CMA award for Newcomer of the Year. Those are some pretty lofty highs. It would all come crashing down - literally. The singer apparently got a little careless with his CMA trophy backstage and dropped it. The trophy is made of crystal. You can guess the rest. A post to Twitter/X showed the damage, with the caption reading, "Guess who dropped and broke his best new artist #CMAawards? Yes, @JellyRoll615, but don't worry, he will get a replacement. #JellyRoll"