Pink, Alicia Keys and the Grammy Song
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Pink has had one heck of a week: She got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, announced a new single and album, and now she’s been tapped to receive a prestigious honor from the BRIT Awards.The singer will receive the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at the U.K.’s equivalent of the Grammys, making her the first non-British artist to receive the prize.”I am so honored to be recognized with the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at the 2019 BRITs!” Pink said in a statement. “Since the beginning of my career the British fans have been some of the most fierce and loyal in the world. I am humbled to receive this honor and be in the company of an illustrious group of British icons!”In addition to accepting the award, Pink will also close out the show with a performance. The BRIT Awards 2019 will take place Wednesday, February 20 at the O2 Arena in London.Pink announced her new single, “Walk Me Home,” will be out in two weeks and her new album, Hurts to Be Human, is coming in April. This Sunday, her 2017 album Beautiful Trauma is up for the Best Pop Vocal Album trophy at the Grammy Awards.She is also set to go on a U.K. stadium tour this summer, with dates starting in June.
Alicia Keys will be hosting the Grammys this weekend and she got some advice from former host James Corden – all to the tune of nominated song “Shallow” from A Star Is Born.Keys performed a funny, yet touching, parody of the hit song during an appearance on The Late Late Show on Wednesday.”Tell me something Keys, I hear you’re set to host this year’s Grammys,” James starts off the song. She replies in song, “Didn’t you host it twice? Maybe you could give me some advice.”As Corden tried to offer her advice, Keys belted out, “You know I’ve won 15 times?” She then sang a bar from her hit song, “Girl on Fire.”She also referenced rapper Cardi B, singing, “Hanging with Cardi at the after-party how does she make that sound?” After Corden tries to mimic Cardi’s iconic sound, she closes out the song singing in tandem with Corden.Meanwhile, Alicia proved she is just as human as the rest of us. During the interview segment of the show, James told the Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, native that he figured she had been “cool from birth.”She laughingly replied, “Yea, let’s say that.” When James questioned her tone, Alicia told him about running into cement walls as a child and knocking herself out. She explained: “I did, you know, always happen to run into a big cement block and pass out. Somehow I would find these cement walls and I’d be like running playing tag and I wouldn’t see them and by the time I turned around, there would be my head into this cement wall and the next thing I know I was waking up so I don’t know if that is cool or clumsy.” James said he was sure she did it in a cool way.
The 61st Annual Grammy Awards air Sunday on CBS.
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An eclectic all-star lineup of artists, musicians, actors and comedians will take the stage as presenters at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.This year’s presenters include current Grammy nominees Kelsea Ballerini, Leon Bridges, Luke Combs and Charlie Wilson; Grammy winners Alessia Cara, Julian Edelman, Eve, John Mayer, Bob Newhart, Smokey Robinson, Swizz Beatz and Meghan Trainor; recording artist Kane Brown, South Korean pop sensation BTS, past Grammy nominee Cedric The Entertainer, actress Nina Dobrev, actress Anna Kendrick, actress Jada Pinkett Smith and actor Wilmer Valderrama.They join Grammy performers, featuring current nominees Chloe x Halle, Grammy winner Lady Gaga, Grammy winner Mark Ronson and Grammy nominee Travis Scott. Current nominee Dua Lipa will also perform with Grammy winner St. Vincent. And Grammy winners Yolanda Adams, Fantasia, and past Grammy nominee Andra Day will honor the legendary Aretha Franklin.They all join previously announced performers J Balvin, Camila Cabello, Cardi B, Brandi Carlile, Dan + Shay, H.E.R., Little Big Town, Post Malone, Ricky Martin, Shawn Mendes, Janelle Mone, Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves, Dolly Parton, Katy Perry, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Diana Ross, Arturo Sandoval, and Young Thug. The Grammys will air live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles Sunday night on CBS, hosted by Alicia Keys.
