It's been a big year for Universal Music Group’s artist Sam Smith with the young Brit taking home some of the biggest laurels the Grammy’s have to offer. The British Singer won two of the top Grammy awards `Record Of The Year’ and `Song Of The Year’for his heartbreak single “Stay with Me (Dark child Version),”and was also anointed the`Best New Artist’. His debut album ‘In the Lonely Hour’ won `Best Pop Vocal Album’.
The 57th Grammy awards handed out Sunday, February 8th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles were dominated by Brit singer – songwriter Sam Smith who took home four Grammys. Amid loads of live performances from Madonna, Usher, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett and many others, it was night to remember. The festivities got underway with singer - rapper LL Cool J as host for the evening.
‘Winds of Samsara’ by Ricky Kej and Wouter Kellerman released in India exclusively by Times Music has just won the Award for Best New Age Album at the prestigious 57th Grammy Awards. It is a proud moment for Times Music to be associated with such a great project & a fantastic artist like Ricky Kej. With this win, Ricky becomes the first Indian to win a Grammy in the New Age Music category.
Madonna released the music video for “Living For Love” today on Vevo, 24 hours after its groundbreaking premiere on the Snap Channel on Snapchat Discover. The Material Girl was the first superstar artist to premiere a video through the photo sharing app and the first to premiere one on the Snap Channel. The music video instantly became the #1 Trending Topic on Facebook, and Forbes declared: “Even after all these years, Madonna is still finding ways to innovate and present her art to the masses.”
Keerthi Sagathia, is the soulful voice behind Tum Tak from Raanjhanaa, I hate you like I love you & Sweety Sweety Tera Pyaar from Delhi Belly, title song Satyamev Jayate ("Kabir Vani"), Maiya Maiya from Guru and many more. He is now ready to give the Indian music lovers a tasteful and romantic music with the launch of his first ever independent music album. The award winning singer releases his first music video for the album on 10th February online as a run up to Valentine’s Day.
Since its inception in 2013, Live Viacom18‘s most cutting edge music venture Emerge, has brought to India a host of international talent for music-hungry fans across the nation.
Interest in global superstar Katy Perry skyrocketed across numerous platforms during and after her headline performance at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show. Seen on NBC by 118.5 million viewers, it was the most-watched Super Bowl halftime show ever. It earned a 48.2/72 household rating, making it the highest-rated halftime show in history.
Aacha hai is a beautifully composed and intoned track by ex Indi pop band Aasma band member Vasuda Sharma, one of the finest names that we have in the independent music scene. After the notable success of her last release- Maula, her recently launched music video Aacha Hai is all set to create new records digitally.
Sony Music, a global music giant, launches its second YouTube channel for kids called D’Art of Science’ featuring Deepak Pathania, India’s very own Steve Spangler. Known for his magical videos that artistically blend fun and innovation with science, Deepak, through this channel aims to inspire and educate kids with entertaining science presentations backed by simple scientific explanations. That’s not all; the channel will continue to showcase Deepak Pathania’s creative journey driven by science and logic with the new videos being uploaded every weekend.
Take out your dancing shoes and get ready to party in your bloc in MTV style. Yes! MTV’s Bloc Party is back and this time the mantra is “The MORE, The BETTER”.This year, MTV takes the Bloc Party national with a twelve city tour, which means - MORE CITIES, MORE BLOCS, MORE PARTIES, MORE MUSIC, MORE BOOM and definitely MORE BANG!