At the American Music Awards last night, Taylor Swift surpassed Whitney Houston’s 21 wins to become the most awarded female artist in AMA history. She took home the Artist of the Year trophy along with three other awards. Camila Cabello also won four awards, including New Artist of the Year. Shawn Mendes took home the award for Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist. See the full list of winners HERE!
Meantime, Taylor Swift, who usually stays mum on politics, actually took to social media to endorse democrats in her home and voting state of Tennessee and to encourage people to register to vote for the upcoming elections. Is it a coincidence that 65,000 Americans registered to vote in the 24 hours after she posted? That’s more people in 24 hours to register than in the entire month of August!
The 2019 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have been announced. Your full list of nominees are: Janet Jackson, Def Leppard, Stevie Nicks, LL Cool J, The Cure, Devo, John Prine, Kraftwerk, MC5, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Roxy Music, Todd Rundgren, Rufus & Chaka Khan, and The Zombies. The inductees will be announced in December. A ceremony honoring them is planned for March 29th at the Barclays Center.
Adam Levine is bringing a brand new music show to NBC called “Songland.” The series will give up-and-coming songwriters a chance to get their songs heard and recorded by top music stars. Charlie Puth will be the recording artist in the first episode.
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and his fiancé, Lauren Pesce, picked out various items from Crate & Barrel and Bloomingdales totaling over $18,000 for their wedding registry! The most expensive item they registered for is a $673 king size down comforter. Some questionable items include a $225 waste basket, and $80 toothbrush holder, and a $180 dog bed.
