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Presenting The Winners Of MTV’s 2022 “Video Music Awards”

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Tonight’s the night for the reveal of the annual MTV VMA’s which are the Video Music Awards winners. Now I know you are probably chuckling at this since MTV isn’t as known for the videos as much anymore and seems to be more about the Reality Shows but the ceremony is a popular one and it was awesome to know that it would be taking place at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. Based on scheduling and that so little emphasis is on my own favored musical genres, I wouldn’t be in attendance but here is the rundown of the winners that were announced during the broadcast. As is my standard with such events, I have left the nomination names as well so fans can see who the winners were up against.

COMPLETE LIST OF 2022 WINNERS:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR, Presented by Burger King®
Doja Cat – “Woman” – Kemosabe Records / RCA Records
Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – “Way 2 Sexy” – OVO/Republic
Ed Sheeran – “Shivers” – Atlantic Records
Harry Styles – “As It Was“ – Columbia Records
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY” – Columbia Records
Olivia Rodrigo – “brutal” – Geffen Records
WINNER – Taylor Swift – “All Too Well” (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) – Republic Records

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER – Bad Bunny – Rimas Entertainment
Drake – OVO/Republic
Ed Sheeran – Atlantic Records
Harry Styles – Columbia Records
Jack Harlow – Generation Now / Atlantic Records
Lil Nas X – Columbia Records
Lizzo – Atlantic Records
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The 2022 Billboard Music Awards Winners Are…

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Last night, the winners of the 2022 Billboard Music Awards were announced and while we didn’t watch the broadcast we still cull together the list of the winners for our audience to examine. As is my usual practice, the nominations are left in the rundown so you can see who beat out who for the honor. Let’s take a look.

Top Artist:
WINNER – Drake
Doja Cat
Olivia Rodrigo
Taylor Swift
The Weeknd

Top New Artist:
WINNER – Olivia Rodrigo
Giveon
The Kid Laroi
Masked Wolf
Pooh Shiesty
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Presenting The 64th Annual Grammy Awards Winners

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Last night, the Recording Academy handed out the trophies during the 64th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony and no, I didn’t manage to watch or even DVR the program. I worked all day and then spent the night rocking out with Dragonforce for the PiercingMetal site. I did cull the winners into the list that you will find below and this time around I’ve decided to leave off the other nominees in most of the categories since the original list was a lengthy and ponderous read. You can compare notes on the Nominations post found HERE if you like. Here now are your winners for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. Enjoy.

** GENERAL FIELD **

Record Of The Year:
Leave The Door Open – Silk Sonic – Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II & Bruno Mars, producers; Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Charles Moniz, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer

Album Of The Year:
We Are – Jon Batiste – Craig Adams, David Gauthier, Braedon Gautier, Brennon Gautier, Gospel Soul Children Choir, Hot 8 Brass Band, PJ Morton, Autumn Rowe, Zadie Smith, St. Augustine High School Marching 100 & Trombone Shorty, featured artists; Jon Batiste, Mickey Freedom Hart, King Garbage, Kizzo, Sunny Levine, Nate Mercereau, David Pimentel, Ricky Reed, Autumn Rowe, Jahaan Sweet & Nick Waterhouse, producers; Jon Batiste, Russ Elevado, Mischa Kachkachishvili, Kizzo, Joseph Lorge, Manny Marroquin, David Pimentel, Ricky Reed, Jaclyn Sanchez, Matt Vertere, Marc Whitmore & Alex Williams, engineers/mixers; Andrae Alexander, Troy Andrews, Jon Batiste, Zach Cooper, Vic Dimotsis, Eric Frederic, Kizzo, Sunny Levine, Steve McEwan, PJ Morton, Autumn Rowe & Mavis Staples, songwriters; Michelle Mancini, mastering engineer
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The 2021 Billboard Music Awards Winners Are…

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Good morning everyone and “Happy Monday” to you all. I’m here to share the winners circle list for last nights Billboard Music Awards. Now, we didn’t watch the broadcast at all but can share that Nick Jonas was the host and that a limited audience amount of aroun 500 or so people were permitted into the ceremony based on Covid-19 restrictions. As no tours really took place last year all of the touring awards were omitted from this years happening. Let’s review the list of winner, may we have the envelope please…

Top Artist:
WINNER – The Weeknd
Drake
Juice WRLD
Pop Smoke
Taylor Swift

Top New Artist:
WINNER – Pop Smoke
Gabby Barrett
Doja Cat
Jack Harlow
Rod Wave
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The Weeknd Announces The “After Hours” Tour For 2022

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The Press Release:
The Weeknd has revealed the details of his “After Hours” World Tour. The 104-date global tour will kick off on January 14th in Vancouver at Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena with stops in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Paris, Berlin and more, before wrapping November 16th in London at The O2. The worldwide tour announcement comes just days ahead of the multi-platinum singer’s headlining Super Bowl performance, and also includes a handful of rescheduled dates shifting from 2021 to be a part of the After Hours World Tour in 2022. With the addition of 39 new tour dates, The Weeknd will also release The Highlights on Friday, February 5th. The Highlights is a way to present some of The Weeknd’s most notable works in one place. While this isn’t a “Greatest Hits” album it does provide a new listener a rich foray into some of the iconic artist’s best and favorite work. Fans can pre-save and pre-order the album HERE.
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