Etta James, a Grammy Award-winning singer whose forceful renditions of “ At Last, ” “ I’d Rather Go Blind, ” “ Tell Mama ” and “ Something’s Got a Hold on Me ” made her a widely admired musical interpreter of love and pain and one of the first rhythm-and-blues singers with a large mainstream following, died Jan. 20 at a hospital in Riverside, Calif. She was 73. Read full article > >

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Musicians including Carlos Santana and Herbie Hancock criticise Grammy Award organisers for dropping categories from the annual show.

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Musicians battle Grammy changes

Several changes are to be made to next year’s Grammy Awards, with the number of categories reduced by more than 30, organisers say.

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Grammy ceremony set for overhaul

The Grammy Awards are trimming the fat. More than 30 honors are being cut from the previous 109 categories in an effort to maintain the “prestige of the highest and only peer-recognized award in music.” While the top awards-Album of the Year, Record of…

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Grammys Slash 31 Awards

This year’s Grammy awards were watched by 26.66 million TV viewers in the US, its biggest audience for 11 years.

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Grammys seen by 26 million in US

It seems that filling the Grammy lineup with stars from every genre worked: The show had its highest ratings in a decade, with 26.55 million viewers tuning in. The winner for best album, The Arcade Fire, played twice, Justin Bieber and Usher sang and…

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Some of the biggest stars in music came out for the 2011 Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

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The country-pop trio Lady Antebellum was a big winner at Sunday’s Grammy Awards, winning five prizes, while Arcade Fire won album of the year for “The Suburbs.”

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At the Grammys, Spectacles and Upsets

Lady Gaga didn’t win the album of the year Grammy. Neither did Eminem. That honor went to Arcade Fire. And Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” took home song of the year and record of the year trophies. FULL STORY • List of winners | Lady Gaga in an egg • Fun, fashion on Grammy red carpet • R-E-S-P-E-C-T for the Queen of Soul

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Arcade Fire beats out Gaga, Eminem for top album

Flamboyant pop star Lady Gaga has made her entrance to the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles encased in a giant egg

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VIDEO: Go to work on an egg: Lady Gaga’s Grammy gag‎

Lady Gaga and Rihanna are among the early winners as the Grammy Awards honour leading musicians from the worlds of pop, rock, rap and beyond.

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The meat dress has officially been topped: Pop star Lady Gaga arrived at the 2011 Grammy Awards on Sunday completely inside a giant egg, toted on the shoulders of four gold-clad men and women. “Gaga is in incubation,” the singer’s stylist tweeted…

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Lady Gaga Arrives in a Giant Egg

Clive Davis’s annual party the night before the Grammy Awards was undiminished as a see-and-be-seen mixer for the A-list of music.

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Get ready for a diverse cast of performers at this year’s Grammy Awards, from today’s favorite pop stars to rock icons of generations past. Sixteen-year-old best new artist nominee Justin Bieber kicked off rehearsals with a medley that began on his…

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Singer Barbra Streisand is to give a rare performance at this weekend’s Grammy awards, organisers announce.

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Streisand to perform at Grammys