2017 Alternative Press Music Awards nominees announced

 

Last week, Alternative Press confirmed the first wave of artists set to hit the stage during the 2017 Alternative Press Music Awards set to take place this summer. On Tuesday (April 25), the rock-centric publication unveiled the list of categories and nominees for the summertime music awards show. In addition to the typical categories such as “Artist of the Year,” “Song of the Year,” and “Best Music Video,” the fourth incarnation of the annual awards show added two new categories to the list; “Best Hard Rock Artist” and “Best New Artist.”

“This year’s nominations are from a very diverse pool of artists, probably the most diverse we’ve ever had,” said Alternative Press founder and CEO Mike Shea. “We are representing genres from alternative to indie pop to hard rock to metal – all of whose nominations showcase the best in their field as chosen by a pool of input from fans, music industry VIPs, and the staff at Alternative Press.”

Fans can currently go to Alternative Press’ website and vote for their favorite artists in all the categories. Voting is officially underway with the polls closing on Friday, June 30.  Tickets for the awards show are also available on the publication’s website.

In addition to adding new categories and featuring a more diverse list of performers, this year will also mark the first time in two years that the awards show has changed hosts. Earlier this year, the publication released a short clip featuring previous 2015 and 2016 hosts Alex Gaskarth and Jack Barakat from All Time Low, handing over the APMAs hosting mantle over to Black Veil Brides/Andy Black leader, Andy Biersack.

The 2017 Alternative Press Music Awards is set to take place on July 17 at the Quicken Loans Arena in the publication’s hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. Previously announced acts including All Time Low, New Years Day, Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, The Pretty Reckless, Bone Thugs (the extension of Bone Thugs N Harmony), Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Against Me!, Machine Gun Kelly, and Korn were confirmed to hit the stage during this year’s festivities.

For now, the complete list of nominees can be seen below.

Artist of the Year
A Day to Remember
Blink-182
Fall Out Boy
Good Charlotte
Green Day
Machine Gun Kelly
Panic! at the Disco
Pierce the Veil
Sum 41
The Pretty Reckless

Album of the Year
Andy Black, The Shadow Side
Tonight Alive, Limitless
Architects U.K., All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
Atilla, Chaos
Beartooth, Aggressive
Every Tie I Die, Low Teens
I Prevail, Lifelines
Moose Blood, Blush
Pierce the Veil, Misadventures
Waterparks, Double Dare

Song of the Year
A Day to Remember, “Paranoia”
Andy Black, “We Don’t Have to Dance”
Pierce the Veil, “Circles”
Machine Gun Kelly, “Alpha Omega”
Real Friends, “Mess”
Waterparks, “Stupid for You”

Most Dedicated Fanbase
Melanie Martinez
Motionless in White
Paramore
PVRIS
Sleeping with Sirens
Twenty One Pilots

Best Vocalist
Ben Barlow, Neck Deep
Cody Carson, Set It Off
Derek DiScanio, State Champs
John O’Callaghan, The Maine
Keith Buckley, Every Time I Die
Lynn Gunn, PVRIS

Best Drummer
Arejay Hale, Halestorm
Aric Improta, Night Verses
Dean Butterworth, Good Charlotte
Frank Zummo, Sum 41
Matt Mingus, Dance Gavin Dance
JP “Rook” Cappelletty, Machine Gun Kelly

Best Bassist
Alex Dean, Architects U.K.
Chris Hinkley, I the Mighty
Fat Mike, NOFX
“Fieldy” Arvizu, Korn
Ryan Scott Graham, State Champs
Sergio Vega, Deftones

Best Guitarist
Ben Weinman, The Dillinger Escape Plan
Claudio Sanchez, Coheed and Cambria
Jordan Buckley, Every Time I Die
Reba Meyers, Code Orange
Steve Menoian, I Prevail
Teppei Teranishi, Thrice

Best Hard Rock Artist
Bullet for My Valentine
Halestorm
Highly Suspect
In This Moment
Korn
The Pretty Reckless

Best Live Band
Beartooth
Dance Gavin Dance
Falling in Reverse
In This Moment
Issues
NOFX

Best Underground Band
Broadside
Knocked Loose
Movements
Palaye Royale
Silent Planet
With Confidence

Breakthrough Band
Avatar
Creeper
Ice Nine Kills
One OK Rock
Moose Blood
Waterparks

Best Music Video
Highly Suspect, “Bloodfeather”
I See Stars, “Calm Snow”
Korn, “Insane”
Memphis May Fire, “This Light I Hold” (featuring Jacoby Shaddix)
State Champs, “Losing Myself”
Sum 41, “Fake My Own Death”

Best New Artist Music Video
K.Flay, “Blood In The Cut”
PUP, “Sleep in the Heat”
SWMRS, “Palm Trees”
Tiny Moving Parts, “Common Cold”
Watsky, “Don’t Be Nice”
With Confidence, “Voldemort”

The 56th Annual Grammy Award Winners

The Grammys are now officially underway with the red carpet arrivals, interviews, fashion and of course those pre-telecast winners. Beginning now, we will be live updating the winners list as the awards are handed out or received.

Keep checking in as we will try our hardest to keep the list of winners up to date.

2014 GRAMMY WINNERS:

Album of the Year: Daft Punk, Random Access Memories

Record of the Year: Daft Punk feat. Pharrell and Nile Rodgers, “Get Lucky”

Song of the Year: Lorde and Joel Little, “Royals”

Best Country Album: Kacey Musgraves, Same Trailer, Different Park

Best Pop Vocal Album: Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox

Best Pop Solo Performance: Lorde, “Royals”

Best Rock Song: Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, “Cut Me Some Slack”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Jay-Z feat. Justin Timberlake, “Holy Grail”

Best Pop Duo or Group Performance: Daft Punk feat. Pharrell and Nile Rodgers, “Get Lucky”

Best New Artist: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Best Rock Performance: Imagine Dragons, “Radioactive”

Best Rock Album: Led Zeppelin, “Celebration Day”

Best Alternative Music Album: Vampire Weekend, “Modern Vampires of the City”

Best Rap Performance: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz, “Thrift Shop”

Best Rap Album: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Heist

Best Rap Song: Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz), “Thrift Shop”

Best Country Solo Performance: Darius Rucker, “Wagon Wheel”

Best Country Song: Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves), “Merry Go ’round”

Best Metal Performance: Black Sabbath, “God is Dead?”

Best Country Duo/Group Performance: The Civil Wars, “From This Valley”

Best Music Video: Justin Timberlake featuring Jay Z, “Suit & Tie”

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Michael Bublé, To Be Loved

Best Pop Instrumental Album: Herb Alpert, “Stepping Out”

Best Traditional R&B Performance: Gary Clark Jr., “Please Come Home”

Best Urban Contemporary Album: Rihanna, “Unapologetic”

Best R&B Album: Alicia Keys, “Girl on Fire”

Best R&B Song (A Songwriters Award): James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake), “Pusher Lover Girl”

Best New Age Album: Laura Sullivan, Love’s River

Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Terri Lyne Carrington, Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue

Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Wayne Shorter, soloist, “Orbits”

Best Jazz Vocal Album: Gregory Porter, Liquid Spirit

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Randy Brecker, Włodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic, Night In Calisia

Best Latin Jazz Album: Paquito D’Rivera And Trio Corrente, Song For Maura

Best Gospel Album: Tye Tribbett, Greater Than (Live)

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance: Tasha Cobbs, “Break Every Chain [Live]” and Tye Tribbett, “If He Did It Before… Same God [Live]”

Best Gospel Song: Tye Tribbett, songwriter (Tye Tribbett), “If He Did It Before… Same God [Live]”

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song: David Garcia, Ben Glover & Christopher Stevens, songwriters (Mandisa), “Overcomer”

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Mandisa, Overcomer

Best Latin Pop Album: Draco Rosa, Vida

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: La Santa Cecilia, Treinta Días

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea, A Mi Manera

Best Tropical Latin Album: Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Pacific Mambo Orchestra

Best Americana Album: Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Old Yellow Moon

Best Bluegrass Album: Del McCoury Band, The Streets Of Baltimore

Best Blues Album: Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite, Get Up!

Best Folk Album: Guy Clark, My Favorite Picture Of You

Best Regional Roots Music Album: Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience, Dockside Sessions

Best Reggae Album: Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley In Concert

Best World Music Album: Gipsy Kings, Savor Flamenco

Best Children’s Album: Jennifer Gasoi, Throw A Penny In The Wishing Well

Best Spoken Word Album: Stephen Colbert, America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren’t

Best Comedy Album: Kathy Griffin, Calm Down Gurrl

Best Musical Theater Album: Kinky Boots

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: Sound City: Real To Reel

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: Thomas Newman, composer, Skyfall

Best Song Written For Visual Media: Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele), “Skyfall” from Skyfall

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney and Wings), Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Pharrell Williams, “BBC” (Jay-Z), “Blurred Lines” (Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell), “Happy” (Pharrell Williams), “I Can’t Describe (The Way I Feel)” (Jennifer Hudson featuring T.I.), “Nuclear” (Destiny’s Child), “Oceans” (Jay-Z featuring Frank Ocean), “Reach Out Richard” (Mayer Hawthorne), “The Stars Are Ours” (Mayer Hawthorne)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Cedric Gervais, remixer (Lana Del Rey), “Summertime Sadness” (Cedric Gervais Remix)

Best Music Film: Paul McCartney, Jonas Akerlund, video director; Violaine Etienne, Aron Levine & Scott Rodger, video producers, Live Kisses

Billboard Award Nominees Revealed

Last month, we were given word that some of pop music’s biggest stars would be gracing the stage at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for the annual Billboard Awards.

Today, the people behind the show have announced the nominees for the categories and in what might be a first; there’s a three-way tie for who has the most nominations for this year’s awards. Maroon 5, fun. and Taylor Swift have each become finalists in 11 of the categories.

Right behind them are Rihanna with 10, Carly Rae Jepsen with nine and One Direction with eight (cue all the One Directioners tears). But the fun doesn’t stop there; Swift, Maroon 5, Rihanna, One Direction and Justin Bieber have become finalists for the top artist award.

As for album of the year, it looks like another tough race with Adele’s “21” being in the running alongside Mumford and Sons’ “Babel,” Swift’s “Red” and what might not be fair, but totally predictable, One Direction have two albums in this category, “Up All Night” and “Take Me Home.”

The Billboard Awards will air live on May 19th with performances by Bruno Mars, Miguel, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and Prince.