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Sunday, September 25, 2022

Jack Harlow Named Songwriter Of The Year At 2022 SESAC Music Awards

Jack Harlow was named Songwriter Of the Year at the 2022 SESAC Music Awards last Wednesday. This marks the second consecutive year that the rapper has won the award.

After being confined to an online event due to the pandemic for the past two years, the performing rights organization conducted its annual ceremony recognizing member songwriters and music publishers behind the year's most-performed songs at The London in West Hollywood.

Harlow also won the song of the year award for the second year in a row. His "Industry Baby" and Glass Animals' "Heat Waves" shared the honor.

Sony Music Publishing was named Publisher of the Year, while Bryan-Michael Cox was selected for the SESAC Icon Award.

"We are thrilled to be celebrating together in person honoring our talented pop, R&B, rap, and hip-hop affiliates," Sam Kling, chief creative officer, SESAC Performing Rights, said in a statement. "Our songwriters and producers have created amazing, record-breaking music and we're honored to represent their songs."

(Photo: Urban Wyatt)

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Lana Del Rey Course Launched At NYU's Clive Davis Institute

New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music has launched a new course for this fall focused on singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey.

The course, titled "Topics in Recorded Music: Lana Del Rey," will run from October 20 to December 8. It will be taught by journalist and author Kathy Iandoli.

According to Variety, the course description reads, "Over the course of eight critically-acclaimed albums, the six-time Grammy nominated artist has introduced a sad core, melancholic, and baroque version of dream pop that in turn helped shift and reinvent the sound (and mood) of mainstream music beyond the 2010s."

"Through her arresting visuals and her thematic attention to mental health and tales of toxic, damaged love, Del Rey provided a new platform for artists of all genders to create 'anti-pop' works of substance that could live in a mainstream once categorized as bubblegum," the description adds.

The course will also examine Del Rey's relationship to feminism, musical influences and connection to social justice movements.

(Photo: Harmony Gerber)

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Rihanna's 'Diamonds' Video Reaches 2 Billion Views On YouTube

Rihanna's music video for her 2012 single "Diamonds" has officially surpassed 2 billion views on the YouTube.

"Diamonds" is Rihanna's third song to reach the 2-billion views after Calvin Harris' "This Is What You Came For," in which she featured, and her feature on Eminem's "Love The Way You Lie."

"Diamonds" officially becomes Rihanna's first video as a solo performer to reach this benchmark.

The song's music video was shot by director Anthony Mandler, a frequent collaborator of Rihanna's, and depicts her in four environments that represent the elements of earth, air, water, and fire.

"Diamonds" was a song from Rihanna's seventh studio album, Unapologetic (2012). The single was written by Sia together with its producers, Benny Blanco and Stargate.

"Diamonds" topped music charts in over twenty countries, including the United States, where it became Rihanna's 12th No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Diamonds" was certified seven-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and sold over 3.5 million digital copies in the U.S.

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