so, where are we? - Guests + brother (superstar AOTY nominee)

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Album of the Year Nomination #6 - Guests

Robbie Williams

This past Thursday I finally checked out the new Sydney Football Stadium. The occasion, Robert Peter Williams XXV tour.

Robbie shot to fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, then launching a solo career in 1996. 

His debut studio album, Life thru a Lens, was released in 1997, and included his signature song Angels. Which was his offical last (full) song of his encore. Later there was a medley of accapella hits as he exited the stage.

His discography includes seven UK No. 1 singles, and all but one of his 14 studio albums have reached No. 1 in the UK. Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the UK, with two of them in the top 60, and he gained a Guinness World Record in 2006 for selling 1.6 million tickets in a single day during his Close Encounters Tour.

Robbie also played hits like Rock DJ, Kids, Let Me Entertain You and Feel.

The concert was a wild range of emotions, from Robbie's highs to his honest lows. It was a full on performance which started with rain and then on my way home, ended up with the heavens opening!

This was UK pop/showman ship at its finest. Sam Smith when trying to command the entire arena recently may need a few lessons from Robbie. Getting older boomers moving, younger fans alike all in admiration of his tales of his lows, to singing along with the highs of his career.

This will be a concert I won't forget in a while. A man even proposed to the mother of his child. Wild! And that is just the start of it.

Its EP feature week next week. So gear up from EP's from wide ranging genres. See you then x

ARIA's recap

I don't want to say I told you so, however my ARIA predictions back in September were pretty spot on this week.

So here are the winners along with some selected visuals, sounds.

Album of the Year

WINNER: Genesis Owusu — STRUGGLER (OURNESS/AWAL RECORDINGS)

DMA'S — How Many Dreams? (I OH YOU/Mushroom)

G Flip — DRUMMER (Future Classic)

Matt Corby — Everything's Fine (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

The Teskey Brothers — The Winding Way (Ivy League Records/Mushroom Group)

Best Solo Artist

WINNER: Troye Sivan — 'Rush' (EMI Music Australia)

Budjerah — '2step' by Ed Sheeran (Feat. Budjerah) (Warner Music Australia)

Dan Sultan — Dan Sultan (Liberation Records)

Dom Dolla — 'Eat Your Man' ft. Nelly Furtado (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)

G Flip — DRUMMER (Future Classic)

Genesis Owusu — STRUGGLER (OURNESS/AWAL RECORDINGS)

Jen Cloher — I Am The River, The River Is Me (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)

Kylie Minogue — 'Padam Padam' (Liberator Music/Mushroom)

Meg Mac — Matter Of Time (EMI Music Australia)

The Kid LAROI — 'Love Again' (Columbia/Sony Music)

Best Group

WINNER: DMA'S — How Many Dreams? (I OH YOU/Mushroom)

Cub Sport — Jesus At The Gay Bar (BLVE/RKT)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth… (Virgin Music Australia)

Parkway Drive — Darker Still (Parkway Records/Cooking Vinyl Australia)

The Teskey Brothers — The Winding Way (Ivy League Records/Mushroom Group)

Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist

WINNER: Teenage Dads — Midnight Driving (Chugg Music/MGM)

Charley — TIMEBOMBS (EMI Music Australia)

grentperez — When We Were Younger (Fast Friends/AWAL Records)

Pacific Avenue — Flowers (BMG)

Royel Otis — Sofa Kings (OURNESS)

Best Pop Release

WINNER: Kylie Minogue — 'Padam Padam' (Liberator Music/Mushroom)

Amy Shark — 'Can I Shower At Yours' (Sony Music)

Budjerah — 'Therapy' (Warner Music Australia)

Peach PRC — 'Perfect For You' (Republic Records & Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Troye Sivan — 'Rush' (EMI Music Australia)

Best Dance / Electronic Release

WINNER: MK and Dom Dolla — 'Rhyme Dust' (Area 10/Big On Blue/Sony Music UK)

FISHER & Aatig — 'Take It Off' (etcetc Music)

Golden Features — Sisyphus (Warner Music Australia)

Lastlings — Perfect World (Liberation Records)

PNAU and Troye Sivan — 'You Know What I Need' (etcetc Music)

Best Hip Hop / Rap Release

WINNER: Genesis Owusu — STRUGGLER (OURNESS/AWAL RECORDINGS)

KAHUKX — 'NOTHING TO SOMETHING' (AURA Entertainment/ADA)

Kerser — A Gift & A Kers (ABK Records/ADA)

ONEFOUR Feat. CG — 'Comma's' (Independent Releases/Tunecore (AU/NZ)/Ditto (ROW)

Tkay Maidza and Flume — 'Silent Assassin' (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)

Best Soul / R&B Release

WINNER: Forest Claudette — 'Mess Around' (feat. EARTHGANG) (Sony Music)

Chanel Loren — 'Rollin' (Sony Music)

Jada Weazel — 'Skin' (EMI Music Australia)

KYE — 'Ribena' (Sony Music)

PANIA — 'P STANDS 4 PLAYA' (Say Less)

Best Independent Release

WINNER: Genesis Owusu — STRUGGLER (OURNESS/AWAL RECORDINGS)

Cub Sport — Jesus At The Gay Bar (BLVE/RKT)

Dan Sultan — Dan Sultan (Liberation Records)

G Flip — DRUMMER (Future Classic)

Kylie Minogue — 'Padam Padam' (Liberator Music/Mushroom)

Best Rock Album

WINNER: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushroom and Lava (Virgin Music Australia)

Bad//Dreems — HOO HA! (BMG/ADA)

DMA'S — How Many Dreams? (I OH YOU/Mushroom)

G Flip — DRUMMER (Future Classic)

Pacific Avenue — Flowers (BMG)

Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album

WINNER: Parkway Drive — Darker Still (Parkway Records/Cooking Vinyl Australia)

DZ Deathrays — R.I.F.F (DZ Worldwide/The Orchard)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth… (Virgin Music Australia)

Parkway Drive — Darker Still (Parkway Records/Cooking Vinyl Australia)

The Amity Affliction — Not Without My Ghosts (Warner Music Australia)

These New South Whales — TNSW (Damaged Records/Inertia Music)

Best Adult Contemporary Album

WINNER: Dan Sultan — Dan Sultan (Liberation Records)

Alex Lahey — The Answer Is Always Yes (Liberation Records)

Kate Ceberano — My Life Is A Symphony (ABC Music/The Orchard)

Mo'Ju — ORO, PLATA, MATA (Virgin Music Australia)

Tina Arena — Love Saves (Positive Dream/ADA)

Best Blues & Roots Album

WINNER: The Teskey Brothers — The Winding Way (Ivy League Records/Mushroom Group)

Cash Savage and The Last Drinks — So This Is Love (Mistletone)

Katie Wighton — The End (ABC Music/The Orchard)

The Bamboos — Live At Hamer Hall With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (BMG/ADA)

Ziggy Alberts — DANCING IN THE DARK (Commonfolk Records/Ingrooves)

Best Country Album

WINNER: Fanny Lumsden — Hey Dawn (Cooking Vinyl Australia/The Orchard)

Brad Cox — Acres (Sony Music)

Brooke McClymont and Adam Eckersley — Up, Down & Sideways (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Henry Wagons — South Of Everywhere (Cheatin' Hearts Records/Spunk Records)

The Wolfe Brothers — Livin' The Dream (BMG/ADA)

PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS

Best Video

WINNER: 'Good Enough' — G Flip, Kyle Caulfield (Future Classic)

'Can I Shower At Yours' — Amy Shark, Mitch Green (Sony Music)

'Everybody's Saying Thursday's The Weekend' — DMA'S, Joel Burrows (I OH YOU/Mushroom)

'Gila Monster' — King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Spod (Virgin Music Australia)

'Give You Love' — Jessica Mauboy (feat. Jason Derulo), Rowena Rasmussen; Joel Rasmussen (Warner Music Australia)

'LOLA' — MAY-A, Murli Dhir (Arcadia Music, Sony Music)

'Lookin' Out' — King Stingray, Sam Brumby (Cooking Vinyl Australia, The Orchard)

'Manic Dream Pixie' — Peaches PRC, Kyle Caulfield (Republic Records and Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

'Stay Blessed' — Genesis Owusu, Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore (OURNESS/AWAL RECORDINGS)

'Therapy' — Budjerah, Murli Dhir, Made In Katana Studios (Warner Music Australia)

Best Australian Live Act

WINNER: G Flip — DRUMMER Australian Tour (Future Classic)

Baker Boy — Regional Vic Tour (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Brad Cox — ACRES TOUR (Sony Music)

Budjerah — Budjerah Australian Tour (Warner Music Australia)

DMA'S — DMA'S Live at Falls Festival (I OH YOU/Mushroom)

Dom Dolla — Dom Dolla Australian Summer Festival Tour (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)

Julia Jacklin — PRE PLEASURE TOUR (Liberation Records)

King Stingray — That's Where I Wanna Be Tour (Cooking Vinyl Australia/The Orchard)

RÜFÜS DU SOL – RUFUS DU SOL AUSTRALIAN 2022 TOUR (Rose Avenue Records/Warner Music)

Tame Impala — Slow Rush Tour (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Song of the Year

WINNER: Troye Sivan — 'Rush' (EMI Music Australia)

Budjerah — 'Therapy' (Warner Music Australia)

Day1 feat. KAHUKX — 'MBAPPÉ' (db Music/Warner Music Australia)

Dean Lewis — 'How Do I Say Goodbye' (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Joji — 'Die For You' (88rising/Warner Records)

Kylie Minogue — 'Padam Padam' (Liberator Music/Mushroom)

Luude and Mattafix — 'Big City Life' (Sweat It Out/Warner Music Australia)

MK and Dom Dolla — 'Rhyme Dust' (Area10/Big On Blue/Sony Music UK)

R3hab and Amy Shark — 'Sway My Way' (Wonderlick/Kobalt Music Publishing)

The Kid LAROI — 'Love Again' (Columbia/Sony Music)

Most Popular International Artist

WINNER: Taylor Swift — Midnights (Universal Records USA/Universal Music Australia)

Beyoncé — Renaissance (Columbia/Sony Music)

Drake and 21 Savage — Her Loss (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)

Ed Sheeran — — (Atlantic UK/Warner Music Australia)

Luke Combs — Gettin' Old (Columbia Nashville/Sony Music)

Metro Boomin — Heroes & Villains (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)

Morgan Wallen — One Thing At A Time (Mercury Nashville/Universal Music Australia)

Nicki Minaj — Queens Radio (Universal Records USA/Universal Music Australia)

P!NK — Trustfall (RCA/Sony Music)

SZA — SOS (RCA/Sony Music)

Album of the Year Nomination #6 - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Year Nomination #6 - PinkPantheress - Heaven Knows

The Album of the Year is back with just over a month before the big announcement. This follows Aussie Troye Sivan's excellent Something to Give Each Other last month, as the fifth nomination.

Heaven Knows is the debut studio album by PinkPantheress, along with the sixth Album of the Year Nomination for 2023.

Released last Friday, it follows her 2021 mixtape To Hell with It. The album includes the monster hit, Boy's a Liar Pt. 2 (with Ice Spice) alongside, Mosquito, Capable of Love, & Nice to Meet You featuring Central Cee.

Yes there are some big guests on this record. Including Rema and the brilliant Kelela. While the producers on the record are equally as impressive as the guests. Greg Kurstin, Mura Masa, Danny L Harle and more lend a hand to this stellar debut album.

PinkPantheress is set to tour the record as part of The Capable of Love Tour. It's set to begin in February 2024, taking in the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, France and Germany. 

Heaven Knows joins J Award winning album of the year, G Flip, Genesis Owusu, Olivia Rodrigo, Doja Cat and Troye Sivan. The Album of the Year for 2023 will be announced next month.

The First Time - Guests

2024 Grammy's Nominations | Predictions

2024 Grammy nominations: predictions (from selected categories) in red and bold. More Grammys news HERE.

Record of the year

Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?

boygenius – Not Strong Enough

Jon Batiste – Worship

Miley Cyrus – Flowers

Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire

SZA – Kill Bill

Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero

Victoria Monét – On My Mama

Album of the year

boygenius – The Record

Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure

Jon Batiste – World Music Radio

Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation

Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS

SZA – SOS

Taylor Swift – Midnights

Song of the year

Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?

Dua Lipa – Dance the Night

Jon Batiste – Butterfly

Lana Del Rey – A&W

Miley Cyrus – Flowers

Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire

SZA – Kill Bill

Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero

Best new artist

Gracie Abrams

Fred Again..

Ice Spice

Jelly Roll

Noah Kahan

Victoria Monét

The War and Treaty

Best pop solo performance

Miley Cyrus – Flowers

Doja Cat – Paint the Town Red

Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?

Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire

Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero

Best rap performance

Baby Keem ft Kendrick Lamar – The Hillbillies

Black Thought – Love Letter

Coi Leray – Players

Drake and 21 Savage – Rich Flex

Killer Mike ft André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers

Best rock performance

Arctic Monkeys – Sculptures of Anything Goes

Black Pumas – More Than a Love Song

boygenius – Not Strong Enough

Foo Fighters – Rescued

Metallica – Lux Æterna

Best metal performance

Disturbed – Bad Man

Ghost – Phantom of the Opera

Metallica – 72 Seasons

Slipknot – Hive Mind

Spiritbox – Jaded

Best R&B performance

Chris Brown – Summer Too Hot

Coco Jones – ICU

Robert Glasper ft SiR and Alex Isley – Back to Love

SZA – Kill Bill

Victoria Monét – How Does It Make You Feel

Best country solo performance

Tyler Childers – In Your Love

Brandy Clark – Buried

Luke Combs – Fast Car

Dolly Parton – The Last Thing on My Mind

Chris Stapleton – White Horse

Best global music performance

Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily – Shadow Forces

Burna Boy – Alone

Davido – Feel

Silvana Estrada – Milagro y Desastre

Falu and Gaurav Shah (ft PM Narendra Modi) – Abundance in Millets

Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain ft Rakesh Chaurasia – Pashto

Ibrahim Maalouf ft Cimafunk and Tank and the Bangas – Todo Colores

Best dance/electronic recording

Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21F

James Blake – Loading

Disclosure – Higher Than Ever Before

Romy and Fred again.. – Strong

Skrillex, Fred again.. and Flowdan – Rumble

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Album of (NEXT) Week - The Kid LAROI {The First Time}

 

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Sweet Justice - Guests

Sam Smith

Samuel Frederick Smith played two close to full Qudos Bank Arena shows this weekend just gone.

I was super lucky enough to see the English singer and songwriter. In October 2012, they were featured on Disclosure's breakthrough single Latch.

Which I loved on the radio, my music playlists and to run to (when I used to run).

Latch peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart. It was also my highlight from Saturday's Gloria tour. Smith played tunes from the debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour, which was released in May 2014.

The third single from their debut album Stay with Me, was internationally successful, reaching number one in the UK and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100. It on Saturday night was a monster sing-a-long!

Like I Can and other earlier singles were also crowd favourites before the show got a little sexy.

Smith's second studio album, The Thrill of It All, was released in November 2017.

They sang the lead single, Too Good at Goodbyes, early in his 19 strong set.

They gave us Promises with Calvin Harris, which peaked at number one in the UK.

Smith also performed a solo version of the excellent Dancing with a Stranger. Originally released with Normani.

Last year, Smith's single Unholy with Kim Petras, from the fourth album Gloria, became their first number one single in the US and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

Unholy was also the scary, post Halloween closing tune. It was a wild night out at Homebush. With a wide ranging crowd of folks who loved the Michael Buble love songs, but maybe not so much in love with the Unholy side.

Smith has interested me for years. The dance tunes are unreal, the live vocals incredible. Now that The Weeknd has postponed. That was my November live music moment.

Next up, more Tkay on the way for this week's excellent feature album!

Album of (NEXT) Week - TKAY MAIDZA {Sweet Justice}