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lifestyle THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2014

Music & Movies And the Grammy nomination goes to... ill the Grammys be “Drunk In Love” with Beyonce 17 Grammys, will easily sweep the R&B categories. or will they fall for the sad, soulful sound of Sam Hot like fire or cold as ice? WSmith? The Recording Academy will announce Ariana and Iggy’s big ‘Problem’ “Frozen” may earn a nomination for of the year the nominees for the 57th annual Grammy While Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea both have a since it is the year’s best-selling album with 3.6 million Awardstomorrow, and here’s how we think it will play out. strong chance of nominations for best new artist, they units sold. “Let It Go,” also a multi-platinum success, could could cancel each other when it comes to song and record follow its Oscar win with nominations for record and song Sam and Sia of the year. Azalea’s “Fancy” is most likely to be up for the of the year, among other awards. Oh, how far Idina Menzel is a shoo-in for nominations in the top cate- top honors, but the votes could split between that smash has come since John Travolta once called her gories at the Grammys, including album of the year for “In and “Problem.” Also, for awards like best pop duo/group Dazeem. the Lonely Hour,” song and record of the year for “Stay With performance or best rap/sung collaboration, songs like Me” and best new artist. The British singer, who captured “Fancy,” “Problem,” “Bang Bang” with Nicki Minaj and Jessie J Poetic justice? audiences with his emotional, Adele-like songs, also could or “Black Widow” with Rita Ora could cancel each other out. Kendrick Lamar, who last year was nominated for seven earn nominations outside of the pop categories. A remix Azalea, though, should be a top contender in the rap awards but went home empty handed, could find redemp- for “Stay With Me,” featuring Grammy favorite Mary J. Blige, categories, and Grande could earn a nomination for best tion next year. His latest single, “i,” will likely compete in cat- could compete in some R&B categories, while the remix of pop vocal album for “My Everything” - which has launched egories like best rap song and rap performance. “I’m Not the Only One” with A$AP Rocky could be a con- four Top 10 pop hits - as well as nominations in the R&B tender for best rap/sung collaboration. Smith could also be categories, including her current duet with the Weeknd, Respect your elders nominated for best dance recording, thanks to his guest “Love Me Harder.” , whose duets album “Partners” appearance on Naughty Boy’s hit, “La La La.” debuted at No.1 and is one of the year’s top-selling , Sia, too, could be swimming in a sea of nominations, Happily ever after could earn a number of nominations. , who thanks for her skilled songwriting and solo breakthrough. Oh happy day: Though Pharrell’s “Happy” was released released a duet album of standards with Lady Gaga, could She’s written songs for Beyonce, Katy Perry, Eminem, before Grammy eligibility - it originally came out in June also compete in the pop and jazz categories. , Shakira and many others. She also enjoyed her 2013 as part of “Despicable Me 2” - he submitted a live ver- first No. 1 album with “1000 Forms of Fear” and launched a sion of the song, so he has a chance of earning nomina- What’s shaking? massive, worldwide hit with “Chandelier.” tions for record of the year and best pop solo performance. While Taylor Swift’s “1989” will qualify for nominations John Legend is in similar shoes: “All of Me,” another No. 1 next year, her hit “Shake It Off” could earn nominations for Beyonce and beyond hit, also was released before eligibility, but he could also song and record of the year as well as best pop solo per- If Beyonce doesn’t dominate in nominations at the earned a nomination for the ballad’s live rendition. In the formance. If it doesn’t, hopefully she can shake it off.—AP upcoming Grammys, it will be just as surprising as the past, live songs have won Grammys: Adele won best pop release of her self-titled album last year. The pop queen solo performance for her live version of “Set Fire to the could finally earn the coveted album of the year since the Rain” a year after she dominated the Grammys with wins release of “Beyonce” was earth-shattering and well- for album, song and record of the year with “21” and received. One thing’s for sure: Beyonce, who already owns “.”

File photo shows Iggy Azalea performs on stage at the File photo shows performs onstage File photo shows Ariana Grande performs on stage at File photo shows Sam Smith performs on stage. 42nd annual American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre during, “A Very Grammy Christmas”. the 42nd annual American Music Awards. LA Live in Los Angeles.—AP photos Rolling Stones Saxophonist Dies at 70

obby Keys, whose swampy was as key a until health issues sidelined him. component of the peak-period Rolling Stones as “ are devastated by the loss of their BClarence Clemons’ sax was for the E Street Band, has very dear friend and legendary saxophone player, Bobby died at age 70, in Middle Tennessee. Multiple news reports Keys...” the band said on Twitter. “Bobby made a unique cited cirrhosis as the cause of death. The Slaton, Texas, musical contribution to the band since the 1960’s. He will native, who made his Stones recording debut with “Live be greatly missed.” also paid tribute to Keys With Me” on the epochal 1969 album “,” with his on the Rolling Stones’ Facebook page. “I have lost the tasty reeds providing that track’s primary solo, also played largest pal in the world and I can’t express the sense of sad- with , , , Joe ness I feel although Bobby would tell me to cheer up,” the Cocker, B.B. King and Lynard Skynyrd, among many others post reads. “My condolences to all that knew him and his during a career that lasted more than five decades. love of music.”

Notorious party animal While Keys was introduced to the Stones by producer , it was Richards, with whom he shared the exact same birthday (Dec 18, 1943), who became a kind of soulmate. Richards recalled in his autobiography “” that the group hooked up with Keys in 1969 at Elektra studios South Korean music band EXO pose for the photographers during the news conference of 2014 Mnet Asian Music when Keys was recording with Delaney & Bonnie. Awards (MAMA) in Hong Kong yesterday.—AP “Jimmy Miller was working there on ‘Let It Bleed’ and called Bobby in to play a solo on ‘.’ The track was just raw, straight-ahead, balls-to-the-wall rock and roll, tailor made for Bobby. A long collaboration was born.” With trumpeter , Keys would form a prominent John Legend and K-pop stars with the group. A notorious party animal, Keys would act as an enabler to Richards, with whom he kept pace, and was part of Lennon’s extended “lost week- rock Mnet Asian Music Awards end” in the mid-’70s. He would end up on the Lennon albums “,” “Some Time in New York City” In this March 25, 2012 file photo, saxophonist Bobby and “Rock ‘n Roll.” He told Rolling Stone magazine in 2012: housands of screaming fans have fans in Asia who really love my Taeyang won the best male artist title. Keys signs a copy of his autobiography, “Every Night’s a “I’ve been smoking pot for over 50 years, and I never let a were treated to sexy dance acts music,” Legend said at the city’s American singing legend Stevie Saturday Night: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Life of Legendary Sax day go by unless I’m in jail. I am a devout pothead. I have Tand vocal performances, includ- packed World-Expo Arena. Legend, Wonder raised the roof at last year’s Man Bobby Keys,” for Jo Claire Swayze, right.—AP been, will be, don’t see a damn thing wrong with it except ing two numbers by American singer who also performed his hit “Green MAMA event, also held in the south- the cost. Legalize it.” John Legend, in Hong Kong yesterday Light”, shared the stage with Hong ern Chinese city. The awards show is But it was his work with the Stones, particularly on the A prodigy as a teenager, Keys started touring with at one of the biggest events on the K- Kong star Eason Chan as well as K-pop in its sixth year. K-pop has made albums “”-on which his down-and-dirty solos at age 15, and played briefly with , pop calendar. R&B singer Legend-who songstress Ailee, girl band SISTAR and inroads into the international music for “Brown Sugar” and “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” pro- but never learned to read music. “I listen subliminally,” he topped the US billboards in May-was boy group EXO, among others. market particularly with the global vided a muscular counterpoint to the twin guitars of Keith told Rolling Stone. “I play more rhythmically than I do a awarded the “International Favorite An electric performance by all- success of Psy’s “Gangnam Style”. The Richards and -and the double LP “Exile on Main lot of notes. I pull a lot of the stuff that I play off the Artist” award and performed a moving female act Girl’s Day and singer Ailee song’s music video-that features the Street,” with Keys’ fingerprints prevalent throughout, that rhythm tracks - and Keith Richards has been one of the rendition of his hit single “All of Me” at kicked off the awards ceremony, now-famous horse-riding dance- established the Texas native as a key dur- main contributors to my inspirational playing.” Other key the Mnet Asian Music Awards which saw EXO taking the gong for exceeded the maximum number of ing the ‘70s and beyond. recordings on which the saxophonist took part were (MAMA). best male group and SISTAR named views on YouTube Wednesday, at over He would act as an unofficial member of the group, one Cocker’s “Mad Dogs and Englishmen,” Harrison’s “All “I come from a small town in Ohio best female group. “I sang a lot of 2 billion, prompting the site to of the players Richards referred to as “supersidemen”-not Things Must Pass,” ’s “Ringo” and “Goodnight and I always dreamed that I would be songs this year, and I want to thank all upgrade its system. As well as music, unlike the keyboardists and - Vienna,” Clapton’s “Eric Clapton,” ’s “No able to make music for a living,” the the people who helped me to feel Korean cinema and television dramas during the group’s halcyon days of 1969-74, and again Secrets” and “Hotcakes,” and ’s “Nilsson 35-year-old nine-time Grammy win- that singing was fun,” singer IU, who have also been increasing in populari- beginning in 1980, continuing to record and tour with the Schmilsson.”—Reuters ner told cheering fans. “But I never was attending MAMA for the first ty around Asia, a phenomenon known group right up until their appearance at Glastonbury in dreamed that it would take me so time, told fans as she received the as “Hallyu”, or the Korean cultural 2013, and this past year during the Stones’ tour, many places and I’m so happy that I best female artist award. Big Bang’s wave.—AFP CMT honors country’s top acts, past and present MT honored a diverse group of country musicians reflect- Hubbard about the rapper. “He’s got a lot of great music and ing the wide range of styles the genre has embraced, from we’ve hung out with him a couple of times.” Haggard, who Ccountry rocker , guitar slinger Keith Urban watched it all from the audience, was given the first Artist of a and fiery singer , and then capped it all with a Lifetime award for his own innovations in modern special tribute to country legend Merle Haggard. The “CMT Artists when he helped create the twangy electrified California country of the Year” show, which aired live from Nashville, Tennessee, on sound half a century ago. Tuesday evening, bounced between country’s present, future Eric Church, along with country singer Ashley Monroe and and past with nods to influences from rock n’ roll, hip hop, musician T Bone Burnett, performed Haggard’s “Workin’ Man rhythm and blues and the Bakersfield Sound. Blues,” and actor Billy Bob Thornton compared Haggard to writers Aldean, who is one of country’s biggest touring artists, like John Steinbeck and Tennessee Williams. “He’s truly a story- teamed up with Chris Cornell, of the rock bands Soundgarden teller,” Thornton said. “And that’s something that has been lost.” and Audioslave, to open the show with a blast of arena rock gui- The songwriter who penned tunes about drifters, convicts and tars. “When we heard he was going to be here, I started trying to blue collar workers, including “Okie From Muskogee” and “Mama figure out a way to get him on stage with us,” Aldean said of Tried,” was succinct upon accepting the award. “Anything I’d say Cornell. Lambert, who made history this year as the most deco- would fall short of the mark, so thank you very much and God rated female country artist at the CMA Awards last month, fol- bless you,” Haggard said. Reigning CMA entertainer of the year lowed with a soulful performance of “Holding On To You,” from was also scheduled to receive one of the night’s hon- her album, “Platinum.” Urban meanwhile took to the stage with ors, but a death in his family forced him to cancel his appearance. an all-female backing band to perform James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s The country group Lady Antebellum and songwriter Chris Man’s Man’s World,” while rapper Wiz Khalifa lauded his party Stapleton dedicated a performance of Bryan’s acoustic ballad. brothers, Florida Georgia Line, as “two guys that are hitting it “Tonight, if you’re watching back home, Luke, this one’s for you Keith Urban accepts the CMT Artist of the Year Award. hard.” “We look up to him a lot,” said Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler and your family,” said singer Charles Kelley.—AP Miranda Lambert, left, and Ashley Monroe on stage.