The Daily Mail — The New Zealand born star, 17, who skipped the red carpet, took to the stage in a low-key shirt and trousers and tousled hair to deliver her knockout hit Royals more info

Time — At first it seems so simple. You know how awards like the Grammys work. You listen to music. You might wonder for a moment about a category like “best traditional pop vocal album,” but then you see that the nominees are folks like Tony Bennett an... more info

Time — Trying to guess who’ll take home the big prizes at this weekend’s Grammy Awards? So’s the Internet. Search engines like Google and Yahoo!, along with music services like Shazam and Spotify, have combed through their data to figure out which no... more info

Kings of A&R — Los Angeles based 17 year old singer-songwriter Brandon Bassir is making some noise. His debut EP was produced by Emile Ghantous (Pitbull, Chris Brown). Influenced by multiple genres, he was drawn to John Mayer, Kanye West, Pink Floyd, Queen, Elton ... more info

Topix — The singer-songwriter-producer, who has penned hits like CeeLo Green's "Forget You!" and B.o.B's "Nothin' on You," says he's not interested in churning out tracks for other artists like he's done in the past. more info

Mercury News, California — Grammy nominees Bruno Mars, Pink, Katy Perry also in the running for best new song. more info

Topix — A whole slew of big names have joined the lineup of this Sunday night's Grammy Awards as presenters. more info

Topix — What do Bruno Mars , Pink and Taylor Swift have in common? In addition to being pop superstars, they are all nominated for Grammys this year for music that featured them doing the unexpected. more info

USA Today Music — She got a slot that many expected to go to Justin Timberlake or Bruno Mars. more info

Mercury News, California — Also: Kacey Musgraves is an artist everyone should know about. She's nominated for a best new artist Grammy. more info