On Sunday, the GRAMMYs announced all 25 artists set to perform at music’s biggest night on March 14th. While the Recording Academy usually reveals featured artists across multiple days, this year all the performers were announced in one Instagram post: 

The performers include Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift, BTS, Billie Eilish, Harry Styles, Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion, John Mayer, Bruno Mars, Bad Bunny, Cardi B, Doja Cat, DaBaby, Roddy Ricch, Chris Martin, Lil Baby, HAIM, Maren Morris, Black Pumas, Miranda Lambert, Brandi Charlie, Mickey Guyton, Kendrick Sampson, Killer Mike, Tamika Mallory and Brittany Howard. 

Every performer is a 2021 nominee except for Cardi B and John Mayer. On this list, Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, and Roddy Ricch hold the most nominations with six nods each, while Beyoncé, the most nominated artist of the evening with nine nods, will not be performing. 

While for some big names like Swift and Mayer performing at the GRAMMYs has become a somewhat regular occurrence, for half of this year’s artists it will be their GRAMMY performance debut. Some of the musicians celebrating this milestone include BTS, Doja Cat, Harry Styles, HAIM, Megan Thee Stallion, and Bad Bunny. In a poll, fans shared that they are most excited for performances from newcomers BTS, Harry Styles, and DaBaby, as well as GRAMMY veteran Taylor Swift.  

The GRAMMY performances will look a little different this year due to social distancing requirements. All of the performances are slated to take place at or near the Los Angeles Convention Center, with artists performing and watching each other from multiple outdoor stages. The venue’s outdoor deck and surrounding streets expected to host most performances, “taking on the feel of a music festival,” according to host Trevor Noah. Despite challenges posed by COVID-19, the RCA has promised that “artists will be coming together, while still safely apart, to play music for each other as a community and celebrate the music that unites us all.”

In addition to the impact of the pandemic, the 63rd GRAMMY Awards will also be unique due to a fundamental staffing change: this year’s ceremony will be the first GRAMMY Awards show in 40 years presented without Ken Ehrlich as a producer or executive producer. Ben Winston, who has produced the Brit Awards and the Tony Awards, has taken Ehrlich’s place. 

You can watch the 63rd GRAMMY Awards this Sunday, March 14th at 8pm EST / 5pm PST on CBS. 

How to watch The Grammys

We are very excited to announce that we have a brand new tool on the gigs marketplace for talent seekers and Industry accounts: Lists!

Lists are exactly what they sound like. You can make custom lists to keep track of artists that you’re interested in booking, artists that have performed at your venue in the past and much more! Below is a quick walkthrough of how to use lists or if you’re ready to jump in, just login to your Gigmor account and head to your lists page.

After you login to your account you will be taken to your account Dashboard:

Notice that Lists is now under Gigs on the left menu. Go ahead and click Lists.

This is your lists page. Your page should look a bit more empty than this screen shot because you haven’t created any lists yet! To create a list, click the plus sign at the top right corner of the page.

Give your new list a name and write a description of what this list will be. I’m going to create a list of artists that I want to book, so I’m going to call my list Future Bookings.

Click Save at the bottom of that pop-up. Congrats, your list is created!

Your page should look something like this. Now let’s start adding artists – head to the artists page.

Each artist card now has a Lists icon in the upper right corner under the Notes icon. Click the Lists icon on an artist card.

That will bring up a menu of your lists. The lists on top are the custom lists that you create. The lists in the shaded section on the bottom are automatically created when you either view an artist’s profile or you add a note about that artist.

I know that I want to book Jasmine Crowe sometime in the near future but not exactly sure when. I’m going to add Jasmine to my Future Bookings list. To add Jasmine to this list, I’m just going to click the list ‘Future Bookings’. When I do that, a check mark appears next to that list to confirm that Jasmine has been added to my list. Great!

Notice on the left of the page you can now filter search results by your lists as well. 

Ok, let’s go back to the dashboard and see what our lists look like now.

Jasmine is now on our Future Bookings list! From here we can keep track of artists that we’re interested in, send one-click booking offers and request availability. To remove an artist from the list, just click on the trash bin icon under Actions.

That’s Lists! If you have any questions, send a message to support@gigmor.com and if you’re not yet a Gigmor member, click here to sign up for free!

Ahead of the highly anticipated 63rd GRAMMY Awards, the Recording Academy has lined up a week of virtual events to celebrate the 2021 nominees and the music that has soundtracked this past unprecedented year. GRAMMY Week will begin this Monday, March 8, and continue through the GRAMMY Awards ceremony on Sunday, March 14. Below is everything you need to know about how to watch the Grammy’s.

MARCH 8 

The week will kick off with GRAMMY In The Schools Fest, a four day-long festival celebrating music in education, featuring performances from students and professionals as well as panels with educators, musicians, and industry professionals. This event, which continues until Thursday, March 11, is free to all who register here before Monday. 

Monday, which is International Women’s Day, will also feature Women in the Mix, an event highlighting the contributions of women in the music industry and featuring female artists, producers, engineers, and business executives. The purposes of this celebration are to honor women who are working to create change in their music communities and to promote mentorship between female industry professionals and aspiring young women. This event, which will be live streamed on GRAMMY.com at 5pm PST, will feature panels, performances, and discussions with many influential women, including Cyndi Lauper, Sheila E., Ingrid Andress, and more. 

MARCH 10 

GRAMMY Week continues on Wednesday with The Inaugural Black Music Collective GRAMMY Week Celebration, honoring Black music creators and professionals and highlighting their contributions to the music industry. This event will feature performances from H.E.R, Yolanda Adams, and PJ Morton, as well as discussions with Quincy Jones, John Legend, Janelle Monáe, Issa Rae, Jimmy Jam, and Tamika Mallory about social justice, the Black experience in the music industry, and the power of Black music. Tune in at 5pm PST on Wednesday to stream the first inaugural BMC event at GRAMMY.com. 

MARCH 11 

Thursday will feature a GRAMMY U Masterclass with GRAMMY nominated singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur Taylor Parx, in collaboration with the RCA’s Black Music Collective. Parx, who has worked with artists like Janelle Monáe, Ariana Grande, and Anderson.Paak in addition to her successful solo career, will be discussing “the craft of songwriting and being a multi-faceted artist.” You can stream this event on the RCA’s Facebook page at 3pm PST. 

In addition, the private Producers and Engineers Wing 20th Anniversary Celebration will take place on Thursday. 

MARCH 12 

On Friday, in place of the MusiCares Person of the Year Gala, fans can enjoy the MusiCares Music on a Mission virtual fundraiser, created in honor of the industry’s strength in the face of COVID-19. This event will highlight important moments in MusiCare’s history, including iconic past performances from artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Usher, and Stevie Nicks, new performances from HAIM, John Legend, Jhené Aiko, and H.E.R., and appearances from the Jonas Brothers, Lionel Richie, Paul McCartney, Macklemore, Carole King, Shakira, and more. Tickets can be purchased at MusiCares.org for $25. 

Friday will also feature the private 23rd Annual Entertainment Law Initiative event, where the Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association will be presented with the 2021 Entertainment Law Initiative Service Award. 

MARCH 14 

To close out GRAMMY Week, the GRAMMY Premiere Ceremony will be streaming on GRAMMY.com at 12 PST this Sunday. Hosted by Jhené Aiko, this event will celebrate 70+ GRAMMY winners and feature a tribute performance to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of “Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)” by Marvin Gaye, as well as performances from current nominees, including Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, Poppy, and Rufus Wainwright.

The 63rd GRAMMY Awards will air on CBS at 5pm PST on Sunday. Like the rest of GRAMMY Week, the awards ceremony will be hosted virtually in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting Sunday morning, fans can check out GRAMMY Live, an exclusive streaming program that will take viewers backstage before, during, and after the show through a livestream presented on GRAMMY.com and Facebook Live. 

For more information on GRAMMY Week and how to watch the Grammy’s, click here. 

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