After winning an Oscar earlier this year, Jon Batiste now leads the nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards – with Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, H.E.R and Doja Cat also in the running for several prizes.
Batiste’s nominations span several genres, including R&B, jazz, American roots music, classical and music video-film, and he is up for 11 in total – including the big prizes of album of the year for We Are and record of the year for Freedom.
Bieber, Doja Cat and H.E.R follow with eight nods, while Eilishand Rodrigo have seven each.
Mercury Prize and Brit Awards winnerArlo Parkscontinues her stellar year, flying the flag for the UK with nominations for best new artist and best alternative album for her debut, Collapsed In Sunbeams.
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After making their return earlier in 2021 with their first new music in almost 40 years, Swedish icons ABBAalso received a nod, for record of the year with comeback single I Still Have Faith In You.
For the top prize of album of the year, Batiste – who won the Oscar for best original score for the Disney and Pixar film Soul – faces competition from Bieber, Eilish, Doja Cat, H.E.R, West, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Rodrigo and Swift.
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The star, who was among the presenters announcing the nominees, tweeted a simple “11 !!!!!!!!!!!!” after the full list had been revealed.
“Oh my goodness! I’m still in a state of astonishment and shock,” he said moments after learning of the nominations.
“I’m just really happy that we were able to make something in complete artistic integrity and have it be recognised.”
In the record of the year category, this year’s nominees range from ages 18 to 95, with nonagenarian – and 18-time winner – Tony Bennett nominated alongside Lady Gaga for their version of I Get A Kick Out Of You, and Olivia Rodrigo, 18, in the running for her hit Drivers License.
Nominees for all the awards were chosen from nearly 22,000 eligible entries for music released between September 2020 and 2021.
Harvey Mason Jr, chief executive of the Recording Academy, which runs the awards, said: “This is an exciting day for music.
“These nominations beautifully reflect today’s broad and diverse musical landscape. I congratulate all of the nominees and everyone who submitted work. I’m also so proud of our voters. They voted in record numbers and brought their very best to evaluating the work of their peers, and I thank them on behalf of the entire music community.”
This year’s nominations come following the introduction of a new voting system, which allows the academy’s more than 11,000 members to vote for up to 10 categories in three genres; all voters can vote for the top four awards.
It replaces the anonymous nominations review committee – a group that determined the contenders for key awards.
Some had claimed committee members favoured projects based on personal relationships and promoted projects they favoured and worked on.
The Grammys, the biggest ceremony in the music industry calendar, will be awarded at a ceremony in Los Angeles on 31 January.
With 86 categories in total, there are a lot of awards to dish out. Here are the nominations in the some of the main categories.
Record Of The Year
I Still Have Faith In You – ABBA Freedom – Jon Batiste I Get A Kick Out Of You – Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Peaches – Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon Right On Time – Brandi Carlile Kiss Me More – Doja Cat featuring SZA Happier Than Ever – Billie Eilish Montero (Call Me By Your Name) – Lil Nas X Drivers License – Olivia Rodrigo Leave The Door Open – Silk Sonic
Song Of The Year
Bad Habits – Ed Sheeran A Beautiful Noise – Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile Drivers License – Olivia Rodrigo Fight For You – H.E.R. Happier Than Ever – Billie Eilish Kiss Me More – Doja Cat featuring SZA Leave The Door Open – Silk Sonic Montero (Call Me By Your Name) – Lil Nas X Peaches – Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon Right On Time – Brandi Carlile
Album Of The Year
We Are – Jon Batiste Love For Sale – Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe) – Justin Bieber Planet Her (Deluxe) – Doja Cat Happier Than Ever – Billie Eilish Back Of My Mind – H.E.R. Montero – Lil Nas X Sour – Olivia Rodrigo Evermore – Taylor Swift Donda – Kanye West
Best New Artist
Arooj Aftab Jimmie Allen Baby Keem FINNEAS Glass Animals Japanese Breakfast The Kid Laroi Arlo Parks Olivia Rodrigo Saweetie
Best Alternative Music Album Shore – Fleet Foxes If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power – Halsey Jubilee – Japanese Breakfast Collapsed In Sunbeams – Arlo Parks Daddy’s Home – St Vincent
Best Pop Vocal Album
Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe) – Justin Bieber Planet Her (Deluxe) – Doja Cat Happier Than Ever – Billie Eilish Positions – Ariana Grande Sour – Olivia Rodrigo
Best Progressive R&B Album New Light – Eric Bellinger Something To Say – Cory Henry Mood Valiant – Hiatus Kaiyote Table For Two – Lucky Daye Dinner Party: Dessert – Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder & Kamasi Washington Studying Abroad: Extended Stay – Masego
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Generations – The Baylor Project SuperBlue – Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter Time Traveler – Nnenna Freelon Flor – Gretchen Parlato Songwrights Apothecary Lab – Esperanza Spalding
Best Rap Album
The Off-Season – J Cole Certified Lover Boy – Drake King’s Disease II – Nas Call Me If You Get Lost – Tyler, The Creator Donda – Kanye West
Best Gospel Album
Changing Your Story – Jekalyn Carr Royalty: Live At The Ryman – Tasha Cobbs Leonard Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition – Maverick City Music Jonny x Mali: Live In LA – Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music Believe For It – CeCe Winans
Best Latin Pop Album Vértigo – Pablo Alborán Mis Amores – Paula Arenas Hecho A La Antigua – Ricardo Arjona Mis Manos – Camilo Mendó – Alex Cuba Revelación – Selena Gomez
Best Música Urbana Album Afrodisíaco – Rauw Alejandro El Último Tour Del Mundo – Bad Bunny Jose – J Balvin KG0516 – KAROL G Sin Miedo (Del Amor Y Otros Demonios) 8 – Kali Uchis
Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan says she was sent into a psychosis after suffering a “bad reaction” to her ADHD medication earlier this year.
The 33-year-old TV star, who’s best known for her role as Rosie Webster in Coronation Street, shared the news on Instagram, after a couple of months away from social media.
She said she was left “emotionally struggling” after splitting from the father of her children, footballer Scott Sinclair – with whom she shares Matilda, seven, Delilah, five, and Charlie, two.
She also explained her reason for pulling out of a theatre tour of Cluedo 2 which kicked off last month, saying it was due to a bad reaction to her medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
At the time, it was announced that Flanagan had withdrawn from the show for “medical reasons”.
Alongside a selfie with her giving the peace sign, she wrote: “Had a few months off from social but I’m back now.
“So basically I really struggled mental health wise December/January. I felt really not great in my head over Christmas and I didn’t really feel that much different when I took the kids away for new year.
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“I had a lot of difficult things going on things I just can’t talk about on Instagram.
“I felt terrible, so I was due my theatre tour which I was excited about so when I came back from holiday I thought it was best for me to take some medication so I’d feel better and be able to cope better with being a working single mum of three and I was emotionally struggling with the break up from the father of my kids.”
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‘I just love my kids so much’
She added: “I had a really bad reaction though to the medication (an ADHD medication) and it sent me into a psychosis for a few days which I didn’t know I was in.
“I just love my kids so much, this bad reaction though was a few days before rehearsals were starting and sadly I just wasn’t mentally well enough to do it.
“I was heartbroken as I’ve always been professional as an actress but I needed to stay at home and feel better for me and my kids, with the help of my amazing parents.”
She added that she felt like she was in a “really good happy place” and has found therapy “amazing”.
She said: “I feel like I’ve worked on myself with things that were quite tough to me but I feel lighter now.”
Flanagan was replaced in the role of Miss Scarlett in Cluedo 2 by Strictly Come Dancing winner Ellie Leach, who was one of the fellow celebrities to comment on Flanagan’s post, writing “love you” with three kisses.
Other stars including Ex-Girls Aloud singer Nadine Coyle, presenter Carol Vorderman and Coronation Street actresses Lucy Fallon and Brooke Vincent also showed their support.
Flanagan played Rosie Webster in the Manchester-based ITV soap from 2000 to 2012, returning to the role between 2017 and 2018.
But what exactly is he accused of – and what has he had to say about it?
What are the allegations?
The raids on the rapper‘s properties were part of an ongoing sex-trafficking investigation by federal authorities in New York.
According to Sky’s US partner network NBC News, three women and a man were interviewed by federal officials in Manhattan in relation to the probe.
The investigation includes further allegations of sexual assault, solicitation, and distribution of illegal drugs and firearms.
Combs has also recently faced several lawsuits accusing him of sexual misconduct and other wrongdoing.
In February, a music producer alleged Combs coerced him to solicit prostitutes and pressured him to have sex with them.
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Combs’s lawyer responded by saying: “We have overwhelming, indisputable proof that his claims are complete lies”.
The rapper’s former protégé and girlfriend, R&B singer Cassie, also sued him in November alleging she was trafficked, raped, plied with drugs and beaten by Combs over a 10-year period.
The lawsuit claimed he forced her to have sex with male prostitutes while he filmed them. The case was settled the day after it was filed.
Also in November, Combs was sued by Joie Dickerson-Neal who alleged he drugged and sexually assaulted her when she was a psychology student at Syracuse University in January 1991. She also accused him of filming the attack.
Combs rejected the claims as “made up and not credible”, with a spokesperson branding them “purely a money grab and nothing more”.
Another of the rapper’s accusers is a woman who claims he “gang raped” her two decades agoafter she was plied with drugs and alcoholat the age of 17.
What has Sean Combs said?
He has denied all the allegations.
In a statement in December, Combs described the claims he was facing then as “sickening” and alleged his accusers were “looking for a quick payday”.
“Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. I will fight for my name, my family and for the truth,” he said.
Following the raids on his house earlier this week, Combs’s lawyer Aaron Dyer said there had been a “gross overuse of military-level force as search warrants were executed”.
“There is no excuse for the excessive show of force and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way his children and employees were treated,” he added.
Mr Dyer said Combs had not been arrested or had his ability to travel restricted, and neither had any of his family members.
“This unprecedented ambush – paired with an advanced, coordinated media presence – leads to a premature rush to judgement of Mr Combs and is nothing more than a witch hunt based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits.
“There has been no finding of criminal or civil liability with any of these allegations. Mr Combs is innocent and will continue to fight every single day to clear his name.”
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Diddy’s homes raided
Have there been any repercussions?
Two properties owned by Combs were searched by federal agents on 25 March.
NBC News reported several phones were also seized from the musician in Miami before he was scheduled to depart on a trip to the Bahamas.
Last year, Combs stepped down as chairman of his cable television network Revolt amid the sexual abuse allegations.
Revolt announced Combs’s decision via social media. It is not clear if he will ever return to the media company – which previously said he had “no operational or day-to-day role” at the network.
“This decision helps to ensure that Revolt remains steadfastly focused on our mission to create meaningful content for the culture and amplify the voices of all Black people throughout this country and African diaspora,” the network said.
Combs also created an online marketplace called Empower Global that featured Black-owned brands. Its website is still active, but has no products currently listed for sale.
Why is he famous?
Combs is among the most influential hip-hop producers of the past three decades.
Also known as Puff Daddy and P Diddy, he built one of hip-hop’s biggest empires, blazing a trail with several entities attached to his name.
He is the founder of Bad Boy Records and a three-time Grammy winner who has worked with top-tier artists including Notorious BIG, Mary J Blige, Usher, Lil Kim, Faith Evans and 112.
His latest album, The Love Album – Off the Grid, was released last year days after Combs was honoured at the MTV VMAs.
It was nominated for best progressive R&B album at February’s Grammy Awards, which he did not attend.
Nick Cave has said he has “feelings of culpability” over the deaths of his sons.
The Bad Seeds singer, 66, made the comments after losing two of his children in the space of seven years.
His son Arthur died aged 15 after he fell from a cliff near his home in Brighton in 2015. It came after he took the drug LSD for the first time, an inquest heard.
Then in 2022 his 31-year-old son Jethro, who had schizophrenia, died in Melbourne.
The 66-year-old, speaking during an interview with The Guardian, said it was “against nature” for a parent to bury their child.
When asked if he feels culpable for their deaths, including Arthur’s given Cave’s own struggles with substance abuse, he said: “There could be some element of that”.
He added: “Look, these things are in our DNA, they’re inherited. I don’t want to make any assumptions about Arthur, who was just a young boy. It’s not like he was into drugs.
“On a fundamental level, it’s against nature to be burying your children. And there can’t help but be feelings of culpability.”
Soon after Arthur died, Cave and his family moved to Los Angeles because they found it too difficult living down the road from where the tragedy took place.
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Cave said he felt like he had to grieve publicly after the death was widely reported.
However, he said the experience of bereavement after Arthur’s death helped when Jethro died, because he knew he “could get through [it]”.
The musician also addressed accusations that he has previously sided with the extreme alt-right online movement.
He said: “The concept that there are problems with the world we need to address, such as social justice, I’m totally down with that.
“However, I don’t agree with the methods that are used in order to reach this goal – shutting down people, cancelling people…
“The problem with the right taking hold of this word is that it’s made the discussion impossible to have without having to join a whole load of nutjobs who have their problem with it.”
Cave also denied he was a Tory and said he had never voted for the party.