Posts tagged "Dick Clark"
A Not Quite Definitive Ranking Of All Michael Jackson's Epic (Records) Songs

A Not Quite Definitive Ranking Of All Michael Jackson’s Epic (Records) Songs

All of Michael Jackson’s adult solo songs. Ranked in order from best to worst. Because why not?

The 40th Annual American Music Awards Live Blog

The 40th Annual American Music Awards Live Blog

We’re back in the business of live blogging award shows! Check out our blow by blow of this evening’s American Music Awards ceremony.

Blerd Briefs: Rihanna & Nicki Lead The AMA Pack

Blerd Briefs: Rihanna & Nicki Lead The AMA Pack

The nominees for the 2012 American Music Awards were announced earlier today, and the 20 categories are dotted by the likes of Rihanna and Nicki Minaj. The two West Indian divas lead the pack with four nominations each. Rihanna has continued her string of hits with her latest album, Talk That Talk although she’s gained more notoriety recently for her on-again/off-again romance with Chris Brown (who has two nominations of her own.) Meanwhile, Minaj scored a hit follow-up with Pink […]

Blerd Appreciation: Dick Clark

Blerd Appreciation: Dick Clark

If heaven exists, there’s gotta be some quality music programming going on up there right now. Barely two months after Don Cornelius, creator and host of iconic syndicated music show “Soul Train” passed away, his network counterpart Dick Clark, who hosted “American Bandstand” for thirty years in addition to creating the American Music Awards and creating/hosting “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” for over three decades, died of a heart attack this morning. He was 82 years old. Billed as “America’s oldest […]

The People Speak: Eminem & Antebellum Lead the American Music Awards

Well, folks, we’re in the thick of music award show season. The MTV Video Music awards kicked things off at the beginning of September, and the season concludes at the end of January with the Grammy Award ceremony. Smack dab in the middle, we have Dick Clark’s American Music Awards: an almost 40-year old institution that prides itself on being the people’s choice. Unlike the Grammy nominees, which are chosen by a “blue-ribbon” panel of music industry professionals, AMA nominees […]

Award Show Sundays: An MJ Birthday Treat

In commemoration of what would have been Michael Jackson’s 52nd birthday, it’s only right that I dedicate this week’s installment of Award Show Sundays to him. Here are a handful of clips from YouTube that are just several of many, many award show acceptance speeches Michael made over the years. Dick Clark was always one of Michael’s biggest advocates, and the American Music Awards (which Clark created) was way ahead of the curve when it came to honoring the future […]