To be eligible for nominations this year, artists had to release their music between Oct. The Grammy Awards are the music industry’s top accolades and are voted on by members of the Recording Academy for more than 80 categories spanning all genres. The record of the year category featured five songs that all achieved commercial and chart success this year: “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk, “Radioactive” by alt-rockers Imagine Dragons, “Royals” by Lorde, Bruno Mars’ “Locked Out of Heaven” and “Blurred Lines” by Thicke, featuring T.I. Singer-producer Pharrell scored seven nods, including for album, record and song of the year for his work as a featured artist on Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories” and Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines.” in recent years.Ĭalifornia rapper Lamar, 26, also picked up five nominations in the R&B and rap categories. The duo will be facing off with Lamar, country music singer Kasey Musgraves and British singers James Blake and Ed Sheeran for the best new artist accolade, which has been won by Adele and FUN. It’s something that we never ever thought was possible when we were making this album,” Macklemore, whose real name is Ben Haggerty, said backstage. I don’t think it’s ever going to feel normal. Seattle rapper-producer duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis capped their stellar rise over the past year from the independent music scene into mainstream pop with seven nominations, including song of the year for “Same Love,” featuring Mary Lambert, and the coveted best new artist category. Lamar’s album will face off against Sara Barielles’ “The Blessed Unrest,” French electro-dance duo Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories,” Taylor Swift’s “Red” and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “The Heist” for album of the year. Jay Z picked up nominations in nine categories across pop and rap, including best pop duo performance for “Suit & Tie” with Justin Timberlake, and best rap album for his July release, “Magna Carta.Holy Grail.”īut the 44-year-old Brooklyn, New York-born rapper failed to land solo nods in the top Grammy categories for record, song, and album of the year, scoring only one as a producer on Lamar’s “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City” record, nominated in the album of the year category. This story comes via a partnership with the Boston Business Journal, and was first published by the San Francisco Business Times.LOS ANGELES, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Rapper Jay Z led all artists with nine Grammy nominations on Friday, but newcomers Lorde, Kendrick Lamar, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis edged out industry heavyweights for nods in the top categories of the annual music awards. “With IKEA Group ownership, TaskRabbit could realize even greater opportunities increasing earning potential of Taskers and connecting consumers to a wide range of affordable services,” Stacy Brown-Philpot, TaskRabbit CEO, said in a statement. Ikea alone offers a large footprint to TaskRabbit: Ikea has 357 stores in 29 countries. Ikea said TaskRabbit “will continue to partner with other retailers and commercial partners.” The deal is expected to close in October. “We will be able to learn from TaskRabbit’s digital expertise, while also providing Ikea customers additional ways to access flexible and affordable service solutions to meet the needs of today’s customer,” Jesper Brodin, president and CEO of Ikea Group, said in a statement. Ikea cited the fast-changing retail environment as the spark for its interest in entering the on-demand economy by buying TaskRabbit. TaskRabbit lets users hire people for on-demand jobs such as packing and moving, cleaning, home improvements and more. The deal came together as TaskRabbit was “was in the process of raising another round of funding,” according to Recode, which first reported news of the sale.īank of America Merrill Lynch served as advisers to the 60-person company that has more than 60,000 people using its service, Recode wrote. The news comes after reports earlier this year that TaskRabbit was exploring a sale. TaskRabbit, which launched in Boston in 2008, will continue to operate as an independent company, Ikea said. Retail giant Ikea bought San Francisco-based gig-economy pioneer TaskRabbit, the Swedish mega-retailer said in a statement Thursday. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File) This article is more than 5 years old. Ikea says it offered TaskRabbit services in its stores in London in 2016 and plans to roll out the service in U.S. Ikea said that it is buying online on-demand services platform TaskRabbit, which lets users hire people to help them move, clean up the house or assemble furniture.
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