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Drake & Daniel Caesar Among Canadian Grammy Award Winners
Canadian rap and R&B superstar Drake picked up his fourth-ever Grammy, winning Best Rap Song for “God’s Plan”
at the 61 st annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 10 th . He and rising R&B star Daniel Caesar
were among the Canadians across a wide array of roles and categories who took home
Grammys.
Caesar took home a Best R&B Performance statue for “Best Part,” a collaboration with H.E.R.
Canadian producer Shawn Everett was part of the team that won Album of the Year and Best Country Album
for his mixing work on Kacey Musgraves’ album Golden Hour. Another Canadian producer, Greg Wells, was part
of the winning team for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for their work on The Greatest Showman’s
soundtrack. Montrealer Willo Perron earned the Best Recording Package Grammy for his work on singer St. Vin-
cent’s 2017 album Masseduction.
Canadian-American violinist Lili Haydn won as part of the quartet Opium Moon, who earned Best New Age
Album honours.
For a complete list of winners and nominees, go to www.grammy.com.
COREY HART
Corey Hart to Be Inducted into
Canadian Music Hall of Fame
CARAS has announced that singer-songwriter
Corey Hart will be the 2019 inductee into the
Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Hart, who has
sold over 16 million albums worldwide and
had a big hit with “Sunglasses at Night” in 1983,
will be officially inducted into the Canadian
Music Hall of Fame during The 2019 JUNO
Awards on Sunday, March 17. To celebrate his
induction, Hart will take the stage at Budweis-
er Gardens to perform on live television and
online for the first time in over 20 years.
As well, a new exhibition honouring
Hart, in partnership with CARAS, will launch
at Studio Bell, home of the National Music
Centre in Calgary.
“It’s an incredible honour to be acknowl-
edged alongside so many other talented
and venerable Canadian artists,” says Hart.
“My career goal since the beginning has al-
ways been to remain 100 per cent authentic
to my artistic vision while embodying the
highest respect and dedication towards the
craft I love so much.”
For more information, go to
www.canadianmusichalloffame.ca.
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