The Beatles' 'Now and Then' may win record of the year. Is it singular for the academy, or a boomer-rock harbinger?

From guitars and amplifiers to musicians and producers, the National Association of Music Merchants Show had a whole of lot of everything.

Singer Charli XCX, whose album "Brat" inspired a cultural phenomenon last summer, led nominations for the BRIT Awards on Thursday, with the Beatles also recognised with their first nod at Britain's ...