Emmys Archives

This morning, though it still feels weird to say it, the 2020 Emmy nominees were announced. For our purposes, there were quite a few familiar names on that list. Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross were nominated for Outstanding Music Composition For a Limited Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for their work on the HBO series The Watchmen. Also recognized in the Original Music and Lyrics category are the Neptunes' Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo for The Black Godfather, Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith for This Is Us, and Ingrid Michaelson for Little Fires Everywhere. The Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) category has some heavy competition: Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh and Kamasi Washington are nominated, respectively, for contributing to the early quarantine viral Netflix smash Tiger King and Michelle Obama Netflix documentary Becoming. Sheila E. and Jimmy Jam earned a nod in the Outstanding Music Direction category for Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince. And finally, RZA was nominated in the Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music category for Wu-Tang: An American Saga. Read the full nominees list here. The Emmys Awards will take place on Sept. 20, with Jimmy Kimmel set to host the show on ABC.

Emmys

Trent Reznor, Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh, Pharrell, Sheila E, RZA Nominated for 2020 Emmys

Halsey Performs Touching Stripped-Down Cover of Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” at the Emmys

2019 Emmy Nominations: Game of Thrones, Fleabag, Chernobyl , Pen15, and More

Game of Thrones Script Confirms This Show Is Written by a Bunch of Goofs

Chance the Rapper, Donald Glover, John Legend Nominated for Emmys

2018 Emmy Nominations Include Nods to Atlanta, Barry, and Game of Thrones

The Emmys Showed Us That Hollywood Has Learned Nothing

Here Is James Corden’s Lame Apology for Kissing Sean Spicer

Emmys 2017: Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and Dolly Parton Criticize Donald Trump During 9 to 5 Reunion

Emmys 2017: Donald Glover, Riz Ahmed, Big Little Lies and Black Mirror Win Big

Watch Chance The Rapper’s Surprise Appearance in Stephen Colbert’s Opening Song at the Emmys

Stranger Things, Big Little Lies Early Winners at 2017 Emmys

2017 Emmy Nominations Include Nods to Atlanta and Stranger Things

Watch the Stranger Things Kids Murder “Uptown Funk” at the Emmys

Dave Grohl Says the Emmys Canceled a Planned Foo Fighters Performance

Emmy Nominations 2015: Foo Fighters’ ‘Sonic Highways’ and ‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck’

Go, ‘Girls’: Welcome Surprises From 2012 Emmy Nominations

Emmys 2012: Watch Jimmy Fallon’s 10 Best Musical Moments of the Year

IMPACT

Angel White on Finding Sustainability for His Mental Health

Jewel’s Metaverse of Healing

Travie McCoy on His ‘Poignant’ Meet-and-Greet Moment, Being a Role Model for Fans

Voxtrot’s Ramesh Srivastava on Visibility as a Gay Musician

more from spin

DANCE OF THE CHINCHILLAS

Tales From the Parkside: Our 1994 Blur Feature

Blur Discusses How America Shaped Second LP For Bose X SPIN’s ‘Decades Of Sound’

Get New Music, News, Reviews, And More Delivered Right To Your Inbox.