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Beyoncé has made history by becoming the most decorated Grammy winner of all time, after collecting her 28th award at the socially estranged Los Angeles ceremony.
About him the biggest night of the year for music, the singer went with the gongs for Best R&B Performance for Black Parade, Best Music Video for Brown Skin Girl, and Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for Savage, her collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion.
Queen bey He is now tied with record producer Quincy Jones for the second-most Grammy Awards in history, with the most going to the late Hungarian conductor Georg Solti, who won 31 awards.
You can read all the winners of the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards here.
Beyoncé (left) and Megan Thee Stallion took home the award for best rap song for Savage. Photo: AP
Beyoncé’s husband, Jay Z, shared the award for best rap song while co-writing Savage, and his nine-year-old daughter Blue Ivy took home her first Grammy for her role in the video Brown Skin, propping up the Carter family’s place in royalty. music.
Picking up his gong for best R&B performance for Black Parade, he said: “As an artist, I think it’s my job, and all of our jobs, to reflect time and it’s been a very difficult time.
“I’ve been working my whole life … this is a magical night.”
It also paid tribute to the “beautiful black kings and queens” of the world.
Also making history, Taylor Swift took home what is considered one of the night’s biggest awards, album of the year, for her surprise folklore album, which she released in July last year.
It makes her the first woman in Grammy history to win the award three times, having previously won with 1989 and Fearless.
Taylor Swift picked up the gong for best album for the third time in her career. Photo: AP
On the other hand, the best pop album went to Dua Lipa for Future Nostalgia, while Megan Thee Stallion, who shared the awards for Savage with Beyoncé, also won for best new artist.
Billie eilish He took the record of the year for Everything I Wanted, with the 19-year-old beating out artists like Doja Cat, Post Malone and two Beyoncé tracks.
Accepting the award on stage with his songwriting partner and brother, Finneas O’Connell, he paid tribute to best new artist award winner Megan Thee Stallion, saying, “You deserve this. You had a year that I think is unstoppable.
“You’re a queen … Really, this is for her. Can we just cheer on Megan Thee Stallion, please?”
Billie Eilish accepted the award for record of the year alongside her brother, Finneas O’Connell. Photo: AP
SHE took the song of the year award for I Can’t Breathe, an anthem she wrote in the wake of the police killings of unarmed blacks last year, earning her one of four grand prizes.
Harry Styles he eventually won his first Grammy, taking home the award for best solo pop performance for Watermelon Sugar.
The former One Direction singer accepted the award at the Los Angeles Convention Center and said, “I feel incredibly lucky to be able to work on music and make music my job every day and this is an incredibly sweet icing on the cake. the cake of what I get. make every day, so thank you very much. “
Comedian Trevor Noah took over the hosting duties this year, hosting the socially estranged show from Los Angeles.
Trevor Noah hosted the show from Los Angeles. Photo: AP
In his opening monologue, The Daily Show host said of the estranged artists that there was “more tension in that tent than at a family gathering at Buckingham Palace,” referring to Harry and Meghan’s recent interview with Oprah.
The televised show was a mix of live and pre-recorded segments, with some of the awards presented from music venues in the US that were forced to close as a result of the pandemic, including The Troubadour in Hollywood, Harlem’s Apollo Theater. and Nashville’s. Station Inn.
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Among other highlights, Taylor Swift performed a medley of songs from her Lockdown Albums, Folklore and Forever, while Harry Styles opened the show with his now Grammy-winning song, Watermelon Sugar.
Billie Eilish also took the stage in Los Angeles to perform the song of the year, Everything I Wanted, and Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion sang a lyrically diluted, but still visually daring, version of the song WAP.
Cardi B performed WAP with Megan Thee Stallion at the ceremony. Photo: CBS / Recording Academy via AP
However, this year’s ceremony was not without controversy, with allegations of secret ballot and bribery by those who had been snubbed.
Weekend said last week that “due to secret committees” he will no longer allow his record label to submit his music for consideration, while former One Direction member Zayn Malik said that unless the artists “shake hands and submit gifts “have no chance of being recognized. Both artists had been left out of the nomination lists.
