2021 Grammys – Live: Beyoncé breaks record as Megan Thee Stallion racks up awards

And the winner is … Billie Eilish for “Everything I Wanted”! She dedicates her acceptance speech to Megan Thee Stallion, telling her that she has had a professional year that can’t be beat and that she is always supportive of her. This is Eilish’s seventh Grammy. Today he won the award for Best Song Written for Visual Media for “No Time To Die” and swept last year’s ceremony with five wins for Best New Artist, Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Anus. Year categories.

Our final prize of the night will be presented by none other than Ringo Starr. The nominees are “Black Parade” by Beyoncé, “Colors” by Black Pumas, DaBaby with “Rockstar” by Roddy Ricch, “Say So” by Doja Cat, “Everything I Wanted” by Billie Eilish, “Don’t Start Now” by Dua Lipa, Post “Circles” by Malone and Megan Thee Stallion with “Savage” by Beyoncé.

BTS is now acting. The K-Pop act has earned rare recognition on the international stage, and this year it was nominated for Best Pop Group / Duo Performance for its song “Dynamite.” They lost to Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande for “Rain On Me.”

Trophy alert! Taylor Swift Folklore just won Album of the Year. Swift defeats Post Malone, Dua Lipa, Haim, Jacob Collier, Coldplay, Black Pumas, and Jhené Aiko in the same category. Folklore It was a surprise album made by Taylor Swift during the coronavirus pandemic. She came out in July 2020. In her acceptance speech, Swift thanks “James, Inez, and Betty and their parents,” also known as her friends Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. The names of the three children are verified in Swift’s album; in fact, the song “Betty” served as confirmation of the name of the third child of the couple.

MORE GRAMMYS STORY! Beyoncé just won Best R&B Performance for “Black Parade,” making her the female artist with the most Grammy Awards with 28 trophies. She defeats “Lightning & Thunder” (Jhené Aiko with John Legend), “All I Need” (Jacob Collier with Mahalia and Ty Dolla $ ign), “Goat Head” (Brittany Howard) and “See Me” (Emily King) . . In her acceptance speech, Beyoncé highlights the fact that she has been working towards this milestone her entire life and dedicates her victory to her children.

Beyoncé just made Grammy Awards history, with a total of 27 Grammy Awards to her name. This means he is related to country bluegrass singer Alison Krauss, who has also won 27 trophies. Read all about that page of Grammy history here:

New Grammy Alert! Dua Lipa wins Best Pop Vocal Album with Nostalgia for the future, his second album. She defeats Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Harry Styles, and Taylor Swift in the same category. Dua Lipa, a native of London, released her first EP in 2016 and it’s fast becoming a household name. He released his first self-titled album in 2017. The independent gave Nostalgia for the future a five-star review, which you can read here.

Grammy alert! Megan Thee Stallion wins Best Rap Song for “Savage” with Beyoncé, defeating “The Bigger Picture” (Lil Baby), “The Box” (Roddy Ricch), “Laugh Now Cry Later” (Drake with Lil Durk) and ” Rockstar “(DaBaby with Roddy Ricch). They are the first two women to win the award. Megan Thee Stallion, 26, also won the Best New Artist award at the beginning of the ceremony. His album Good news was released in November 2020 to great critical acclaim. He also appeared on the famous Cardi B song “WAP”. Here he performs on stage at the 2021 Grammys:

Best New Artist Megan Thee Stallion just performed on stage at the Grammys, followed by Cardi B:

Cardi B is about to perform, and our evening host Trevor Noah just referred to Cardi’s song “WAP” as a song about how to bathe a cat.

Here are HER and Tiara Thomas accepting the Song of the Year award for “I Can’t Breathe.” At 23, HER is one of the biggest revelations in recent years. He has released five EPs since 2016, and his first album, ITS, came out in 2017. One second, titled I used to know her, followed in 2019. It was voted Album of the year at least at the Grammys of the year (and lost to Billie Eilish When we all fall asleep, where do we go?).

And Bad Bunny won the award for Best Urban Album or Latin Pop for YHLQMDLG. Avoid competition from Camilo, Kany Garcia, Ricky Martin, and Debi Nova.

Grammy alert! HER wins Song of the Year for “I Can’t Breathe.” He wrote it with D’Mile and Tiara Thomas. Also nominated in the category were “Black Parade” by Beyoncé, “The Box” by Roddy Ricch, “Cardigan” by Taylor Swift, “Circles” by Post Malone, “Don’t Start Now” by Dua Lipa, “Everything I Wanted “by Billie Eilish, and” If the World Was Ending “by JP Saxe with Julia Michaels.

And here are some more photos from the above “in memoriam” sequence:

Country singer Mickey Guyton now delivers a powerful rendition of her song “Black Like Me.” The artist has previously opened up about the difficulties she has faced entering the industry as a black woman, telling The Associated Press: “That was such a frustrating thing for me to have to deal with, because if I were white with blonde hair, green eyes or blue or brown, it wouldn’t even be a question. “You can read more about that interview here.

And here’s the hilarious moment that Lizzo swore while presenting the Best New Artist award, and immediately held back:

Here’s Harry Styles accepting his first Grammy earlier at the ceremony:

It’s time for the “in memoriam” segment, which includes a tribute to Little Richard after his death in May 2020:

Trophy alert! Harry Styles wins Best Pop Solo Performance award for “Watermelon Sugar.” This is her first Grammy! Defeat Justin Bieber, Doja Cat, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Taylor Swift. A former One Direction member, Styles has released two solo albums: Harry Styles in 2017, and Thin line in December 2019. “Watermelon Sugar”, included in the latter, was released as a single in May 2020 and made chart history.

Taylor Swift returns to the Grammys stage to perform three songs from her albums Folklore Y Increasingly: