Nella notte si è svolta la cerimonia di premiazione dei Grammy Awards, giunti alla 63esima edizione. La serata è stata presentata dal comico Trevor Noah in diretta dall’arena Staples Center di Los Angeles in presenza di un pubblico ridotto in ottemperanza delle norme anti-covid.
La serata è stata dominata da Beyoncé, che si è portata a casa ben 4 premi. La cantante ha trionfato nelle categorie Best R&B Performance con Black Parade, Best Rap Performance per Savage feat Megan Thee Stallion, brano con il quale ha vinto anche nella categoria Best Rap Song e Best Music Video per Brown Skin Girl. Con i quattro grammofoni della serata è così diventata la cantanta più premiata della storia, sorpassando la cantante e violinista Alison Krauss, ferma al momento a 27.
Miglior canzone dell’anno è risultata essere I Can’t Breathe di Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, Album of the Year è risultato essere Folklore di Taylor Swift e Record of the Year è Everything I Wanted di Billie Eilish, che ha vinto anche nella categoria Best Song Written for Visual Media con il brano No Time to Die. Miglior artista emergente invece è Megan Thee Stallion.
Di seguito le nomination e tutti i vincitori:
RECORD OF THE YEAR
- BLACK PARADE
Beyoncé - COLORS
Black Pumas - ROCKSTAR
DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch - SAY SO
Doja Cat - EVERYTHING I WANTED
Billie Eilish - DON’T START NOW
Dua Lipa - CIRCLES
Post Malone - SAVAGE
Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- CHILOMBO
Jhené Aiko - BLACK PUMAS (DELUXE EDITION)
Black Pumas - EVERYDAY LIFE
Coldplay - DJESSE VOL.3
Jacob Collier - WOMEN IN MUSIC PT. III
HAIM - FUTURE NOSTALGIA
Dua Lipa - HOLLYWOOD’S BLEEDING
Post Malone - FOLKLORE
Taylor Swift
SONG OF THE YEAR
- BLACK PARADE
Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim “Kaydence” Krysiuk & Rickie “Caso” Tice, songwriters (Beyoncé) - THE BOX
Larrance Dopson, Samuel Gloade, Rodrick Moore, Adarius Moragne, Eric Sloan & Khirye Anthony Tyler, songwriters (Roddy Ricch) - CARDIGAN
Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift) - CIRCLES
Louis Bell, Adam Feeney, Kaan Gunesberk, Austin Post & Billy Walsh, songwriters (Post Malone) - DON’T START NOW
Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick, Dua Lipa & Emily Warren, songwriters (Dua Lipa) - EVERYTHING I WANTED
Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish) - I CAN’T BREATHE
Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.) - IF THE WORLD WAS ENDING
Julia Michaels & JP Saxe, songwriters (JP Saxe Featuring Julia Michaels)
BEST NEW ARTIST
- INGRID ANDRESS
- PHOEBE BRIDGERS
- CHIKA
- NOAH CYRUS
- D SMOKE
- DOJA CAT
- KAYTRANADA
- MEGAN THEE STALLION
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
- YUMMY
Justin Bieber - SAY SO
Doja Cat - EVERYTHING I WANTED
Billie Eilish - DON’T START NOW
Dua Lipa - WATERMELON SUGAR
Harry Styles - CARDIGAN
Taylor Swift
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
- UN DIA (ONE DAY)
J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny & Tainy - INTENTIONS
Justin Bieber Featuring Quavo - DYNAMITE
BTS - RAIN ON ME
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - EXILE
Taylor Swift Featuring Bon Iver
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
- SHAMEIKA
Fiona Apple - NOT
Big Thief - KYOTO
Phoebe Bridgers - THE STEPS
HAIM - STAY HIGH
Brittany Howard - DAYLIGHT
Grace Potter
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
- BUM-RUSH
Body Count - UNDERNEATH
Code Orange - THE IN-BETWEEN
In This Moment - BLOODMONEY
Poppy - EXECUTIONER’S TAX (SWING OF THE AXE) – LIVE
Power Trip
BEST ROCK SONG
- KYOTO
Phoebe Bridgers, Morgan Nagler & Marshall Vore, songwriters (Phoebe Bridgers) - LOST IN YESTERDAY
Kevin Parker, songwriter (Tame Impala) - NOT
Adrianne Lenker, songwriter (Big Thief) - SHAMEIKA
Fiona Apple, songwriter (Fiona Apple) - STAY HIGH
Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard)
BEST ROCK ALBUM
- A HERO’S DEATH
Fontaines D.C. - KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka - DAYLIGHT
Grace Potter - SOUND & FURY
Sturgill Simpson - THE NEW ABNORMAL
The Strokes
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
- LIGHTNING & THUNDER
Jhené Aiko Featuring John Legend - BLACK PARADE
Beyoncé - ALL I NEED
Jacob Collier Featuring Mahalia & Ty Dolla $ign - GOAT HEAD
Brittany Howard - SEE ME
Emily King
BEST R&B ALBUM
- HAPPY 2 BE HERE
Ant Clemons - TAKE TIME
Giveon - TO FEEL LOVE/D
Luke James - BIGGER LOVE
John Legend - ALL RISE
Gregory Porter
BEST RAP ALBUM
- BLACK HABITS
D SMOKE - ALFREDO
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - A WRITTEN TESTIMONY
Jay Electronica - KING’S DISEASE
Nas - THE ALLEGORY
Royce 5’9″
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
- AMÉLIE
Audrey Brisson, Chris Jared, Caolan McCarthy & Jez Unwin, principal soloists; Michael Fentiman, Sean Patrick Flahaven, Barnaby Race & Nathan Tysen, producers; Nathan Tysen, lyricist; Daniel Messe, composer & lyricist (Original London Cast) - AMERICAN UTOPIA ON BROADWAY
David Byrne, producer (David Byrne, composer & lyricist) (Original Cast) - JAGGED LITTLE PILL
Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Lauren Patten & Elizabeth Stanley, principal soloists; Neal Avron, Pete Ganbarg, Tom Kitt, Michael Parker, Craig Rosen & Vivek J. Tiwary, producers (Glen Ballard, composer; Alanis Morissette, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast) - LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Tammy Blanchard, Jonathan Groff & Tom Alan Robbins, principal soloists; Will Van Dyke, Michael Mayer, Alan Menken & Frank Wolf, producers (Alan Menken, composer; Howard Ashman, lyricist) (The New Off-Broadway Cast) - THE PRINCE OF EGYPT
Christine Allado, Luke Brady, Alexia Khadime & Liam Tamne, principal soloists; Dominick Amendum & Stephen Schwartz, producers; Stephen Schwartz, composer & lyricist (Original Cast - SOFT POWER
Francis Jue, Austin Ku, Alyse Alan Louis & Conrad Ricamora, principal soloists; Matt Stine, producer; David Henry Hwang, lyricist; Jeanine Tesori, composer & lyricist (Original Cast)
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
- A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
(Various Artists) - BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC
(Various Artists) - EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA
(Various Artists) - FROZEN 2
(Various Artists)
JOJO RABBIT – WINNER
(Various Artists)
Taika Waititi, compilation producer
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
- AD ASTRA
Max Richter, composer - BECOMING
Kamasi Washington, composer - JOKER
Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer - 1917
Thomas Newman, composer - STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
John Williams, composer
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
- BEAUTIFUL GHOSTS [FROM CATS]
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift) - CARRIED ME WITH YOU [FROM ONWARD]
Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile) - INTO THE UNKNOWN [FROM FROZEN 2]
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel & AURORA) - NO TIME TO DIE [FROM NO TIME TO DIE]
Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas Baird O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish) - STAND UP [FROM HARRIET]
Joshuah Brian Campbell & Cynthia Erivo, songwriters (Cynthia Erivo)
