The Joy of Music Returns for Grammy Winners and Performers
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2021 NEWS/FEATURES 13 In this video grab provided by CBS and the Recording Academy, Dua Lipa performs at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on March 14. (AP) Partial list of winners at Grammys LOS ANGELES, March 15, (AP): A partial list of winners in the top categories at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards, presented Sunday in Los Angeles. ■ Record of the year: ‘Everything I Wanted,’ Billie Eilish ■ Album of the year: ‘folklore,’ Taylor Swift ■ Best R&B performance: ‘Black Parade,’ Beyoncé ■ Best pop vocal album: ‘Future Nostalgia,’ Dua Lipa ■ Best rap song: ‘Savage,’ Megan Thee Stallion, featuring Beyoncé ■ Song of the year (songwriter’s award): ‘I Can’t Breathe,’ H.E.R., Dernst Emile II and Tiara Thomas ■ Best pop solo performance: ‘Watermelon Sugar,’ Harry Styles ■ Best country album: ‘Wildcard,’ Miranda Lambert ■ Best new artist: Megan Thee Stallion ■ Best traditional pop vocal album: ‘American Standard,’ James Taylor ■ Best dance/electronic album: ‘Bubba,’ Kaytranada ■ Best rock album: ‘The New Abnormal,’ the Strokes. Beyonce accepts the award for best R&B performance for ‘Black Parade.’ ■ Taylor Swift poses in the press room with the award for album of the year (AP) Best alternative music album: ‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters,’ Fiona Apple for ‘Folklore.’ (AP) ■ Best progressive R&B album: ‘It Is What It Is,’ Thundercat. ■ Best R&B album: ‘Bigger Love,’ John Legend ■ Best rap album: ‘King’s Disease,’ Nas ■ Best jazz vocal album: ‘Secrets Are the Best Stories,’ Kurt El- ling featuring Danilo Pérez ■ Best jazz instrumental album: ‘Trilogy 2,’ Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade ■ Best gospel album: ‘Gospel According to PJ,’ PJ Morton ■ Best contemporary Christian music album: ‘Jesus Is ...,’ Kanye West. ■ Best Latin rock or alternative album: ‘La Conquista del Es- pacio,’ Fito Páez ■ Best reggae album: ‘Got to Be Tough,’ Toots and the Maytals ■ Best spoken word album: “Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth,” Rachel Maddow ■ Best comedy album: ‘Black ...,’ Tiffany Haddish ■ Best compilation soundtrack for visual media: ‘Jojo Rabbit.’ ■ Best score soundtrack for visual media: ‘Joker’ ■ Producer of the year, non-classical: Andrew Watt. ■ Best music video: ‘Brown Skin Girl,’ Beyoncé with Blue Ivy ■ Best music film: ‘Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,’ Megan Thee Stallion, winner of the awards for best rap song and best rap Linda Ronstadt Lionel Richie performs during the In Memoriam as Kenny Rogers is pic- performance for ‘Savage Remix’ and best new artist poses. (AP) tured on screen. (AP) Billie Eilish reacts as she accepts BTS performs ‘Dynamite’ at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards at the Los Brandi Carlile performs during the ‘In Memoriam’ section of the 63rd Gram- H.E.R., (left), and Tiara Thomas ac- the award for record of the year for Angeles Convention Center on March 14. (AP) my Awards. (AP) cept the award for song of the year ‘Everything I Wanted.’ (AP) for ‘I Can’t Breathe.’ (AP) ‘This is such a magical night’ The joy of music returns for Grammy winners and performers By David Bauder record of the year winner; H.E.R.’s 23rd Grammy on Sunday, and even Aaron Dessner. Trevor Noah handed out the Grammys about how intimate it was and to have topical “I Can’t Breathe” won song of their 9-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy “I want to thank the fans,” she said. at an outdoor stage set up across from everything stripped back and just to be eyoncé, Taylor Swift and Billie Ei- the year and Megan Thee Stallion was Carter, who won best music video to- “You guys met us in this magical Los Angeles’ Staples Center, with a hanging out with those fellow nomi- Blish made history at the Grammy named best new artist. gether with mom. world that we created.” relatively few nominees and guests in nees was just fantastic,” said Collier, Awards. Just as joyously, dozens of Beyoncé’s four awards Sunday “This is such a magical night,” Be- After her sweep last year, Eilish be- the audience. who won his fifth Grammy. “To me, creators largely sidelined for a year brought her up to 28 Grammys in her yoncé said. came only the third artist to win back- Performances were held in the Staples there’s something so special about due to the pandemic got to make music career, more than any other female art- Swift, who also found time during to-back record of the year Grammys. Center but multiple artists were often on communal celebration, especially after again. ist. Her celebration of Black history, the pandemic to make another album Roberta Flack won in 1973 for “The the cavernous stage at the same time, all this time of silence and being on our The Grammys on Sunday broke “Black Parade,” released last June- and re-record one of her old ones, be- First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and like when Harry Styles, HAIM and Ei- own.” through the Zoom trap that has bedev- teenth, won best R&B performance came the first woman to win the album in 1974 for “Killing Me Softly With lish opened the show. Cameras caught Lambert said that “I can’t wait to iled other awards shows with a surpris- and she shared two awards for col- of the year Grammy for the third time. His Song,” while U2 won in 2001 and artists enjoying their fellow nominees, get out as a band.” Lizzo, even though ingly intimate evening that, at its best, laborating with Megan Thee Stallion Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon and Frank 2002 for “Beautiful Day” and “Walk like when country singer Mickey Guy- she was giving out an award and not felt like viewers were invited into a on “Savage.” Sinatra have also done it. She won On.” ton sang along quietly to Miranda Lam- performing, couldn’t hold back: “I’m private club with their favorite musi- She ties Quincy Jones for second in 2009 for “Fearless” and 2015 for Then, when Eilish and her collab- bert, and Post Malone held up a red cup presenting because I L-O-O-O-V-E cians. most Grammys ever and has the leader “1989.” orator-brother Finneas accepted the in glee at Cardi B and Stallion’s perfor- you,” she belted. Four different women won the four - the late conductor George Solti, who She sang a medley of three songs award, she almost gave it away. She mance of “WAP.” Some of the performances, like Bru- most prestigious Grammys. Swift’s won 31 - in her sights. on the Grammys, “cardigan” and “au- brought Megan Thee Stallion to tears It made for an atmosphere unlike no Mars and Anderson .Paak’s Silk quiet surprise, “folklore,” was album Further crowding the family trophy gust” from “folklore” and “willow” by saying the rapper deserved the any other Grammy show, British sing- Sonic and Dua Lipa, felt like they were of the year; Eilish’s “Everything I case is husband Jay-Z, whose song- from its follow-up disc, “evermore,” Grammy for “Savage.” er Jacob Collier told reporters. on the soundstage of “Soul Train” - ask Wanted” was her second consecutive writing on “Savage” earned him his with collaborators Jack Antonoff and Because of the pandemic, CBS host “There was something very special your parents, kids. (AP).