Beyonce Makes History, Taylor Wins Top Prize and Megan Slays at Grammys

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10 TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2021

celebs Beyonce makes history, Taylor wins top prize and Megan slays at Grammys

Beyonce breaks record• for most Grammy wins by female artist

Billie Eilish won her second• straight Record of the Year award

Taylor Swift became the• first woman to win the coveted Album of the Year prize three times

omen won every major Grammy at Sun- Billie Eilish poses with her awards Beyonce accepts the award for best R&B performance for ‘Black Parade’ Taylor Swift poses with her award Wday’s history-making “WAP,” a gyrating, thigh-baring the major categories but won over the world.” gala, a joyful night for music’s celebration of female sexuality Eilish strikes again, Best Pop Vocal Album, for her But it wouldn’t be the Gram- biggest stars after a devastat- that ended atop an enormous sparkly disco ball of a record re- mys without controversy. ing year for the industry, with bed. honours Megan leased just as the pandemic took The Weeknd has pledged Beyonce, Megan Thee Stallion The night featured a host of hold. to stop submitting music for and Taylor Swift triumphing impressive performances fea- KNOW WHAT But it was Billie Eilish who took “I felt really jaded at the end of awards consideration after he at the socially distanced event turing Dua Lipa, DaBaby, Swift, Record of the Year -- a catego- my last album, where I felt like surprisingly received no nomi- anchored by electrifying per- Bad Bunny and Record of the ry in which Beyonce had two I only had to make sad music to nations, despite a big year com- formances. Year winner Billie Eilish, among nominations, one with Megan feel like it mattered,” she said. mercially. It was a monumental night for others -- a line-up that kicked off 28 Grammy Awards Thee Stallion -- a moment that “And I’m just so grateful and Beyonce, who broke the record with chest-baring Harry Styles, have been won by brought to mind Beyonce’s con- so honoured because happiness for most career wins by a female who won his first ever award. Beyonce, passes troversial losses to Adele in 2017. is something we all deserve and artist with 28. The ceremony, which fell Alison Krauss to In accepting her second need in our lives.” Swift became the first woman nearly a year to the day after become the most straight Record of the Year prize, Brittany Howard -- known to win the coveted Album of the Covid-19 grounded tours and the 19-year-old Eilish nodded to for fronting the band Alabama Year prize three times, this year forced performance venues to decorated woman in Megan, who she said had an “un- Shakes -- won Best Rock Song, as for “folklore,” the first of her close, stood as a concerted ef- Grammys history stoppable” year and deserved Fiona Apple scored two awards twin quarantine releases. fort by the music world to try to to win. for her album “Fetch The And rap sensation Megan move past a crushing 2020 by and heritage, sent her into the “You deserve it, honestly, gen- Bolt Cutters,” which Thee Stallion charmed while celebrating its biggest stars. Grammy record books. uinely, this goes to her -- can many critics hailed accepting her three awards in- And there is perhaps no one It was not even clear initially we just cheer for Megan Thee as a masterpiece. cluding Best New Artist -- and bigger than Queen Bey, whose that Beyonce would attend the Stallion,” she told the small au- Though most of disarmed viewers with a perfor- Best R&B Performance award event, when she did not Zoom in dience of mainly nominees and the rock fields were mance that set the Los Angeles for her summer track “Black Pa- to accept her first trophy of the performers. unprecedentedly stage ablaze. rade,” an homage to Black power day, which she shared with her The soulful 23-year-old R&B dominated by wom- Megan and Queen Bey earned daughter Blue Ivy, for best music performer H.E.R. pulled an en, The Strokes two awards together, for their video for “Brown Skin Girl.” upset in scooping the Gram - won for Best Rock remix of the rapper’s smash But she set social media alight my for Song of the Year for her Album for hit “Savage.” when she was spotted in the au- justice-minded song “I Can’t “The New The Houston rapper I feel like there’s dience and then took the stage Breathe,” which tackles Black Abnormal,” teased with that track been a lot of female in a figure-hugging black leather pain and police brutality. their first along with her empowerment and mini wrap-dress alongside Meg- “I didn’t imagine that my fear Grammy ever. single “Body,” lots of women an Thee Stallion to accept their and that my pain would turn Rap legend Nas also before serv- prize for Best Rap Song. into impact,” the musician said won for the first time af- ing up a thirst winning awards “As an artist, I believe it’s my in accepting her trophy. ter 14 nominations, with trap of a duet tonight. And job and all of our jobs to reflect And Swift snagged Album of his “King’s Disease” with none so it’s been the times. And it’s been such the Year -- while losing all of the winning Best Rap Al- other than absolutely a difficult time,” Beyonce said, other five awards she was up for. bum. Cardi B, both amazing with her husband Jay-Z looking She thanked her fans, saying: And Nigerian super- of them in to just be on, as she received her histo - “You guys met us in this imagi- star Burna Boy scored metallic gear alongside all ry-making award. nary world that we created, and his first trophy for Best that left little “So I wanted to uplift, encour- we can’t tell you how honoured Global Music Album, ec- to the imagi- that, to feel age, celebrate all of the beautiful we are.” statically accepting the nation. that energy Black queens and kings that con- It was a less shiny night prize which he said “is The audacious DUA LIPA tinue to inspire me and inspire than predicted for British star a big win for my gener- duo performed the whole world.” Dua Lipa, who was shut out of ation of Africans all Dua Lipa accepts the award Megan Thee Stallion poses with her award

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