Tonight, Beyoncé became the artist with the most Grammy awards in history with 28 awards throughout her career, ahead of the 27 that Alison Krauss collected. And it’s tied with producer and multi-instrumentalist Quincy Jones for the second most number of gramophones.
Beyoncé arrived at the ceremony with 24 awards and received four more, including Best R&B Performance for ‘Black Parade’, Best Music Video for ‘Brown Skin Girl’, as well as Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for ‘ Savage ‘, with Megan Thee Hengst.
“As an artist, I think it is my job, and the job of all of us, to reflect the times and they were hard times,” Beyoncé said onstage after winning the best R&B performance for “Black Parade.” “, which she released on Juneteenth. .
He explained that he created the song to honor the beautiful “black kings and queens” in the world. And he added, “I’ve been working all my life … This is such a magical night.”
The deceased conductor Georg Solti is in first place with 31 gramophones.
But Beyoncé wasn’t the only one in her family to make history. Jay-Z shared the prize for rap songs with her as co-author of “Savage,” and her 9-year-old daughter Blue Ivy Carter – who won best music video with her mother – became the second-youngest person to win a Grammy. . Leah Peasall was 8 years old when The Peasall Sisters won Album of the Year in 2002 for their participation in the soundtrack of “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”
Megan Thee Stallion, who won three awards, also made history as the first woman to win the best rap song. She is also the fifth female rapper to win Best New Artist, regardless of genre.
Beyoncé was the most nominated of the evening with nine nominations. She didn’t perform at the ceremony, but Taylor Swift did.
Swift sang “cardigan” and “august” from “folklore” and “willow” from “evermore”, and was joined by the collaborators who helped her create the two albums, Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, with whom she won the prize. shared. to the album of the year.
Silk Sonic, better known as Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak, also performed at the Grammys and brought a retro R&B atmosphere with their smooth single “Leave the Door Open”. Dua Lipa proved her status as a pop star with a rendition of her hits “Don’t Start Now” and “Levitating”, in the latter accompanied by DaBaby, who also performed her guitar rap “Rockstar”, and changed it for an exceptional performance on I live with R&B singer Anthony Hamilton, a violinist and backing singers.
Bad Bunny, Grammy Winner for Best Latin Pop or Urban Album for “YHLQMDLG”; HAIM, Black Pumas, Billie Eilish and Harry Styles, who won Best Solo Pop Performance for “Watermelon Sugar,” also performed at the ceremony.
“Thank you very much to everyone who made this recording with me,” said Styles, the first One Direction member to win a Grammy.
Host Trevor Noah kicked off the gala with jokes about the pandemic and what it was like in 2020. The ceremony was broadcast live from Los Angeles, with guests wearing masks and keeping their distance at small round tables. Some performances were live and others were pre-recorded.
R&B singer HER earned two awards, including song of the year for her protest album ‘I Can’t Breathe’, one of the rare R&B songs to have won top honors. Another song about the black experience – Anderson Paak’s “Lockdown” – also won a Grammy for best melodic rap performance.
They also won two awards: Fiona Apple, Kaytranada, and the late John Prine and Chick Corea.