Beyonce sets up social media while appearing on stage with Megan Thee Stallion. Swift wins best album for the third time.
The female performers dominated the top contemporary music awards on Sunday night, while Beyonce and Taylor Swift made history Grammys and 19-year-old Billie Eilish took home the record of the year award.
Beyonce broke the record for most women’s victories, while Swift’s surprising folklore was named album of the year, and Eilish’s Everything I Wanted won the record of the year. Sunday’s win made Swift, 31, the first woman to take home the album three times a year.
Rapper Megan Thee Stallion, known for promoting women’s empowerment, was named best new artist, while receiving three awards at the socially distant ceremony.
The 26-year-old also won for the rap performance of the single Savage, with Beyonce.
Taylor Swift made history by winning the album of the year for the third time [Kevin Mazur/The Recording Academy via EPA]
The writers of I Can’t Breathe by R&B artist HER won the song of the year, which recognizes composers rather than performers and was written to mark last year’s Black Lives Matter protests in the United States.
“I never imagined that my fear and my pain would turn into an impact,” said the 23-year-old musician, accepting the trophy. “That fight we had in us, in the summer of 2020, keeps the same energy.
The ceremony, hosted by Trevor Noah, who anchors The Daily Show, took place a year after the COVID-19-based tour and forced the venues to close and is part of an effort by the music world to try to get over it. a crushing 2020.
“We hope that this is all about what can be 2021, full of joy, new beginnings and assembly. We never forget what happened in 2020, but full of hope for what is to come, “said Noah.
Harry Styles was among the performers on Sunday and took home the award for best solo performance [Kevin Winter/The Recording Academy via EPA]
British singer Harry Styles, a feather boa draped around his neck, kicked off the performances and took home the award for best solo performance for his song Watermelon Sugar. Stars, including Dua Lipa, DaBaby, Swift and Eilish, also took the stage.
Beyonce won the 28th Grammy for Black Parade, which was named best R&B song, giving her four victories at night.
It was not even clear at first that Beyonce would attend the event in Los Angeles, but she turned on social media after appearing live on stage in Los Angeles with Megan Thee Stallion to accept their award for Savage.
“As an artist, I think it’s my job and all our tasks to reflect the times. And it was such a difficult time, “said Beyonce, with her husband Jay-Z watching.
“So I wanted to raise, encourage, celebrate all the beautiful black queens and kings who continue to inspire me and inspire the whole world.”
British star Dua Lipa won the best pop vocal album for Future Nostalgia, while Nigerian superstar Burna Boy won the award for best global music album for the first time.
Accepting the award, he said it was “a great win for my generation of Africans around the world”.
Meanwhile, the South Korean boys band BTS lost in the best pop or group duo show to Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande for the single Rain on Me.
The seven-member band from South Korea hopes to be the first K-Pop act to win a Grammy after a major year in the United States. During the show, they performed their hit single Dynamite in English.
Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas accept the Record of the Year award for everything I wanted during the 63rd Grammy Awards [Kevin Winter/The Recording Academy via EPA]