L'edizione 2021 dei Grammy Awards si è svolta nella serata di ieri del 14 marzo.
Nonostante il periodo difficile che stiamo vivendo dovuto alla pandemia in corso, la 63esima edizione della manifestazione più importante e attesa dell'anno si è brillantemente realizzata nel Convention Center di Los Angeles.
A fare da padrone di casa, il presentatore comico Trevor Noah. Noah ha guidato la serata, piena di emozioni e di colpi di scena. Fulcro dello show musicale, ovviamente, l'assegnazione dei premi ambitissimi che abbiamo riportato a seguire.
Ma la ciliegina sulla torta, è stato il momento che ha visto il trionfo della storica pop star Beyoncé.
La queen della musica oltre a ricevere i quattro nuovi premi, ha stabilito un nuovo record assoluto di premi vinti nella storia della musica. La cantante ne ha totalizzati ben 28, battendo il primato che fino a stanotte era detenuto dalla violinista Alison Krauss che ne aveva vinti 27.
Ma la vittoria più grande per Beyoncé è stata quella di condividere il trionfo con la figlia maggiore Blue Ivy che a soli 9 anni ha vinto il suo primo riconoscimento. Uno dei quattro premi ricevuti dalla cantante infatti, è stato quello della categoria Best Music Video, per il brano Brown Skin Girl. a cui partecipa proprio la piccola Blue Ivy.
Record of the Year: Everything I Wanted – Billie Eilish Black Parade – Beyoncé Colors – Black Pumas Rockstar – DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch Say So – Doja Cat Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa Circles – Post Malone Savage – Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé
Song of the Year I Can’t Breathe – H.E.R. Black Parade – Beyoncé The Box – Roddy Ricch Cardigan – Taylor Swift Circles – Post Malone Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa Everything I Wanted – Billie Eilish If the World Was Ending – JP Saxe feat. Julia Michaels
Album of the Year Folklore – Taylor Swift Chilombo – Jhené Aiko Black Pumas – 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
Best New Artist Megan Thee Stallion Ingrid Andress Phoebe Bridgers Noah Cyrus Chika D Smoke Doja Cat Kaytranada Best Pop Solo Performance Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles Yummy – Justin Bieber Say So – Doja Cat Everything I Wanted – Billie Eilish Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa Cardigan – Taylor Swift
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Rain on Me – Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande Un día (One Day) – J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny & Tainy Intentions – Justin Bieber feat. Quavo Dynamite – BTS Exile – Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver
Best Pop Vocal Album Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa Changes – Justin Bieber Chromatica – Lady Gaga Fine Line – Harry Styles Folklore – Taylor Swift
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album American Standard – James Taylor Blue Umbrella – (Burt Bacharach &) Daniel Tashian True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter – Harry Connick Jr. Unfollow the Rules – Rufus Wainwright Judy – Renée Zellweger
Best Dance Recording 10% – Kaytranada feat. Kali Uchis On My Mind – Diplo & Sidepiece My High – Disclosure, Aminé & Slowthai The Difference – Flume feat. Toro y Moi Both of Us – Jayda G
Best Dance/Electronic Album Bubba – Kaytranada Kick I – Arca Energy – Disclosure Planet’s Mad – Baauer Good Faith – Madeon
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album Live at the Royal Albert Hall – Snarky Puppy Axiom – Christian Scott Chronology of a Dream: Live at The Village Vanguard – Jon Batiste Take the Stairs – Black Violin Americana – Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin & Bill Frisell
Best Rock Performance Shameika – Fiona Apple The Steps – Haim Stay High – Brittany Howard Not – Big Thief Kyoto – Phoebe Bridgers
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) – Power Trip
Best Rock Song Stay High – Brittany Howard Kyoto – Phoebe Bridgers Lost in Yesterday – Tame Impala Not – Big Thief Shameika – Fiona Apple
Best Rock Album The New Abnormal – The Strokes A Hero’s Death – Fontaines D.C. Kiwanuka – Michael Kiwanuka Daylight – Grace Potter Sound & Fury – Sturgill Simpson
Best Alternative Music Album Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple Hyperspace – Beck Punisher – Phoebe Bridgers Jaime – Brittany Howard The Slow Rush – Tame Impala
Best R&B Performance Black Parade – Beyoncé Lightning & Thunder – Jhené Aiko feat. John Legend All I Need – Jacob Collier feat. Mahalia & Ty Dolla Sign Goat Head – Brittany Howard See Me – Emily King
Best Traditional R&B Performance Anything for You – Ledisi Sit On Down – The Baylor Project feat. Jean Baylor & Marcus Baylor Wonder What She Thinks of Me – Chloe x Halle Let Me Go – Mykal Kilgore Distance – Yebba
Best R&B Song Better Than I Imagine – Robert Glasper feat. H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello Black Parade – Beyoncé Collide – Tiana Major9 & EARTHGANG Do It – Chloe x Halle Slow Down – Skip Marley & H.E.R.
Best Progressive R&B Album It Is What It Is – Thundercat Chilombo – Jhené Aiko Ungodly Hour – Chloe x Halle Free Nationals – Free Nationals Fuck Yo Feelings – Robert Glasper
Best R&B Album Bigger Love – John Legend Happy 2 Be Here – Ant Clemons Take Time – Giveon To Feel Love/D – Luke James All Rise – Gregory Porter
Best Rap Performance Savage (Remix) – Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé Deep Reverence – Big Sean feat. Nipsey Hussle Bop – DaBaby Whats Poppin – Jack Harlow The Bigger Picture – Lil Baby Dior – Pop Smoke
Best Melodic Rap Performance Lockdown – Anderson Paak Rockstar – DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch Laugh Now Cry Later – Drake feat. Lil Durk The Box – Roddy Ricch Highest in the Room – Travis Scott
Best Rap Song Savage (Remix) – Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé The Bigger Picture – Lil Baby The Box – Roddy Ricch Laugh Now Cry Later – Drake feat. Lil Durk Rockstar – DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch
Best Rap Album King’s Disease – Nas Black Habits – D Smoke Alfredo – Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist A Written Testimony – Jay Electronica The Allegory – Royce da 5’9″
Best Country Performance When My Amy Prays – Vince Gill Stick That In Your Country Song – Eric Church Who You Thought I Was – Brandy Clark Black Like Me – Mickey Guyton Bluebird – Miranda Lambert
Best Country Duo/Group Performance 10,000 Hours – Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber All Night – Brothers Osborne Ocean – Lady A Sugar Coat – Little Big Town Some People Do – Old Dominion
Best Country Song Crowded Table – The Highwomen Bluebird – Miranda Lambert The Bones – Maren Morris More Hearts Than Mine – Ingrid Andress Some People Do – Old Dominion
Best Country Album Wildcard – Miranda Lambert Lady Like – Ingrid Andress Your Life Is a Record – Brandy Clark Nightfall – Little Big Town Never Will – Ashley McBryde
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Jojo Rabbit – AA.VV. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – AA.VV. Bill & Ted Face the Music – AA.VV. Eurovision Song Contest – La storia dei Fire Saga – AA.VV. Frozen II – AA.VV.
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir Ad Astra – Max Richter Becoming – Kamasi Washington 1917 – Thomas Newman Star Wars: L’ascesa di Skywalker – John Williams
Best Song Written for Visual Media No Time to Die – Billie Eilish (interprete); Billie Eilish O’Connell e Finneas O’Connell (autori) (da No Time to Die) Beautiful Ghosts – Taylor Swift (interprete); Andrew Lloyd Webber e Taylor Swift (autori) (da Cats) Carried Me with You – Brandi Carlile (interprete); Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth e Tim Hanseroth (autori) (da Onward – Oltre la magia) Into the Unknown – Idina Menzel feat. Aurora (interpreti); Kristen Anderson-Lopez e Robert Lopez (da Frozen II) Stand Up – Cynthia Erivo (interprete); Joshuah Brian Campbell e Cynthia Erivo (autori) (da Harriet)
A seguire, una gallery dei look più in vista della serata: