- By Mark Savage & Ian Youngs
- BBC Information
Watch: Celine Dion, Taylor Swift and Jay Z highlights of the Grammy Awards
Taylor Swift stole the present at this yr’s Grammy Awards, turning into the primary performer to win the prize for album of the yr 4 instances.
The celebrity had beforehand been tied on three greatest album wins with Stevie Surprise, Paul Simon and Frank Sinatra.
She obtained the prize from Celine Dion, who made an sudden look amid well being fears. Swift additionally used the occasion to disclose a shock new album.
Miley Cyrus and Billie Eilish took the opposite prime awards at Sunday’s ceremony.
The Los Angeles present was dominated by girls, with R&B stars SZA and Victoria Monét and all-female indie supergroup Boygenius selecting up a number of awards, and music icons Tracy Chapman and Joni Mitchell giving uncommon and poignant performances.
Killer Mike was the highest male winner, taking three rap trophies. However his success was overshadowed by an obvious altercation backstage, which led to him being “booked for misdemeanor battery”, LA police said.
The highest Grammy Awards
- Album of the yr – Taylor Swift, Midnights
- Document of the yr – Miley Cyrus, Flowers
- Track of the yr – Billie Eilish, What Was I Made For?
- Finest new artist – Victoria Monét
Track of the yr is completely different to document of the yr – the previous recognises songwriters and achievement in composition whereas the latter is worried with the technical recording course of – considering manufacturing, engineering and efficiency.
Celine and Taylor celebrated
“Once I say that I am glad to be right here, I actually imply it from my coronary heart,” she advised the viewers.
There was an equally enthusiastic response when Dion introduced Swift’s identify because the winner of greatest album.
The historic achievement is one in every of many the star has notched up lately. She mentioned she “would like to let you know that that is the most effective second in my life”, however that merely ending a track, rehearsing or getting ready to play a present makes her equally glad.
Celine Dion’s look will dispel some fears concerning the state of her well being
“For me, the award is the work,” she mentioned. “All I need to do is hold having the ability to do that. I like it a lot. It makes me so glad. It makes me unbelievably blown away that it makes some folks glad who voted for this award too.”
Swift beforehand received album of the yr in 2010 for Fearless, in 2016 for 1989, and in 2021 for Folklore.
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Massive evening for Billie and Barbie
Billie Eilish received track of the yr and greatest track written for visible media
On Sunday, Midnights additionally received greatest pop vocal album – however Swift has curiously nonetheless by no means obtained the prizes for track or document of the yr.
Eilish’s contribution to the Barbie movie soundtrack, What Was I Made For?, beat Swift’s Anti-Hero to the track of the yr title this time. Tracks by SZA, Cyrus and Olivia Rodrigo had been additionally in rivalry.
Accepting the award together with her brother and co-writer Finneas, Eilish advised the group: “Everyone on this class – that was a loopy listing of unimaginable folks, unimaginable artists, unimaginable music. I really feel loopy proper now.”
The tune additionally received greatest track written for visible media, whereas the Barbie album – which was put collectively by producer Mark Ronson – picked up the award for greatest compilation soundtrack for visible media.
Miley’s Grammy breakthrough
Mariah Carey introduced Miley Cyrus together with her first ever Grammy Award
Elsewhere, the document of the yr award went to Flowers by Cyrus, which additionally picked up greatest pop vocal efficiency.
They had been the star’s first ever Grammys, a reality she famous in her efficiency when she modified one of many track’s lyrics to: “I simply received my first Grammy!”
And in her first acceptance speech, she advised the story of a boy whose futile makes an attempt to catch a butterfly ended when he stopped swinging round a web and stayed nonetheless.
“And proper when he did is when the butterfly got here and landed proper on the tip of his nostril. And this track, Flowers, is my butterfly,” Cyrus mentioned.
Scorching SZA
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SZA (centre) had successful with a track named after Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 movie Kill Invoice
SZA led the nominations with 9, and ended up with three prizes.
She additionally carried out on the ceremony, staging a recreation of the Loopy 88 struggle scene from Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Invoice to accompany her hit of the identical identify, which was named greatest R&B track.
She was joined by a phalanx of sword-wielding feminine dancers who swiftly dispatched hordes of males in fits – a reference to her tune’s comical story of killing her ex.
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Dua Lipa was up for track of the yr for her Barbie track, Dance the Night time
Billed as “music’s largest evening”, the Grammys are the trade’s most prestigious awards.
Dua Lipa opened the ceremony with an athletic medley of tunes together with her contribution to the Barbie album, Dance the Night time, which was additionally up for track of the yr.
Rodrigo, Eilish, Burna Boy and Travis Scott had been among the many different performers, with stars like Beyoncé, Doja Cat and Meryl Streep within the viewers.
However appearances by two music legends eclipsed the youthful stars.
Backbone-tingling moments
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Tracy Chapman’s hit Quick Automobile was rejuvenated final yr when nation star Luke Combs coated it
Chapman has solely carried out in public a handful of instances since going into semi-retirement in 2009, however she joined nation singer Luke Combs, who had a smash hit with a canopy of her track Quick Automobile final yr.
Then Mitchell gave a spine-tingling seated rendition of her traditional Each Sides Now – her first Grammy efficiency on the age of 80.
The Canadian singer-songwriter had earlier picked up greatest folks album for a stay album that captured her return to the stage in 2022 after a mind aneurysm.
That was one in every of many awards to be handed out throughout a four-hour “premiere ceremony” on Sunday afternoon.
Joni Mitchell was joined on stage by Brandi Carlile
Kylie’s comeback
That pre-ceremony additionally noticed a number of wins for Boygenius, whose debut album The Document combines Nineteen Seventies California rock harmonies with lyrics about love and friendship.
Kylie Minogue received her second ever Grammy – greatest pop dance recording for the viral smash Padam Padam – twenty years after her first.
Olivia Rodrigo had six nominations however went dwelling empty-handed
And South African singer Tyla made historical past by selecting up the primary ever award for greatest African efficiency.
