In una serata funestata dalla tragica notizia della morte di Kobe Bryant, di sua figlia Gianna, e di altri passeggeri del volo che si è schiantato a Calabasas in California, si è svolta la 62esima edizione dei Grammy Awards. La serata si è aperta con le parole del CEO dei Grammy Harvey Mason: “Come molti di voi sanno, abbiamo perso Kobe Bryant in un tragico incidente in elicottero. Poiché questa è casa sua, vi chiedo di unirvi a me in un minuto di silenzio”.
La serata, ha visto in Billie Eilish regina e protagonista della serata con ben cinque primi vinti di cui ben quattro nell categorie più importanti: Album dell’anno, Brano Singolo, Record dell’Anno, Artista Emergente, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Engineered Album. Ai premi menzionati va aggiunto anche il premio vinto dal fratello Finneas che si accaparra il premio di Produttore dell’Anno.
Bene anche Lizzo che conquista il Best Solo Pop Performance (Truth Hurts), il Best Traditional R&B Performance (Jerome) e il Best Urban Contemporary Album. Grande soddisfazione per i Chemical Brothers, che, grazie al loro ultimo No Geography, portano a casa due statuette nella categoria Best Dance / Electronic Album e nella categoria Best Dance Recording. Analizzando sonorità squisitamente rock, bene i Tool con il Best Metal Performance e i Vampire Weekend con il Best Alternative Music Album.
Soddisfazione per Anderson .Paak che conquista il Best R&B Album e Tyler The Creator che si accaparra la categoria rap.
Di seguito la lista completa:
Album of the Year
Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Bon Iver – i,i
Lana Del Rey – Norman F*cking Rockwell
Ariana Grande – thank u, next
H.E.R – I Used to Know Her
Lil Nas X – 7
Lizzo – Cuz I Love You
Vampire Weekend – Father of the Bride
Record of the Year
Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy”
Bon Iver – “Hey, Ma”
Ariana Grande – “7 rings”
H.E.R. – “Hard Place”
Khalid – “Talk”
Lil Nas X – “Old Town Road”
Lizzo – “Truth Hearts”
Post Malone feat. Swae Lee – “Sunflower”
Song of the Year
Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy”
Lady Gaga – “Always Remember Us This Way”
Brandi Carlie – “Bring My Flowers Now”
H.E.R. – “Hard Place”
Taylor Swift – “Lover”
Lana Del Rey – “Norman F*cking Rockwell”
Lewis Capaldi – “Someone You Loved”
Lizzo – “Truth Hurts”
Best New Artist
Billie Eilish
Black Pumas
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Maggie Rogers
Rosalía
Tank and the Bangas
Yola
Best Solo Pop Performance
Lizzo – “Truth Hurts”
Beyoncé – “Spirit”
Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy”
Ariana Grande – “7 rings”
Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down”
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Lil Nas X – “Old Town Road”
Ariana Grande & Social House – “Boyfriend”
Jonas Brothers – “Sucker”
Post Malone & Swae Lee – “Sunflower”
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita”
Best Pop Vocal Album
Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Beyoncé – The Lion King: The Gift
Ariana Grande – thank u, next
Ed Sheeran – No. 6 Collaborations Project
Taylor Swift – Lover
Best Dance Recording
The Chemical Brothers – “Got to Keep On”
Bonobo – “Linked”
Meduza feat. Goodboys – “Piece of Your Heart”
Rüfüs Du Sol – “Underwater”
Skrillex & Boys Noize feat. Tay Dolla $ign – “Midnight Hour”
Best Dance/Electronic Album
The Chemical Brothers – No Geography
Apparat – LP5
Flume – Hi This Is Flume
Rüfüs Du Sol – Solace
Tycho – Weather
Best Rock Performance
Gary Clark Jr. – “This Land”
Bones UK – “Pretty Waste”
Brittany Howard – “History Repeats”
Karen O and Danger Mouse – “Woman”
Rival Sons – “Too Bad”
Best Rock Song
Gary Clark Jr. – “This Land”
Tool – “Fear Inoculum”
The 1975 – “Give Yourself a Try”
Vampire Weekend – “Harmony Hall”
Brittany Howard – “History Repeats”
Best Rock Album
Cage the Elephant – Social Cues
Bring Me the Horizon – amo
The Cranberries – In the End
I Prevail – Trauma
Rival Sons – Feral Roots
Best Alternative Music Album
Vampire Weekend – Father of the Bride
Big Thief – U.F.O.F.
James Blake – Assume Form
Bon Iver – i,i
Thom Yorke – Anima
Best Metal Performance
Tool – “7empest”
Candlemass feat. Tony Iommi – “Astorolus – The Great Octopus”
Death Angel – “Humanicide”
I Prevail – “Bow Down”
Killswitch Engage – “Unleashed”
Best R&B Performance
Anderson .Paak feat. André 3000 – “Come Home”
Daniel Caesar feat. Brandy – “Love Again”
H.E.R. feat. Bryson Tiller – “Could’ve Been”
Lizzo feat. Gucci Mane – “Exactly How I Feel”
Lucky Daye – “Roll Some Mo”
Best R&B Song
PJ Morton – “Say So”
H.E.R. feat. Bryson Tiller – “Could’ve Been”
Emily King – “Look At Me Now”
Chris Brown feat. Drake – “No Guidance”
Lucky Daye – “Roll Some Mo”
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Lizzo – Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)
Steve Lacy – Apollo XXI
Georgia Anne Muldrow – Overload
NAO – Saturn
Jessie Reyez – Being Human in Public
Best R&B Album
Anderson .Paak – Ventura
BJ the Chicago Kid – 1123
Lucky Daye – Painted
Ella Mai – Ella Mai
PJ Morton – Paul
Best Rap Performance
Nipsey Hussle feat. Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy – “Racks in the Middle”
J. Cole – “Middle Child”
DaBaby – “Suge”
Dreamville feat. J.I.D, Bas, J. Cole, EarthGang & Young Nudy – Down Bad
Offset feat. Cardi B – “Clout”
Best Rap/Sung Performance
DJ Khaled feat. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend – “Higher”
Lil Baby & Gunna – “Drip Too Hard”
Lil Nas X – “Panini”
Mustard feat. Roddy Ricch – “Ballin”
Young Thug feat. J. Cole & Travis Scott – “The London”
Best Rap Song
21 Savage feat. J. Cole – “A Lot”
YBN Cordae feat. Chance the Rapper – “Bad Idea”
Rick Ross feat. Drake – “Gold Roses”
Nipsey Hussle feat. Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy – “Racks in the Middle”
DaBaby – “Suge”
Best Rap Album
Tyler the Creator – IGOR
J. Cole feat. Dreamville – Revenge of the Dreamers III
Meek Mill – Championships
21 Savage – I Am > I Was
YBN Cordae – The Lost Boy
Best Country Solo Performance
Willie Nelson – “Ride Me Back Home”
Tyler Childers – “All Your’n”
Ashley McBryde – “Girl Goin’ Nowhere”
Blake Shelton -“God’s Country”
Tanya Tucker – Bring My Flowers Now”
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Dan + Shay – “Speechless”
Brooks & Dunn With Luke Combs – “Brand New Man”
Brothers Osborne – “I Don’t Remember Me (Before You)”
Little Big Town – “The Daghters”
Maren Morris featuring Brandi Carlile – “Common”
Best Country Song
Tanya Tucker – “Bring My Flowers Now”
Ashley McBryde – “Girl Goin’ Nowhere”
Mirada Lambert – “It All Comes Out In The Wash”
Eric Church – “Some Of It”
Dan + Shay – “Speechless”
Best Country Album
Tanya Tucker – While I’m Livin’
Eric Church – Desperate Man
Reba McEntire – Stronger Than The Truth
Pistol Annies – Interstate Gospel
Thomas Rhett – Center Point Road
Best Comedy Album
Dave Chappelle – Sticks & Stones
Jim Gaffigan – Quality Time
Ellen DeGeneres – Relatable
Aziz Ansari – Right Now
Trevor Noah – Son of Patricia
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – A Star is Born
Various Artists – The Lion King: The Songs
Various Artists – Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
Taron Egerton – Rocketman
Various Artists – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Song Written For Visual Media
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “I’ll Never Love Again”
Randy Newman – “The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy”
Dolly Parton – “Girl in the Movies”
Beyoncé – “Spirit”
Thom Yorke – “Suspirium”
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Finneas O’Connell
Jack Antonoff
Dan Auerbach
John Hill
Ricky Reed
Best Music Video
Lil Nas X – “Old Town Road”
The Chemical Brothers – “We’ve Got to Try”
Gary Clark Jr. “This Land”
FKA twigs – “Cellophane”
Tove Lo – “Glad He’s Gone”
Best Music Film
Beyoncé – Homecoming
Thom Yorke – Anima
Rick Ross – Shangri-La
Miles Davis – Birth of the Cool
David Crosby – Remember My Name