2021 Grammy Awards
The three and a half hour show showed the impact corona had on the music industry. The production value focused more to highlight singers and talent of this past year such as artists Taylor Swift to Bad Bunny to Lil Baby. Beyoncé won multiple awards giving her the title of the female artist with the most Grammys ever won. Harry Styles opened up the show with his performance of Watermelon Sugar with comedian Trevor Noah hosting the socially distant award show.
At the Grammys, besides the pre-recorded performances, the audience was only a couple dozen of award winners such as Noah Cyrus, Meg the Stallion, Billie Eilish and even Beyonce and Jayz were in attendance.
Favorite performances of the night include teen heartthrob Harry Styles and Dua Lipa both with massive radio hits Watermelon Sugar and Levitating and Don't Start Now. Megan Thee Stallion also sang Savage remix as well as Body. Surprised large productions include Rock Star by Da Baby, Lil Baby's The Bigger Picture, and Silk Sonic's Leave the Door Open. Silk Sonic is a group including Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak, both incredible vocal artists giving a throwback feel good styled song. At the end of the night WAP was performed by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion again in an almost after dark show dancing all over the stage.
Lil Baby's The Bigger Picture's song gave insight about police today and protests as well as unity with lyrics in his song. Opening up with a police aggression and acting out protests as well as unity showed what this past year 2020 had given us.
It's bigger than black and white
It's a problem with the whole way of life
It can't change overnight
But we gotta start somewhere
-The Bigger Picture Lyrics
Other artist such as Billie Eilish and Post Malone gave great performances as always and even Billie had won the Record of the Year once again this year with her song "Everything I Wanted" where last year it was with the song "Bad Guy". Taylor Swift performed songs from one of her latest album Folklore, also a well publicized singer who is rerecording her past hits. This year had the all time lowest ratings but there was lots of discussion on social media over the show. The past few weeks there has been rumors of controversy with talks of the political side of the music industry as well as rigged awards. Throwing in corona, and the different set up, overall, the awards was far from normal but very reflective on this past year as a whole.
2021 GRAMMY WINNERS
Record of the Year
“Everything
I Wanted,” Finneas O’Connell, producer; Rob Kinelski and Finneas
O’Connell, engineers/mixers; John Greenham, mastering engineer (Billie Eilish)
Album of the Year
“Folklore,” Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
“I Can’t Breathe,” Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
Best New Artist
Megan Thee Stallion
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Watermelon Sugar,” Harry Styles
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Rain on Me,” Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande
Best Pop Vocal Album
“Future Nostalgia,” Dua Lipa
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
American Standard” by James Taylor
Best Dance Recording
“10%,” Kaytranada featuring Kali Uchis
Best Dance/Electronic Album
“Bubba,” Kaytranada
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
“Live at the Royal Albert Hall,” Snarky Puppy
Best Rock Performance
“Shameika,” Fiona Apple
Best Metal Performance
“Bum-Rush,” Body Count
Best Rock Song
“Stay High,” Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard)
Best Rock Album
“The New Abnormal,” The Strokes
Best Alternative Music Album
“Fetch the Bolt Cutters,” Fiona Apple
Best R&B Performance
“Black Parade,” Beyoncé
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Anything For You,” Ledisi
Best R&B Song
“Better
Than I Imagine,” Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello and Gabriella
Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper featuring H.E.R. and Meshell
Ndegeocello)
Best Progressive R&B Album
“It Is What It Is,” Thundercat
Best R&B Album
“Bigger Love,” John Legend
Best Rap Performance
“Savage,” Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé
Best Melodic Rap Performance
“Lockdown,” Anderson .Paak
Best Rap Song
“Savage,”
Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash,
Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe and Anthony
White, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé)
Best Rap Album
“King’s Disease,” Nas
Best Country Solo Performance
“When My Amy Prays,” Vince Gill
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“10,000 Hours,” Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber
Best Country Song
“Crowded Table,” Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby and Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)
Best Country Album
“Wildcard,” Miranda Lambert
Best New Age Album
“More Guitar Stories,” Jim “Kimo” West
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“All Blues,” Chick Corea, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
“Secrets Are the Best Stories,” Kurt Elling featuring Danilo Pérez
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
“Trilogy 2,” Chick Corea, Christian McBride and Brian Blade
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
“Data Lords,” Maria Schneider Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album
“Four Questions,” Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“Movin’
On,” Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal
Pollard and Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters (Jonathan McReynolds
and Mali Music)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“There Was Jesus,” Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith and Zach Williams, songwriters (Zach Williams and Dolly Parton)
Best Gospel Album
“Gospel According to PJ,” PJ Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
“Jesus Is King,” Kanye West
Best Roots Gospel Album
“Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album),” Fisk Jubilee Singers
Best Latin Pop or Urban Album
“YHLQMDLG,” Bad Bunny
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
“La Conquista Del Espacio,” Fito Paez
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
“Un Canto Por Mexico, Vol. 1,” Natalia Lafourcade
Best Tropical Latin Album
“40,” Grupo Niche
Best American Roots Performance
“I Remember Everything,” John Prine
Best American Roots Song
“I Remember Everything,” Pat McLaughlin and John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)
Best Americana Album
“World on the Ground,” Sarah Jarosz
Best Bluegrass Album
“Home,” Billy Strings
Best Traditional Blues Album
“Rawer Than Raw,” Bobby Rush
Best Contemporary Blues Album
“Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?,” Fantastic Negrito
Best Folk Album
“All the Good Times,” Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
Best Regional Roots Music Album
“Atmosphere,” New Orleans Nightcrawlers
Best Reggae Album
“Got to Be Tough,” Toots and the Maytals
Best Global Music Album
“Twice as Tall,” Burna Boy
Best Children’s Music Album
“All the Ladies,” Joanie Leeds
Best Spoken Word Album
“Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth,” Rachel Maddow
Best Comedy Album
“Black Mitzvah,” Tiffany Haddish
Best Musical Theater Album
“Jagged Little Pill,” Original Broadway Cast
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
“Jojo Rabbit,” Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
“Joker,” Hildur Gudnadottir, composer
Best Song Written For Visual Media
“No Time to Die,” Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas Baird O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best Instrumental Composition
“Sputnik,” Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“Donna Lee,” John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley
“He Won’t Hold You,” Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier featuring Rapsody)
Best Recording Package
“Vols. 11 & 12,” Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
“Ode to Joy,” Lawrence Azerrad and Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)
Best Album Notes
“Dead Man’s Pop,” Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements)
Best Historical Album
“It’s
Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers,” Lee Lodyga and Cheryl
Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer
(Mister Rogers)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
“Hyperspace,”
Drew Brown, Julian Burg, Andrew Coleman, Paul Epworth, Shawn Everett,
Serban Ghenea, David Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Jaycen Joshua,
Greg Kurstin, Mike Larson, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco and Matt Wiggins,
engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Beck)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Andrew Watt
Best Remixed Recording
“Roses (Imanbek Remix),” Imanbek Zeikenov, remixer (Saint Jhn)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
“Shostakovich:
Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar,’" David Frost and Charlie Post, engineers;
Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti and Chicago Symphony
Orchestra)
Producer of the Year, Classical
David Frost
Best Orchestral Performance
“Ives: Complete Symphonies,” Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Opera Recording
“Gershwin:
Porgy and Bess,” David Robertson, conductor; Frederick Ballentine,
Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore and Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; the Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
“Danielpour:
The Passion of Yeshua,” JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass and
Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy
Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann and Matthew Worth; Buffalo
Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and UCLA Chamber
Singers)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
“Contemporary Voices,” Pacifica Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra,” Richard O’Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
“Smyth: The Prison,” Sarah Brailey and Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)
Best Classical Compendium
“Thomas,
M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke,” Isabel
Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
“Rouse: Symphony No. 5,” Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero and Nashville Symphony)
Best Music Video
“Brown Skin Girl,” Beyoncé, Blue Ivy and WizKid
Best Music Film
“Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,” Linda Ronstadt
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