Pop famous person Taylor Swift, R&B artist SZA and pop singer Miley Cyrus received Grammy trophies on Sunday as ladies dominated this 12 months’s prime honors within the music enterprise.
Swift, winner of finest pop vocal efficiency, used the second to announce that she’s going to launch a brand new album on April 19 known as “The Tortured Poets Department.”
“I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I’ve been keeping from you for the last two years,” Swift mentioned as she disclosed the brand new album.
SZA, who received the award for finest R&B music for “Snooze,” ran out from backstage, the place she was altering outfits, and accepted her trophy from presenter Lizzo. SZA recalled how she and Lizzo had performed to small rooms of individuals as they had been constructing their careers.
“I came really, really far, and I can’t believe this is happening, and it feels very fake,” she mentioned.
Cyrus received her first Grammy, taking the very best solo pop efficiency prize for her empowerment anthem “Flowers” and was handed the gold trophy by Mariah Carey. Cyrus mentioned she acquired caught in visitors throughout heavy rain in Los Angeles and almost missed the second her identify was known as.
“I could have missed the award, that’s fine, but not Mariah Carey!” Cyrus mentioned as she stood on stage.
Swift, SZA and Cyrus had been within the working for the evening’s prime prize of album of the 12 months. If Swift wins that honor, she would be the solely musician within the 66-year Grammys historical past to have received the award 4 instances.
Comedian Trevor Noah, internet hosting for a fourth time, opened the present on CBS by joking that it was “the only concert that starts on time.”
In one of many evening’s first performances, nation singer Luke Combs joined with Tracy Chapman for a duet of “Fast Car,” the hit music that she launched in 1988 and that Combs remade into an enormous nation hit final 12 months. Swift, Jelly Roll and different nominees stood within the viewers and swayed to the music.
Indie rock band boygenius, a band fashioned by musicians Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, claimed three awards together with rock efficiency, rock music and different music album for “The Record.”
Winners had been chosen by the musicians, producers, engineers and others who make up the Recording Academy. The group has labored to diversify its membership lately by inviting extra ladies and folks of colour to its ranks.
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