The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards turned out to be a big night for several artists, most of whom were women.
After a six-week delay due to the winter spike in Coronavirus cases in Los Angeles, Music's Biggest Night finally arrived, albeit in a different format than previous years. Much of the traditional structure is still in place, with the Premiere Ceremony (where the bulk of awards are announced) set for 3 p.m. EST and the live broadcast of the 2021 Grammys will start at 8 p.m. EST on CBS, with host Trevor Noah.
As of this afternoon, a number of early winners have already been announced. Among them are Beyoncé's Best Music Video win for "Brown Skin Girl"; Kanye West's triumph in an unusual category: Best Contemporary Christian Album, for Jesus Is King; KAYTRANADA has also nabbed both major Dance categories for Best Dance/Electronic Album and Best Dance Recording; Billie Eilish has won Best Song Written for Visual Media for her James Bond theme "No Time to Die"; Tiffany Haddish's Black Mitzvah has won Best Comedy Album; and Fiona Apple's Fetch the Bolt Cutters has won Best Alternative Album.
Also joining the earlier winners is John Legend, who has won Best R&B Album for Bigger Love; Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande's collaboration "Rain on Me" has won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance; Megan Thee Stallion's "Savage," featuring Beyoncé, has won Best Rap Performance; Nas has won his first Grammy for Best Rap Album for King's Disease; Fiona Apple has also swung back around and won Best Rock Performance for "Shameika"; and Brittany Howard's "Stay High" has been award Best Rock Song.
During the primetime show, a slew of performers rotated throughout a handful of live stages at the Los Angeles Convention Center, located near the Staples Center, where the live telecast is traditionally held.
In the primetime broadcast, Beyoncé continued nabbing awards, taking four total, including Best Rap Song alongside Megan Thee Stallion for "Savage," then Best R&B Performance for "Black Parade," the latter of which tipped her into Grammy history, as she became the female artist with the most Grammy wins, with a total of 28.
Megan's night was also a big one, as she took home the first televised award for Best New Artist, before returning for the aforementioned Best Rap Song win. Overall, the awards seemed to be nicely divided, as Taylor Swift took home the big win for Album of the Year for folklore and Billie Eilish reigned again in the Record of the Year category with "Everything I Wanted," as the Recording Academy again seemed to hype Record (a single track) over Album of the Year, designated it as the last award of the night.
Elsewhere in the evening, Dua Lipa proved to be a true Grammy favorite with her Best Pop Vocal Album for Future Nostalgia, while Harry Styles was a surprise winner for Best Pop Solo Performance with "Watermelon Sugar" and Miranda Lambert conquered an almost all-female Best Country Album category with Wildcard (quarter Little Big Town's two male members Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook were the only exceptions to an otherwise woman-led field).
See the full list of winners below.
(Updated)
Record of the Year
Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted
Album of the Year
Taylor Swift - Folklore
Best R&B Performance
Beyoncé - Black Parade
Best Pop Vocal Album
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
Best Rap Song
Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé - Savage
Song of the Year
H.E.R. - I Can’t Breathe
Best Latin Pop or Urban Album
Bad Bunny - YHLQMDLG
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Anderson .Paak - Lockdown
Best Pop Solo Performance
Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar
Best Country Album
Miranda Lambert - Wildcard
Best New Artist
Megan Thee Stallion
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Andrew Watt
Best Country Song
The Highwomen - Crowded Table
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber - 10,000 Hours
Best Country Solo Performance
Vince Gill - When My Amy Prays
Best Rock Album
The Strokes - The New Abnormal
Best Rock Song
Brittany Howard - Stay High
Best Metal Performance
Body Count - Bum-Rush
Best Rock Performance
Fiona Apple - Shameika
Best Rap Album
Nas - King’s Disease
Best Rap Performance
Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé - Savage
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
James Taylor - American Standard
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - Rain On Me
Best R&B Album
John Legend - Bigger Love
Best Progressive R&B Album
Thundercat - It Is What It Is
Best R&B Song
Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello - Better Than I Imagine
Best Alternative Album
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Best Musical Theater Album
Jagged Little Pill
Best Comedy Album
Tiffany Haddish - Black Mitzvah
Best Spoken Word Album
Rachel Maddow - Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
Best Children’s Music Album
Joanie Leeds - All the Ladies
Best Global Music Album
Burna Boy - Twice As Tall
Best Reggae Album
Toots & the Maytals - Got to Be Tough
Best Regional Roots Music Album
New Orleans Nightcrawlers - Atmosphere
Best Folk Album
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - All the Good Times
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Fantastic Negrito - Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?
Best Traditional Blues Album
Bobby Rush - Rawer Than Raw
Best Bluegrass Album
Billy Strings - Home
Best Americana Album
Sarah Jarosz - World on the Ground
Best American Roots Song
John Prine - I Remember Everything
Best American Roots Performance
John Prine - I Remember Everything
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Billie Eilish - No Time to Die
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Hildur Guðnadóttir - Joker
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Jojo Rabbit
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Christopher Rouse - Rouse: Symphony No. 5
Best Classical Compendium
Isabel Leonard - Thomas, M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton - Smyth: The Prison
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Richard O’Neill - Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Pacifica Quartet - Contemporary Voices
Best Choral Performance
James K. Bass, J'Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers - Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua
Best Opera Recording
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus - Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Best Orchestral Performance
Los Angeles Philharmonic - Ives: Complete Symphonies
Best Tropical Latin Album
Grupo Niche - 40
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)
Natalia Lafourcade - Un Canto por México, Vol. 1
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Rito Paez - La Conquesta del Espacio
Producer of the Year, Classical
David Frost
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, “Babi Yar”
Best Remixed Recording
Saint Jhn - Roses (Imanbek Remix)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Beck - Hyperspace
Best Historical Album
Mister Rogers - It’s Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers
Best Album Notes
The Replacements - Dead Man’s Pop
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Wilco - Ode to Joy
Best Recording Package
Desert Sessions - Vols. 11 & 12
Best Roots Gospel Album
Fisk Jubilee Singers - Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Kanye West - Jesus Is King
Best Gospel Album
PJ Morton - Gospel According to PJ
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Zach Williams & Dolly Parton - There Was Jesus
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music - Movin’ On
Best New Age Album
Jim “Kimo” West - More Guitar Stories
Best Music Film
Linda Ronstadt - Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Best Music Video
Beyoncé - Brown Skin Girl
Best Arrangement, Instruments & Vocals
Jacob Collier - He Won’t Hold You
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
John Beasley - Donna Lee
Best Instrumental Composition
Maria Schneider - Sputnik
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Snarky Puppy - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Best Dance/Electronic Album
KAYTRANADA - Bubba
Best Dance Recording
KAYTRANADA featuring Kali Uchis - 10%