Movies and TV may have dominated awards season thus far, but music finally had its moment at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday.
The event took on a bit of a sad tone this year, as artists paid tribute to basketball legend Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter accident earlier in the day.
The Recording Academy also honoured the late rapper Nipsey Hussle, who posthumously won the Grammy for Best Rap Performance.
On a happier note, let’s take a moment for Billy Porter, who managed to top his Golden Globes look with a remote-controlled hat, on the red carpet:
billy porter hat with blinds on it slowly opening glitter sparkle blue suit hat grammys grammy awards red carpet 62nd grammys pic.twitter.com/6fZGXppE41
— reaction videos (@findurmeme) January 27, 2020
I want that hat.
Moving on, per CBS News, to the full list of winners, with some highlights thrown in:
Record of the Year
- “Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish — Winner
- “Hey, Ma” — Bon Iver
- “7 Rings” — Ariana Grande
- “Hard Place” — H.E.R.
- “Talk” — Khalid
- “Old Town Road” — Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
- “Truth Hurts” — Lizzo
- “Sunflower” — Post Malone and Swae Lee
Album of the Year
- “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” — Billie Eilish — Winner
- “I, I” — Bon Iver
- “Norman F***ing Rockwell!” — Lana Del Rey
- “Thank U, Next” — Ariana Grande
- “I Used to Know Her” — H.E.R.
- “7” — Lil Nas X
- “Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)” — Lizzo
- “Father of the Bride” — Vampire Weekend
Best New Artist
- Billie Eilish — Winner
- Black Pumas
- Lil Nas X
- Lizzo
- Maggie Rogers
- Rosalía
- Tank and the Bangas
- Yola
Best Rap/Sung Performance
- “Higher” — DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend — Winner
- “Drip Too Hard” — Lil Baby and Gunna
- “Panini” — Lil Nas X
- “Ballin” — Mustard featuring Roddy Ricch
- “The London” — Young Thug featuring J. Cole and Travis Scott
Song of the Year
- “Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish) — Winner
- “Always Remember Us This Way” — Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey and Lori McKenna, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
- “Bring My Flowers Now” — Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth and Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
- “Hard Place” — Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, D. Arcelious Harris. H.E.R. and Rodney Jerkins, songwriters (H.E.R.)
- “Lover” — Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
- “Norman F***ing Rockwell” — Jack Antonoff and Lana Del Rey, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
- “Someone You Loved” — Tom Barnes, Lewis Capaldi, Pete Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn and Sam Roman, songwriters (Lewis Capaldi)
- “Truth Hurts” — Steven Cheung, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson and Jesse Saint John, songwriters (Lizzo)
Best Rap Album
- “Igor” — Tyler, The Creator — Winner
- “Revenge of the Dreamers III” — Dreamville
- “Championships” — Meek Mill
- “I Am > I Was” — 21 Savage
- “The Lost Boy” — YBN Cordae
Best Comedy Album
- “Sticks & Stones” — Dave Chappelle — Winner
- “Quality Time” — Jim Gaffigan
- “Relatable” — Ellen DeGeneres
- “Right Now” — Aziz Ansari
- “Son Of Patricia” — Trevor Noah
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
- “Speechless” — Dan + Shay — Winner
- “Brand New Man” — Brooks and Dunn with Luke Combs
- “I Don’t Remember Me (Before You)” — Brothers Osborne
- “The Daughters” — Little Big Town
- “Common” — Maren Morris featuring Brandi Carlile
Best Pop Solo Performance
- “Truth Hurts” — Lizzo — Winner
- “Spirit” — Beyoncé
- “Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish
- “7 Rings” — Ariana Grande
- “You Need to Calm Down” — Taylor Swift
For the non-televised Grammy Awards, including Best Jazz Album and Best Gospel Album, head here.
I’ll leave you with Alicia Keys and Boys II Men, paying tribute to Kobe Bryant:
Okay, that was too sad. Here’s multi-award winner Billy Eilish to start the week off on a high note:
Have a good one, friends.
[source:cbsnews]
