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Technically, the 2021 Grammy Awards were this morning here in South Africa, but it’s a Sunday night event over in Los Angeles, so let’s go with that.

As you may have deduced from the image above, Taylor Swift was a big winner on the night, taking home a massive ‘Album Of The Year’ win for ‘Folklore’.

It was also a landmark occasion for the one and only Beyoncé, who broke the record for all-time wins by a woman (and any singer, male or female) when she won her 28th Grammy for best R & B performance for “Black Parade”.

She is now tied with Quincy Jones as the living person with the most Grammys.

Sir Georg Solti, a Hungarian-born British orchestral and operatic conductor who died in 1997, won 31 Grammys during his lifetime.

But hey, let’s just get last night’s winners down in the headline categories, via CNN:

Album of the Year

“Chilombo,” Jhené Aiko
“Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition),” Black Pumas
“Everyday Life,” Coldplay
“Djesse Vol. 3,” Jacob Collier
“Women in Music Pt. III,” Haim
“Future Nostalgia,” Dua Lipa
“Hollywood’s Bleeding,” Post Malone
“Folklore,” Taylor Swift *WINNER

Record of the Year

“Black Parade,” Beyoncé
“Colors,” Black Pumas
“Rockstar,” DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch
“Say So,” Doja Cat
“Everything I Wanted,” Billie Eilish *WINNER
“Don’t Start Now,” Dua Lipa
“Circles,” Post Malone
“Savage,” Megan Thee Stallion

Song of the Year

“Black Parade,” (performed by Beyoncé)
“The Box,” (performed by Roddy Ricch)
“Cardigan,” (performed by Taylor Swift)
“Circles,” (performed by Post Malone)
“Don’t Start Now,” (performed by Dua Lipa)
“Everything I Wanted,” (performed by Billie Eilish)
“I Can’t Breathe,” (performed by H.E.R.) *WINNER
“If the World Was Ending,” (performed by JP Saxe featuring Julia Michaels)

Let’s break briefly to listen to that song, because I feel like I’m rather out of touch:

Alright, back to the winners:

Best New Artist

Ingrid Andress
Phoebe Bridgers
Chika
Noah Cyrus
D Smoke
Doja Cat
Kaytranada
Megan Thee Stallion *WINNER

Best Pop Vocal Album

“Changes,” Justin Bieber
“Chromatica,” Lady Gaga
“Future Nostalgia,” Dua Lipa *WINNER
“Fine Line,” Harry Styles
“Folklore,” Taylor Swift

Nothing against Justin Bieber, because let the guy live his own life, but the ‘Changes’ album had the song ‘Yummy‘ on it.

I guess that’s pop music though, innit?

Best Rock Album

“A Hero’s Death,” Fontaines D.C.
“Kiwanuka,” Michael Kiwanuka
“Daylight,” Grace Potter
“Sound & Fury,” Sturgill Simpson
“The New Abnormal,” The Strokes *WINNER

Best Alternative Music Album

“Fetch the Bolt Cutters,” Fiona Apple *WINNER
“Hyperspace,” Beck
“Punisher,” Phoebe Bridgers
“Jamie,” Brittany Howard
“The Slow Rush,” Tame Impala

Best Progressive R&B Album

“Chilombo,” Jhené Aiko
“Ungodly Hour,” Chloe X Halle
“Free Nationals,” Free Nationals
“____ Yo Feelings,” Robert Glasper
“It Is What It Is,” Thundercat *WINNER

Best Rap Album

“Black Habits,” D Smoke
“Alfredo,” Freddie Gibbs and the Alchemist
“A Written Testimony,” Jay Electronica
“King’s Disease,” Nas *WINNER
“The Allegory,” Royce Da 5’9″

Best Pop Solo Performance

“Yummy,” Justin Bieber
“Say So,” Doja Cat
“Everything i Wanted,” Billie Eilish
“Don’t Start Now,” Dua Lipa
“Watermelon Sugar,” Harry Styles *WINNER
“Cardigan,” Taylor Swift

Hold up – ‘Yummy’ earned Bieber a nomination for ‘Best Pop Solo Performance’? I must be old.

Here’s ‘Watermelon Sugar’, if you’re interested:

The above is far from the complete list of winners, as there were 83 categories to adjudicate.

You can see all of those, and the result in each, here.

Finally, let’s doff our caps to Trevor Noah, who hosted the evening with great aplomb:

Such an honour! Thank you. 🙏🏾 #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/0VmN7mwZgc

— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) March 15, 2021

[source:cnn]