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63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2020): Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish Received Top Honours

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63rd Grammy Awards Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish bag top honoursOn 14th March 2021, The 2021 GRAMMY Awards officially known as the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Award (2020) was presented over the hybrid ceremony. The award recognised the recordings released between 1st September 2019 and 31st August 2020. Trevor Noah, an award-winning comedian from South Africa hosted the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards from Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, United States.

  • The awards were presented under 83 categories and the 63rd Grammy Awards for Best Immersive Audio Album will be announced next year in addition to the 64th Grammy nominations.

Important awards at 63rd Grammy Awards:

i.American Singer and Songwriter Taylor Swift won the award for the Best Album of the year for her album тАЬFolkloreтАЭ.┬а

She became the first female ever to win the album of the year for the 3rd time. She won the award for her albums ‘Fearless’ in 2010 and ‘1989’ in 2016.

ii.American pop star, Billie Eilish O’Connell won the record of the year award for her song тАЬEverything I WantedтАЭ.┬а

She also won the award for Best Song Written for Visual Media along with Finneas Baird O’Connell, for No Time To Die From No Time To Die.

iii.Beyonce won 4 awards and broke the record of most ever Grammy wins by female artists with 28 Grammys. She broke Alison Krauss’ record of 27 wins at Grammys.

Beyonce along with her daughter Blue Ivy Carter (9 years) won the best music video award for “Brown Skin Girl”. Blue Ivy Carter became one of the youngest Grammy winners.┬а

With the best rap performance award for тАЬSavageтАЭ, Rapper Megan Thee Stallion and Beyonc├й became the first female duo to win the award.

They also won the award for the Best Rap Song for тАЬSavageтАЭ.

iv.Harry Styles won his first grammy under the category тАЬBest Pop Solo PerformanceтАЭ for his single тАЬWatermelon SugarтАЭ.

Recording AcademyтАЩs 2021 Special Merit Awards:

  • The Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Lionel Hampton, Marilyn Horne, Salt-N-Pepa, Selena Quintanilla-P├йrez, and Talking Heads.
  • The Trustees Awards were presented to Ed Cherney, Benny Golson and Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds.

List of Winners:

Category┬аWinner
Record of the YearтАШEverything I WantedтАЩ by Billie Eilish
Album of the YearтАШFolkloreтАЩ by Taylor Swift
Song of the YearтАШI Can’t BreatheтАЩ by Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson(professionally known as тАЬHERтАЭ)
Best New ArtistMegan Thee Stallion
Best Pop Solo PerformanceтАШWatermelon SugarтАЩ by Harry Styles
Best Pop Duo/Group PerformanceтАШRain On MeтАЩ by Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande
Best Music VideoBeyonce for ‘Brown Skin Girl’
Best Rap AlbumтАШKingтАЩs DiseaseтАЩ by Nas
Best Rap SongSavage by Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyonce
Best Rap PerformanceSavage by Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyonce
Best Rock AlbumтАШThe New AbnormalтАЩ by The Strokes
Best Rock PerformanceтАШShameikaтАЩ by Fiona Apple
Best Pop Vocal AlbumтАШFuture NostalgiaтАЩ by Dua Lipa
Best R&B AlbumтАШBigger LoveтАЩ by John Legend
Best R&B PerformanceтАШBlack ParadeтАЩ by Beyonc├й
Best Alternative Music AlbumтАШFetch The Bolt CuttersтАЩ by Fiona Apple
Best Global Music Album‘Twice as Tall’ by Burna Boy
Best Country AlbumтАШWildcardтАЩ by Miranda Lambert
Best Contemporary Christian Music AlbumтАШJesus Is King’ by Kanye West
Best Comedy Album‘Black Mitzvah’ by Tiffany Haddish
Best Song Written for Visual Media‘No Time to Die’ (for ‘No Time to Die’) by Billie Eilish

Click here to know all the winners of the 63rd Grammy Awards

About Grammy Awards:

The Grammy Awards are presented by the Recording Academy since 1958.┬а

The award recognises and celebrates excellence in the music community.