Grammys 2019: Lady Gaga among winners list

[giri26]

Music’s night of nights has put on a stunning spectacle with the world’s biggest superstars taking centre stage at the 61st annual Grammys.

Streaming live on Fox8, the ceremony is underway at the Staples Center in LA and the spotlight is on Lady Gaga, who’s smash hit Shallow has won several awards.

But Jennifer Lopez may have briefly rained Gaga’s parade, giving one of the best performances of the night in a bedazzling medley for Motown Records’ 60th anniversary.

The Recording Academy announced earlier this month that J-Lo would be performing the Motown salute, which met extreme backlash from fans who thought the liked of Gladys Knight, Beyonce or Jennifer Hudson should have been given the honour.

But Lopez proved her critics wrong with her high-energy, vocally flawless Motown celebration.

The Jenny From The Block singer opened with dance classic Dancing In The Street before stripping down to a sparkling one piece - just one of her several on-stage outfit changes during the lengthy set.

The 49-year-old was surrounded by dozens of back-up dancers who performed in sync with her during the performance, which also featured vocals from Smokey Robinson and Ne-Yo.

Earlier, Gaga’s Shallow won the award for Best Pop Duo and Best Song Written for Visual Media. Gaga also won Best Pop Solo Performance for her song, Joanne.

The Best Pop Duo nod marked Bradley Cooper’s first time being nominated for - and winning - a Grammy.

Shallow was also up for Song of the Year, but missed out, and is still in the running for Record of the Year.

“I just want to say thank you to God; thank you for looking out for me,” Gaga said in her acceptance speech for Best Pop Duo.

“I wish Bradley was here with me right now.

“I just want to say I’m so proud to be a part of a movie that addresses mental health issues. They’re so important.”

Hosted by Alicia Keys, the leading nominees in 2019 are in the hip-hop category, with Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Childish Gambino and Cardi B scoring several nods.

In a moment of epic female empowerment, Gaga, Keys, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Lopez and the former First Lady Michelle Obama all took to the stage together to talk about the impact music has had on their lives.

After winning the MusiCares Person of the Year for 2019 at the weekend - the organisation that distributes the Grammys - country queen Dolly Parton has been honoured at tonight’s ceremony.

Miley Cyrus, Little Big Town, Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves, Linda Perry and Katy Perry, all joined by Parton, performed a number of her songs as a tribute in an electrifying set that included Jolene, Here You Come Again, After The Gold Rush and 9 To 5.

Album of the Year is the most prestigious award of the evening, with Cardi B, Brandi Carlile, Drake, H.E.R, Post Malone, Janelle Monae, Kacey Musgraves and the masterminds behind the Black Panther soundtrack (including Kendrick Lamar) all battling it out for the top gong.

The ceremony opened with J Balvin and Young Thug, who were joined by Ricky Martin, Camila Cabello, and Arturo Sandoval.

Gaga gave a highly charged peformance of Shallow, while music veteran Diana Ross received a standing ovation thanks to her inspiring performance, marking her 75th birthday.

Other performers included Cardi B, Alicia Keys, Brandi Carlile, Dan + Shay, Post Malone, Shawn Mendes, Diana Ross, and Janelle Monae.

Here are the main nominations, which will be updated live with the winners:

BEST RAP ALBUM

WINNER: Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B

Swimming, Mac Miller

Victory Lap, Nipsey Hussle

Daytona, Pusha T

Astroworld, Travis Scott

BEST R&B ALBUM

Sex and Cigarettes, Toni Braxton

Good Thing, Leon Bridges

Honestly, Lalah Hathaway

WINNER: H.E.R., H.E.R.

Gumbo Unplugged (Live), PJ Morton

BEST RAP SONG

WINNER: God’s Plan, Drake

King’s Dead, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake

Lucky You, Eminem Featuring Joyner Lucas

Sicko Mode, Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk and Swae Lee

Win, Jay Rock

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

Unapologetically, Kelsea Ballerini

Port Saint Joe, Brothers Osborne

Girl Going Nowhere, Ashley McBryde

WINNER: Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves

From A Room: Volume 2, Chris Stapleton

SONG OF THE YEAR

All The Stars, Kendrick Lamar & SZA

Boo’d Up, Ella Mai

God’s Plan, Drake

In My Blood, Shawn Mendes

The Joke, Brandi Carlile

The Middle, Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey

Shallow, Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

WINNER: This Is America, Childish Gambino

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

Fall In Line, Christina Aguilera Featuring Demi Lovato

Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, Backstreet Boys

S Wonderful, Tony Bennett & Diana Krall

WINNER: Shallow, Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

Girls Like You, Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B

Say Something, Justin Timberlake Featuring Chris Stapleton

The Middle, Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Invasion Of Privacy, Cardi B

By The Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile

Scorpion, Drake

H.E.R., H.E.R.

Beerbongs & Bentleys, Post Malone

Dirty Computer, Janelle Monae

Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves

Black Panther: The Album

RECORD OF THE YEAR

I Like It, Cardi B

The Joke, Brandi Carlile

This Is America, Childish Gambino

God’s Plan, Drake

Shallow, Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

All The Stars, Kendrick Lamar & SZA

Rockstar, Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage

The Middle, Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey

BEST NEW ARTIST

Chloe x Halle

Luke Combs

Greta Van Fleet

H.E.R.

Dua Lipa

Margo Price

Bebe Rexha

Jorja Smith

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

Camila, Camila Cabello

Meaning Of Life, Kelly Clarkson

WINNER: Sweetener, Ariana Grande

Shawn Mendes, Shawn Mendes

Beautiful Trauma, P!nk

Reputation, Taylor Swift

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

Colors, Beck

Havana, Camila Cabello

God Is A Woman, Ariana Grande

WINNER: Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?), Lady Gaga

Better Now, Post Malone

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL

Boi-1da

Kanye West

WINNER: Pharrell Williams

Larry Klein

Linda Perry

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE

Be Careful, Cardi B

Nice for What, Drake

WINNER (TIE): King’s Dead, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake

WINNER (TIE): Bubblin, Anderson .Paak

Sicko Mode, Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk and Swae Lee

BEST RAP/SUNG PERFORMANCE

Like I Do, Christina Aguilera featuring Goldlink

Pretty Little Fears, 6lack Featuring J. Cole

WINNER: This Is America, Childish Gambino

All the Stars, Kendrick Lamar and SZA

Rockstar, Post Malone featuring 21 Savage

BEST DANCE RECORDING

Northern Soul, Above and Beyond Featuring Richard Bedford

Ultimatum, Disclosure (Featuring Fatoumata Diawara)

Losing It, Fisher

WINNER: Electricity, Silk City and Dua Lipa Featuring Diplo and Mark Ronson

Ghost Voices, Virtual Self

BEST R&B SONG

WINNER: Boo’d Up, Ella Mai

Come Through and Chill, Miguel Featuring J. Cole and Salaam Remi

Feels Like Summer, Childish Gambino

Focus, H.E.R.

Long as I Live, Toni Braxton

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE

Long As I Live, Toni Braxton

Summer, The Carters

Y O Y, Lalah Hathaway

WINNER: Best Part, H.E.R. featuring Daniel Caesar

First Began, PJ Morton

BEST ROCK ALBUM

Rainier Fog, Alice in Chains

Mania, Fall Out Boy

Prequelle, Ghost

WINNER: From the Fires, Greta Van Fleet

Pacific Daydream, Weezer

BEST ROCK SONG

Black Smoke Rising, Greta Van Fleet

Jumpsuit, Twenty One Pilots

Mantra, Bring Me the Horizon

WINNER: Masseduction, St. Vincent

Rats, Ghost

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE

Four Out of Five, Arctic Monkeys

WINNER: When Bad Does Good, Chris Cornell

Made an America, The Fever 333

Highway Tune, Greta Van Fleet

Uncomfortable, Halestorm

BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM

Love Is Here To Stay, Tony Bennett & Diana Krall

WINNER: My Way, Willie Nelson

Nat “King” Cole & Me, Gregory Porter

Standards (Deluxe), Seal

The Music...The Mem’ries...The Magic!, Barbra Streisand

BEST COUNTRY SONG

Break Up in the End, Cole Swindell

Dear Hate, Maren Morris Featuring Vince Gill

I Lived It, Blake Shelton

WINNER: Space Cowboy, Kacey Musgraves

Tequila, Dan + Shay

When Someone Stops Loving You, Little Big Town

BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE

Wouldn’t It Be Great?, Loretta Lynn

Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, Maren Morris

WINNER: Butterflies, Kacey Musgraves

Millionaire, Chris Stapleton

Parallel Line, Keith Urban

BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM

WINNER: Everything Is Love, The Carters

The Kids Are Alright, Chloe x Halle

Chris Dave and the Drumhedz, Chris Dave and the Drumhedz

War & Leisure, Miguel

Ventriloquism, Meshell Ndegeocello

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM

Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino, Arctic Monkeys

WINNER: Colors, Beck

Utopia, Björk

American Utopia, David Byrne

Masseduction, St. Vincent

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[Bhaijaan]

A man who cannot appreciate music can never be a real man.

I am sad to see no one on this forum has given attention to the thread dedicated to the biggest celebration of music in world.

 

[MenInG]

Kacey Musgraves, Dua Lipa, Cardi B and Lady Gaga were among the big winners at the Grammy Awards, making it a good night for female stars.

Country star Musgraves picked up four awards, including album of the year, while Childish Gambino also won four.

Cardi B made history as the first solo female to win best rap album.

British pop star Dua Lipa was named best new artist and paid tribute to the "incredible" line-up of "so many female artists" in the category.

"I guess this year we've really stepped up," she said - a dig at Grammys president Neil Portnow, who last year tried to deflect criticism of the lack of female winners by saying women needed to "step up" in order to be considered.

He appeared on stage at this year's ceremony to apologise, saying: "This past year I've been reminded that if coming face to a face with an issue opens your eyes wide enough it makes you more committed to bring change."

Speaking backstage, Dua said: "Being in the new artist category and having so many female artists nominated is a big change and it's a change we want to see for many years to come.

"It's a big difference from previous years, it only felt right because there were so many artists on there that I love and admire."

This year's ceremony certainly appeared to be at pains to make amends, with lifetime achievement prizes for Dolly Parton and Diana Ross, and scores of female performers throughout the night.

It was the first year in Grammys history that women had won five of the top album awards - album of the year, best pop album (Ariana Grande), best country album (Musgraves), best R&B album (H.E.R.) and best rap album (Cardi B).

Grande won her first ever Grammy Award for Sweetener, but wasn't there to collect it after a dispute with organisers.

"This is wild and beautiful," she tweeted. "Thank you so much."

According to Variety, the Thank U, Next singer also expressed her disdain in a series of since-deleted tweets at the fact Mac Miller, who was nominated posthumously for best rap album, lost out to Cardi B.

"Trash" Grande reportedly wrote when the Brooklyn rapper was announced as the winner. But she later congratulated her, writing: "Good for her. I promise. I'm sorry."

Accompanied on stage by her husband Offset, Cardi thanked her daughter Kulture Kiari for giving her the impetus to finish the record on time.

"When I found out I was pregnant, my album was not complete," she said. "So I was like, 'I have to get this album done so we can shoot these videos while I was not showing.'"

Speaking backstage, Cardi said she shared her award with late rapper Mac Miller, whose family were at the awards.

Lady Gaga won three prizes, including best pop performance for Joanne and best pop duet for Shallow, from the Oscar-nominated film A Star Is Born.

Holding back tears, the star thanked Bradley Cooper, her co-star and director, who missed the Grammys to attend The Baftas in London.

She also used her speech to highlight the film's mental health message, telling the audience: "If you see someone that's hurting, don't look away."

And Emily Lazar, who worked on Beck's Colors album, became the first woman in Grammys history to win best engineered album.

But while the Grammys has made strides with female artists, it still needs to repair its image in the hip-hop community.

This year, major stars including Chance The Rapper, Kendrick Lamar and Childish Gambino declined invitations to perform, amid concerns their music is being relegated to the rap categories (no hip-hop record has won album of the year since Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below in 2004).

The absence of Childish Gambino - aka actor Donald Glover - was particularly notable on Sunday, after he won four prizes for This Is America, his scathing critique of US socio-politics.

At one point, host Alicia Keys awkwardly had to fill time when no-one came forward to accept the song of the year award on his behalf.

Obama surprise
Pop star Camila Cabello opened the ceremony with a colourful - and expensive - staging of her smash hit Havana, set in a replica of her grandmother's childhood home in Cuba.

However, some of the most powerful performances were the most simple - including Miley Cyrus and Shawn Mendes' powerhouse performance of In My Blood, album of the year nominee Brandi Carlile and a rousing tribute to Aretha Franklin by Audra Day, Fantasia and Yolanda Adams.

Former first lady Michelle Obama also made a surprise appearance, giving a speech about the unifying power of music alongside Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Jennifer Lopez and Alicia Keys.

"Whether we like country or rap or rock, music helps us share ourselves, our dignity and sorrows, our hopes and joys," she said. "It allows us to hear one another, to invite each other in."

Diana Ross also spoke of the power of music as she performed her own tribute (possibly the most perfect diva moment in a career full of them), just weeks before turning 75.

"When I was a little girl, I thought the joy of singing made me happy, it made my parents happy and it led to this day and it brings me joy," Ross said.

Parton's tribute was more inclusive, with fans and friends Katy Perry, Kacey Musgraves, Little Big Town, Miley Cyrus and Maren Morris joining the star on stage for a joyful medley of her biggest hits.

"I'm just internally freaking out," said Morris before the show. "I met her and I was just trying not to quote Steel Magnolias at her."

Dozens of awards were handed out before the televised ceremony kicked off, with The Greatest Showman winning best soundtrack; and British singer Ella Mai scooping best R&B song for the slinky summer hit Boo'd Up.

"I'm legit trying to take it all in," said the singer, who was nominated for song of the year. "I've dreamt of this moment ever since I was a little girl."

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47193769

 

[shaz619]

Lady Gaga is the last great superstar of this time, good to see her reign supreme above all the menials in music today.

 

[Robert]

A man who cannot appreciate music can never be a real man.

I am sad to see no one on this forum has given attention to the thread dedicated to the biggest celebration of music in world.

I don’t know who most of those people are.

It’s not a celebration of music so much as of capitalism. A lot of rich people congratulating each other for being rich. I would sooner listen to a free gig in a pub by local musicians.

 

[shaz619]

I don’t know who most of those people are.

It’s not a celebration of music so much as of capitalism. A lot of rich people congratulating each other for being rich. I would sooner listen to a free gig in a pub by local musicians.

Me to Rob!

These fellas deserve the Grammy instead!

 

[Bhaijaan]

I don’t know who most of those people are.

It’s not a celebration of music so much as of capitalism. A lot of rich people congratulating each other for being rich. I would sooner listen to a free gig in a pub by local musicians.

Great Britain has given this world great music and for that i salute your country on behalf of my fellow humans. It is your biggest contribution to this planet.