Grande successo per Billie Eilish ai Grammy Awards 2020! Ieri sera si sono tenute le premiazioni allo Staples Center di Los Angeles, in una serata velata di tristezza per la scomparsa in un tragico incidente di Kobe Bryant, al quale Lizzo ha dedicato la cerimonia.
“Questa notte è per Kobe” ha detto la cantante e non poteva iniziare diversamente la serata, che si è svolta proprio nel luogo in cui giocano i Lakers, teatro delle gesta eroiche e sportive di Kobe. “Eccoci nella notte più importante della musica per celebrare gli artisti che hanno dato il meglio ma per essere onesti stiamo tutti provando una grande amarezzza”, le ha fatto eco la presentatrice Alicia Keys che in suo onore ha cantato “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday” dei Boyz II Men.
Billie Eilish trionfa ai Grammy vincendo in tutte le categorie principali in quelli che sono considerati gli Oscar della Musica. La cantante ha vinto i premi come miglior artista esordiente, miglior album dell’anno con “When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”, miglior registrazione dell’anno e con miglior canzone dell’anno. L’album di Billie ha vinto anche come Best Pop Vocal Album, portando l’artista a vincere in cinque categorie, rispetto alle sei in cui era stata nominata.
Tra i vincitori troviamo anche Lady Gaga e Bradley Cooper con “A star is born” nella categoria Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. Altro premio per la Germanotta nella categoria Best Song Written for Visual Media per “I’ll never love again”. Lizzo si è dovuta accontentare di tre premi: Best Pop Solo Performance con “Truth Hurts”, Best traditional R’n’B performance con “Jarome” e Best urban contemporary album con “Cuz I Love You”.
Beyonce si aggiudica la categoria Best Music Film per “Homecoming”. Un Grammy anche a Michelle Obama per la sua autobiografia “Becoming” (La mia storia), che è stata premiata come Best spoken word album per la sua versione audiolibro. John Legend, Meek Mill, DJ Khaled hanno reso omaggio a Nipsey Hussle, morto il 31 marzo del 2019 dopo essere stato colpito da alcuni colpi d’arma da fuoco fuori dal suo negozio a Los Angeles. A lui il premio come Best performance rap per “Racks in the Middle”.
Ecco tutti i vincitori dei Grammy Awards 2020
Record of the Year
“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Album of the Year
“When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” “— Billie Eilish
Song of The Year
“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish
Best New Artist
Billie Eilish
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Truth Hurts” — Lizzo
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Old Town Road” — Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
“Look Now” – Elvis Costello & the Imposters
Best Pop Vocal Album
“When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” — Billie Eilish
Best Comedy Album
“Sticks & Stones” – Dave Chappelle
Best Rock Album
“Social Cues” — Cage the Elephant
Best Rock Performance
“This Land” – Gary Clark Jr.
Best Rock Song
“This Land,” Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)
Best Alternative Music Album
“Father of the Bride” – Vampire Weekend
Best R’n’B Album
“Ventura” – Anderson .Paak
Best R’n’B Performance
“Come Home” — Anderson .Paak featuring André 3000
Best R’n’B Song
“Say So” – PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring JoJo)
Best Rap Album
“Igor” — Tyler, the Creator
Best Rap/Sung Performance
“Higher” – DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend
Best Traditional R’n’B Performance
“Jerome” – Lizzo
Best Urban Contemporary Album
“Cuz I Love You” (Deluxe) – Lizzo
Best Rap Performance
“Racks in the Middle”- Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy
Best Rap Song
“A Lot” – Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White, songwriters (21 Savage Featuring J. Cole)
Best Dance Recording
“Got to Keep On” — The Chemical Brothers
Best Dance/Electronic Album
“No Geography” – The Chemical Brothers
Best Country Song
“Bring My Flowers Now” — Brandie Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
Best Country Solo Performance
“Ride Me Back Home” – Willie Nelson
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Speechless” – Dan + Shay
Best Country Album
“While I’m Livin’” – Tanya Tucker
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“Love Theory” – Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter
Best Gospel Album
“Long Live Love” — Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“God Only Knows” – for King & Country & Dolly Parton; Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
“Burn the Ships” – for King & Country
Best Roots Gospel Album
“Testimony” – Gloria Gaynor
Best Latin Pop Album
“#Eldisco” – Alejandro Sanz
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
“El Mal Querer” — Rosalía
Best Regional Mexican Music Album
“De Ayer Para Siempre” – Mariachi Los Camperos
Best Tropical Latin Album
A pari merito: “Opus” – Marc Anthony e “A Journey Through Cuban Music” – Aymée Nuviola
Best Americana Album
“Oklahoma” — Keb’ Mo’
Best American Roots Performance
“Saint Honesty” – Sara Bareilles
Best American Roots Song
“Call My Name” – Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m With Her)
Best Bluegrass Album
“Tall Fiddler” – Michael Cleveland
Best Traditional Blues Album
“Tall, Dark & Handsome” – Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men
Best Contemporary Blues Album
“This Land” – Gary Clark Jr.
Best Regional Roots Music Album
“Good Time” – Ranky Tanky
Best Reggae Album
“Rapture” – Koffee
Best World Music Album
“Celia” – Angelique Kidjo
Best Contemporari Instrumental Album
“Mettavolution” – Rodrigo y Gabriela
Best Metal Performance
“7empest” – Tool
Best Jazz Vocal Album
“12 Little Spells” — Esperanza Spalding
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
“Finding Gabriel” – Brad Mehldau
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
“The Omni-American Book Club” – Brian Lynch Big Band”Triple Helix” – Anat Cohen Tentet
Best Latin Jazz Album
“Antidote” – Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band
Best New Age Album
“Wings” – Peter Kater
Best Spoken Word Album
“Becoming” — Michelle Obama
Best Children’s Music Album
“Agless Songs for the Child Archetype” – Jon Samson
Best Musical Theater Album
“Hadestown” – Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada & Patrick Page; Mara Isaacs, David Lai, Anaïs Mitchell & Todd Sickafoose
Best Song Written for Visual Media
“I’ll Never Love Again” (Film Version) — Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper). Canzone tratta da: “A Star Is Born”
Best Compilation soundtrack for Visual Media
“A Star Is Born” – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Best soundtrack for a Visual Media
“Chernobyl” – Hildur Guðnadóttir
Best Music Film
“Homecoming” — Beyoncé
Best Music Video
“Old Town Road” – Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus, Calmatic, regista; Candice Dragonas, Melissa Larsen & Saul Levitz, produttori
Best Instrumental Composition
“Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Symphonic Suite” – John Williams
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or a Cappella
“Moon River” – Jacob Collier
Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals
“All Night Long” – Jacob Collier
Best Recording Packaging
“Chris Cornell” – Barry Ament, Jeff Ament, Jeff Fura & Joe Spix
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
“Woodstock – Back to the Garden: The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive” – Masaki Koike
Best Album Notes
Stax ’68: A Memphis Story” – Steve Greenberg
Best Historical Album
“Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection” – Pete Seeger
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
“When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” – Rob Kinelski & Finneas O’Connell, John Greenham, (Billie Eilish)
Producer of the Year
Finneas
Best Remixed Recording
“I Rise (Tracy Young’s Pride Intro Radio Remix)” – Tracy Young, remixer (Madonna)
Best Immersive Studio Album
“Lux” – Anita Brevik, Trondheimsolistene & Nidarosdomens Jentekor
Best Engineered Album, Classical
“Riley: Sun Rings” – Kronos Quartet
Best Producer of the Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh
Best Opera Recording
“Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox” – Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Boston Children’s Chorus
Best Orchestral Performance
“Norman: Sustain” – Gustavo Dudamel, direttore d’orchestra (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Choral Performance
“Duruflé: Complete Choral Works” – Robert Simpson, direttore d’orchestra (Ken Cowan; Houston Chamber Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
“Shaw: Orange” – Attacca Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite” – Nicola Benedetti; Cristian Măcelaru, direttore d’orchestra (Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Album Vocal
“Songplay” – Steve Barnett & Lautaro Greco
Best Classical Compendium
“The Poetry of Places” – Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Higdon: Harp Concerto” – Yolanda Kondonassis, Ward Stare & The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra