The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards which was held Sunday night March 14, 2021, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
The prime time was held live from an outdoor stage outside of the Staples Center arena in Los Angeles with Covid-19 precautions. Most of the winners were announced ahead of the show during the livestreamed Premiere Ceremony, leaving plenty of time for 20 performances from artists including Doja Cat, DaBaby, Taylor Swift, Roddy Ricch, Bruno Mars and more. but was hosted by South African comedian Trevor Noah.
Nigeria Afrobeats stars Burna Boy and Wizkid, both won awards at the 2021 Grammys.
Burna Boy won the Best Global Music Album category while Wizkid won the Best Music Video for his song with Beyoncรฉ; Brown Skin Girl, from Lion King: The Gift album.
The Grammys described Twice As Tall as โa masterclass in the vibe and hustle that have made Burna Boy an international musical forceโ.
โ[He] continues to torch limitations, seamlessly blending styles and genres and fearlessly fuelling the fire heating the melting pot of pop, Afrobeat, dancehall, reggae and more,โ it said.
Beyoncรฉ became the most decorated female artist in Grammy history after winning Best R&B Performance for โBlack Parade,โ Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for her feature on the โSavageโ remix, and Best Music Video for โBrown Skin Girl,โ which brought her grand total to 28 awards.
See full list below:
Best Jazz Vocal Album
WINNER: Kurt Elling featuring Danilo Pรฉrez โ Secrets Are the Best Stories
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
WINNER: Chick Corea โ All Blues
Best Alternative Music Album
WINNER: Fiona Apple โ Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Best Musical Theater Album
WINNER: Jagged Little Pill
Best Comedy Album
WINNER: Tiffany Haddish โ Black Mitzvah
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
WINNER: Rachel Maddow โ Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
Best Childrenโs Music Album
WINNER: Joanie Leeds โ All the Ladies
Best Global Music Album
WINNER: Burna Boy โ Twice As Tall
Best Reggae Album
WINNER: Toots & the Maytals โ Got to Be Tough
Best Regional Roots Music Album
WINNER: New Orleans Nightcrawlers โ Atmosphere
Best Folk Album
WINNER: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings โ All the Good Times
Best Contemporary Blues Album
WINNER: Fantastic Negrito โ Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?
Best Traditional Blues Album
WINNER: Bobby Rush โ Rawer Than Raw
Best Bluegrass Album
WINNER: Billy Strings โ Home
Best Americana Album
WINNER: Sarah Jarosz โ World on the Ground
Best American Roots Song
WINNER: John Prine โ I Remember Everything
Best American Roots Performance
WINNER: John Prine โ I Remember Everything
Best Song Written for Visual Media
WINNER: Billie Eilish โ No Time to Die
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
WINNER: Hildur Guรฐnadรณttir โ Joker
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
WINNER: Jojo Rabbit
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
WINNER: Christopher Rouse โ Rouse: Symphony No. 5
Best Classical Compendium
WINNER: Isabel Leonard โ Thomas, M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
WINNER: Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton โ Smyth: The Prison
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
WINNER: Richard OโNeill โ Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
WINNER: Pacifica Quartet โ Contemporary Voices
Best Choral Performance
WINNER: James K. Bass, JโNai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers โ Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua
Best Opera Recording
WINNER: The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus โ Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Best Orchestral Performance
WINNER: Los Angeles Philharmonic โ Ives: Complete Symphonies
Best Tropical Latin Album
WINNER: Grupo Niche โ 40
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
WINNER: Natalia Lafourcade โ Un Canto por Mรฉxico, Vol. 1
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
WINNER: Rito Paez โ La Conquesta del Espacio
Producer of the Year, Classical
WINNER: David Frost
Best Engineered Album, Classical
WINNER: Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra โ Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, โBabi Yarโ
Best Remixed Recording
WINNER: Saint Jhn โ Roses (Imanbek Remix)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
WINNER: Beck โ Hyperspace
Best Historical Album
WINNER: Mister Rogers โ Itโs Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers
Best Album Notes
WINNER: The Replacements โ Dead Manโs Pop
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
WINNER: Wilco โ Ode to Joy
Best Recording Package
WINNER: Desert Sessions โ Vols. 11 & 12
Best Roots Gospel Album
WINNER: Fisk Jubilee Singers โ Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
WINNER: Kanye West โ Jesus Is King
Best Gospel Album
WINNER: PJ Morton โ Gospel According to PJ
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
WINNER: Zach Williams & Dolly Parton โ There Was Jesus
Best Gospel Performance/Song
WINNER: Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music โ Movinโ On
Best New Age Album
WINNER: Jim โKimoโ West โ More Guitar Stories
Best Music Film
WINNER: Linda Ronstadt โ Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Best Music Video
WINNER: Beyoncรฉ โ Brown Skin Girl
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
WINNER: Jacob Collier โ He Wonโt Hold You
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
WINNER: John Beasley โ Donna Lee
Best Instrumental Composition
WINNER: Maria Schneider โ Sputnik
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
WINNER: Snarky Puppy โ Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Best Dance/Electronic Album
WINNER: Kaytranada โ Bubba
Best Dance Recording
WINNER: Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis โ 10%
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