Topline
Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year on Sunday, making her the very first artist in history to win the marquee reward for a record 4th time, as Miley Cyrus, Victoria Monét, Billie Eilish and Finneas took home the other leading rewards in a night controlled by woman artists.
United States singer-songwriter Taylor Swift accepts the Album Of The Year award for “Midnights” on phase … [+] throughout the 66th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Secret Facts
Swift’s “Midnights” likewise won the very best Pop Vocal Album award and revealed throughout her approval speech that she is dealing with a brand-new album called “Tortured Poets Department,” that will launch in April this year.
Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” won Record of the Year, after the vocalist likewise won Best Pop Solo Performance for the single earlier in the night.
Victoria Monét offered a psychological approval speech after winning Best New Artist, as she thanked her single mom for “raising this actually bad lady” and stated the win was the conclusion of a 15-year pursuit.
Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell won Song of the Year for “What Was I Made For?” from the “Barbie” motion picture soundtrack and thanked director Greta Gerwig for “making the very best motion picture of the year”– in a most likely recommendation to the questionable Oscar snub
Vocalist Celine Dion got a standing ovation as she made a surprise look at Sunday night’s event to present Album of the Year, after being far from the spotlight following her medical diagnosis with stiff individual syndrome in 2022.
SZA took home 3 rewards– Best Progressive R&B Album for “SOS,” Best R&B Song “Snooze” and Best Pop Duo Performance for “Ghost in the Machine” with Phoebe Bridgers.
Tangent
Rap artist Killer Mike’s “Scientists & & Engineers” won the very best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song awards while his album “Michael” won Best Rap Album. The rap artist’s big wins were ruined by debate after he was accompanied out of the location in handcuffs by Los Angeles cops after apparently being associated with a run-in. The Los Angeles Police Department informed the Hollywood Reporter that Mike was apprehended “for a physical run-in” and was being “questioned.”
Secret Background
Sunday’s award event was controlled by ladies, with all of the “huge 4” rewards going to female entertainers. The huge string of triumphes came a couple of years after the Recording Academy was implicated of being of kids’ club with really restricted representationregardless of females typically topping the charts. The academy’s previous chairman and CEO Neil Portnow fanned the #GrammysSoMale debate even more by stating: “Women who have the imagination in their body and souls … [need] to step up.”
Vital Quote
After Sunday’s event, Phoebe Bridgers called out Portnow, who has actually because been implicated of sexual attack, stating: “I have something to state about females. The ex-president of the Recording Academy, Neil Portnow, stated that if ladies wish to be chosen in the Grammys, that they need to step up … so and to him I ‘d like to state: I understand you’re not dead yet, however when you are, I hope you rot in piss.”
Unexpected Fact
Jay-Z tried the Recording Academy by explaining the his better half Beyoncé had actually never ever won album of the year. In his approval speech after winning the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award, the billionaire artist stated: “I do not wish to humiliate this girl, however [Beyoncé] has the most Grammys than everybody and never ever won album of the year. Even by your own metrics, that does not work. Consider that: The most Grammys. Never ever won album of the year. That does not work.” In 2015, Beyoncé made history by climaxing for perpetuity Grammy wins by taking her tally to 32 awards.
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