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Grammy AwardsBeyoncé makes history
The American singer became the most crowned artist in the history of the ceremony on Sunday evening. But it was Harry Styles who won album of the year.
The superstar has gone down in history.
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With four new gramophones, including best R&B song (“Cuff it”) or best dance/electronic album (“Renaissance”), Beyoncé left the Grammy Awards with her arms full. The American singer will have to make room on her shelf to arrange the 32 awards of her entire career, an absolute record. “I try not to be too emotional,” she said, thanking her parents, her “beautiful husband” Jay-Z, her “three beautiful children” and “the queer community” who support her. always supported.
Beyoncé therefore enters the story. But once again, a major award eludes him: as in 2017 with “Lemonade”, “Renaissance” failed to obtain the award for best album. On the glowing stage of the Crypto.com Arena, it was pop sensation Harry Styles who took the prize, thanks to “Harry’s House”, which also won him the Grammy for best pop vocal album. Dressed all in glittering fringe, he performed his hit ‘As It Was’ at a star-studded party.
In another surprise, blues, folk and country veteran Bonnie Raitt, 73, won song of the year with “Just Like That,” an award presented to her by US First Lady Jill Biden. However, the competition was tough with the hits of Beyoncé (“Break my soul”), Adele (“Easy on me”) or Taylor Swift (“All too well”). Lizzo won recording of the year for ‘About Damn Time’, while British star Adele had to settle for best pop solo performance.
Other stars shone, such as rapper Kendrick Lamar who won three awards with best rap performance and best rap song for “The Heart Part 5” and best album, with “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers”. “This is one of the hardest records I’ve made,” said the apostle of social and political rap, the only hip-hop artist to have ever won a Pulitzer Prize for one of his previous albums. .
Sensation Viola Davis
Among the first sensations of the pre-ceremony, actress Viola Davis joined the very select club of artists who won the four major American awards, the Oscar (cinema), the Emmy (television), the Tony (theater) and a Grammy on Sunday night, in the “audiobook, storytelling” category for her memoir “Finding Me.” She is the 18th artist to achieve this exceptional performance.
The first award of its kind in the history of the Grammys, the prize for best music in a video game went to American Stephanie Economou, for the music of “Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn Of Ragnarok”.
Another surprise, it was the jazz singer from the Bronx, Samara Joy, 23, who received the revelation award. Impressed by her voice, critics are already comparing her to great African-American jazz singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan or Nina Simone.
(AFP)
