Billie Eilish won the record of the year for the second time in a row while Beyoncé and Taylor Swift both made history on Grammy Awards 2021.
Photo: Courtesy of Billie Eilish, Beyonce, & Taylor Swift | Twitter |
Taylor Swift became the first female singer to win the album of the year three times, taking this year’s honor with “Folklore.”
Beyoncé
also set a new record for the most wins by a female artist and most wins by a
singer, male or female, at the ceremony hosted by Trevor Noah of “The Daily
Show.” However, it was Eilish who took the evening’s biggest win, following up
2020’s record of the year win for “Bad Guy” with a victory this year for “Everything
I Wanted.”
Eilish, however, just wanted to give the honor to
Megan Thee Stallion for “Savage,” the Houston rapper’s collaboration with
Beyoncé. “This is really embarrassing for me…you deserve this,” Eilish told Megan
Thee Stallion. “You had a year that was unstoppable. You are queen. I want to
cry thinking about how much I love you. You are so beautiful. You are so talented.
You deserve everything in the world.”
Meanwhile, Megan Thee Stallion still had a great
weeknight, becoming the first female rapper to win the prestigious best new
artist honor since Lauryn Hill in 1999. “Savage” won best rap song and best rap
performance, and Beyoncé also took best R&B performance for “Black Parade”
and best music video for “Brown Skin Girl.” Having achieved 28 Grammy wins
overall, Beyoncé broke the record set by Alison Krauss.
“Brown Skin Girl” that featured Beyoncé’s 9-year-old daughter Blue Ivy, making her daughter the second youngest person to win a Grammy. “I’m so proud of you and I’m so proud to be your mommy,” said Beyoncé.
Dua Lipa’s “Future Nostalgia” was declared best pop vocal
album. H.E.R. won song of the year for “I Can’t Breathe,” Miranda Lambert’s “Wildcard”
was declared best country album, and Harry Styles wore a lavender feather boa
to receive his pop solo performance award for “Watermelon Sugar.”
Find out all the Grammy winners list below from the pre-show and the televised main event.
Record of the year WINNER: “Everything I Wanted” —
Billie Eilish
Album of the year WINNER: “Folklore” — Taylor Swift
Best R&B performance WINNER: “Black Parade” —
Beyoncé
Best pop vocal album WINNER: “Future Nostalgia” — Dua
Lipa
Best rap song WINNER: “Savage” — Beyoncé, Shawn
Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby
Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe and Anthony White, songwriters (Megan
Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé)
Song of the year WINNER: “I Can’t Breathe” — Dernst
Emile II, H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
Best pop solo performance WINNER: “Watermelon Sugar” —
Harry Styles
Best country album WINNER: “Wildcard” — Miranda
Lambert
Best new artist WINNER: Megan Thee Stallion
Best pop duo/group performance WINNER: “Rain on Me” —
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande
Best country solo performance WINNER: “When My Amy
Prays” — Vince Gill
Best country duo/group performance WINNER: “10,000
Hours” — Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber
Best country song WINNER: “Crowded Table” — Brandi
Carlile, Natalie Hemby and Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)
Best rock album WINNER: “The New Abnormal” — The
Strokes
Best alternative music album WINNER: “Fetch the Bolt
Cutters” — Fiona Apple
Best rock performance WINNER: “Shameika” — Fiona Apple
Best metal performance WINNER: “Bum-Rush” — Body Count
Best rock song WINNER: “Stay High” — Brittany Howard,
songwriter (Brittany Howard)
Best rap performance WINNER: “Savage” — Megan Thee
Stallion featuring Beyoncé
Best rap album WINNER: “King’s Disease” — Nas
Best R&B album WINNER: “Bigger Love” — John Legend
Best traditional R&B performance WINNER: “Anything
for You” — Ledisi
Best R&B song WINNER: “Better Than I Imagine” —
Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello and Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert
Glasper featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello)
Best Latin pop or urban album WINNER: “YHLQMDLG” — Bad
Bunny
Best Latin rock or alternative album WINNER: “La
Conquista del Espacio” — Fito Paez
Best American roots performance WINNER: “I Remember
Everything” — John Prine
Best American roots song WINNER: “I Remember
Everything” — Pat McLaughlin and John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)
Best song written for visual media WINNER: “No Time to
Die” from “No Time to Die” — Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas Baird
O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best compilation soundtrack for visual media WINNER:
“Jojo Rabbit”
Best comedy album WINNER: “Black Mitzvah” — Tiffany
Haddish
Best musical theater album WINNER: “Jagged Little
Pill” — Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Lauren Patten and Elizabeth
Stanley, principal soloists; Neal Avron, Pete Ganbarg, Tom Kitt, Michael
Parker, Craig Rosen and Vivek J. Tiwary, producers (Glen Ballard and Alanis
Morissette, lyricists) (original Broadway cast)
Best spoken word album WINNER: “Blowout: Corrupted
Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on
Earth” — Rachel Maddow