Harry Styles wins album of the yr Grammy; Beyonce triumphs

By PTI

LOS ANGELES: Harry Styles gained album of the yr at Sunday’s Grammy Awards, taking residence the highest honor on an evening that Beyonce dominated and have become the ceremony’s most embellished artist.

Beyonce gained her thirty second award, breaking a 26-year-old document. But as in years previous, the album of the yr honor eluded her.

Styles took residence three awards Sunday.

“I’m so inspired by every artist in this category,” stated the teary-eyed singer.

“A lot of different times of my life, I’ve listened to everyone in these categories. It’s so important to remember that there is no such thing as best.”

Still, Beyonce stands alone on her Grammy throne and had the help of the room all through the evening, with winners ceaselessly referencing her and her affect on them.

“I’m trying not to be too emotional,” the famous person stated after her historic win as her husband Jay-Z stood and applauded her.

The singer thanked her late uncle, her dad and mom, Jay-Z and her youngsters for supporting her.

“I’m just trying to receive this night. I want to thank God for protecting me. Thank you, God,” she added. 

Beyonce gained for finest R&B track for Cuff It, dance-electric music recording for Break My Soul, conventional R&B efficiency for Plastic Off the Sofa and dance-electric album for Renaissance, which can also be nominated for album of the yr.

Beyonce accepts the award for finest dance/digital music album for ‘Renaissance’ on the sixty fifth annual Grammy Awards. (Photo | AP)

Lizzo gained document of the yr for About Damn Time, delivering a rousing speech that introduced many within the viewers, together with Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Adele, to their ft.

“Me and Adele were having a good time, rooting for our friends. This is an amazing night. This is so unexpected,” Lizzo stated, dedicating her award to Prince.

“I needed to make the world a greater place, so I needed to be that change to make the world a greater place.

Now, I go searching and see these songs are about loving your physique and feeling snug in your pores and skin and feeling good.

Jazz singer Samara Joy gained finest new artist, shrugging off challenges by such acts as Wet Led, Anitta and Maneskin.

The New Yorker was nearly in tears when she collected the award and famous that her little brother was her date.

I’m so, so grateful. Thank you.”

She has launched two albums as a lead artist and likewise gained the Grammy for finest jazz vocal album earlier within the evening.

Beyonce missed being within the room when she tied Solti’s document, which stood since 1997.

VIEW PHOTOS | Our favorite crimson carpet seems from the Grammys 2023

Host Trevor Noah stated she was on her solution to the ceremony however blamed Los Angeles site visitors for not being in individual to simply accept it.

The track was written by a number of writers together with Beyonce, The-Dream, Nile Rodgers and Raphael Saadiq.

Once Beyonce the evening’s main nominee lastly arrived, Noah offered her with the very best R&B track award at her desk.

Veteran singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt shrugged off big-name rivals like Adele, Taylor Swift and Beyonce to win the track of the yr award.

“I’m so surprised. I don’t know what to say, “a visibly shocked Raitt stated, including that the track Just Like That” explores organ donation.

It capped an evening when Raitt gained two different Grammys for finest Americana efficiency and finest American roots track.

A who’s who of hip-hop royalty took the stage for an epic, rousing 15-minute tribute to the style’s fiftieth anniversary.

The efficiency included Grandmaster Flash doing a part of his seminal hit The Message, Run DMC, Chuck D and Flavor Flav together with Ice-T, Queen Latifah, Busta Rhymes and Nelly all taking the stage.

It ended with everybody on the stage and LL Cool J shouting multi-generational! Fifty years! Bad Bunny opened the present with a festive, high-energy efficiency that introduced most of the viewers together with Taylor Swift who rose to her ft and danced close to her desk at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena.

Styles gained the principle telecast’s first award for finest pop vocal album for Harry’s House. The singer stated recording the track was one of many biggest experiences of his life.

It’s been my biggest pleasure.  Sam Smith and Kim Petras gained finest pop duo-group efficiency for his or her track Unholy.

Petras stated Smith needed Petras to make the acceptance speech as a result of I’m the primary transgender lady to win this award.

“I want to thank all the incredible transgender legends before me who kicked these doors open for me so I could be here tonight,” stated Petras, who made a reference to good friend and Grammy-nominated musician Sophie, who died after an unintentional fall in Athens, Greece in 2021.

You instructed me this is able to occur. I at all times believed in me. Thank you a lot on your inspiration, Sophie. I am keen on you, and your inspiration will ceaselessly be in my music.

Petras thanked Madonna for being an incredible supporter of LGBTQ rights. I do not suppose I might be right here with out Madonna, Petras stated. My mom, I grew up subsequent to a freeway in nowhere Germany.

And my mom believed me that I used to be a lady. I would not be right here with out her and her help.

 During the in memoriam phase, the Grammys acknowledged the lives of Loretta Lynn, Migos rapper Takeoff and Christine McVie with a number of star-studded performers paying them homage.

The touching performances included Kacey Musgraves singing Coal Miner’s Daughter in tribute to Lynn; Quavo and the Maverick City Music hit the stage to honor his nephew Takeoff with the track Without You; and Sheryl Crow, Mick Fleetwood and Bonnie Raitt carried out Songbird to recollect McVie.

Kendrick Lamar gained sixth profession trophy for finest rap efficiency for The Heart Part 5 and likewise gained finest rap album for his studio providing, Mr. Morales & The Big Steppers.

“You know, as entertainers, we say things to provoke thoughts and feelings and emotions,” he stated. So making this document is one in every of my hardest.  I want to thank the tradition for permitting me to evolve with the intention to make this.

I lastly discovered imperfection with this album.

Viola Davis emerged from Sunday’s present an EGOT  a time period for individuals who have gained an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony after her win for finest audio ebook, narration and storytelling recording.

The actor gave an emotional speech and emphatically stated I simply EGOT after she marched on stage to gather her award.

“Oh, my God,” she stated.

“I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola, to honor her, her life, her joy, her trauma, everything,” Davis stated. It has simply been such a journey.

Tattered streetwear, T-shirts and denim combined with blinged-out couture, wild patterns and loads of pores and skin on the Grammys carpet.

Lizzo wowed in a vivid orange Dolce & Gabbana gown adorned with flowers and an enormous hood whereas Taylor Swift wore a protracted two-piece sparkly skirt with a high-neck and long-sleeve crop prime in midnight blue.

The present marks a return to Los Angeles after the pandemic first delayed, then pressured the Grammys to maneuver to Las Vegas final yr.

Noah hosted the ceremony as properly, which noticed Jon Batiste take residence album of the yr.

LOS ANGELES: Harry Styles gained album of the yr at Sunday’s Grammy Awards, taking residence the highest honor on an evening that Beyonce dominated and have become the ceremony’s most embellished artist.

Beyonce gained her thirty second award, breaking a 26-year-old document. But as in years previous, the album of the yr honor eluded her.

Styles took residence three awards Sunday.

“I’m so inspired by every artist in this category,” stated the teary-eyed singer.

“A lot of different times of my life, I’ve listened to everyone in these categories. It’s so important to remember that there is no such thing as best.”

Still, Beyonce stands alone on her Grammy throne and had the help of the room all through the evening, with winners ceaselessly referencing her and her affect on them.

“I’m trying not to be too emotional,” the famous person stated after her historic win as her husband Jay-Z stood and applauded her.

The singer thanked her late uncle, her dad and mom, Jay-Z and her youngsters for supporting her.

“I’m just trying to receive this night. I want to thank God for protecting me. Thank you, God,” she added. 

Beyonce gained for finest R&B track for Cuff It, dance-electric music recording for Break My Soul, conventional R&B efficiency for Plastic Off the Sofa and dance-electric album for Renaissance, which can also be nominated for album of the yr.

Beyonce accepts the award for finest dance/digital music album for ‘Renaissance’ on the sixty fifth annual Grammy Awards. (Photo | AP)

Lizzo gained document of the yr for About Damn Time, delivering a rousing speech that introduced many within the viewers, together with Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Adele, to their ft.

“Me and Adele were having a good time, rooting for our friends. This is an amazing night. This is so unexpected,” Lizzo stated, dedicating her award to Prince.

“I needed to make the world a greater place, so I needed to be that change to make the world a greater place.

Now, I go searching and see these songs are about loving your physique and feeling snug in your pores and skin and feeling good.

Jazz singer Samara Joy gained finest new artist, shrugging off challenges by such acts as Wet Led, Anitta and Maneskin.

The New Yorker was nearly in tears when she collected the award and famous that her little brother was her date.

I’m so, so grateful. Thank you.”

She has launched two albums as a lead artist and likewise gained the Grammy for finest jazz vocal album earlier within the evening.

Beyonce missed being within the room when she tied Solti’s document, which stood since 1997.

VIEW PHOTOS | Our favorite crimson carpet seems from the Grammys 2023

Host Trevor Noah stated she was on her solution to the ceremony however blamed Los Angeles site visitors for not being in individual to simply accept it.

The track was written by a number of writers together with Beyonce, The-Dream, Nile Rodgers and Raphael Saadiq.

Once Beyonce the evening’s main nominee lastly arrived, Noah offered her with the very best R&B track award at her desk.

Veteran singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt shrugged off big-name rivals like Adele, Taylor Swift and Beyonce to win the track of the yr award.

“I’m so surprised. I don’t know what to say, “a visibly shocked Raitt stated, including that the track Just Like That” explores organ donation.

It capped an evening when Raitt gained two different Grammys for finest Americana efficiency and finest American roots track.

A who’s who of hip-hop royalty took the stage for an epic, rousing 15-minute tribute to the style’s fiftieth anniversary.

The efficiency included Grandmaster Flash doing a part of his seminal hit The Message, Run DMC, Chuck D and Flavor Flav together with Ice-T, Queen Latifah, Busta Rhymes and Nelly all taking the stage.

It ended with everybody on the stage and LL Cool J shouting multi-generational! Fifty years! Bad Bunny opened the present with a festive, high-energy efficiency that introduced most of the viewers together with Taylor Swift who rose to her ft and danced close to her desk at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena.

Styles gained the principle telecast’s first award for finest pop vocal album for Harry’s House. The singer stated recording the track was one of many biggest experiences of his life.

It’s been my biggest pleasure.  Sam Smith and Kim Petras gained finest pop duo-group efficiency for his or her track Unholy.

Petras stated Smith needed Petras to make the acceptance speech as a result of I’m the primary transgender lady to win this award.

“I want to thank all the incredible transgender legends before me who kicked these doors open for me so I could be here tonight,” stated Petras, who made a reference to good friend and Grammy-nominated musician Sophie, who died after an unintentional fall in Athens, Greece in 2021.

You instructed me this is able to occur. I at all times believed in me. Thank you a lot on your inspiration, Sophie. I am keen on you, and your inspiration will ceaselessly be in my music.

Petras thanked Madonna for being an incredible supporter of LGBTQ rights. I do not suppose I might be right here with out Madonna, Petras stated. My mom, I grew up subsequent to a freeway in nowhere Germany.

And my mom believed me that I used to be a lady. I would not be right here with out her and her help.

 During the in memoriam phase, the Grammys acknowledged the lives of Loretta Lynn, Migos rapper Takeoff and Christine McVie with a number of star-studded performers paying them homage.

The touching performances included Kacey Musgraves singing Coal Miner’s Daughter in tribute to Lynn; Quavo and the Maverick City Music hit the stage to honor his nephew Takeoff with the track Without You; and Sheryl Crow, Mick Fleetwood and Bonnie Raitt carried out Songbird to recollect McVie.

Kendrick Lamar gained sixth profession trophy for finest rap efficiency for The Heart Part 5 and likewise gained finest rap album for his studio providing, Mr. Morales & The Big Steppers.

“You know, as entertainers, we say things to provoke thoughts and feelings and emotions,” he stated. So making this document is one in every of my hardest.  I want to thank the tradition for permitting me to evolve with the intention to make this.

I lastly discovered imperfection with this album.

Viola Davis emerged from Sunday’s present an EGOT  a time period for individuals who have gained an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony after her win for finest audio ebook, narration and storytelling recording.

The actor gave an emotional speech and emphatically stated I simply EGOT after she marched on stage to gather her award.

“Oh, my God,” she stated.

“I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola, to honor her, her life, her joy, her trauma, everything,” Davis stated. It has simply been such a journey.

Tattered streetwear, T-shirts and denim combined with blinged-out couture, wild patterns and loads of pores and skin on the Grammys carpet.

Lizzo wowed in a vivid orange Dolce & Gabbana gown adorned with flowers and an enormous hood whereas Taylor Swift wore a protracted two-piece sparkly skirt with a high-neck and long-sleeve crop prime in midnight blue.

The present marks a return to Los Angeles after the pandemic first delayed, then pressured the Grammys to maneuver to Las Vegas final yr.

Noah hosted the ceremony as properly, which noticed Jon Batiste take residence album of the yr.