2023 has been called “The Year Of Girls,” with a massive concert like Beyonce’s RENAISSANCE and Taylor Swift’s Eras tour to the massive hit which was Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. The same trend returned this year at the 66th Grammys 2024, with those young women musicians who made an impact on the pop charts last year capturing the major categories.
Out of eight musicians nominated for the Best Album of the Year category, seven albums are those created by women musicians un 40: the rock group Boy Genius, Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey, Janelle Monae, Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift, and SZA.
And, this time we have once again Jon Batiste who has won five – times Grammys awards and is up for six awards yesterday and received the Album of the Year 2022 for “We ARE.” Nevertheless, the awards category’s inclusion of female artists across the mainstream and R&B spectrum differs sharply compared to last year’s nominees. Among them were Latin pop singer Bad Bunny, rock bank Coldplay, and a victory for Harry Styles’ Harry’s House against Beyonce’s RENAISSANCE.
The event was hosted yesterday by the renowned stage comedian, Trevor Noah. The event was flagged off with a medley of two new songs delivered by Dua Lipa – her recent single “Houdini” and the unreleased “Training Seasons,” both of them from her upcoming studio album – sandwiched by snippets from her Barbie soundtrack song “Dance the Night.”
The best pop solo performance was awarded to Miley Cyrus for her song “Flowers.” This was the first broadcast award presentation for the event. This is the first-ever Grammy Award triumph for Miley Cyrus which is highlighted during an unruly version of the song. She took full use of the limelight when performing on the stage, teasing, and making fun of the audience for not humming along with her and slammed her microphone at its finale.
Never one to be upstaged, Taylor Swift took her moment in the limelight — while accepting her 13th career Grammy, this time for best pop vocal album — to let the crowd and her fans in on a secret: she has a new album on the way, The Tortured Poets Department, dropping April 19.
The Grammys are famed (or infamous) for their surprise live collaborations, but one of the most keenly anticipated joint performances of this year was Luke Combs and Tracy Chapman’s duet on Chapman’s song “Fast Car,” which Combs has brought back into the public eye. Chapman, who played the song at the Grammys 35 years ago, when it was nominated for record and song of the year and she won best new artist along with two other categories, was not selected as a performer.
Colombian singer and composer Karol G took home the trophy for best musica urbana album, for her album Mañana Será Bonito. “This is my first time at the Grammys, and this is my first time holding my own,” Karol G revealed during her acceptance speech.
SZA performed a duet of two of her hits: “Snooze” and “Kill Bill,” the one with a stage set involving a literal garbage fire, and the second with references to Quentin Tarantino’s movie of the same name. Later, she won the Grammy for best R&B song for “Snooze,” thanking her family and team. “You don’t understand, I came really, really far, and it feels very fake,” she continued during her sobbing remarks. “I’m not a very attractive crier.”
Billie Eilish performed her song “What Was I Made For?” from the Barbie soundtrack, which beat out three other cuts from the soundtrack (Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night,” Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken,” and Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s “Barbie World”) to win the Grammy for best song written for visual media earlier in the night. “
Here the interesting fact about the event was that most of the prizes were already distributed or presented before the televised ceremony as there were more than 94 Grammy categories. Among the victors at that pre-telecast ceremony were Boygenius, the indie supergroup comprised of singer-songwriters Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker, and Phoebe Bridgers, who took home three prizes for best rock song, best rock performance and best alternative music album for its release the record.
SZA, nominated for nine Grammys, the most of any artist, got her first two in the best progressive R&B and best pop duo/group performance categories, the latter for “Ghost In The Machine,” including boy genius member Bridgers.
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