Grammy Awards 2019 LIVE Updates: Drake Takes Sly Dig at Ceremony While Accepting Best Rap Song Honour
News18.com | February 11, 2019, 8:42 AM IST
The most celebrated musical night of the year is with us, as international music aficionados and enthusiasts gear up for the 61st Grammy Awards honouring the best in the music industry. Hosted by R&B singer Alicia Keys, the show's first female host in 14 years, the awards are taking place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. This year the Recording Academy has expanded its General Field (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist) to eight nominees each, meaning that the competition is fiercer than before.
Leading the nominations list, Kendrick Lamar tops it with eight nods, followed by Drake with seven. Not far behind, Boi-1da and Carlile have six nominations each while Cardi B and Childish Gambino compete with others having five nominations each in varied categories. Lady Gaga also joins the race receiving five major nominations.
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Feb 11, 2019 8:36 am (IST)
"God's Plan" won the Best Rap Song for Drake, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels and Noah Shebib. Drake has been nominated for seven Grammys, including Album and Record of the Year. While accepting the award, Drake took a sly dig at the Grammys for finally including him in the right category (he had previously blasted them for calling Hotline Bling a rap song).
Congrats Best Rap Song winner - "God's Plan" Aubrey Graham (@Drake), Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake) Captured on #pixel3 📸: @gilbrtortizpic.twitter.com/WVdGVwrlmg
Meanwhile, Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance at the Grammys, entering from offstage arm in arm with Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Jennifer Lopez to share personal anecdotes about how music has changed their lives and empowered them as women. Obama, wearing a shimmering, silver suit, was briefly interrupted as the crowd erupted in cheers and applause at the beginning of her comments.
"Music shows us that all of it matters": Michelle Obama surprised the crowd at the Grammy Awards and delivered a few words about the importance of music. https://t.co/7BB8jl0TGfpic.twitter.com/TcJKEV6wDq
Camila Cabello, who kicked Off 2019 Grammy Awards with exhilarating "Havana" performance, thanked the Recording Academy for giving her the "incredible" opportunity to perform at the ceremony. She tweeted, "THANK YOU SO MUCH @RecordingAcad FOR THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!!!!! I CRIED BEFORE I EVEN PERFORMED!!!!!! I couldn’t have even imagined this when I was 9 years old singing Disney songs in the mirror!!!!! Everything about tonight has been SURREAL."
THANK YOU SO MUCH @RecordingAcad FOR THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!!!!! I CRIED BEFORE I EVEN PERFORMED!!!!!! I couldn’t have even imagined this when I was 9 years old singing Disney songs in the mirror!!!!! Everything about tonight has been SURREAL 😩
Kacey Musgraves won Best Country Album for "Golden Hour". She has also won two Grammys for Best Country Song for "Space Cowboy" and Best Country Solo Performance for "Butterflies".
One of the year’s breakout artists H.E.R. has now taken to the stage with her see-through guitar and is giving us all the R&B vibes with a performance of "Hard Place".
Kacey Musgraves is on stage singing her ballad Rainbow. She has won two Grammys so far: "Space Cowboy" was voted best country song by the Recording Academy, while "Butterflies" won best country solo performance. She's also nominated for Album of the Year.
Feb 11, 2019 7:41 am (IST)
An all-star set of performers, including Miley Cyrus, Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris, Little BIg Town and Katy Perry pay musical tribute to Queen of Country music Dolly Parton.
The performance of "Here You Come Again" with Kacey Musgraves and Katy Perry is simply amazing! To make things more awesome, legend Dolly Parton joins them onstage.
"This is America" creates history by becoming the first hip-hop track to win Song of the Year honour at the Grammys, reports The Guardian. The song also won the Best Rap and Best Music Video award for Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover.
Feb 11, 2019 7:24 am (IST)
"This Is America" wins song of the year Grammy Award for Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, who also claimed the Grammy Award for Best Music Video on Sunday for the same song. Donald's song was previously honored with the Best Hip Hop Video and Impact Track awards at the 2018 BET Hip Hop awards.
Feb 11, 2019 7:21 am (IST)
Ariana Grande has won her first Grammy-- best pop vocals for "Sweetener"-- just days after a public feud with the show's producer. Grande skipped the ceremony after she felt "insulted" when producers initially refused to allow her to perform her current single and chart-topping song, "7 Rings".
Feb 11, 2019 7:16 am (IST)
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper have won the award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 61st Grammys for “Shallow.” They beat out Christina Aguilera featuring Demi Lovato (“Fall in Line”), Backstreet Boys (“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”), Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B (“Girls Like You”), Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton (“Say Something”), Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey (“The Middle”), and Tony Bennett and Diana Krall (“’S Wonderful”).
Feb 11, 2019 7:16 am (IST)
The biggest night in music is here. The 61st Annual Grammy Awards are live from Los Angeles. News18 will bring you all the winners and performances right here.
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This time, the period of eligibility ran from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. Lamar's "All the Stars" is up for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year, among six others. Drake's 'Scorpion' and Carlile's 'By the Way, I Forgive You' got Album of the Year nods alongside Cardi B's Invasion of Privacy, H.E.R.'s eponymous album, Post Malone's' 'Beerbongs' and Bentleys, Janelle Monae's 'Dirty Computer', Kacey Musgraves' 'Golden Hour' and the "Black Panther" soundtrack.
Making Grammys 2019 special for the Indian audience, three Indian-origin musicians--- Falguni Shah, Prashant Mistry and Snatam Kaur Khalsa have been nominated at this year's Grammy Awards.
Naming reflection, re-evaluation, and implementation as the driving forces at the Recording Academy over the past year, Neil Portnow, the Academy's president and CEO said in a statement, "From convening our Task Force on Diversity & Inclusion and launching our new community-driven membership model, to increasing the number of nominees in the General Field, and to playing a leadership role in the successful passage of the landmark Music Modernization Act, the Recording Academy has reaffirmed its commitment to music creators across all facets of our industry."
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