The 2021 Grammys kicked this off with a shirtless and green-boa-ed Harry Styles and things stayed that hot throughout the impeccably produced 3 1/2 hour-long show. The awards were definitely the best produced pandemic award show and the best Grammy-produced show in years!
Harry Styles
Clad in a leather Gucci suit, Harry Styles kicked off the night with his now Grammy-winning “Watermelon Sugar.”
Accepting his Grammy, Styles began his acceptance speech looking chic in a yellow tweed jacket and a purple boa, saying, “Wow. To everyone who made this record with me, thank you so much. This was the first song we wrote after… my first album came out, during a day off in Nashville, and I just want to say thanks to Tom, Tyler and Mitch and everyone, Rob Stringer, and everyone at Columbia.”
He humbly added, “My manager Jeffrey [Azoff], who has always nudged me to be better and never pushed me and thank you so much. And I feel very grateful to be here. Thank you.”
Styles then started to mention the other nominees in his category when he was bleeped for saying, “All of these songs are fucking massive, so thank you so much. I feel very honored to be among all of you.”
Beyoncé
Beyoncé nabbed multiple awards at the 2021 Grammys on Sunday night, and with her win for best R&B performance for the song “Black Parade,” she became the most decorated female act in Grammy history.
The win was the 39-year-old singer's 28th overall, allowing her to take over the position previously held by Alison Krauss. She has been nominated a total of 79 times.
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak brought down the house at the Grammys on Sunday.
The two have teamed up to release the song “Leave The Door Open” under the supergroup moniker of Silk Sonic.
Mars also took the stage once again during the In Memoriam segment to pay tribute to Little Richard. He sang the legend's hits “Good Golly Miss Molly” and “Long Tall Sally.” Paak performed drums for the number.
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell took home the top prize at the Grammys once again… but Megan Thee Stallion was at the center of Billie’s acceptance speech!
In her acceptance speech for her win for Record of the Year for “Everything I Wanted,” the 19-year-old singer addressed Megan in the audience, saying how much the “Savage” singer deserved the award over her.
“This is really embarrassing for me,” Billie said. “Megan, girl… I was gonna write a speech about how you deserve this, but then I was like, ‘There's no way they're going to choose me.’ I was like, ‘It's hers.’ You deserve this. You had a year that I think is untoppable. You are a queen — I want to cry thinking about how much I love you… You deserve everything in the world. I think about you constantly… You deserve it.” She then asked everyone to applaud Megan before thanking the Academy and her team.
Eilish also performed the gorgeous “Everything I Wanted.”
Blue Ivy Carter
Blue Ivy Carter, Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 9-year-old daughter, has won her first Grammy.
Blue Ivy became one of the youngest artists to ever win a Grammy when she shared a Best Music Video award with her mom, Beyoncé, and the Nigerian Afrobeats star Wizkid.
Beyonce and Wizkid sing most of the verses and choruses of the song together, while Blue Ivy sings the closing lines: “Brown skin girl/Your skin just like pearls/The best thing in the world/I’d never trade you for anybody else, singin’.”
“Brown Skin Girl” is from Beyoncé’s 2019 soundtrack album, The Lion King: Gift.
Taylor Swift
Following a five-year absence, Taylor Swift returned to the Grammys stage on Sunday for a magical performance of “Cardigan,” “August” and “Willow.”
Swift shared the stage with collaborators Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. Speaking about the performance in advance of Sunday’s broadcast, Swift said, “This has been an adventure that the three of us have gone on since the very beginning of quarantine and lockdown, and we’ve only gotten to be together in the same room once. So this is really awesome to get to be together with them again.”
Swift’s Folklore won album of the year on Sunday, making the singer and songwriter the first woman to win the prize three times, following her victories for Fearless in 2010 and 1989 in 2016.
Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa has won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. Lipa’s sophomore album Future Nostalgia beat out records by Lady Gaga (Chromatica), Taylor Swift (folklore), Harry Styles (Fine Line), and Justin Bieber (Changes).
Lipa performed “Don’t Start Now”—which also got nominated for Song of the Year and Record of the Year—during the ceremony. Future Nostalgia was nominated for both Best Pop Vocal Album and Album of the Year, while producer Andrew Watt—who worked on the song “Break My Heart”—won for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical.
Megan Thee Stallion
Megan Thee Stallion took Best New Artist to open the primetime show then picked up Rap Song of the Year with Beyoncé for “Savage.”
Megan performed “Savage” along with “WAP” with Cardi B during the show.
Lil Baby
Rapper Lil Baby devoted his Grammy Awards performance to making a striking statement on police brutality.
The 26-year-old entertainer took to the Grammy stage on Sunday to perform his 2020 hit, “The Bigger Picture,” released during a summer marked by historic nationwide protests against racism and police violence.
The full list of 2021 Grammy winners
Album of the Year
Folklore
Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
I Can’t Breathe
Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
Record of the Year
Everything I Wanted
Billie Eilish
Best New Artist
Megan Thee Stallion
Best R&B Performance
Black Parade
Beyoncé
Best Pop Vocal Album
Future Nostalgia
Dua Lipa
Best Rap Song
Savage
Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe & Anthony White, Songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé)
Best Pop Solo Performance
Watermelon Sugar
Harry Styles
Best Country Album
Wildcard
Miranda Lambert
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Andrew Watt
• Break My Heart (Dua Lipa) (T)
• Me And My Guitar (A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie) (T)
• Midnight Sky (Miley Cyrus) (S)
• Old Me (5 Seconds Of Summer) (T)
• Ordinary Man (Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Elton John) (T)
• Take What You Want (Post Malone Featuring Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott) (T)
• Under The Graveyard (Ozzy Osbourne) (T)
Best Country Song
Crowded Table
Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
10,000 Hours
Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber
Best Country Solo Performance
When My Amy Prays
Vince Gill
Best Rock Album
The New Abnormal
The Strokes
Best Rock Song
Stay High
Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard)
Best Metal Performance
Bum Rush
Body Count
Best Rock Performance
Shameika
Fiona Apple
Best Rap Album
King’s Disease
Nas
Best Rap Performance
Savage
Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Lockdown
Anderson .Paak
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
American Standard
James Taylor
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Rain on Me
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande
Best R&B Album
Bigger Love
John Legend
Best Progressive R&B Album
It Is What It Is
Thundercat
Best R&B Song
Better Than I Imagined
Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello)
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Anything for You
Ledisi
Best Latin Jazz Album
Four Questions
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Data Lords
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Trilogy 2
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Secrets Are the Best Stories
Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
All Blues
Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Trilogy 2 (Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade)
Best Alternative Music Album
Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
Best Musical Theater Album
Jagged Little Pill
Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Lauren Patten & Elizabeth Stanley, principal soloists; Neal Avron, Pete Ganbarg, Tom Kitt, Michael Parker, Craig Rosen & Vivek J. Tiwary, producers (Glen Ballard, composer; Alanis Morissette, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Comedy Album
Black LMitzvah
Tiffany Haddish
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
Rachel Maddow
Best Children’s Music Album
All the Ladies
Joanie Leeds
Best Global Music Album
Twice as Tall
Burna Boy
Best Reggae Album
Got to Be Tough
Toots & The Maytals
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Atmosphere
New Orleans Nightcrawlers
Best Folk Album
All the Good Times
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?
Fantastic Negrito
Best Traditional Blues Album
Rawer Than Raw
Bobby Rush
Best Bluegrass Album
Home
Billy Strings
Best Americana Album
World on the Ground
Sarah Jarosz
Best American Roots Song
I Remember Everything
Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)
Best American Roots Performance
I Remember Everything
John Prine
Best Song Written For Visual Media
No Time to Die [From No Time to Die]
Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas Baird O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Joker
Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Jojo Rabbit
(Various Artists)
Taika Waititi, compilation producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Rouse Symphony No. 5
Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)
Best Classical Compendium
Thomas, M.T.: From The Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke
Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Smyth: The Prison
Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
Richard O’Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Contemporary Voices
Pacifica Quartet
Best Choral Performance
Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshuah
JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers)
Best Opera Recording
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
David Robertson, conductor; Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Orchestral Performance
Ives: Complete Symphonies
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Tropical Latin Album
40
Grupo Niche
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Un Canto por México, Vol. 1
Natalia Lafourcade
Best Latin Pop or Urban Album
YHLQMDLG — Bad Bunny
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
La Conquista del Espacio
Fito Paez
Producer of the Year, Classical
David Frost
• Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 9 (Jonathan Biss)
• Gershwin: Porgy And Bess (David Robertson, Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore, Eric Owens, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
• Gluck: Orphée & Eurydice (Harry Bicket, Dmitry Korchak, Andriana Chuchman, Lauren Snouffer, Lyric Opera Of Chicago Orchestra & Chorus)
• Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
• Muhly: Marnie (Robert Spano, Isabel Leonard, Christopher Maltman, Denyce Graves, Iestyn Davies, Janis Kelly, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
• Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 845, D. 894, D. 958, D. 960 (Shai Wosner)
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar’ (Riccardo Muti, Alexey Tikhomirov, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 12, ‘Babi Yar’
David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Best Remixed Recording
Roses (Imanbek Remix)
Imanbek Zeikenov, remixer (SAINt JHN)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Hyperspace
Drew Brown, Julian Burg, Andrew Coleman, Paul Epworth, Shawn Everett, Serban Ghenea, David Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Jaycen Joshua, Greg Kurstin, Mike Larson, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco & Matt Wiggins, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Beck)
Best Historical Album
It’s Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers
Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Mister Rogers)
Best Album Notes
Dead Man’s Pop
Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Ode to Joy
Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)
Best Recording Package
Vols. 11 & 12
Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)
Best Roots Gospel Album
Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Jesus Is King
Kanye West
Best Gospel Album
Gospel According to PJ
PJ Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
There Was Jesus
Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Movin’ On
Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters
Best New Age Album
More Guitar Stories
Jim “Kimo” West
Best Music Film
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Linda Ronstadt
Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, video directors; Michele Farinola & James Keach, video producers
Best Music Video
Brown Skin Girl
Beyoncé, Blue Ivy & WizKid
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Jenn Nkiru, video directors; Astrid Edwards, Aya Kaida, Jean Mougin, Nathan Scherrer & Erinn Williams, video producers
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
He Won’t Hold You
Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Donna Lee
John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)
Best Instrumental Composition
Sputnik
Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Snarky Puppy
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Bubba
Kaytranada
Best Dance Recording
10%
Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis
Kaytranada, producer; Neal H. Pogue, mixer
