Beyoncé won four Grammys yesterday, which was enough to break the record for the most Grammy wins of ALL time. She almost didn’t make it in time . . . after getting stuck in L.A. traffic.
But Beyoncé could not nab the biggest award. Harry Styles won Album of the Year for “Harry’s House”. He gave a fairly subdued speech, where he said, “It’s important for us to remember that there is no such thing as ‘best’ in music.” BUT the “Bey Bey” fans could be heard expressing their unhappiness from the crowd.
Here are a few other notable moments:
1. There was a (very) long “in memoriam” tribute . . . but it was pretty well done. It featured several mini-performances, including Quavo from Migos doing “Without You” to pay tribute to Takeoff, who was shot and killed in November.
Also, Sheryl Crow teamed up with Mick Fleetwood and Bonnie Raitt to honor the late Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, who also died in November.
Fans always freak out over those who were left out of the tributes, and this year, the biggest omission might have been Aaron Carter. Although, you could argue he wasn’t really in the Grammy ecosystem.
Still, “People” magazine claims Aaron WAS listed in the physical copy of the Grammys program.
Some viewers thought the Grammys omitted Taylor Hawkins from the Foo Fighters, but he actually made the Grammy’s tribute LAST YEAR.
2. As promised the Grammys paid tribute to the 50th anniversary of hip-hop . . . and it was actually great. It was part-celebration, part-mash-up, part-party.
At the end, LL Cool J shouted “multi-generational!,” after performances by DOZENS of artists, including Run-DMC, Rakim, Salt-N-Pepa, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Queen Latifah, GloRilla, and Ice-T.
3. Some viewers were surprised when Bonnie Raitt won Song of the Year for “Just Like That” . . . even SHE was shocked. If anyone else AT the Grammys was surprised, they rolled with it . . . but that isn’t always the case.
The Sore Loser of the Year goes to Chris Brown. It didn’t happen during the broadcast, but he lost to Robert Glasper in the Best R&B Album category, and he responded by going on a social media rant, asking “Who the [eff] is Richard Glasper?”
(He deleted the rant, but you can find it, here.)
Chris also said, “Ima keep kicking y’all [butt] respectfully.” (???) Chris is far from the most self-aware celebrity you’ll meet.
4. There were a lot of good speeches . . . like Beyoncé, Lizzo, Adele, Samara Joy, even Sam Smith giving his moment to Kim Petras . . . but the WEIRDEST speech of the night was probably Madonna’s. It was a little all over the place . . . and she didn’t even LOOK like Madonna.
AND LASTLY: The internet is blowing up over a “Bored” Ben Affleck and J-Lo scolding him like a little kid to pay attention and stop goofing around.
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