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- By Mark Savage and Ian Youngs
- bbc news
Taylor Swift has already won 14 Grammy Awards in total
Taylor Swift stole the show at this year’s Grammy Awards, becoming the first artist to win album of the year four times.
The superstar had previously been tied for three best album awards with Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon and Frank Sinatra.
He received the award from Celine Dion, who made an unexpected appearance amid health fears. Swift also used the event to reveal a surprise new album.
Miley Cyrus and Billie Eilish took home the other top awards at Sunday’s ceremony.
The Los Angeles show was dominated by women, with R&B stars SZA and Victoria Monét and female indie supergroup Boygenius scooping multiple awards, and music icons Tracy Chapman and Joni Mitchell delivering rare and moving performances.
Killer Mike was the top male winner, taking home three rap trophies. But his success was overshadowed by an apparent altercation backstage, which led to him being “indicted for misdemeanor assault.” Los Angeles police said.
The best Grammy Awards
- Album of the year: Taylor Swift, Midnights
- Record of the year: Miley Cyrus, Flores
- Song of the Year: Billie Eilish, What Was I Made For?
- Best New Artist: Victoria Monet
Song of the Year is different from Record of the Year: the former recognizes songwriters and their songwriting achievements, while the latter addresses the technical recording process, taking into account production, engineering and performance.
Celine and Taylor celebrated
“When I say I’m happy to be here, I say it from the heart,” he told the audience.
There was an equally enthusiastic response when Dion announced Swift’s name as the winner of the best album award.
The historic achievement is one of many the star has achieved in recent years. She said that “I would love to tell you that this is the best time of my life,” but that simply finishing a song, rehearsing or preparing to play a show makes her equally happy.
Celine Dion’s appearance will dispel some fears about her health
“For me, the prize is work,” he said. “All I want to do is continue to be able to do this. I love it so much. It makes me very happy. I’m incredibly impressed that it makes some people who also voted for this award happy.”
Swift previously won album of the year in 2010 for Fearless, in 2016 for 1989, and in 2021 for Folklore.
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Big night for Billie and Barbie
Billie Eilish won song of the year and best song written for visual media
On Sunday, Midnights also won best pop vocal album, but curiously, Swift never received the song or record of the year awards.
Eilish’s contribution to the Barbie movie soundtrack, What Was I Made For?, beat Swift’s Anti-Hero for the song of the year title this time around. Topics by SZA, Cyrus and Olivia Rodrigo were also in dispute.
Accepting the award with her brother and co-writer Finneas, Eilish told the crowd: “Everyone in this category, that was a crazy list of amazing people, amazing artists, amazing music. I feel crazy right now.”
The song also won the award for best song written for visual media, while the Barbie album, which was put together by producer Mark Ronson, took home the award for best compilation soundtrack for visual media.
Miley’s advance at the Grammys
Mariah Carey presented Miley Cyrus with her first Grammy Award
Elsewhere, the award for record of the year went to Flowers by Cyrus, which also won the award for best pop vocal performance.
It was the star’s first Grammy, a fact she noted in her performance when she changed one of the song’s lyrics to: “I just won my first Grammy!”
And in his first acceptance speech, he told the story of a boy whose futile attempts to catch a butterfly ended when he stopped swinging around a net and stood still.
“And just when he did that was when the butterfly came and landed right on the tip of his nose. And this song, Flowers, is my butterfly,” Cyrus said.
sizzling SZA
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SZA (center) had a hit with a song named after Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 film Kill Bill.
SZA led the nominations with nine and finished with three wins.
He also performed at the ceremony, performing a recreation of the Crazy 88 fight scene from Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill to accompany his hit of the same name., which was named best R&B song.
She was joined by a phalanx of sword-wielding dancers who quickly dispatched hordes of men in suits, a reference to her song’s comical story about her ex’s murder.
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Dua Lipa nominated for song of the year for her Barbie song, Dance the Night
Considered “music’s biggest night,” the Grammys are the industry’s most prestigious awards.
Dua Lipa opened the ceremony with an athletic medley of tunes, including her contribution to Barbie’s album, Dance the Night, which was also nominated for song of the year.
Rodrigo, Eilish, Burna Boy and Travis Scott were among the other performers, with stars including Beyoncé, Doja Cat and Meryl Streep in the audience.
But the appearances of two music legends overshadowed the younger stars.
chilling moments
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Tracy Chapman’s hit Fast Car got younger last year when country star Luke Combs covered it
Chapman has only performed in public a handful of times since semi-retiring in 2009, but he teamed up with country singer Luke Combs, who had a big hit with a cover of his song Fast Car last year.
Mitchell then gave a chilling seated performance of her classic Both Sides Now, her first Grammy performance at the age of 80.
The Canadian singer-songwriter had previously won best folk album for a live album that captured her return to the stage in 2022 after a brain aneurysm.
That was one of many awards handed out during a four-hour “premiere ceremony” Sunday afternoon.
Brandi Carlile joined Joni Mitchell on stage.
Kylie’s return
That previous ceremony also saw multiple wins for Boygenius, whose debut album The Record combines ’70s California rock harmonies with lyrics about love and friendship.
Kylie Minogue won her second Grammy (best pop dance recording for the viral hit Padam Padam) two decades after her first.
Olivia Rodrigo had six nominations but went home empty-handed
And South African singer Tyla made history by winning the first prize for best African performance.