Si è svolta nella notte tra il 26 gennaio e il 27 gennaio la consegna dei Grammy Awards 2020. Billie Eilish l’artista più premiata della serata, vince in 5 categorie su sei nomination. Tre premi anche a Lizzo
La serata dei Grammy Awards è stata dedicata a Kobe Bryant, il campione di basket ex stella dei Los Angeles Lakers scomparso ieri a 41 anni in un incidente in elicottero. Con lui viaggiava la figlia Gianna, 13 anni. E così, questa edizione dei Grammy Awards 2020 condotta da Alicia Keys è iniziata tra le lacrime, con gli schermi riempiti dal volto del campione. Los Angeles era la casa di Kobe Bryant. Allo Staples Center “Black Mamba” giocava con i Los Angeles Lakers, la squadra della città, adorata dai divi di Hollywood.
La cerimonia dei Grammy è iniziata con un minuto di silenzio per Kobe Bryant
«Come molti di voi sanno, abbiamo perso Kobe Bryant in un tragico incidente in elicottero. Poiché questa è casa sua, vi chiedo di unirvi a me in un minuto di silenzio» ha detto il Ceo ad interim dei Grammy, Harvey Mason.
Alicia Keys e Boyz II Men hanno cantato per Kobe Bryant una versione a cappella del brano “It is so hard to say goodbye to yesterday”. La madrina della serata Alicia Keys ha sottolineato come l’America e il mondo intero abbiamo perso “un eroe”. “Questa notte è per Kobe” ha detto tra le lacrime la cantante Lizzo, tra le trionfatrici ai Grammy, che ha dedicato a Bryant i brani “Truth hurts” and “Cuz I love you”.
Billie Eilish la più premiata
La 18enne Billie Eilish (nella foto di apertura del servizio) ha vinto in tutte le principali categorie in quelli che sono considerati gli Oscar della Musica. Sulle 6 nomination ricevute, la Eilish ha portato a casa 5 premi. Ha vinto nella categoria miglior artista esordiente, miglior album dell’anno (“When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”), miglior canzone dell’anno e miglior registrazione dell’anno (“Bad Guy”). “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” ha vinto anche nella categoria di Best Pop Vocal Album.
Oltre a Billie Eilish, tra i vincitori della 62esima dei Grammy Awards anche Lizzo, che ha vinto 3 Grammy. Premiati Lady Gaga e Bradley Cooper per “A star is Born” nella categoria “Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media”. Lady Gaga ha vinto anche un Grammy per il brano “I’ll never love again” nella categoria “Best Song Written for Visual Media. Un premio è andato anche a Michelle Obama, per il Miglior album parlato.
Ecco l’elenco completo dei vincitori dei Grammy Awards 2020
Record of the Year
“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish
Album of the Year
“When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” — Billie Eilish
Best New Artist
Billie Eilish
Best Rap/Sung Performance
“Higher” — DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend
Song of the Year
“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best Rap Album
IGOR — Tyler, The Creator
Best Comedy Album
Sticks & Stones — Dave Chappelle
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Speechless” — Dan & Shay
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Truth Hurts” — Lizzo
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Old Town Road” — Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Look Now — Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Best Pop Vocal Album
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go — Billie Eilish
Best Dance Recording
“Got To Keep On” — The Chemical Brothers
Best Dance/Electronic Album
No Geography — The Chemical Brothers
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Mettavolution — Rodrigo y Gabriela
Best Rock Performance
“This Land” — Gary Clark Jr.
Best Metal Performance
“7empest” — Tool
Best Rock Song
“This Land” — Gary Clark Jr., Songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)
Best Rock Album
Social Cues — Cage The Elephant
Best Alternative Music Album
Father of the Bride — Vampire Weekend
Best R&B Performance
“Come Home” — Anderson .Paak & André 300
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Jerome” — Lizzo
Best R&B Song
“Say So” — Pj Morton, Songwriter (Pj Morton Ft. Jojo)
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) — Lizzo
Best R&B Album
Venture — Anderson .Paak
Best Rap Performance
“Racks In The Middle” — Nipsey Hussle ft. Roddy Ricch & Hit-boy
Best Rap Song
“A Lot” — Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White, songwriters (21 Savage ft. J. Cole)
Best Country Solo Performance
“Ride Me Back Home” — Willie Nelson
Best Country Song
“Bring My Flowers Now” — Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, Songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
Best Country Album
While I’m Livin’ — Tanya Tucker
Best New Age Album
Wings — Peter Kater
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“Sozinho” — Randy Brecker, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
12 Little Spells — Esperanza Spalding
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Finding Gabriel — Brad Mehldau
Best Jazz Ensemble Album
The Omni-american Book Club — Brian Lynch Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
Antidote — Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“Love Theory”– Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Songwriter
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“God Only Knows” — for King & Country & Dolly Parton; Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters
Best Gospel Album
Long Live Love — Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Burn The Ships — for King & Country
Best Roots Gospel Album
Testimony — Gloria Gaynor
Best Latin Pop Album
#ELDISCO — Alejandro Sanz
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
El Mal Querer – Rosalía
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
De Ayer Para Siempre — Mariachi Los Camperos
Best Tropical Latin Album
Opus — Marc Anthony (WINNER – TIE)
A Journey Through Cuban Music — Aymée Nuviola (WINNER – TIE)
Best American Roots Performance
“Saint Honesty” — Sara Bareilles
Best American Roots Song
“Call My Name” — Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m With Her)
Best American Album
Oklahoma — Keb’ Mo’
Best Bluegrass Album
Tall Fiddler — Michael Cleveland
Best Traditional Blues Album
Tall, Dark & Handsome — Delbert McClinton & Self-made Men
Best Contemporary Blues Album
This Land — Gary Clark Jr.
Best Folk Album
Patty Griffin — Patty Griffin
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Good Time — Ranky Tanky
Best Reggae Album
Rapture — Koffee
Best World Music Album
Celia — Angelique Kidjo
Best Children’s Music Album
Ageless Songs For The Child Archetype — Jon Samson
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Becoming — Michelle Obama
Best Musical Theater Album
Hadestown — Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada & Patrick Page, principal soloists; Mara Isaacs, David Lai, Anaïs Mitchell & Todd Sickafoose, producers (Anaïs Mitchell, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
A Star Is Born — Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Chernobyl — Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer
Best Song Written For Visual Media
“I’ll Never Love Again (Film Version)” — Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper); Track from: A Star Is Born
Best Instrumental Composition
“Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Symphonic Suite” — John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“Moon River” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“All Night Long” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Jules Buckley, Take 6 & Metropole Orkest)
Best Recording Package
Chris Cornell — Barry Ament, Jeff Ament, Jeff Fura & Joe Spix, art directors (Chris Cornell)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Woodstock: Back To The Garden – The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive — Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)
Best Album Notes
Stax ’68: A Memphis Story — Steve Greenberg, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Best Historical Album
Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection — Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Pete Seeger)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Rob Kinelski & Finneas O’Connell, engineers; John Greenham, mastering engineer (Billie Eilish)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Finneas
Best Remixed Recording
“I Rise (Tracy Young’s Pride Intro Radio Remix)” — Tracy Young, remixer (Madonna)
Best Immersive Audio Album
Lux — Morten Lindberg, immersive audio engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio producer (Anita Brevik, Trondheimsolistene & Nidarosdomens Jentekor)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Riley: Sun Rings — Leslie Ann Jones, engineer; Robert C. Ludwig, mastering engineer (Kronos Quartet)
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh
Best Orchestral Performance
“Norman: Sustain” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Opera Recording
“Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox” — Gil Rose, conductor; John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River & Edwin Vega; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Boston Children’s Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
“Duruflé: Complete Choral Works” — Robert Simpson, conductor (Ken Cowan; Houston Chamber Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
“Shaw: Orange” — Attacca Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite” — Nicola Benedetti; Cristian Măcelaru, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Songplay — Joyce Didonato; Chuck Israels, Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter & Craig Terry, accompanists (Steve Barnett & Lautaro Greco)
Best Classical Compendium
The Poetry Of Places — Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Higdon: Harp Concerto — Jennifer Higdon, composer (Yolanda Kondonassis, Ward Stare & The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra)
Best Music Video
“Old Town Road (Official Movie)” — Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus, Calmatic, video director; Candice Dragonas, Melissa Larsen & Saul Levitz, video producers
Best Music Film
HOMECOMING — Beyoncé, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Ed Burke, video directors; Dora Melissa Vargas, video producer
