Domenica 14 Marzo allo Staples Center di Los Angeles sono stati annunciati i vincitori dei Grammy Awards 2021. Ecco l’elenco completo.
L’edizione 2021 dei Grammy, il più prestigioso riconoscimento in ambito musicale e un premio tra i più importanti dell’industria dello spettacolo, si è svolta nel segno della pandemia, senza pubblico e red carpet.
“Everything I Wanted”, singolo di Billie Eilish, ha vinto il Grammy nella categoria “Record of the Year”, aggiudicandosi la vittoria per la seconda volta dopo il successo dello scorso anno.
“I Can’t Breathe” di H.E.R. è stato scelto come “Song Of The Year”, mentre a fare la storia dei Grammy è stata Beyoncé che supera con 28 Grammy il primato detenuto dalla violinista statunitense Alison Krauss. Queen Bey ha vinto nelle categorie “Best R&B Performance”, “Best Rap Song”, “Best Rap Performance” e “Best Music Video”.
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La cantautrice, attrice e compositrice statunitense Taylor Swift è diventata la prima musicista a conquistare per tre volte la prestigiosa categoria “Album of the Year”.
Harry Styles ha vinto il Grammy come “Best Pop Solo Performance” con Watermelon Sugar, mentre Lady Gaga e Ariana Grande hanno vinto nella categoria “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance”.
Nella categoria “Best Dance Recording” e “Best Dance/Electronic Album” ha invece trionfato Louis Kevin Celestin, noto come Kaytranada, DJ e produttore discografico canadese di origini haitiane.
Ecco la lista completa dei vincitori dei Grammy Awards 2021:
Record of the Year
Billie Eilish – Everything I Wanted
Album of the Year
Taylor Swift – Folklore
Best R&B Performance
Beyoncé – Black Parade
Best Pop Vocal Album
Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia
Best Rap Song
Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé – Savage
Song of the Year
H.E.R. – I Can’t Breathe
Best Latin Pop or Urban Album
Bad Bunny – YHLQMDLG
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Anderson .Paak – Lockdown
Best Pop Solo Performance
Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar
Best Country Album
Miranda Lambert – Wildcard
Best New Artist
Megan Thee Stallion
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Andrew Watt
Best Country Song
The Highwomen – Crowded Table
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber – 10,000 Hours
Best Country Solo Performance
Vince Gill – When My Amy Prays
Best Rock Album
The Strokes – The New Abnormal
Best Rock Song
Brittany Howard – Stay High
Best Metal Performance
Body Count – Bum-Rush
Best Rock Performance
Fiona Apple – Shameika
Best Rap Album
Nas – King’s Disease
Best Rap Performance
Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé – Savage
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
James Taylor – American Standard
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – Rain On Me
Best R&B Album
John Legend – Bigger Love
Best Progressive R&B Album
Thundercat – It Is What It Is
Best R&B Song
Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello – Better Than I Imagine
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Ledisi – Anything for You
Best Latin Jazz Album
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra – Four Questions
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Maria Schneider Orchestra – Data Lords
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade – Trilogy 2
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Kurt Elling featuring Danilo Pérez – Secrets Are the Best Stories
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Chick Corea – All Blues
Best Alternative Music Album
Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Best Musical Theater Album
Jagged Little Pill
Best Comedy Album
Tiffany Haddish – Black Mitzvah
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Rachel Maddow – Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
Best Children’s Music Album
Joanie Leeds – All the Ladies
Best Global Music Album
Burna Boy – Twice As Tall
Best Reggae Album
Toots & the Maytals – Got to Be Tough
Best Regional Roots Music Album
New Orleans Nightcrawlers – Atmosphere
Best Folk Album
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – All the Good Times
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Fantastic Negrito – Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?
Best Traditional Blues Album
Bobby Rush – Rawer Than Raw
Best Bluegrass Album
Billy Strings – Home
Best Americana Album
Sarah Jarosz – World on the Ground
Best American Roots Song
John Prine – I Remember Everything
Best American Roots Performance
John Prine – I Remember Everything
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Billie Eilish – No Time to Die
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Jojo Rabbit
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Christopher Rouse – Rouse: Symphony No. 5
Best Classical Compendium
Isabel Leonard – Thomas, M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton – Smyth: The Prison
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Richard O’Neill – Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Pacifica Quartet – Contemporary Voices
Best Choral Performance
James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers – Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua
Best Opera Recording
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus – Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Best Orchestral Performance
Los Angeles Philharmonic – Ives: Complete Symphonies
Best Tropical Latin Album
Grupo Niche – 40
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Natalia Lafourcade – Un Canto por México, Vol. 1
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Rito Paez – La Conquesta del Espacio
Producer of the Year, Classical
David Frost
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, “Babi Yar”
Best Remixed Recording
Saint Jhn – Roses (Imanbek Remix)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Beck – Hyperspace
Best Historical Album
Mister Rogers – It’s Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers
Best Album Notes
The Replacements – Dead Man’s Pop
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Wilco – Ode to Joy
Best Recording Package
Desert Sessions – Vols. 11 & 12
Best Roots Gospel Album
Fisk Jubilee Singers – Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Kanye West – Jesus Is King
Best Gospel Album
PJ Morton – Gospel According to PJ
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Zach Williams & Dolly Parton – There Was Jesus
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music – Movin’ On
Best New Age Album
Jim “Kimo” West – More Guitar Stories
Best Music Film
Linda Ronstadt – Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Best Music Video
Beyoncé – Brown Skin Girl
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Jacob Collier – He Won’t Hold You
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
John Beasley – Donna Lee
Best Instrumental Composition
Maria Schneider – Sputnik
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Snarky Puppy – Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Kaytranada – Bubba
Best Dance Recording
Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis – 10%
