Taylor Swift set a Grammy record by taking home her fourth Album of the Year award Sunday (February 3rd) night for Midnights. She also won Best Pop Vocal Album and used her speech to announce that her next album, “The Tortured Poets Department” will drop on April 19th.
Miley Cyrus also took home multiple awards, including her first-ever Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance for “Flowers.” The Endless Summer Vacation track also took home the award for Record of the Year. The singer gleefully announced that she just won a Grammy during her performance of “Flowers” and revealed to the audience that she may have forgotten underwear during her second speech.
The night’s leading nominee, SZA, who had nine nods coming into Sunday, left with three pieces of hardware, including best R&B song for “Snooze.” She ran onto the stage a few seconds late to receive her award because she says she stopped for a shot. She also stopped mid-speech to say “hi’ to Swift from the stage.
Boygenius and Killer Mike also took home three awards apiece. And Billie Eilish and Chris Stapleton each took home two.
The performances include several tributes to older artists. Luke Combs performed “Fast Car” with the song’s writer and original singer, Tracy Chapman. Fantasia Barrino performed “Proud Mary” – her original American Idol audition song – in a tribute to Tina Turner, and 80-year-old Joni Mitchell made her Grammy performance debut with “Both Sides Now” after recovering from a brain aneurysm.
Select Winners
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
“Midnights,” Taylor Swift
RECORD OF THE YEAR
“Flowers,” Miley Cyrus
BEST NEW ARTIST
Victoria Monét
SONG OF THE YEAR (SONGWRITER’S AWARD)
“What Was I Made For?” Billie Eilish and Finneas
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
“Midnights,” Taylor Swift
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
“Flowers,” Miley Cyrus
BEST NEW ARTIST
Victoria Monét
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Bell Bottom Country,” Lainey Wilson
BEST R&B SONG
“Snooze,” SZA
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
“White Horse,” Chris Stapleton
BEST COUNTRY SONG
“White Horse,” Chris Stapleton
BEST FOLK ALBUM
“Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live),” Joni Mitchell
BEST POP DANCE RECORDING
“Padam Padam,” Kylie Minogue
BEST ROCK ALBUM
“This Is Why,” Paramore
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
“Not Strong Enough,” Boygenius
BEST ROCK SONG
“Not Strong Enough,” Boygenius
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
“72 Seasons,” Metallica
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
“Barbie The Album,” various artists
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
“What Was I Made For?,” Billie Eilish
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
“I’m Only Sleeping,” the Beatles
This bothered me alot too. Celine Dion surprised the audience by presenting Album of the Year a little over a year after revealing her diagnosis with stiff person syndrom. Taylor Swift gets slammed online for not hugging the 'My Heart Will Go On' singer onstage.Watch:
Billy Joel did not disappoint though they waited almost three hours to bring him out. He performed his first new single in decades:
While accepting the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album last night (for Midnights), Taylor Swift revealed that she has a new album on the way. “This is my 13th grammy,” Swift said, with a nod to her lucky number. “I want to say ‘thank you’ to the fans by telling you a secret that I’ve been keeping from you for the last two years — which is that my brand new album comes out April 19.” It's called The Tortured Poet’s Department and she also released the cover art, showing her laying on a bed, on Instagram. “All’s fair in love and poetry… New album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Out April 19,” Swift captioned the photo.
Joni Mitchell at age 80 performed for the first time on the Grammy telecast getting a standing ovarion.