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The 63rd<\/sup> Annual Grammy Awards was a lot different from any other year we\u2019ve seen it. Due to the pandemic, the ceremony, which is usually held in January, took place without a live audience in downtown Los Angeles. It was a sight to see, as the artists who attended wore masks and sat outside around small round tables, socially distanced from one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The night started with a performance by Harry Styles, singing his hit \u2018Watermelon Sugar\u2019, or which he won \u2018Best Pop Solo Performance\u2019. Trevor Noah was the host and he bought lots of jokes about the pandemic and how crazy of a year 2020 was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Grammy\u2019s has got a bad rep for not being as diverse or inclusive, but this year women truly ran things, dominating most of the categories and winning so many of the big honors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first award of the night, \u2018Best New Artist\u2019, went to the Houston hottie herself, Meg thee Stallion! Upon accepting the award, you could clearly see how shocked and emotional she was to even hear her name being called. Now we all know the crazy year Meg had last year, so seeing her take the stage and win three awards (Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song for Savage remix featuring Beyonce) was really nice, for me. We also got a surprise appearance from the Carters! Queen Bey and hubby Jay-Z graced the Grammy\u2019s this year as Beyonce took home four Grammy\u2019s, making history as she has now surpassed Alison Krauss to become the most decorated female act in Grammy history. Beyonce is now tied with iconic producer and musician Quincy Jones, making her the female with the most wins ever. Meg and Beyonce both made Grammy history as the first females to win \u2018Best Rap Performance\u2019. And we can\u2019t leave out Blu Ivy! Baby girl also made history, becoming the second youngest act to win a Grammy, for \u2018Best Music Video\u2019 for \u2018Brown Skin Girl\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other winners included H.E.R.; she took home two awards, including \u2018Song of the Year\u2019 for her protest anthem \u2018I Can\u2019t Breathe\u2019. Anderson Paak also took home an award for \u2018Best Melodic Rap Performance\u2019 for his song \u2018Lockdown\u2019. John Legend won \u2018Best R&B Album\u2019 for \u2018Bigger Love\u2019, and Nas won \u2018Best Rap Album\u2019. Bad Bunny had a huge year in 2020, and he took home an award for \u2018Best Latin Pop Album\u2019. Taylor Swift became the first woman to win album of the year three times and Billie Eilish won \u2018Record of the Year\u2019 but used her speech to call out Meg thee Stallion, dedicating the award to her and saying that she should have won and deserved it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silk Sonic, aka Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak, performed their new slow and sexy hit \u2018Leave the Door Open\u2019. Anderson Paak also took home an award for \u2018Best Melodic Rap Performance\u2019 for his song \u2018Lockdown\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And can we just dive right in and talk about Meg and Cardi\u2019s performance?! Can you say HOT?! Both ladies looked amazing and blew the roof off with their super sexy moves during the performance of their smash hit \u2018W.A.P\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mexican superstar Selena was honored during the broadcast, winning the Lifetime Achievement Award. She won the Grammy for \u2018Best Mexican\/Mexican American Album\u2019 for \u201cLive!\u201d at the 36th<\/sup> Grammy Awards back in 1994, making her the first time a female Tejano artist won in the category. Selena was shot and killed a year later at just 23 years old. She now joins Salt-N-Pepa, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, and more in receiving this honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other notable and memorable performances from the night came from Lil Baby, who performed his song about social injustice \u2018Bigger Picture\u2019 and brought it to life featuring Killer Mike and activist Tamika Mallory. Da Baby brought out Roddy Rich, Anthony Hamilton and a whole choir for his song \u2018Rockstar\u2019. Roddy Ricch also hit the stage for a solo performance, where he debuted his new song \u2018Heartless\u2019 and performed his chart-topping hit \u2018The Box\u2019. Roddy was nominated for six awards but went home with none. And we CANNOT forget Doja Cat! Now I know we canceled homegirl last year for her crazy comments, but we\u2019ve got to give credit when it\u2019s due. Doja Cat is by far one of my favorite performers; she always uses her platform to give you lots of costumes, big lights, and homegirl is going to put on one heck of a show! And she did just that, with a rather futuristic performance of her hit \u2018Say So\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All in all, I loved seeing Black men take the stage and use their platform to call out racial and social injustice! I loved seeing artists like H.E.R. and Anderson Paak win awards for songs made during lasts years protests, when the Black Lives Matter movement was in full swing. Being honest, I am in complete solidarity with the Queen Miss Issa Rae when she said, \u201cI\u2019m rooting for everyone Black\u201d, so those were the performances I highly anticipated and critiqued, but let\u2019s be clear, I stan for Billie Eilish and was so happy to see her take the stage and win! I\u2019ve got to also admit that some performers like Harry Styles and Dua Lipa, who I hadn\u2019t really listened to before the awards, are now on my radar! I loved seeing and hearing all the different genres, especially when the big named women in country music took the stage and performed! I\u2019ll say again, it was really nice seeing women dominate, and shows that the Recording Academy is really looking to make good on their promise to promote diversity and inclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As many know, the Academy was under fire last year as allegations of voting irregularities, systemic sexism, harassment, and more swirled, but this year they really worked hard at putting that behind them and honoring musicians, fallen artists and those who suffered during the pandemic. It was also nice to see the Recording Academy take a stand against racism, anti-Semitism, and more injustice in the statement they included near the end of the program. The awards are made to highlight music\u2019s biggest and brightest stars and while I don\u2019t think many of the nominees, or even some of the industry\u2019s big names were given \u201ctheir flowers\u201d, I do see where the Recording Academy is trying to get it right and include more Black artist and artist of color, and truly make the experience more diverse and inclusive. In the future, I hope we can see more wins given to those who rightfully deserve it. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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