(Los Angeles) The big night for Beyoncé? The American singer became the most crowned artist of all time at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, perhaps waiting to win the supreme prize for best album and take her revenge on Adele.
With four awards already, Beyoncé, who released her latest album last summer Renaissancean opus with dance, house and disco accents, will now have at least 32 gramophones in its cabinet, one more than conductor Georg Solti.
And the 65e America’s music industry ceremony isn’t over yet, in the glowing Crypto.com Arena, packed with stars from Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z to Kendrick Lamar and Dr Dre, via Stevie Wonder, who paid homage to Motown, or Madonna, Lizzo and Mary J. Blige.
British pop star Harry Styles scooped the first award of the evening, Best Vocal Pop Album (Harry’s House), before intoning his tube As It Wasdressed entirely in sparkling fringes.
Late
Arrived a little late, “Queen B” was not yet there that a first gramophone was intended for it, that of the best R & B song for Cuff-it. In a dress with a silver train, she then went on stage to collect the best dance/electronic album, under the shining eyes of her husband, rapper Jay-Z.
“I try not to be too moved”, she launched, thanking in turn her parents, her “beautiful husband” and her “three beautiful children” and “the queer community” which has always supported her .
She is still in the running for the best album in particular, but must face competition from the British Adele, with her introspective album 30.
In 2017, the interpreter ofHello had thus crushed its competitors in the main categories, winning five awards with its album 25to the detriment of the singer born in Houston, whose album Lemonadenow a classic, had to settle for the Grammy Award for “best album of contemporary urban music”.
On stage, Adele then paid a vibrant tribute to “Queen B”, and the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which awards the awards, was once again accused of relegating artists of color to the background. .
Bad Bunny, the Spanish-speaking success
The evening, hosted by comedian Trevor Noah, opened with a live performance by the prince of Puerto Rican reggaeton Bad Bunny, one of the most commercially successful artists in the world in 2022.
Nominated in three categories, he has so far won a gramophone.
Whatever the outcome on Sunday, history was already in motion for Beyoncé: with the nominations for this edition, she had equaled her husband, Jay-Z’s record as the most nominated artist in the history of these awards. (88).
Beyond his duel with Adele, other stars shine in this edition, such as rapper Kendrick Lamar who has already garnered three awards out of eight nominations, with the best rap performance and the best rap song for The Heart Part 5 and the best album, with Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.
Seven-nominated American folk-rock star Brandi Carlile has already turned three into gramophones, including Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance with Broken Horses.
Among the first sensations of the pre-ceremony, actress Viola Davis joined the very select club of artists who won the four major American awards, the Oscar (cinema), the Emmy (television), the Tony (theater ) and Sunday evening a Grammy, in the category “audio book, narration” for his memoirs Finding Me.
It’s the 18e artist to accomplish this exceptional performance, baptized “EGOT”, after in particular Whoopi Goldberg, Mel Brooks, or Rita Moreno.
The first award of its kind in the history of the Grammys, the award for best music for a video game went to American Stephanie Economou, for the music ofAssassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn Of Ragnarok.
Revelation
Taylor Swift, who came from country music and has become a huge popstar, could finally win a Grammy in the “title of the year” category with the long version of her All too well. A track released in 2012 but re-recorded with enough differences for it to compete again.
For the “revelation of the year” category, the race is wide open.
Among the artists named, we find the Brazilian Anitta, the Italian rockers Maneskin, the rapper Latto… So many artists made famous by TikTok, which has become a breeding ground for revelations.
The group BTS, stars of K-Pop on break, is also in the running.
The Academy, composed in particular of authors, composers, sound engineers, has also named a whole series of artists already well established in the music industry, including Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson and ABBA.