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So now, you know, it’s, you know, up to us what we’re going to do to take real and meaningful action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butterfield Jones says since she started her job in May, she’s been looking for ways to increase diversity among the Academy’s membership and in the Grammy’s secret nominating committees. The Academy recently partnered with the racial justice group Color of Change to begin holding itself and record labels more accountable. They’re pushing for more transparency at the Academy and support for artists, especially those who are Black.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have made a very clear and firm commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion as a part of our core values,” Butterfield Jones says. “I think many of the actions that we’ve taken and have put into place are signs of that. 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He hopes the Academy can add more people “voting for projects that don’t necessarily sound like the mainstream, that might sound like [they’ve] got an African vibe or reggae vibe or a hip hop vibe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the musicians interviewed for this story agreed that Pierce Freelon should have been nominated this year for his critically-acclaimed album \u003cem>D.A.D.\u003c/em>, which has elements of hip hop, jazz, electronic and Afro Caribbean rhythms.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/jmrbyfL2dSY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/jmrbyfL2dSY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Freelon appreciated the stance the Grammy nominees took to support diverse artists. “I just couldn’t think of another example in my memory of white men specifically revoking their privilege in this way,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He points to other non-white artists who should be on the Grammy’s radar: Saul Paul, a rapper from Texas; Uno, Dos, Tres Andres, a bilingual singer born in Colombia; and the R&B Soul band Shine and the Moonbeams. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Recording Academy announced its 2021 Grammy nominations on Tuesday, with Beyoncé, rising pop star Dua Lipa and stoner superstar Post Malone leading a diffuse field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyonce features on two songs in the record of the year category, which essentially rewards the year’s best single: the remix of Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” and her own “Black Parade.” The latter was also nominated for song of the year, which is awarded to the winner’s songwriters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Grammys made several changes to its structure this year, including increasing its voting membership\u003ca href=\"https://www.grammy.com/press-releases/recording-academy%C2%AE-invites-2300-qualified-music-creators-and-professionals-join-its\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> by 2,300\u003c/a> and tweaking its nominations process after years of criticism over a lack of diversity amid the ceremony’s top categories. The moves were meant to “to evolve with the musical landscape and to ensure that the … nominating process and rules are more transparent and fair,” according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.grammy.com/press-releases/recording-academy%C2%AE-adopts-major-changes-63rd-annual-grammys%C2%AE-and-releases-rules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a statement on its website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Academy also made its\u003ca href=\"https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/2020rulebook.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> rules and guidelines\u003c/a> public for the first time, including definitions for previously murky eligibility requirements and voting guidelines. It also changed the names of several categories—the Latin Pop Album category was renamed to the slightly more-inclusive Best Latin Pop Or Urban Album—and instituted a method for flagging conflicts of interest on its still-secretive Nominations Review Committees, whose members are not made public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, the Academy made several personnel changes, most notably \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/03/02/811309417/the-recording-academy-fires-deborah-dugan-its-short-lived-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the firing its first female CEO, Deborah Dugan\u003c/a>, after less than a year on the job. Dugan had accused the Academy of being “rigged” and “corrupt,” while the Academy had said she was terminated following a confidential investigation into allegations that Dugan had bullied a senior member of the Academy. Former Google executive Valeisha Butterfield Jones was appointed to Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, a new position created in response to \u003ca href=\"https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/final_task_force_report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recommendations\u003c/a> made by a task force focused on diversity and inclusion. She will “design, build and implement world-class programs and industry standards focused on inclusion, belonging and representation for underrepresented communities and creators.” [aside postid='arts_13889581,arts_13889392,arts_13889101' label='More Arts & Culture']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results of these efforts at the top of the marquee are mixed. The eight nominations in the album of the year category, for example, are gender-diverse but mostly white, save for the rock group Black Pumas and the multi-racial pop singer Jhené Aiko. Record of the year nominees form a richer field, including the fast-rising rapper DaBaby, pop provocateur Doja Cat and the aforementioned Megan Thee Stallion. All of the nominees for best pop vocal album are white artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The 2021 Grammy Award Nominations\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Record Of The Year\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Awarded to the artist and producer(s), recording engineer(s), mixer(s) and mastering engineer(s), if other than the artist.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Black Parade” — Beyoncé\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Colors” — Black Pumas\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Rockstar” — DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Say So” — Doja Cat\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Everything I Wanted” — Billie Eilish\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Don’t Start Now” — Dua Lipa\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Circles” — Post Malone\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Savage” — Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Song Of The Year\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A songwriter(s) award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the eligibility year. (Recording artists’ names appear in parentheses.) Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Black Parade” — Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim “Kaydence” Krysiuk & Rickie “Caso” Tice, songwriters (Beyoncé)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“The Box” — Samuel Gloade & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (Roddy Ricch)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Cardigan” — Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Circles” — Louis Bell, Adam Feeney, Kaan Gunesberk, Austin Post & Billy Walsh, songwriters (Post Malone)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Don’t Start Now” — Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick, Dua Lipa & Emily Warren, songwriters (Dua Lipa)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Everything I Wanted” — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“I Can’t Breathe” — Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“If The World Was Ending” — Julia Michaels & JP Saxe, songwriters (JP Saxe Featuring Julia Michaels)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Album Of The Year\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Awarded to artist(s) and to featured artist(s), songwriter(s) of new material, producer(s), recording engineer(s), mixing and mastering engineer(s) credited with at least 33% playing time of the album, if other than the artist.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Chilombo \u003c/em>— Jhené Aiko\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition) \u003c/em>— Black Pumas\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Everyday Life\u003c/em> — Coldplay\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Djesse Vol. 3 \u003c/em>— Jacob Collier\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Women In Music Pt. III \u003c/em>— Haim\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Future Nostalgia \u003c/em>— Dua Lipa\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Hollywood’s Bleeding\u003c/em> — Post Malone\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Folklore \u003c/em>— Taylor Swift\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best New Artist\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This category recognizes an artist whose eligibility-year release(s) achieved a breakthrough into the public consciousness and notably impacted the musical landscape.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Ingrid Andress\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Phoebe Bridgers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Chika\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Noah Cyrus\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>D Smoke\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Doja Cat\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Kaytranada\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Megan Thee Stallion\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Pop Duo/Group Performance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For new vocal or instrumental duo/group or collaborative pop recordings. 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Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Yummy” — Justin Bieber\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Say So” — Doja Cat\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Everything I Wanted” — Billie Eilish\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Don’t Start Now” — Dua Lipa\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Watermelon Sugar” — Harry Styles\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Cardigan” — Taylor Swift\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new traditional pop recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Blue Umbrella — (Burt Bacharach &) Daniel Tashian\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>True Love: A Celebration Of Cole Porter — Harry Connick, Jr.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>American Standard — James Taylor\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Unfollow The Rules — Rufus Wainwright\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Judy — Renée Zellweger\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Dance Recording\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or instrumental. Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“On My Mind” — Diplo & SIDEPIECE (Diplo & SIDEPIECE, producers; Luca Pretolesi, mixer)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“My High” — Disclosure ft. Aminé & Slowthai (Guy Lawrence & Howard Lawrence, producers; Guy Lawrence, mixer)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“The Difference” — Flume ft. Toro y Moi (Flume, producer; Eric J Dubowsky, mixer)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Both Of Us” — Jayda G (Fred Again.. & Jayda G, producers; Fred Again.. & Jayda G, mixers)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“10%” — Kaytranada ft. Kali Uchis (Kaytranada, producer; Neal H. Pogue, mixer)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Contemporary Instrumental Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing approximately 51% or more playing time of instrumental material. For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Axiom — Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Chronology Of A Dream: Live At The Village Vanguard — Jon Batiste\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Take The Stairs — Black Violin\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Americana — Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin & Bill Frisell\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Live At The Royal Albert Hall — Snarky Puppy\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Metal Performance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative metal recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Bum-Rush” — Body Count\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Underneath” — Code Orange\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“The In-Between” — In This Moment\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Bloodmoney” — Poppy\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Executioner’s Tax (Swing Of The Axe) – Live” — Power Trip\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Rock Song\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A songwriter(s) Award. Includes rock, hard rock and metal songs. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the eligibility year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Kyoto” — Phoebe Bridgers, Morgan Nagler & Marshall Vore, songwriters (Phoebe Bridgers)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Lost In Yesterday” — Kevin Parker, songwriter (Tame Impala)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Not” — Adrianne Lenker, songwriter (Big Thief)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Shameika” — Fiona Apple, songwriter (Fiona Apple)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Stay High” — Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Rock Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rock, hard\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>rock or metal recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A Hero’s Death — Fontaines D.C.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Kiwanuka — Michael Kiwanuka\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Daylight — Grace Potter\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sound & Fury — Sturgill Simpson\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The New Abnormal — The Strokes\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Alternative Music Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Vocal or instrumental.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Fetch The Bolt Cutters — Fiona Apple\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hyperspace — Beck\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Punisher — Phoebe Bridgers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jaime — Brittany Howard\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Slow Rush — Tame Impala\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best R&B Performance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For new vocal or instrumental R&B recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Lightning & Thunder” — Jhené Aiko ft. John Legend\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Black Parade” — Beyoncé\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“All I Need” — Jacob Collier ft. Mahalia & Ty Dolla $Ign\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Goat Head” — Brittany Howard\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“See Me” — Emily King\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Traditional R&B Performance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For new vocal or instrumental traditional R&B recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Sit On Down” — The Baylor Project ft. Jean Baylor & Marcus Baylor\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Wonder What She Thinks Of Me” — Chloe X Halle\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Let Me Go” — Mykal Kilgore\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Anything For You” — Ledisi\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Distance” — Yebba\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best R&B Song\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A songwriter(s) award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the eligibility year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Better Than I Imagine” — Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson, Songwriters (Robert Glasper Ft. H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Black Parade” — Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim “Kaydence” Krysiuk & Rickie “Caso” Tice, Songwriters (Beyoncé)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Collide” — Sam Barsh, Stacey Barthe, Sonyae Elise, Olu Fann, Akil King, Josh Lopez, Kaveh Rastegar & Benedetto Rotondi, Songwriters (Tiana Major9 & Earthgang)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Do It” — Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Anton Kuhl, Victoria Monét, Scott Storch & Vincent Van Den Ende, Songwriters (Chloe X Halle)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Slow Down” — Nasri Atweh, Badriia Bourelly, Skip Marley, Ryan Williamson & Gabriella Wilson, Songwriters (Skip Marley & H.E.R.)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best R&B Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new R&B recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Happy 2 Be Here — Ant Clemons\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Take Time — Giveon\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>To Feel Love/D — Luke James\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bigger Love — John Legend\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>All Rise — Gregory Porter\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Melodic Rap Performance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For a solo or collaborative performance containing both elements of R&B melodies and rap.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Rockstar” — DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Laugh Now, Cry Later” Drake ft. Lil Durk\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Lockdown” — Anderson .Paak\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“The Box” — Roddy Ricch\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Highest In The Room” — Travis Scott\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Rap Song\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A songwriter(s) award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the eligibility year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“The Bigger Picture” — Dominique Jones, Noah Pettigrew & Rai’shaun Williams, songwriters (Lil Baby)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“The Box” — Samuel Gloade & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (Roddy Ricch)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Laugh Now, Cry Later” — Durk Banks, Rogét Chahayed, Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Ron Latour & Ryan Martinez, songwriters (Drake ft. Lil Durk)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Rockstar” — Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, Ross Joseph Portaro Iv & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (Dababy ft. Roddy Ricch)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Savage” — Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe & Anthony White, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion Ft. Beyoncé)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Rap Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rap recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Black Habits — D Smoke\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Alfredo — Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A Written Testimony — Jay Electronica\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>King’s Disease — Nas\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Allegory — Royce Da 5’9″\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Country Solo Performance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For new vocal or instrumental solo country recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Stick That In Your Country Song” — Eric Church\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Who You Thought I Was” — Brandy Clark\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“When My Amy Prays — Vince Gill\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Black Like Me” — Mickey Guyton\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Bluebird” — Miranda Lambert\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Country Duo/Group Performance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For new vocal or instrumental duo/group or collaborative country recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“All Night” — Brothers Osborne\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“10,000 Hours” — Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Ocean” — Lady A\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Sugar Coat” — Little Big Town\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Some People Do” — Old Dominion\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Country Song \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the eligibility year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Bluebird” — Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“The Bones” — Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz, songwriters (Maren Morris)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Crowded Table” — Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori Mckenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“More Hearts Than Mine” — Ingrid Andress, Sam Ellis & Derrick Southerland, songwriters (Ingrid Andress)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Some People Do” — Jesse Frasure, Shane Mcanally, Matthew Ramsey & Thomas Rhett, songwriters (Old Dominion)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best New Age Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental new age recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Songs From The Bardo — Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal & Jesse Paris Smith\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Periphery — Priya Darshini\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Form//Less — Superposition\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>More Guitar Stories — Jim “Kimo” West\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Meditations — Cory Wong & Jon Batiste\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Improvised Jazz Solo\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter’s name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Guinevere” — Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, soloist\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Pachamama” — Regina Carter, soloist\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Celia” — Gerald Clayton, soloist\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“All Blues” — Chick Corea, soloist\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Moe Honk” — Joshua Redman, soloist\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Jazz Instrumental Album \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new instrumental jazz recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>On The Tender Spot Of Every Calloused Moment — Ambrose Akinmusire\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Waiting Game — Terri Lyne Carrington And Social Science\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Happening: Live At The Village Vanguard — Gerald Clayton\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Trilogy 2 — Chick Corea, Christian Mcbride & Brian Blade\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Roundagain — Redman Mehldau Mcbride Blade\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new ensemble jazz recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Dialogues On Race — Gregg August\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Monk’estra Plays John Beasley — John Beasley\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Intangible Between — Orrin Evans And The Captain Black Big Band\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Songs You Like A Lot — John Hollenbeck With Theo Bleckmann, Kate\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mcgarry, Gary Versace And The Frankfurt Radio Big Band\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Data Lords — Maria Schneider Orchestra\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Latin Jazz Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded material. The intent of this category is to recognize recordings that represent the blending of jazz with Latin, Iberian-American, Brazilian, and Argentinian tango music.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Tradiciones — Afro-peruvian Jazz Orchestra\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Four Questions — Arturo O’farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City Of Dreams — Chico Pinheiro\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Viento Y Tiempo – Live At Blue Note Tokyo — Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Trane’s Delight — Poncho Sanchez\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Gospel Performance/Song\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This award is given to the artist(s) and songwriter(s) (for new compositions) for the best traditional Christian, roots gospel or contemporary gospel single or track.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Wonderful Is Your Name” — Melvin Crispell III\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Release (Live)” — Ricky Dillard Ft. Tiff Joy; David Frazier, songwriter\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Come Together” — Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins Presents: The Good News; Lashawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Lecrae Moore & Jazz Nixon, songwriters\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Won’t Let Go” — Travis Greene; Travis Greene, songwriter\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Movin’ On” — Jonathan Mcreynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb Mcreynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This award is given to the artist(s) and songwriter(s) (for new compositions) for the best contemporary Christian music single or track, (including pop, rap/hip-hop, Latin, or rock.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“The Blessing (Live)” — Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes & Elevation Worship; Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe Carnes & Steven Furtick, songwriters\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Sunday Morning” — Lecrae Featuring Kirk Franklin; Denisia Andrews, Jones Terrence Antonio, Saint Bodhi, Brittany Coney, Kirk Franklin, Lasanna Harris, Shama Joseph, Stuart Lowery, Lecrae Moore & Nathanael Saint-fleur, songwriters\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Holy Water” — We The Kingdom; Andrew Bergthold, Ed Cash, Franni Cash, Martin Cash & Scott Cash, songwriters\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Famous For (I Believe)” — Tauren Wells Featuring Jenn Johnson; Chuck Butler, Krissy Nordhoff, Jordan Sapp, Alexis Slifer & Tauren Wells, songwriters\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“There Was Jesus” — Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Gospel Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, traditional or contemporary/R&B gospel music recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>2econd Wind: Ready — Anthony Brown & Group Therapy\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>My Tribute — Myron Butler\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Choirmaster — Ricky Dillard\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Gospel According To PJ — PJ Morton\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Kierra — Kierra Sheard\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Contemporary Christian Music Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, contemporary Christian music, including pop, rap/hip hop, Latin, or rock recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Run To The Father — Cody Carnes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>All Of My Best Friends — Hillsong Young & Free\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Holy Water — We The Kingdom\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Citizen Of Heaven — Tauren Wells\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jesus Is King — Kanye West\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Roots Gospel Album \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, traditional/roots gospel music, including country, Southern gospel, bluegrass, and Americana recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Beautiful Day — Mark Bishop\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>20/20 — The Crabb Family\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>What Christmas Really Means — The Erwins\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album) — Fisk Jubilee Singers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Something Beautiful — Ernie Haase & Signature Sound\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new Latin rock or alternative recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Aura — Bajofondo\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Monstruo — Cami\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sobrevolando — Cultura Profética\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>La Conquista Del Espacio — Fito Paez\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Miss Colombia — Lido Pimienta\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new regional Mexican (banda, norteño, corridos, gruperos, mariachi, ranchera and Tejano) recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Hecho En México — Alejandro Fernández\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>La Serenata — Lupita Infante\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Un Canto Por México, Vol. 1 — Natalia Lafourcade\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bailando Sones Y Huapangos Con — Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez — Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ayayay! — Christian Nodal\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Tropical Latin Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new tropical Latin recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Mi Tumbao — José Alberto “El Ruiseñor”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Infinito — Edwin Bonilla\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sigo Cantando Al Amor (Deluxe) — Jorge Celedon & Sergio Luis\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>40 — Grupo Niche\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Memorias De Navidad — Víctor Manuelle\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best American Roots Performance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For new vocal or instrumental American roots recordings. This is for performances in the style of any of the subgenres encompassed in the American roots music field including Americana, bluegrass, blues, folk or regional roots. Award to the artist(s).\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Colors” — Black Pumas\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Deep In Love” — Bonny Light Horseman\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Short And Sweet” — Brittany Howard\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“I’ll Be Gone” — Norah Jones & Mavis Staples\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“I Remember Everything” — John Prine\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best American Roots Song \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A songwriter(s) Award. Includes Americana, bluegrass, traditional blues, contemporary blues, folk or regional roots songs. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the eligibility year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Cabin” — Laura Rogers & Lydia Rogers, songwriters (The Secret Sisters)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Ceiling To The Floor” — Sierra Hull & Kai Welch, songwriters (Sierra Hull)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Hometown” — Sarah Jarosz, Songwriter (Sarah Jarosz)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“I Remember Everything” — Pat Mclaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Prine)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Man Without A Soul” — Tom Overby & Lucinda Williams, songwriters (Lucinda\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Williams)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Bluegrass Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental bluegrass recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Man On Fire — Danny Barnes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>To Live In Two Worlds, Vol. 1 — Thomm Jutz\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>North Carolina Songbook — Steep Canyon Rangers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Home — Billy Strings\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 1 — (Various Artists)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Traditional Blues Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental traditional blues recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>All My Dues Are Paid — Frank Bey\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You Make Me Feel — Don Bryant\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>That’s What I Heard — Robert Cray Band\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cypress Grove — Jimmy “Duck” Holmes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rawer Than Raw — Bobby Rush\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Folk Album \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental folk recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Bonny Light Horseman — Bonny Light Horseman\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Thanks For The Dance — Leonard Cohen\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Song For Our Daughter — Laura Marling\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Saturn Return — The Secret Sisters\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>All The Good Times — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Regional Roots Music Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental regional roots music recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>My Relatives “Nikso Kowaiks” — Black Lodge Singers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cameron Dupuy And The Cajun Troubadours — Cameron Dupuy And The Cajun Troubadours\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lovely Sunrise — Nā Wai ʽehā\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Atmosphere — New Orleans Nightcrawlers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A Tribute To Al Berard — Sweet Cecilia\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Reggae Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new reggae recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Upside Down 2020 — Buju Banton\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Higher Place — Skip Marley\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>It All Comes Back To Love — Maxi Priest\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Got To Be Tough — Toots & The Maytals\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>One World — The Wailers\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Children’s Music Album \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new musical or spoken word recordings that are created and intended specifically for children.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>All The Ladies — Joanie Leeds\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Be A Pain: An Album For Young (And Old) Leaders — Alastair Moock And Friends\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>I’m An Optimist — Dog On Fleas\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Songs For Singin’ — The Okee Dokee Brothers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Wild Life — Justin Roberts\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Comedy Album \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Black Mitzvah — Tiffany Haddish\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>I Love Everything — Patton Oswalt\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Pale Tourist — Jim Gaffigan\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Paper Tiger — Bill Burr\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>23 Hours To Kill — Jerry Seinfeld\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Musical Theater Album \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings. Award to the principal vocalist(s) and the album producer(s) of 51% or more playing time of the album. The lyricist(s) and composer(s) of a new score are eligible for an Award if they have written and/or composed a new score which comprises 51% or more playing time of the album.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Amélie — Audrey Brisson, Chris Jared, Caolan McCarthy & Jez Unwin, principal soloists; Michael Fentiman, Sean Patrick Flahaven, Barnaby Race & Nathan Tysen, producers; Nathan Tysen, lyricist; Daniel Messe, composer & lyricist (Original London Cast)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>American Utopia On Broadway — David Byrne, principal soloist; David Byrne, producer (David Byrne, composer & lyricist) (Original Cast)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jagged Little Pill — Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Lauren Patten & Elizabeth Stanley, principal soloists; Neal Avron, Pete Ganbarg, Tom Kitt, Michael Parker, Craig Rosen & Vivek J. Tiwary, producers (Glen Ballard & Alanis Morissette, lyricists) (Original Broadway Cast)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Little Shop Of Horrors — Tammy Blanchard, Jonathan Groff & Tom Alan Robbins, principal soloists; Will Van Dyke, Michael Mayer, Alan Menken & Frank Wolf, producers (Alan Menken, composer; Howard Ashman, lyricist) (The New Off-Broadway Cast)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Prince Of Egypt — Christine Allado, Luke Brady, Alexia Khadime & Liam Tamne, principal soloists; Dominick Amendum & Stephen Schwartz, producers; Stephen Schwartz, composer & lyricist (Original Cast)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Soft Power — Francis Jue, Austin Ku, Alyse Alan Louis & Conrad Ricamora, principal soloists; Matt Stine, producer; David Henry Hwang, lyricist; Jeanine Tesori, composer & lyricist (Original Cast)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Award to the artist(s) and/or ‘in studio’ producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album. In the absence of both, award to the one or two individuals proactively responsible for the concept and musical direction of the album and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable. Award also goes to appropriately credited music supervisor(s).\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood — (Various Artists)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bill & Ted Face The Music — (Various Artists)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga — (Various Artists)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Frozen 2 — (Various Artists)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jojo Rabbit — (Various Artists)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Award to composer(s) for an original score created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current legitimate motion picture, television show or series, video games or other visual media.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Ad Astra — Max Richter, composer\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Becoming — Kamasi Washington, composer\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Joker — Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1917 — Thomas Newman, composer\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker — John Williams, composer\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Song Written For Visual Media \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A songwriter(s) award. For a song (melody & lyrics) written specifically for a motion picture, television, video games or other visual media, and released for the first time during the eligibility year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Beautiful Ghosts” [From Cats] — Andrew Lloyd Webber & Taylor Swift, songwriters\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>(Taylor Swift)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Carried Me With You” [From Onward] — Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Into The Unknown” [From Frozen 2] — Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel & AURORA)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“No Time To Die” [From No Time To Die] — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas Baird O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Stand Up” [From Harriet] — Joshuah Brian Campbell & Cynthia Erivo, songwriters\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>(Cynthia Erivo)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Instrumental Composition\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A composer’s award for an original composition (not an\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>adaptation) first released during the eligibility year. Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Baby Jack” — Arturo O’Farrill, composer (Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Be Water Ii” — Christian Sands, composer (Christian Sands)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Plumfield” — Alexandre Desplat, composer (Alexandre Desplat)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Sputnik” — Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Strata” — Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly Of Shadows Featuring Anna Webber & Eric Miller)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An arranger’s award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Bathroom Dance” — Hildur Guðnadóttir, arranger (Hildur Guðnadóttir)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Donna Lee” — John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Honeymooners” — Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly Of Shadows)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Lift Every Voice And Sing” — Alvin Chea & Jarrett Johnson, arrangers (Jarrett Johnson Featuring Alvin Chea)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Uranus: The Magician” — Jeremy Levy, arranger (Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An arranger’s award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Asas Fechadas” — John Beasley & Maria Mendes, arrangers (Maria Mendes ft. John Beasley & Orkest Metropole)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Desert Song” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Säje)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“From This Place” — Alan Broadbent & Pat Metheny, arrangers (Pat Metheny ft. Meshell Ndegeocello)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“He Won’t Hold You” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier ft. Rapsody)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Slow Burn” — Talia Billig, Nic Hard & Becca Stevens, arrangers (Becca Stevens Featuring Jacob Collier, Mark Lettieri, Justin Stanton, Jordan Perlson, Nic Hard, Keita Ogawa, Marcelo Woloski & Nate Werth)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Recording Package\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Everyday Life — Pilar Zeta, art director (Coldplay)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Funeral — Kyle Goen, art director (Lil Wayne)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Healer — Julian Gross & Hannah Hooper, art directors (Grouplove)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On Circles — Jordan Butcher, art director (Caspian)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Vols. 11 & 12 — Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Flaming Pie (Collector’s Edition) — Linn Wie Andersen, Simon Earith, Paul McCartney & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 — Lisa Glines & Doran Tyson, art directors (Grateful Dead)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mode — Jeff Schulz, art director (Depeche Mode)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ode To Joy — Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Story Of Ghostly International — Michael Cina & Molly Smith, art directors (Various\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Artists)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Album Notes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>At The Minstrel Show: Minstrel Routines From The Studio, 1894-1926 — Tim Brooks, album notes writer (Various Artists)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital Of The West, 1940-1974 — Scott B. Bomar, album notes writer (Various Artists)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dead Man’s Pop — Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Missing Link: How Gus Haenschen Got Us From Joplin To Jazz And Shaped The Music Business — Colin Hancock, album notes writer (Various Artists)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Out Of A Clear Blue Sky — David Sager, album notes writer (Nat Brusiloff)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Historical Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Celebrated, 1895-1896 — Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (Unique Quartette)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hittin’ The Ramp: The Early Years (1936 – 1943) — Zev Feldman, Will Friedwald & George Klabin, compilation producers; Matthew Lutthans, mastering engineer (Nat King Cole)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>It’s Such A Good Feeling: The Best Of Mister Rogers — Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Mister Rogers)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1999 Super Deluxe Edition — Michael Howe, compilation producer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Prince)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Souvenir — Carolyn Agger, compilation producer; Miles Showell, mastering engineer (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions — Béla Fleck, compilation producer; Richard Dodd, mastering engineer (Béla Fleck)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An engineer’s award. 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Love\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Blackbirds\u003c/em> — Bettye LaVette\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Up And Rolling \u003c/em>— North Mississippi Allstars\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Global Music Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental global music recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>FU Chronicles\u003c/em> — Antibalas\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Twice As Tall \u003c/em>— Burna Boy\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Agora \u003c/em>— Bebel Gilberto\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Love Letters\u003c/em> — Anoushka Shankar\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Amadjar \u003c/em>— Tinariwen\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Spoken Word Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Includes poetry, audio books and storytelling.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Acid For The Children: A Memoir \u003c/em>— Flea\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Alex Trebek – The Answer Is…\u003c/em> — Ken Jennings\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, And The Richest, Most Destructive Industry On Earth\u003c/em> — Rachel Maddow\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Catch And Kill\u003c/em> — Ronan Farrow\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)\u003c/em> — Meryl Streep (& Full Cast)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Music Film\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For concert/performance films or music documentaries. Award to the artist, video director and video producer.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Beastie Boys Story \u003c/em>— Beastie Boys\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Black Is King\u003c/em> — Beyoncé\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>We Are Freestyle Love Supreme\u003c/em> — Freestyle Love Supreme\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice\u003c/em> — Linda Ronstadt\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>That Little Ol’ Band From Texas\u003c/em> — ZZ Top\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Pop Solo Performance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For new vocal or instrumental pop recordings. Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Yummy” — Justin Bieber\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Say So” — Doja Cat\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Everything I Wanted” — Billie Eilish\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Don’t Start Now” — Dua Lipa\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Watermelon Sugar” — Harry Styles\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Cardigan” — Taylor Swift\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new traditional pop recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Blue Umbrella — (Burt Bacharach &) Daniel Tashian\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>True Love: A Celebration Of Cole Porter — Harry Connick, Jr.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>American Standard — James Taylor\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Unfollow The Rules — Rufus Wainwright\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Judy — Renée Zellweger\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Dance Recording\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or instrumental. Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“On My Mind” — Diplo & SIDEPIECE (Diplo & SIDEPIECE, producers; Luca Pretolesi, mixer)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“My High” — Disclosure ft. Aminé & Slowthai (Guy Lawrence & Howard Lawrence, producers; Guy Lawrence, mixer)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“The Difference” — Flume ft. Toro y Moi (Flume, producer; Eric J Dubowsky, mixer)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Both Of Us” — Jayda G (Fred Again.. & Jayda G, producers; Fred Again.. & Jayda G, mixers)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“10%” — Kaytranada ft. Kali Uchis (Kaytranada, producer; Neal H. Pogue, mixer)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Contemporary Instrumental Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing approximately 51% or more playing time of instrumental material. For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Axiom — Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Chronology Of A Dream: Live At The Village Vanguard — Jon Batiste\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Take The Stairs — Black Violin\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Americana — Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin & Bill Frisell\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Live At The Royal Albert Hall — Snarky Puppy\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Metal Performance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative metal recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Bum-Rush” — Body Count\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Underneath” — Code Orange\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“The In-Between” — In This Moment\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Bloodmoney” — Poppy\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Executioner’s Tax (Swing Of The Axe) – Live” — Power Trip\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Rock Song\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A songwriter(s) Award. Includes rock, hard rock and metal songs. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the eligibility year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Kyoto” — Phoebe Bridgers, Morgan Nagler & Marshall Vore, songwriters (Phoebe Bridgers)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Lost In Yesterday” — Kevin Parker, songwriter (Tame Impala)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Not” — Adrianne Lenker, songwriter (Big Thief)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Shameika” — Fiona Apple, songwriter (Fiona Apple)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Stay High” — Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Rock Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rock, hard\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>rock or metal recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A Hero’s Death — Fontaines D.C.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Kiwanuka — Michael Kiwanuka\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Daylight — Grace Potter\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sound & Fury — Sturgill Simpson\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The New Abnormal — The Strokes\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Alternative Music Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Vocal or instrumental.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Fetch The Bolt Cutters — Fiona Apple\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hyperspace — Beck\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Punisher — Phoebe Bridgers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jaime — Brittany Howard\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Slow Rush — Tame Impala\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best R&B Performance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For new vocal or instrumental R&B recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Lightning & Thunder” — Jhené Aiko ft. John Legend\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Black Parade” — Beyoncé\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“All I Need” — Jacob Collier ft. Mahalia & Ty Dolla $Ign\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Goat Head” — Brittany Howard\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“See Me” — Emily King\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Traditional R&B Performance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For new vocal or instrumental traditional R&B recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Sit On Down” — The Baylor Project ft. Jean Baylor & Marcus Baylor\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Wonder What She Thinks Of Me” — Chloe X Halle\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Let Me Go” — Mykal Kilgore\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Anything For You” — Ledisi\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Distance” — Yebba\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best R&B Song\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A songwriter(s) award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the eligibility year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Better Than I Imagine” — Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson, Songwriters (Robert Glasper Ft. H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Black Parade” — Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim “Kaydence” Krysiuk & Rickie “Caso” Tice, Songwriters (Beyoncé)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Collide” — Sam Barsh, Stacey Barthe, Sonyae Elise, Olu Fann, Akil King, Josh Lopez, Kaveh Rastegar & Benedetto Rotondi, Songwriters (Tiana Major9 & Earthgang)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Do It” — Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Anton Kuhl, Victoria Monét, Scott Storch & Vincent Van Den Ende, Songwriters (Chloe X Halle)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Slow Down” — Nasri Atweh, Badriia Bourelly, Skip Marley, Ryan Williamson & Gabriella Wilson, Songwriters (Skip Marley & H.E.R.)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best R&B Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new R&B recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Happy 2 Be Here — Ant Clemons\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Take Time — Giveon\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>To Feel Love/D — Luke James\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bigger Love — John Legend\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>All Rise — Gregory Porter\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Melodic Rap Performance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For a solo or collaborative performance containing both elements of R&B melodies and rap.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Rockstar” — DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Laugh Now, Cry Later” Drake ft. Lil Durk\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Lockdown” — Anderson .Paak\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“The Box” — Roddy Ricch\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Highest In The Room” — Travis Scott\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Rap Song\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A songwriter(s) award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the eligibility year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“The Bigger Picture” — Dominique Jones, Noah Pettigrew & Rai’shaun Williams, songwriters (Lil Baby)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“The Box” — Samuel Gloade & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (Roddy Ricch)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Laugh Now, Cry Later” — Durk Banks, Rogét Chahayed, Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Ron Latour & Ryan Martinez, songwriters (Drake ft. Lil Durk)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Rockstar” — Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, Ross Joseph Portaro Iv & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (Dababy ft. Roddy Ricch)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Savage” — Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe & Anthony White, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion Ft. Beyoncé)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Rap Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rap recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Black Habits — D Smoke\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Alfredo — Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A Written Testimony — Jay Electronica\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>King’s Disease — Nas\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Allegory — Royce Da 5’9″\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Country Solo Performance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For new vocal or instrumental solo country recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Stick That In Your Country Song” — Eric Church\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Who You Thought I Was” — Brandy Clark\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“When My Amy Prays — Vince Gill\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Black Like Me” — Mickey Guyton\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Bluebird” — Miranda Lambert\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Country Duo/Group Performance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For new vocal or instrumental duo/group or collaborative country recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“All Night” — Brothers Osborne\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“10,000 Hours” — Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Ocean” — Lady A\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Sugar Coat” — Little Big Town\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Some People Do” — Old Dominion\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Country Song \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the eligibility year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Bluebird” — Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“The Bones” — Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz, songwriters (Maren Morris)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Crowded Table” — Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori Mckenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“More Hearts Than Mine” — Ingrid Andress, Sam Ellis & Derrick Southerland, songwriters (Ingrid Andress)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Some People Do” — Jesse Frasure, Shane Mcanally, Matthew Ramsey & Thomas Rhett, songwriters (Old Dominion)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best New Age Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental new age recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Songs From The Bardo — Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal & Jesse Paris Smith\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Periphery — Priya Darshini\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Form//Less — Superposition\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>More Guitar Stories — Jim “Kimo” West\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Meditations — Cory Wong & Jon Batiste\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Improvised Jazz Solo\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter’s name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Guinevere” — Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, soloist\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Pachamama” — Regina Carter, soloist\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Celia” — Gerald Clayton, soloist\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“All Blues” — Chick Corea, soloist\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Moe Honk” — Joshua Redman, soloist\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Jazz Instrumental Album \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new instrumental jazz recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>On The Tender Spot Of Every Calloused Moment — Ambrose Akinmusire\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Waiting Game — Terri Lyne Carrington And Social Science\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Happening: Live At The Village Vanguard — Gerald Clayton\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Trilogy 2 — Chick Corea, Christian Mcbride & Brian Blade\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Roundagain — Redman Mehldau Mcbride Blade\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new ensemble jazz recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Dialogues On Race — Gregg August\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Monk’estra Plays John Beasley — John Beasley\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Intangible Between — Orrin Evans And The Captain Black Big Band\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Songs You Like A Lot — John Hollenbeck With Theo Bleckmann, Kate\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mcgarry, Gary Versace And The Frankfurt Radio Big Band\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Data Lords — Maria Schneider Orchestra\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Latin Jazz Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded material. The intent of this category is to recognize recordings that represent the blending of jazz with Latin, Iberian-American, Brazilian, and Argentinian tango music.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Tradiciones — Afro-peruvian Jazz Orchestra\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Four Questions — Arturo O’farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City Of Dreams — Chico Pinheiro\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Viento Y Tiempo – Live At Blue Note Tokyo — Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Trane’s Delight — Poncho Sanchez\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Gospel Performance/Song\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This award is given to the artist(s) and songwriter(s) (for new compositions) for the best traditional Christian, roots gospel or contemporary gospel single or track.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Wonderful Is Your Name” — Melvin Crispell III\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Release (Live)” — Ricky Dillard Ft. Tiff Joy; David Frazier, songwriter\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Come Together” — Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins Presents: The Good News; Lashawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Lecrae Moore & Jazz Nixon, songwriters\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Won’t Let Go” — Travis Greene; Travis Greene, songwriter\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Movin’ On” — Jonathan Mcreynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb Mcreynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This award is given to the artist(s) and songwriter(s) (for new compositions) for the best contemporary Christian music single or track, (including pop, rap/hip-hop, Latin, or rock.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“The Blessing (Live)” — Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes & Elevation Worship; Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe Carnes & Steven Furtick, songwriters\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Sunday Morning” — Lecrae Featuring Kirk Franklin; Denisia Andrews, Jones Terrence Antonio, Saint Bodhi, Brittany Coney, Kirk Franklin, Lasanna Harris, Shama Joseph, Stuart Lowery, Lecrae Moore & Nathanael Saint-fleur, songwriters\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Holy Water” — We The Kingdom; Andrew Bergthold, Ed Cash, Franni Cash, Martin Cash & Scott Cash, songwriters\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Famous For (I Believe)” — Tauren Wells Featuring Jenn Johnson; Chuck Butler, Krissy Nordhoff, Jordan Sapp, Alexis Slifer & Tauren Wells, songwriters\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“There Was Jesus” — Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Gospel Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, traditional or contemporary/R&B gospel music recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>2econd Wind: Ready — Anthony Brown & Group Therapy\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>My Tribute — Myron Butler\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Choirmaster — Ricky Dillard\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Gospel According To PJ — PJ Morton\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Kierra — Kierra Sheard\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Contemporary Christian Music Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, contemporary Christian music, including pop, rap/hip hop, Latin, or rock recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Run To The Father — Cody Carnes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>All Of My Best Friends — Hillsong Young & Free\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Holy Water — We The Kingdom\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Citizen Of Heaven — Tauren Wells\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jesus Is King — Kanye West\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Roots Gospel Album \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded, vocal, traditional/roots gospel music, including country, Southern gospel, bluegrass, and Americana recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Beautiful Day — Mark Bishop\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>20/20 — The Crabb Family\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>What Christmas Really Means — The Erwins\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album) — Fisk Jubilee Singers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Something Beautiful — Ernie Haase & Signature Sound\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new Latin rock or alternative recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Aura — Bajofondo\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Monstruo — Cami\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sobrevolando — Cultura Profética\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>La Conquista Del Espacio — Fito Paez\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Miss Colombia — Lido Pimienta\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new regional Mexican (banda, norteño, corridos, gruperos, mariachi, ranchera and Tejano) recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Hecho En México — Alejandro Fernández\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>La Serenata — Lupita Infante\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Un Canto Por México, Vol. 1 — Natalia Lafourcade\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bailando Sones Y Huapangos Con — Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez — Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ayayay! — Christian Nodal\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Tropical Latin Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new tropical Latin recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Mi Tumbao — José Alberto “El Ruiseñor”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Infinito — Edwin Bonilla\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sigo Cantando Al Amor (Deluxe) — Jorge Celedon & Sergio Luis\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>40 — Grupo Niche\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Memorias De Navidad — Víctor Manuelle\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best American Roots Performance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For new vocal or instrumental American roots recordings. This is for performances in the style of any of the subgenres encompassed in the American roots music field including Americana, bluegrass, blues, folk or regional roots. Award to the artist(s).\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Colors” — Black Pumas\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Deep In Love” — Bonny Light Horseman\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Short And Sweet” — Brittany Howard\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“I’ll Be Gone” — Norah Jones & Mavis Staples\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“I Remember Everything” — John Prine\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best American Roots Song \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A songwriter(s) Award. Includes Americana, bluegrass, traditional blues, contemporary blues, folk or regional roots songs. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the eligibility year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or tracks only.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Cabin” — Laura Rogers & Lydia Rogers, songwriters (The Secret Sisters)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Ceiling To The Floor” — Sierra Hull & Kai Welch, songwriters (Sierra Hull)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Hometown” — Sarah Jarosz, Songwriter (Sarah Jarosz)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“I Remember Everything” — Pat Mclaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Prine)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“Man Without A Soul” — Tom Overby & Lucinda Williams, songwriters (Lucinda\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Williams)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Bluegrass Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental bluegrass recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Man On Fire — Danny Barnes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>To Live In Two Worlds, Vol. 1 — Thomm Jutz\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>North Carolina Songbook — Steep Canyon Rangers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Home — Billy Strings\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 1 — (Various Artists)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Traditional Blues Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental traditional blues recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>All My Dues Are Paid — Frank Bey\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You Make Me Feel — Don Bryant\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>That’s What I Heard — Robert Cray Band\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cypress Grove — Jimmy “Duck” Holmes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rawer Than Raw — Bobby Rush\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Folk Album \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental folk recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Bonny Light Horseman — Bonny Light Horseman\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Thanks For The Dance — Leonard Cohen\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Song For Our Daughter — Laura Marling\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Saturn Return — The Secret Sisters\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>All The Good Times — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Regional Roots Music Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental regional roots music recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>My Relatives “Nikso Kowaiks” — Black Lodge Singers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cameron Dupuy And The Cajun Troubadours — Cameron Dupuy And The Cajun Troubadours\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lovely Sunrise — Nā Wai ʽehā\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Atmosphere — New Orleans Nightcrawlers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A Tribute To Al Berard — Sweet Cecilia\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Reggae Album\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new reggae recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Upside Down 2020 — Buju Banton\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Higher Place — Skip Marley\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>It All Comes Back To Love — Maxi Priest\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Got To Be Tough — Toots & The Maytals\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>One World — The Wailers\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Children’s Music Album \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new musical or spoken word recordings that are created and intended specifically for children.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>All The Ladies — Joanie Leeds\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Be A Pain: An Album For Young (And Old) Leaders — Alastair Moock And Friends\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>I’m An Optimist — Dog On Fleas\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Songs For Singin’ — The Okee Dokee Brothers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Wild Life — Justin Roberts\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Comedy Album \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Black Mitzvah — Tiffany Haddish\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>I Love Everything — Patton Oswalt\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Pale Tourist — Jim Gaffigan\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Paper Tiger — Bill Burr\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>23 Hours To Kill — Jerry Seinfeld\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Musical Theater Album \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings. Award to the principal vocalist(s) and the album producer(s) of 51% or more playing time of the album. The lyricist(s) and composer(s) of a new score are eligible for an Award if they have written and/or composed a new score which comprises 51% or more playing time of the album.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Amélie — Audrey Brisson, Chris Jared, Caolan McCarthy & Jez Unwin, principal soloists; Michael Fentiman, Sean Patrick Flahaven, Barnaby Race & Nathan Tysen, producers; Nathan Tysen, lyricist; Daniel Messe, composer & lyricist (Original London Cast)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>American Utopia On Broadway — David Byrne, principal soloist; David Byrne, producer (David Byrne, composer & lyricist) (Original Cast)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jagged Little Pill — Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Lauren Patten & Elizabeth Stanley, principal soloists; Neal Avron, Pete Ganbarg, Tom Kitt, Michael Parker, Craig Rosen & Vivek J. Tiwary, producers (Glen Ballard & Alanis Morissette, lyricists) (Original Broadway Cast)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Little Shop Of Horrors — Tammy Blanchard, Jonathan Groff & Tom Alan Robbins, principal soloists; Will Van Dyke, Michael Mayer, Alan Menken & Frank Wolf, producers (Alan Menken, composer; Howard Ashman, lyricist) (The New Off-Broadway Cast)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Prince Of Egypt — Christine Allado, Luke Brady, Alexia Khadime & Liam Tamne, principal soloists; Dominick Amendum & Stephen Schwartz, producers; Stephen Schwartz, composer & lyricist (Original Cast)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Soft Power — Francis Jue, Austin Ku, Alyse Alan Louis & Conrad Ricamora, principal soloists; Matt Stine, producer; David Henry Hwang, lyricist; Jeanine Tesori, composer & lyricist (Original Cast)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Award to the artist(s) and/or ‘in studio’ producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album. In the absence of both, award to the one or two individuals proactively responsible for the concept and musical direction of the album and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable. Award also goes to appropriately credited music supervisor(s).\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood — (Various Artists)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bill & Ted Face The Music — (Various Artists)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga — (Various Artists)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Frozen 2 — (Various Artists)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jojo Rabbit — (Various Artists)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Award to composer(s) for an original score created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current legitimate motion picture, television show or series, video games or other visual media.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Ad Astra — Max Richter, composer\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Becoming — Kamasi Washington, composer\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Joker — Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1917 — Thomas Newman, composer\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker — John Williams, composer\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Song Written For Visual Media \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A songwriter(s) award. 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This blatant form of retaliation in corporate America is all too common, even post #MeToo, and we will utilize all lawful means necessary to ensure that those responsible are held accountable for their actions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the EEOC complaint, Dugan describes the Academy as a “‘boys’ club network where men work together to the disadvantage of women and disenfranchised groups in order to line their own pockets and maintain a firm grip on the Academy’s dealings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement sent Tuesday evening to NPR, the Academy said: “It is curious that Ms. Dugan never raised these grave allegations until a week after legal claims were made against her personally by a female employee who alleged Ms. Dugan had created a ‘toxic and intolerable’ work environment and engaged in ‘abusive and bullying conduct’. When Ms. Dugan did raise her ‘concerns’ to HR, she specifically instructed HR ‘not to take any action’ in response.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nonetheless,” the Academy statement continues, “we immediately launched independent investigations to review both Ms. Dugan’s potential misconduct and her subsequent allegations. Both of these investigations remain ongoing. Ms. Dugan was placed on administrative leave only after offering to step down and demanding $22 million from the Academy, which is a not-for-profit organization. Our loyalty will always be to the 21,000 members of the Recording Industry. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Grammy Awards’ category for new artists has always been the\u003ca href=\"https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Hufflepuff\"> Hufflepuff\u003c/a> house of the event, a mishmash of eccentrics, high achievers and hard-working young music industry favorites. (Notorious category winners\u003ca href=\"https://gizmodo.com/20-years-ago-today-milli-vanilli-lost-their-grammy-for-5694574\"> Milli Vanilli\u003c/a> did work hard, just not at singing.) Rarely has the field clearly pointed toward an exciting new musical era. But this year, that’s exactly what it suggests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three breakthrough pop stars, each of whom embodies creativity and influence in the streaming age—and who, together, garnered this year’s most Grammy nominations across the board—compete with three women exploding the boundaries of genres that might have previously held them back, alongside two groups with major grassroots followings and a powerful way of defying categorization. These musicians are fluent in the style-defying language of 21st-century sounds; their members look like America, and beyond its borders, the changing pop world; and they all released genuinely great music in 2019. Whoever wins in this category will deserve it— and will likely play a role in shaping popular music for a long time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Black Pumas\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This Austin-based duo-plus represents what bands are becoming in the new century: versatile, open-ended partnerships forged by adept experimenting with form. Singer Eric Burton learned his chops both auditioning for \u003cem>American Idol\u003c/em> and busking on L.A.’s Santa Monica Pier; producer-multi-instrumentalist Adrian Quesada is a Latinx music veteran (he’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.grammy.com/search/grupo%20fantasma\">won\u003c/a> a Grammy as a member of the funk orchestra Grupo Fantasma). Together, they’re reinventing Southwestern soul with a blend that honors the region’s funky historical fusions while incorporating a hip-hop vibe. The sum of their experience makes them a great live act, the key to success as a band in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptWQ_-xmvXY&feature=emb_logo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Billie Eilish\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 17 years old, Eilish is the youngest-ever multiple Grammy nominee across the top four categories: best new artist, record, album and song of the year. She could pull this off because, like the SoundCloud rappers who’ve inspired her, she writes her own material with her brother, Finneas—mostly eschewing teen pop’s starmaking machinery. (She was quietly signed to a major-label development deal at age fourteen, but she and Finneas recorded the bulk of the songs that have made her a star\u003ca href=\"https://www.prosoundnetwork.com/recording/finneas-on-producing-billie-eilishs-number-one-album-in-his-bedroom\"> at home\u003c/a>.) Homeschooled by Hollywood-savvy parents, enraptured by SoundCloud rappers like Tyler, The Creator but equally indebted to Avril Lavigne, vocally ultrafeminine but otherwise androgynous—Eilish embodies the erasure of binary thinking about music, emotion and the self: she is the living essence of Generation Z.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PZsSWwc9xA&feature=emb_logo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lil Nas X\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If new technologies generate the stars they deserve, the social media platform TikTok must be particularly blessed, because its breakthrough star is absolutely fabulous. Montero Lamar Hill, now 20, was just another kid trying to get Internet famous when he discovered a beat made by a Dutch kid and bought it\u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/23/lil-nas-x-bought-the-beat-used-in-old-town-road-for-30-on-beatstars.html\"> for $30\u003c/a>. Around it, he built “Old Town Road,” the single biggest challenge to old music biz ways issued in recent memory. Country music will never be the same, but neither will pop or hip-hop. His irresistible hit is the\u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ray-charles-whatd-i-say-origin-842880/\"> “What’d I Say”\u003c/a> of our time, refusing to be contained—as does Lil Nas X himself, as much a comedian, conceptualist and burgeoning fashion icon as he is a musician. Like TikTok itself—a tool for capturing teens’ mobile imaginations—Lil Nas X takes us all into brand-new territory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Ov5jzm3j8&feature=emb_logo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lizzo\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With two albums already under her sparkly belt, Lizzo is the kind of slow-burning phenomenon whose presence may seem odd in the best new artist category, but she belongs here—until 2019, the world was not entirely ready for her. The Houston-born, Minneapolis-nurtured rapper, singer and all-around generator of good vibes, challenges all kinds of preconceived notions about women’s pleasure, power and beauty, proudly queering the pitch of pop without being strident or politically correct. And she’s a band nerd who’s single-handedly revived the flute as a cool high school accessory. A comic artist with a serious mission, Lizzo defines America’s pleasure principle right now—her bold excessiveness is to 2019 is what cock-rock was to the 1970s, minus all the macho power plays. Prince loved her, and through her success, his spirit lives on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00HMxdsVZI&feature=emb_logo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maggie Rogers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To comprehend the bond this 25-year-old singer-songwriter-rocker-dance queen has with her fans, just check out her Wikipedia page, which reads, “Maggie Rogers is known for being a\u003ca href=\"https://maggierogers.store/apparel/magg010017-maggie-rogers-witchy-feminist-t-shirt-black/\"> Witchy Feminist Rockstar\u003c/a> and a legend.” That kind of enthusiasm can’t be manufactured, and anyone who’s seen Rogers bound across a stage as thousands of young women shout her lyrics won’t doubt its veracity. As a teen, Rogers pursued a conventional singer-songwriter role, but time spent in Berlin led her to dance music; she explored that intersection as a student at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, where her teacher, NPR Music contributor Jason King, introduced her to Pharrell one day. The rest is a classic discovery story—except that like Billie Eilish, Rogers resisted being molded by the major label who signed her. An infectiously enthusiastic songwriter and performer, she expresses a spirit of resistance that runs through the best pop music now—the refusal to be too polished or predictable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rosalía\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As EDM’s influence \u003ca href=\"778532395\">fades\u003c/a> and hip-hop settles into position as pop’s foundation, the universe of Latin rhythm and melody is revitalizing the Top 40. Rosalía is the Catalan auteur leading the way. Like many young artists, she’s not abandoning her roots, but reimagining them. Her music is rooted in the folkloric, theatrical lineage of \u003cem>flamenco\u003c/em>, which she studied seriously for a decade before fashioning her hybrid urban Latin sound. Her 2018 album, \u003cem>El Mal Querer—\u003c/em>inspired by a 14th-century novel of “dark love”—won the hearts of critics and influencers, and she went on to collaborate with Latin pop superstar J Balvin on the song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7bfOZek9t4\">Con Altura\u003c/a>,” which became a worldwide smash. Rosalía’s fluidity in combining experimental and mainstream elements distinguishes her, as does the fact that she sings in Spanish—she’s the first artist who performs solely in that language to be nominated as best new artist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rht7rBHuXW8&feature=emb_logo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tank and the Bangas\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As much as 21st-century pop often floats forth from an unmoored Internet, it’s also generated within local communities whose reach grows through unprecedented platforms. NPR Music’s own\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKzobTCIRDw\"> Tiny Desk\u003c/a> is one such platform, as New Orleans collective Tank and the Bangas discovered in the wake of winning our Tiny Desk Contest in 2017. By then, the group, led by slam poet and joy generator Tarriona “Tank” Ball on lead vocals, had come to embody what one writer called “\u003ca href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/9cba849c-057c-11e6-9b51-0fb5e65703ce\">New Orleans now\u003c/a>“: jazz-kissed but not old-timey, letting the good times roll in ways that acknowledge the complexities of life in an old city always seeking to transcend new problems. This is the kind of band that creates community wherever it goes—the best illustration of the new spin on jam bands that’s turned a sometimes-derided genre into the freshest ground out there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zU-Jm87kzY&feature=emb_logo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yola\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No new artist stands for the power of reinvention more than the woman born Yolanda Quartey in Bristol in 1984. Before becoming Americana’s beloved new sensation following a move to Nashville in 2018, Yola had another life as a pop songwriter in her native England, and a singer with dance-driven acts like Massive Attack. Her first love, however, was country music, a genre she patiently and fiercely made her own, first with the band Phantom Limb and then in solo music that frames her as an inheritor to both Dusty Springfield and Dolly Parton. Working with vintage-sound master Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, Yola has effortlessly updated classic country soul on her debut album \u003cem>Walk Through Fire\u003c/em>; even more powerful are her live performances, which inevitably win legions of new fans. 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But she’s cut off before she can finish her comments. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:16 p.m. \u003c/strong>Dua Lipa and St. Vincent, introduced by Wilmer Valderrama for some reason, delivered a “hashtag-Grammy-moment” with a mashup of St. Vincent’s song “Masseduction” (for which she won Best Rock Song and, less excitingly, Best Recording Package her album of the same name) and Dua Lipa’s single “One Kiss” — a performance that was entirely dominated by St. Vincent, her innate intensity and guitar virtuosity. Hard to blame the onstage cameraman for momentarily losing his balance for a second there. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:12 p.m. \u003c/strong>Well, after a lot of rap wrongs, the Grammy’s got this one right at least. Cardi’s win for Rap Album of the Year comes in a category stacked solid with men as her competition. Her acceptance speech is really highlighting the sacrifices she had to make as a woman who became a mother-to-be at the same time that the spotlight and industry pressure were on her to follow up her No. 1 hit “Bodak Yellow” with an album. That she came through with \u003cem>Invasion of Privacy,\u003c/em> a well-crafted album that maximizes everything fans love about Cardi without turning her into a caricature, is a real breakthrough. She became a serious artist with this album. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:10 p.m. \u003c/strong>“Babe, I can’t breathe,” Cardi B said to husband Offset — who she \u003ca href=\"https://people.com/music/grammys-2019-cardi-b-offset-red-carpet-tongue-photos/\">tongued\u003c/a> on the red carpet earlier — as she was accepting the award for Best Rap Album. It was a rare example of the quickly risen star failing to find words. (You can find some deep background on Cardi’s fast success \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/04/05/599592959/the-business-of-being-cardi-b\">right here\u003c/a>.) \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:02 p.m. \u003c/strong>A lot more people will be talking about Chloe x Halle — the sister duo signed by Beyonce — after this performance of Donny Hathaway’s “Where Is The Love.” And deservedly so. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:54 p.m. \u003c/strong>Brandi Carlile \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/02/14/582454085/brandi-carlile-on-practicing-forgiveness-even-when-its-hard\">does what she does\u003c/a>, which is absolutely slay songs that are inspirational and heartfelt, tiptoeing right up to the edge of maudlin. If you hadn’t been keeping track of the pre-telecast winners, you might not know that Carlile’s already having a big night, with three awards in the roots and Americana categories for “The Joke,” the song she played with her longtime collaborators Tim and Phil Hanseroth, and the album it comes from, \u003cem>By the Way, I Forgive You. \u003c/em>She has a shot at two more tonight, and they’re both big ones: Record and Album of the Year. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Jacob Ganz\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:49 p.m. \u003c/strong>Best R&B Album goes to H.E.R. for her self-titled album — her song “Best Part,” featuring Daniel Caesar, also won Best R&B Performance earlier tonight. H.E.R., born Gabi Wilson, told the audience that she’s been signed since she was 14 years old — which would have been in 2011. Feel old yet? (By the way that was BTS, the biggest K-pop group in the world, who presented her the award. They reached the top 10 of the Hot 100 for the first time last year — something H.E.R. has yet to do.)\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:40 p.m. \u003c/strong>The Recording Academy would very much like the public to know that they’re staging a Motown tribute in April. A very sweet little moment — in which Alicia Keys duets with Smokey Robinson — turns into a strange, jukebox-musical traversal of Motown’s many eras, featuring an entertainer whom I’ve *never* associated with Detroit: Jennifer Lopez, who courses through at least three outfits. And then Jenny from the block performs some impressively acrobatic salsa to the strains of Ne-Yo. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:32 p.m. \u003c/strong>Travis Scott opens his performance — the ONLY main hip-hop performance of the night — with James Blake and Earth Wind & Fire members, before transitioning into the Grammys’ awkward attempt at the MTV Awards. Scott performs “No Bystanders” in a cage before surfing a seemingly hired crowd. After seeing that and Drake’s acceptance speech, I’d love to see what an overcorrection on hip-hop would look like from the Grammy’s next year. (Interesting to note that Scott was also one of the performers at last weekend’s Super Bowl, amid a lot of controversy and a lot of rap acts declining the invitation. He played the exact same role under the exact same circumstances tonight.) \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:19 p.m. \u003c/strong>Lady Gaga brought to “Shallow” a ’90s alterna-rock interpretation, complete with Alice-In-Chains-ian acoustic guitar tone. She perhaps oversold her energy during the opener, before the song arrived at its Oscar-worthy anthemic energy. It’s a strange sort of meta-cultural exercise to see Lady Gaga, an actual pop star, bringing such energy to the performance of a song that was written for her portrayal of a fake pop star within a movie about the vagaries and pitfalls of… pop stardom. Regardless, the song won for best song written for visual media and Best Pop Duo/Group performance earlier tonight. She also picked up a prize for Best Pop Solo Performance for “Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Going).” \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:12 p.m. \u003c/strong>While we’re enjoying Gaga’s Cooperless performance of “Shallow,” I’ll direct anyone who might have been confused by Diana Ross exclaiming “Happy Birthday to me!” at the end of her set to the Twitter feed of NPR Music’s pop critic Ann Powers (watching the show even though she’s on leave), \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/annkpowers/status/1094795066940493830\">who notes\u003c/a> that occasion won’t actually occur until March 26. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Jacob Ganz\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:04 p.m. \u003c/strong>Alicia Keys introduces Diana Ross ahead of her 75th birthday celebration in March, with a string that includes 42 No. 1 songs, paired with Ross’ 9-year-old grandson, Raif-Henok. (His appearance feels like that of a young princeling being introduced to society.) Ross — wearing blazing red tulle — belts out “The Best Years of My Life.” While the voice is a bit ragged, there’s no denying her queenliness. She then invites the crowd to “move the energy in the room” while she runs through “Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand).” Before crowing, “Happy birthday to me!” \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:54 p.m. \u003c/strong>Drake wins Best Rap Song for “God’s Plan,” and surprises everybody by actually being in attendance “I definitely did not think I was winning anything,” Drake says before giving a speech that speaks directly to the huge disconnect between institutions like the Grammys and hip-hop artists like Travis Scott, Cardi B and others, whom he references during his acceptance. It’s a speech that the Recording Academy and many watching at home needed to hear, but apparently the Academy didn’t want to. They cut Drake off without even the benefit of playing wrap-it-up music, after he said, “You don’t need this,” speaking to his peers and striving musicians. It was a direct reference to the trophy he was holding in his hand, one he said he was surprised to collect — which is surprising in itself considering Drake’s outsized success. That might have stung the Grammys, the the move to end the speech will be read like more disrespect in the historic gulf between The Grammys and The Culture. That speech, and the Grammys allowing him to have his say in full, might have gone a long way in righting some historic wrongs. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:50 p.m. \u003c/strong>You might not be familiar with rising country-pop duo Dan + Shay, who just performed their highest-charting single, “Tequila,” for which they won the best country duo/group performance award tonight. Beginning as Nashville songwriters, the pair released their first album, \u003cem>Where It All Began\u003c/em>, in 2014 and have released two since, including last year’s self-titled album that contained that winning single.\u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:45 p.m. \u003c/strong>When show host Alicia Keys has to fill up an extended set with covers ranging from Nat King Cole to Ella Mai, it just underlines how many big-name nominees turned down the opportunity to perform this year. That race toward irrelevance — the Grammy’s are winning it. Despite it all, she sounded great as she straddled a piano stool rotating between two grand pianos. It felt like a classic Grammy mashup — mixing the old with the new. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:33 p.m. \u003c/strong>It’s been nearly an hour since our last trophy was given out — even by Grammy standards, that was \u003cem>quite \u003c/em>a while. Regardless, we have our winner for best country album: Kacey Musgraves’ \u003cem>Golden Hour\u003c/em>, which she accepted winged by album producers Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. She’s now won three statues so far tonight. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:30 p.m. \u003c/strong>Cardi B’s lip synch for “Money” was a little asynchronous — but her charisma, in service of a naughty Marlene Dietrich’d cabaret performance that recalled the song’s video, was minimally affected. She’s still up for Best Rap Album, Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Earlier in the night, she lost pop duo/group performance to Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow” and best rap performance to Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake’s “King’s Dead” and Anderson .Paak’s “Bubblin.” \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:21 p.m. \u003c/strong>H.E.R., already a winner in the category of Best R&B Performance, gives a super confident performance. Even knowing her Disney history it’s been amazing to see how seasoned she is as she’s emerged over the past few years. She’s also nominated for a total of five awards, including Best New Artist and Album of the Year. For those who thought her nominations were premature, she proved otherwise with that performance.\u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:10 p.m. \u003c/strong>As if the world couldn’t get more plasticine, we had Childish Gambino as an computer-generated avatar reprising his “This Is America” dance moves in an earlier advertisement for a new Google phone. Not to be outdone, Ariana Grande stumped during a commercial break for Apple and their animoji thingamajigs. Neither, it should be noted, are in attendance at the actual award show happening tonight, despite the fact that they’ve both won awards. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:08 p.m. \u003c/strong>The Dolly Parton tribute/performance was a mixed bag, from the costumes to the singing — it was clearly meant as a Big Moment, but was less than that. Katy Perry struggled with rhythm. Kacey Musgraves’ light was dimmed in comparison to Parton’s own wattage. But when Miley Cyrus (Parton’s goddaughter) and Maren Morris joined Parton for another trio, things got much, much better as they sang in some really lovely close harmonies. And Little Big Town seemed thrilled just to be sharing the stage with Parton, along with the great Linda Perry — one of the few female producers working in the business — playing guitar in her band, but Parton seemed most sparkling when performing a new song, “Red Shoes” while wearing, of course… red heels..\u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:53 p.m. \u003c/strong>Post Malone, accompanied at first by naught but a guitar and spangles for the opening bars of “Stay,” then pivoted to his hit “Rockstar” and sung it quite ably, no doubt to the surprise of many. Anthony Kiedis, singing the Red Hot Chili Peppers song “Dark Necessities,” perhaps less so. (For what it’s worth, “Rockstar” is up for one of the night’s top prizes, Record of the Year. The featured artist on that release, 21 Savage, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/02/05/691725441/lawyers-for-21-savage-explain-dreamer-history-characterize-detention-as-baseless\">currently sitting in an ICE detention center\u003c/a> in Georgia.)\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:45 p.m. \u003c/strong>In a shock (to my system at least), Childish Gambino takes away Song of the Year for “This Is America” — which also won Best Music Video having racked up 482 million views. The field was crowded with nominees including Ella Mai, Drake, Kendrick Lamar & SZA …. And the win, though surprising, is interesting from a songwriting perspective. Gambino — a.k.a. Donald Glover — was not present to receive the award. He’s one of many top nominees on the hip-hop side especially — Kendrick Lamar and Drake also included — who are not in attendance tonight. It feels less like a protest on their part than just being fed up with investing so much into an institution that tends to invest so little into hip-hop. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:35 p.m. \u003c/strong>In a performance of “Make Me Feel” that would’ve made her former mentor Prince blush with pride, Janelle Monae just took Black Girl Magic to epic levels with choreographed dancing from her backing chorus, some well-placed air humps, floor crawls and a mic drop. \u003cem>–Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:29 p.m. \u003c/strong>I saw Kacey Musgraves perform in Washington, D.C. a few weeks ago — and was taken with her coolness and poise. She’s got a vibe that’s somehow super-1970s but very current as well — there was a lot of talk about how (relatively) diverse her fanbase is, for a country artist — and this simple, but beautiful performance of her song “Rainbow” felt very authentic to those ideals. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:25 p.m. \u003c/strong>Nina Dobrev’s appearance to introduce Kacey Musgraves might be the closest, by association, that we get to Drake being onstage this evening — she co-starred with Drake in the show \u003cem>Degrassi: The Next Generation \u003c/em>(and the \u003cem>Degrassi\u003c/em>-checking \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIhx2wZ8jnA\">music video for “I’m Upset.”\u003c/a>) \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:22 p.m. \u003c/strong>The award for best pop/duo performance went to Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s song “Shallow,” from the film — oh you know what it’s called. The song already won best song written for visual media earlier this evening. “I’m so proud to be part of a movie that addresses mental health issues — they’re so important. A lot of artists deal with that, and we’ve got to take care of each other. So if you see somebody who’s hurting, don’t look away.” \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:19 p.m. \u003c/strong>Shawn Mendes performed his modest hit “In My Blood” alongside Miley Cyrus. The song, which is up for song of the year — spent 23 weeks on the Hot 100 songs chart, topping out at No. 11. Mendes lost the trophy for best pop vocal album earlier tonight to Ariana Grande’s \u003cem>Sweetener\u003c/em>. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:15 p.m. \u003c/strong>Those five mostly talked about how much music means to them, not really about women, or the place of women in the business… even though *that* was \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/02/08/692671099/a-year-after-the-metoo-grammys-women-are-still-missing-in-music\">the story of last year’s Grammys\u003c/a>. In the days & weeks after last year’s awards, the Grammy organizers — particularly Neil Portnow, the president & CEO of the Recording Academy, and the telecast producer Ken Ehrlich, were the focus of outrage after both men made public statements that many interpreted as belittling women in the music industry. But perhaps the visuals of these five powerful, self-possessed women on stage are enough of a message… until Keys said, in a nod to an immortal Beyonce line: “Who runs the world?” \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:13 p.m. \u003c/strong>The Grammys waste no time acknowledging the elephant in the room as host Alicia Keys kicks off the show by introducing “some of [her] sisters” to the stage: Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Lopez and Michelle Obama — met with raucous applause — take turns extolling the value of music. “Music helps us share ourselves, our dignity and sorrows, our hopes and joys,” Obama says as the five women end the opening in a embrace. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:06 p.m. \u003c/strong>In the sclerotic world of the Grammys, it’s a big move to have an overtly Latinx opening act — Camila Cabello with J Balvin, Ricky Martin, Young Thug and Arturo Sandoval. The performance definitely feels like a statement, even though the set (which, in a pre-show interview with Ryan Seacrest, Cabello said was supposed to evoke a family home — her grandmother’s, I think) felt a little Broadway. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4:59 p.m. \u003c/strong>The somewhat shambolic, or at least far less buttoned-up, pre-show wrapped up around 6:50 p.m. ET. Notable winners included:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brandi Carlile\u003c/strong>, who’s already taken home three trophies, for best American roots performance and best American roots song for “The Joke,” as well as best Americana album for \u003cem>By The Way, I Forgive You\u003c/em>. The song and album is also up for record of the year and album of the year, respectively. (Read \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/11/13/563358018/songs-we-love-brandi-carlile-the-joke\">our chief critic Ann Powers take on “The Joke” here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ariana Grande\u003c/strong> — who \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/02/08/692671099/a-year-after-the-metoo-grammys-women-are-still-missing-in-music\">had a public falling out\u003c/a> with the night’s executive producer, Ken Ehrlich, earlier this week over her choice of song, a year after Lorde was denied the opportunity to perform during the telecast — won best pop vocal album for \u003cem>Sweetener.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kacey Musgraves\u003c/strong> has won two golden gramophones so far: “Space Cowboy” was voted best country song by the Recording Academy, while “Butterflies” won best country solo performance. She’s also nominated for Album of the Year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lady Gaga\u003c/strong> — who will be performing tonight without Bradley Cooper, who is in Britain, attending the BAFTAs — won best song written for visual media for, of course, “Shallow” from \u003cem>A Star Is Born\u003c/em>. Other cinema winners included Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake for their \u003cem>Black Panther \u003c/em>song “King’s Dead” (shared with Anderson .Paak and his song “Bubblin”); Hugh Jackman (and various other artists) for \u003cem>The Greatest Showman’s \u003c/em>compilation soundtrack; and Ludwig Göransson, who composed the score soundtrack for the visual media of Black Panther; and Terence Blanchard won best instrumental composition for “Blut Und Boden (Blood and Soil),” which you may recognize as the main theme to Spike Lee’s film BlacKkKKlansman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Carters’ \u003c/strong>\u003cem>Everything Is Love\u003c/em> for best urban contemporary album (shockingly, they weren’t present to accept their statue).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chris Cornell’s \u003c/strong>children accepted an award on his behalf, for best rock performance of “When Bad Does Good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unsurprisingly and well-deservedly, \u003cstrong>Childish Gambino\u003c/strong> was given best music video for “This Is America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet\u003c/strong> won best chamber music/small ensemble performance for \u003cem>Landfall\u003c/em> — \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/02/08/584036854/first-listen-laurie-anderson-kronos-quartet-landfall\">read our coverage here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elder jazz statesman \u003cstrong>Wayne Shorter\u003c/strong> and his Quartet’s \u003cem>Emanon \u003c/em>won for best jazz instrumental album. (We reviewed \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/09/14/647522444/with-emanon-jazz-elder-wayne-shorter-grandly-sweeps-the-stars\">the monumental piece of work\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Tiny Desk Contest winner \u003cstrong>Fantastic Negrito\u003c/strong>‘s \u003cem>Please Don’t Be Dead\u003c/em> won best contemporary blues album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Soweto Gospel Choir\u003c/strong>, who’ve \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2012/04/16/150511993/soweto-gospel-choir-tiny-desk-concert\">visited the Tiny Desk before\u003c/a>, won best world music album for \u003cem>Freedom\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Widely panned up-and-coming retro-rock group \u003cstrong>Greta Van Fleet\u003c/strong> took best rock album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>St. Vincent\u003c/strong> won best rock song for “Masseduction,” with producer Jack Antonoff by her side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matt Pike from the fairly underground metal band \u003cstrong>High On Fire\u003c/strong>, who likely didn’t ever expect to be ascending to the stage during the Grammys, accepted an award for best metal performance behind \u003cem>Electric Messiah\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dave Chappelle\u003c/strong>‘s \u003cem>Equanimity & The Bird Revelation \u003c/em>won best comedy album. \u003cem>–Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4:55 p.m.\u003c/strong> Out of 84 total awards, here are the nine that will be awarded during the telecast tonight:\u003cbr>\nBest country album\u003cbr>\nBest rap album\u003cbr>\nBest rap song\u003cbr>\nBest R&B album\u003cbr>\nBest pop duo/group performance\u003cbr>\nBest new artist\u003cbr>\nSong of the year\u003cbr>\nAlbum of the year\u003cbr>\nRecord of year\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>–Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4:50 p.m. \u003c/strong>Welcome to NPR’s live blog for the 61st annual Grammy Awards, where you’ll find commentary, context and pithy quips from our team. Going into the main show — with but nine awards left to give out — here are some things to keep in mind and look forward to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The night is, mostly, all about the performances. There will be awkward moments, but a planned tribute to Aretha Franklin, which will be performed by Yolanda Adams, Fantasia and Andra Day, had better be one to remember.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What will the final speech from Neil Portnow — who caused more than a little consternation last year when he said women needed to “step up” in order to secure broader inclusion — contain? The executive is resigning as president of the Recording Academy this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether the Recording Academy’s task force — \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/03/06/591213252/times-up-leader-tina-tchen-to-head-recording-academy-s-diversity-task-force\">set up in the wake\u003c/a> of Portnow’s comments and a severely lopsided number of female winners last year — has been successful in its aims to broaden not only the Academy’s membership but also those it honors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who doesn’t show up: Kendrick Lamar, Drake Childish Gambino, Ariana Grande, Jay-Z and Beyonce and a host of others are expected to skip this year. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:35 p.m. \u003c/strong>For a lot of folks in music, 2018 was the Year of Aretha. So it’s no surprise that three singers — Yolanda Adams, Fantasia, and Andra Day — are paying tribute to her on the Grammy telecast. (Both Adams and Fantasia sang at Franklin’s extraordinary homegoing service in Detroit in August.) Singing “Natural Woman,” the three are stadning on a small platform away from the main stage as images of Franklin flash by. How is this so much smaller, and lesser, than Diana Ross’ birthday bash? \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:32 p.m. \u003c/strong>Among those remembered during this year’s In Memoriam tribute: James Ingram, Roy Clark, Nancy Wilson, Charles Aznavour, Vic Damone, Carol Channing, Joe Jackson, James Wright, Gary Burden, Avicii, Ed King, John Perry Barlow, Tony Joe White, Mac Miller, Roy Hargrove, Cecil Taylor, Bill Watrous, Geoff Emerick, Yvonne Staples, Randy Scruggs, Roger Clark, Charles Neville and — of course — Aretha Franklin. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:29 p.m. \u003c/strong>Neil Portnow, in his comments as outgoing president & CEO of the Recording Academy (formerly known as NARAS, or the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences), makes a big point of saluting women and that he’s learned from this past year. He announces that he will be leaving the organization this July, when his contract expires. He’s been leading the Academy since 2002. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:24 p.m. \u003c/strong>Best New Artist was a crowded field this year — literally. It’s one of the awards that was widened from five to eight nominees… and the majority of them were female this year. Dua Lipa, who, in a Grammy telecast tradition of sorts, has just stepped off from performing “Masseduction” with St. Vincent, almost starts off her speech by saying, “I guess this year, we’ve really stepped up,” in reference to Neil Portnow’s infamous comments a year ago. She also makes a point of referencing \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2016/08/31/491948179/dua-lipa-wants-to-break-america\">her personal background\u003c/a> as the England-born daughter of immigrants from Kosovo. But she’s cut off before she can finish her comments. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:16 p.m. \u003c/strong>Dua Lipa and St. Vincent, introduced by Wilmer Valderrama for some reason, delivered a “hashtag-Grammy-moment” with a mashup of St. Vincent’s song “Masseduction” (for which she won Best Rock Song and, less excitingly, Best Recording Package her album of the same name) and Dua Lipa’s single “One Kiss” — a performance that was entirely dominated by St. Vincent, her innate intensity and guitar virtuosity. Hard to blame the onstage cameraman for momentarily losing his balance for a second there. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:12 p.m. \u003c/strong>Well, after a lot of rap wrongs, the Grammy’s got this one right at least. Cardi’s win for Rap Album of the Year comes in a category stacked solid with men as her competition. Her acceptance speech is really highlighting the sacrifices she had to make as a woman who became a mother-to-be at the same time that the spotlight and industry pressure were on her to follow up her No. 1 hit “Bodak Yellow” with an album. That she came through with \u003cem>Invasion of Privacy,\u003c/em> a well-crafted album that maximizes everything fans love about Cardi without turning her into a caricature, is a real breakthrough. She became a serious artist with this album. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:10 p.m. \u003c/strong>“Babe, I can’t breathe,” Cardi B said to husband Offset — who she \u003ca href=\"https://people.com/music/grammys-2019-cardi-b-offset-red-carpet-tongue-photos/\">tongued\u003c/a> on the red carpet earlier — as she was accepting the award for Best Rap Album. It was a rare example of the quickly risen star failing to find words. (You can find some deep background on Cardi’s fast success \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/04/05/599592959/the-business-of-being-cardi-b\">right here\u003c/a>.) \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8:02 p.m. \u003c/strong>A lot more people will be talking about Chloe x Halle — the sister duo signed by Beyonce — after this performance of Donny Hathaway’s “Where Is The Love.” And deservedly so. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:54 p.m. \u003c/strong>Brandi Carlile \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/02/14/582454085/brandi-carlile-on-practicing-forgiveness-even-when-its-hard\">does what she does\u003c/a>, which is absolutely slay songs that are inspirational and heartfelt, tiptoeing right up to the edge of maudlin. If you hadn’t been keeping track of the pre-telecast winners, you might not know that Carlile’s already having a big night, with three awards in the roots and Americana categories for “The Joke,” the song she played with her longtime collaborators Tim and Phil Hanseroth, and the album it comes from, \u003cem>By the Way, I Forgive You. \u003c/em>She has a shot at two more tonight, and they’re both big ones: Record and Album of the Year. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Jacob Ganz\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:49 p.m. \u003c/strong>Best R&B Album goes to H.E.R. for her self-titled album — her song “Best Part,” featuring Daniel Caesar, also won Best R&B Performance earlier tonight. H.E.R., born Gabi Wilson, told the audience that she’s been signed since she was 14 years old — which would have been in 2011. Feel old yet? (By the way that was BTS, the biggest K-pop group in the world, who presented her the award. They reached the top 10 of the Hot 100 for the first time last year — something H.E.R. has yet to do.)\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:40 p.m. \u003c/strong>The Recording Academy would very much like the public to know that they’re staging a Motown tribute in April. A very sweet little moment — in which Alicia Keys duets with Smokey Robinson — turns into a strange, jukebox-musical traversal of Motown’s many eras, featuring an entertainer whom I’ve *never* associated with Detroit: Jennifer Lopez, who courses through at least three outfits. And then Jenny from the block performs some impressively acrobatic salsa to the strains of Ne-Yo. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:32 p.m. \u003c/strong>Travis Scott opens his performance — the ONLY main hip-hop performance of the night — with James Blake and Earth Wind & Fire members, before transitioning into the Grammys’ awkward attempt at the MTV Awards. Scott performs “No Bystanders” in a cage before surfing a seemingly hired crowd. After seeing that and Drake’s acceptance speech, I’d love to see what an overcorrection on hip-hop would look like from the Grammy’s next year. (Interesting to note that Scott was also one of the performers at last weekend’s Super Bowl, amid a lot of controversy and a lot of rap acts declining the invitation. He played the exact same role under the exact same circumstances tonight.) \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:19 p.m. \u003c/strong>Lady Gaga brought to “Shallow” a ’90s alterna-rock interpretation, complete with Alice-In-Chains-ian acoustic guitar tone. She perhaps oversold her energy during the opener, before the song arrived at its Oscar-worthy anthemic energy. It’s a strange sort of meta-cultural exercise to see Lady Gaga, an actual pop star, bringing such energy to the performance of a song that was written for her portrayal of a fake pop star within a movie about the vagaries and pitfalls of… pop stardom. Regardless, the song won for best song written for visual media and Best Pop Duo/Group performance earlier tonight. She also picked up a prize for Best Pop Solo Performance for “Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Going).” \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:12 p.m. \u003c/strong>While we’re enjoying Gaga’s Cooperless performance of “Shallow,” I’ll direct anyone who might have been confused by Diana Ross exclaiming “Happy Birthday to me!” at the end of her set to the Twitter feed of NPR Music’s pop critic Ann Powers (watching the show even though she’s on leave), \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/annkpowers/status/1094795066940493830\">who notes\u003c/a> that occasion won’t actually occur until March 26. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Jacob Ganz\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7:04 p.m. \u003c/strong>Alicia Keys introduces Diana Ross ahead of her 75th birthday celebration in March, with a string that includes 42 No. 1 songs, paired with Ross’ 9-year-old grandson, Raif-Henok. (His appearance feels like that of a young princeling being introduced to society.) Ross — wearing blazing red tulle — belts out “The Best Years of My Life.” While the voice is a bit ragged, there’s no denying her queenliness. She then invites the crowd to “move the energy in the room” while she runs through “Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand).” Before crowing, “Happy birthday to me!” \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:54 p.m. \u003c/strong>Drake wins Best Rap Song for “God’s Plan,” and surprises everybody by actually being in attendance “I definitely did not think I was winning anything,” Drake says before giving a speech that speaks directly to the huge disconnect between institutions like the Grammys and hip-hop artists like Travis Scott, Cardi B and others, whom he references during his acceptance. It’s a speech that the Recording Academy and many watching at home needed to hear, but apparently the Academy didn’t want to. They cut Drake off without even the benefit of playing wrap-it-up music, after he said, “You don’t need this,” speaking to his peers and striving musicians. It was a direct reference to the trophy he was holding in his hand, one he said he was surprised to collect — which is surprising in itself considering Drake’s outsized success. That might have stung the Grammys, the the move to end the speech will be read like more disrespect in the historic gulf between The Grammys and The Culture. That speech, and the Grammys allowing him to have his say in full, might have gone a long way in righting some historic wrongs. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:50 p.m. \u003c/strong>You might not be familiar with rising country-pop duo Dan + Shay, who just performed their highest-charting single, “Tequila,” for which they won the best country duo/group performance award tonight. Beginning as Nashville songwriters, the pair released their first album, \u003cem>Where It All Began\u003c/em>, in 2014 and have released two since, including last year’s self-titled album that contained that winning single.\u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:45 p.m. \u003c/strong>When show host Alicia Keys has to fill up an extended set with covers ranging from Nat King Cole to Ella Mai, it just underlines how many big-name nominees turned down the opportunity to perform this year. That race toward irrelevance — the Grammy’s are winning it. Despite it all, she sounded great as she straddled a piano stool rotating between two grand pianos. It felt like a classic Grammy mashup — mixing the old with the new. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:33 p.m. \u003c/strong>It’s been nearly an hour since our last trophy was given out — even by Grammy standards, that was \u003cem>quite \u003c/em>a while. Regardless, we have our winner for best country album: Kacey Musgraves’ \u003cem>Golden Hour\u003c/em>, which she accepted winged by album producers Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. She’s now won three statues so far tonight. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:30 p.m. \u003c/strong>Cardi B’s lip synch for “Money” was a little asynchronous — but her charisma, in service of a naughty Marlene Dietrich’d cabaret performance that recalled the song’s video, was minimally affected. She’s still up for Best Rap Album, Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Earlier in the night, she lost pop duo/group performance to Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow” and best rap performance to Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake’s “King’s Dead” and Anderson .Paak’s “Bubblin.” \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:21 p.m. \u003c/strong>H.E.R., already a winner in the category of Best R&B Performance, gives a super confident performance. Even knowing her Disney history it’s been amazing to see how seasoned she is as she’s emerged over the past few years. She’s also nominated for a total of five awards, including Best New Artist and Album of the Year. For those who thought her nominations were premature, she proved otherwise with that performance.\u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:10 p.m. \u003c/strong>As if the world couldn’t get more plasticine, we had Childish Gambino as an computer-generated avatar reprising his “This Is America” dance moves in an earlier advertisement for a new Google phone. Not to be outdone, Ariana Grande stumped during a commercial break for Apple and their animoji thingamajigs. Neither, it should be noted, are in attendance at the actual award show happening tonight, despite the fact that they’ve both won awards. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6:08 p.m. \u003c/strong>The Dolly Parton tribute/performance was a mixed bag, from the costumes to the singing — it was clearly meant as a Big Moment, but was less than that. Katy Perry struggled with rhythm. Kacey Musgraves’ light was dimmed in comparison to Parton’s own wattage. But when Miley Cyrus (Parton’s goddaughter) and Maren Morris joined Parton for another trio, things got much, much better as they sang in some really lovely close harmonies. And Little Big Town seemed thrilled just to be sharing the stage with Parton, along with the great Linda Perry — one of the few female producers working in the business — playing guitar in her band, but Parton seemed most sparkling when performing a new song, “Red Shoes” while wearing, of course… red heels..\u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:53 p.m. \u003c/strong>Post Malone, accompanied at first by naught but a guitar and spangles for the opening bars of “Stay,” then pivoted to his hit “Rockstar” and sung it quite ably, no doubt to the surprise of many. Anthony Kiedis, singing the Red Hot Chili Peppers song “Dark Necessities,” perhaps less so. (For what it’s worth, “Rockstar” is up for one of the night’s top prizes, Record of the Year. The featured artist on that release, 21 Savage, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/02/05/691725441/lawyers-for-21-savage-explain-dreamer-history-characterize-detention-as-baseless\">currently sitting in an ICE detention center\u003c/a> in Georgia.)\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:45 p.m. \u003c/strong>In a shock (to my system at least), Childish Gambino takes away Song of the Year for “This Is America” — which also won Best Music Video having racked up 482 million views. The field was crowded with nominees including Ella Mai, Drake, Kendrick Lamar & SZA …. And the win, though surprising, is interesting from a songwriting perspective. Gambino — a.k.a. Donald Glover — was not present to receive the award. He’s one of many top nominees on the hip-hop side especially — Kendrick Lamar and Drake also included — who are not in attendance tonight. It feels less like a protest on their part than just being fed up with investing so much into an institution that tends to invest so little into hip-hop. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:35 p.m. \u003c/strong>In a performance of “Make Me Feel” that would’ve made her former mentor Prince blush with pride, Janelle Monae just took Black Girl Magic to epic levels with choreographed dancing from her backing chorus, some well-placed air humps, floor crawls and a mic drop. \u003cem>–Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:29 p.m. \u003c/strong>I saw Kacey Musgraves perform in Washington, D.C. a few weeks ago — and was taken with her coolness and poise. She’s got a vibe that’s somehow super-1970s but very current as well — there was a lot of talk about how (relatively) diverse her fanbase is, for a country artist — and this simple, but beautiful performance of her song “Rainbow” felt very authentic to those ideals. \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:25 p.m. \u003c/strong>Nina Dobrev’s appearance to introduce Kacey Musgraves might be the closest, by association, that we get to Drake being onstage this evening — she co-starred with Drake in the show \u003cem>Degrassi: The Next Generation \u003c/em>(and the \u003cem>Degrassi\u003c/em>-checking \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIhx2wZ8jnA\">music video for “I’m Upset.”\u003c/a>) \u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>\u003cem>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:22 p.m. \u003c/strong>The award for best pop/duo performance went to Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s song “Shallow,” from the film — oh you know what it’s called. The song already won best song written for visual media earlier this evening. “I’m so proud to be part of a movie that addresses mental health issues — they’re so important. A lot of artists deal with that, and we’ve got to take care of each other. So if you see somebody who’s hurting, don’t look away.” \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:19 p.m. \u003c/strong>Shawn Mendes performed his modest hit “In My Blood” alongside Miley Cyrus. The song, which is up for song of the year — spent 23 weeks on the Hot 100 songs chart, topping out at No. 11. Mendes lost the trophy for best pop vocal album earlier tonight to Ariana Grande’s \u003cem>Sweetener\u003c/em>. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:15 p.m. \u003c/strong>Those five mostly talked about how much music means to them, not really about women, or the place of women in the business… even though *that* was \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/02/08/692671099/a-year-after-the-metoo-grammys-women-are-still-missing-in-music\">the story of last year’s Grammys\u003c/a>. In the days & weeks after last year’s awards, the Grammy organizers — particularly Neil Portnow, the president & CEO of the Recording Academy, and the telecast producer Ken Ehrlich, were the focus of outrage after both men made public statements that many interpreted as belittling women in the music industry. But perhaps the visuals of these five powerful, self-possessed women on stage are enough of a message… until Keys said, in a nod to an immortal Beyonce line: “Who runs the world?” \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:13 p.m. \u003c/strong>The Grammys waste no time acknowledging the elephant in the room as host Alicia Keys kicks off the show by introducing “some of [her] sisters” to the stage: Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Lopez and Michelle Obama — met with raucous applause — take turns extolling the value of music. “Music helps us share ourselves, our dignity and sorrows, our hopes and joys,” Obama says as the five women end the opening in a embrace. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Rodney Carmichael\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:06 p.m. \u003c/strong>In the sclerotic world of the Grammys, it’s a big move to have an overtly Latinx opening act — Camila Cabello with J Balvin, Ricky Martin, Young Thug and Arturo Sandoval. The performance definitely feels like a statement, even though the set (which, in a pre-show interview with Ryan Seacrest, Cabello said was supposed to evoke a family home — her grandmother’s, I think) felt a little Broadway. \u003cem>\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\">—\u003c/span>Anastasia Tsioulcas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4:59 p.m. \u003c/strong>The somewhat shambolic, or at least far less buttoned-up, pre-show wrapped up around 6:50 p.m. ET. Notable winners included:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brandi Carlile\u003c/strong>, who’s already taken home three trophies, for best American roots performance and best American roots song for “The Joke,” as well as best Americana album for \u003cem>By The Way, I Forgive You\u003c/em>. The song and album is also up for record of the year and album of the year, respectively. (Read \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/11/13/563358018/songs-we-love-brandi-carlile-the-joke\">our chief critic Ann Powers take on “The Joke” here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ariana Grande\u003c/strong> — who \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/02/08/692671099/a-year-after-the-metoo-grammys-women-are-still-missing-in-music\">had a public falling out\u003c/a> with the night’s executive producer, Ken Ehrlich, earlier this week over her choice of song, a year after Lorde was denied the opportunity to perform during the telecast — won best pop vocal album for \u003cem>Sweetener.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kacey Musgraves\u003c/strong> has won two golden gramophones so far: “Space Cowboy” was voted best country song by the Recording Academy, while “Butterflies” won best country solo performance. She’s also nominated for Album of the Year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lady Gaga\u003c/strong> — who will be performing tonight without Bradley Cooper, who is in Britain, attending the BAFTAs — won best song written for visual media for, of course, “Shallow” from \u003cem>A Star Is Born\u003c/em>. Other cinema winners included Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake for their \u003cem>Black Panther \u003c/em>song “King’s Dead” (shared with Anderson .Paak and his song “Bubblin”); Hugh Jackman (and various other artists) for \u003cem>The Greatest Showman’s \u003c/em>compilation soundtrack; and Ludwig Göransson, who composed the score soundtrack for the visual media of Black Panther; and Terence Blanchard won best instrumental composition for “Blut Und Boden (Blood and Soil),” which you may recognize as the main theme to Spike Lee’s film BlacKkKKlansman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Carters’ \u003c/strong>\u003cem>Everything Is Love\u003c/em> for best urban contemporary album (shockingly, they weren’t present to accept their statue).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chris Cornell’s \u003c/strong>children accepted an award on his behalf, for best rock performance of “When Bad Does Good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unsurprisingly and well-deservedly, \u003cstrong>Childish Gambino\u003c/strong> was given best music video for “This Is America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet\u003c/strong> won best chamber music/small ensemble performance for \u003cem>Landfall\u003c/em> — \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/02/08/584036854/first-listen-laurie-anderson-kronos-quartet-landfall\">read our coverage here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elder jazz statesman \u003cstrong>Wayne Shorter\u003c/strong> and his Quartet’s \u003cem>Emanon \u003c/em>won for best jazz instrumental album. (We reviewed \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/09/14/647522444/with-emanon-jazz-elder-wayne-shorter-grandly-sweeps-the-stars\">the monumental piece of work\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Tiny Desk Contest winner \u003cstrong>Fantastic Negrito\u003c/strong>‘s \u003cem>Please Don’t Be Dead\u003c/em> won best contemporary blues album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Soweto Gospel Choir\u003c/strong>, who’ve \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2012/04/16/150511993/soweto-gospel-choir-tiny-desk-concert\">visited the Tiny Desk before\u003c/a>, won best world music album for \u003cem>Freedom\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Widely panned up-and-coming retro-rock group \u003cstrong>Greta Van Fleet\u003c/strong> took best rock album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>St. Vincent\u003c/strong> won best rock song for “Masseduction,” with producer Jack Antonoff by her side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matt Pike from the fairly underground metal band \u003cstrong>High On Fire\u003c/strong>, who likely didn’t ever expect to be ascending to the stage during the Grammys, accepted an award for best metal performance behind \u003cem>Electric Messiah\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dave Chappelle\u003c/strong>‘s \u003cem>Equanimity & The Bird Revelation \u003c/em>won best comedy album. \u003cem>–Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4:55 p.m.\u003c/strong> Out of 84 total awards, here are the nine that will be awarded during the telecast tonight:\u003cbr>\nBest country album\u003cbr>\nBest rap album\u003cbr>\nBest rap song\u003cbr>\nBest R&B album\u003cbr>\nBest pop duo/group performance\u003cbr>\nBest new artist\u003cbr>\nSong of the year\u003cbr>\nAlbum of the year\u003cbr>\nRecord of year\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>–Andrew Flanagan\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4:50 p.m. \u003c/strong>Welcome to NPR’s live blog for the 61st annual Grammy Awards, where you’ll find commentary, context and pithy quips from our team. Going into the main show — with but nine awards left to give out — here are some things to keep in mind and look forward to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The night is, mostly, all about the performances. There will be awkward moments, but a planned tribute to Aretha Franklin, which will be performed by Yolanda Adams, Fantasia and Andra Day, had better be one to remember.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What will the final speech from Neil Portnow — who caused more than a little consternation last year when he said women needed to “step up” in order to secure broader inclusion — contain? The executive is resigning as president of the Recording Academy this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether the Recording Academy’s task force — \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/03/06/591213252/times-up-leader-tina-tchen-to-head-recording-academy-s-diversity-task-force\">set up in the wake\u003c/a> of Portnow’s comments and a severely lopsided number of female winners last year — has been successful in its aims to broaden not only the Academy’s membership but also those it honors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Whatever you think of the Grammy Awards, they do provide an intriguing snapshot of how the music industry wishes to see itself — particularly in terms of its chosen standard-bearers. In one three-and-a-half-hour flurry of awards and performances, you’ll get a cross-genre infomercial and, if you curate your Twitter feed right, an evening-long feast of social-media jokes and commentary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the end of the night, you may well find yourself shouting your own strongly worded opinions from the virtual mountaintop. But for now, we can only take a few educated stabs at the joys and outrages that await. Here are five storylines to watch as Music’s Biggest Night™ approaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”7eUtSw3O3ZIIvJQn4I0q51c5u0YGVq7R”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1) So many nominees. \u003c/strong>The Grammys’ four biggest categories — album of the year, song of the year, record of the year and best new artist — have traditionally been a hash of oddly matched genres, with pop, rock, hip-hop, R&B, country and jazz artists vying for only five nomination slots. This year, the hash naturally remains, but the number of slots has increased from five to eight to accommodate more diversity among the nominees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s nominations bear that out; in album of the year, for example, Cardi B, Brandi Carlile, Drake, H.E.R., Post Malone, Janelle Monáe, Kacey Musgraves and the \u003cem>Black Panther\u003c/em> soundtrack are all in contention. Record of the year will go to a song by either Cardi B; Carlile; Childish Gambino; Drake; Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper; Kendrick Lamar and SZA; or Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey. (Here’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/12/07/674493226/kendrick-lamar-female-nominees-lead-major-grammy-nominations\">a fuller rundown\u003c/a> of this year’s nominees.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The clutter of names makes gaming out winners trickier than ever. Vote-splitting among similar artists and genres could be a major factor. For example, rootsy singers Brandi Carlile and Kacey Musgraves might siphon off each other’s album of the year votes, leaving an open lane for… it’s hard to tell, really. Monáe’s \u003cem>Dirty Computer\u003c/em> was adored by critics, \u003cem>Black Panther\u003c/em> was a commercial juggernaut spearheaded by Kendrick Lamar (who’s due after a few high-profile snubs in the category), Cardi B dominated both the 2018 pop charts and the cultural conversation. And so on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traditionally, the Grammys have skewed toward safe and/or legacy artists in the major categories, as evidenced by a quarter-century’s worth of album of the year wins for the likes of Tony Bennett, Celine Dion, Steely Dan, U2, Herbie Hancock, Mumford & Sons, Adele (over Beyoncé’s \u003cem>Lemonade\u003c/em>!), Beck (over Beyoncé’s \u003cem>Beyoncé\u003c/em>!), Taylor Swift (over Kendrick Lamar’s \u003cem>To Pimp a Butterfly\u003c/em>!), Bruno Mars (over Kendrick Lamar’s \u003cem>DAMN.\u003c/em>!) and so on. Before this year, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West have been nominated in the album of the year category three times apiece, and each has come up empty. Generally speaking, hip-hop has fared poorly in the category over the years — Eminem is also 0-for-3 — so a win for Cardi B, Drake or \u003cem>Black Panther\u003c/em> would represent a notable shift. (A win for Monáe would qualify, as well.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2) “Women need to step up.”\u003c/strong> A year ago, Grammys president Neil Portnow spoke those five profoundly stupid words, shoving both loafers straight into his gullet as he opined on what turned out to be a heavily male-dominated slate of Grammy winners. (To refresh your memory on that controversy, here’s some of Anastasia Tsioulcas’ indispensable reporting, from last \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/02/06/583464118/women-in-the-music-industry-call-for-evolution-at-the-grammys\">February\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/19/669324103/seeking-greater-diversity-grammy-organization-alters-its-rules-for-membership\">November\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Recording Academy — the voting body that chooses each year’s Grammy winners — has attempted to broaden and diversify its membership since last year’s debacle, when best new artist winner Alessia Cara was the only woman to pick up her own Grammy during the night’s Bruno Mars-intensive telecast. Portnow announced last year that he will step down this summer, and the Grammys have a history of pivoting immediately after public-relations fiascoes. (See: Kendrick Lamar winning heavily in the hip-hop categories after getting swept by Macklemore in 2014, or Metallica dominating the heavy-metal category after losing to Jethro Tull in 1989.) How and whether those correctives translate to the actual awards this year is and will remain a major Grammy storyline this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3) Whither on-stage activism?\u003c/strong> In 2018, against a backdrop of sexual-misconduct allegations in the entertainment industry (and more wide-ranging objections to Donald Trump and his administration), the Grammys mostly stayed muted, politically speaking. With Alicia Keys replacing genial James Corden, the host’s commentary could certainly get bolder and more cutting this time around. (The name of former Keys collaborator R. Kelly might pop up, for example.) And several of the scheduled A-list performers — the increasingly outspoken Cardi B, for one, as well as Monáe, among others — are unlikely to keep their musical contributions entirely commentary-free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4) Which moments will resonate?\u003c/strong> Last year’s Grammys were pretty limp overall, but they still served up a few tableaux that dominated “The Conversation” for a handful of minutes. Kesha’s powerful, choir-backed “Praying” stood out, as did Kendrick Lamar’s show-opening performance. (And remember how they kept trotting out Sting for some reason?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, in addition to the aforementioned Cardi B and Monáe, announced performers include Camila Cabello, Brandi Carlile, Miley Cyrus, Dan + Shay, H.E.R., Little Big Town, Post Malone, Ricky Martin, Shawn Mendes, Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Diana Ross, Chloe x Halle, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Travis Scott, Dua Lipa and St. Vincent, and Yolanda Adams, Fantasia and Andra Day. It’s hard to predict which performers will pop — some artists share the stage and wind up getting far less face time than others — but Cyrus and Gaga have a long history of using awards-show performances to get people talking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5) Who, if anyone, will sweep?\u003c/strong> Last year’s telecast was a slog of repeat winners (hello again, Bruno Mars! back already, Chris Stapleton?), as well as prominent shutouts (Jay-Z famously went 0-for-8, SZA went 0-for-5, “Despacito” went 0-for-3, and so on). The Grammys often dole out their trophies in bunches — remember those photos of \u003ca href=\"https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/norah-jones-holds-her-five-awards-backstage-at-the-45th-news-photo/97327714\">Norah Jones clutching a giant pile of statuettes\u003c/a> she’d just won? — so we might get a sense of a dominant night early on. Likeliest future pile-clutchers? 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And so on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traditionally, the Grammys have skewed toward safe and/or legacy artists in the major categories, as evidenced by a quarter-century’s worth of album of the year wins for the likes of Tony Bennett, Celine Dion, Steely Dan, U2, Herbie Hancock, Mumford & Sons, Adele (over Beyoncé’s \u003cem>Lemonade\u003c/em>!), Beck (over Beyoncé’s \u003cem>Beyoncé\u003c/em>!), Taylor Swift (over Kendrick Lamar’s \u003cem>To Pimp a Butterfly\u003c/em>!), Bruno Mars (over Kendrick Lamar’s \u003cem>DAMN.\u003c/em>!) and so on. Before this year, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West have been nominated in the album of the year category three times apiece, and each has come up empty. Generally speaking, hip-hop has fared poorly in the category over the years — Eminem is also 0-for-3 — so a win for Cardi B, Drake or \u003cem>Black Panther\u003c/em> would represent a notable shift. (A win for Monáe would qualify, as well.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2) “Women need to step up.”\u003c/strong> A year ago, Grammys president Neil Portnow spoke those five profoundly stupid words, shoving both loafers straight into his gullet as he opined on what turned out to be a heavily male-dominated slate of Grammy winners. (To refresh your memory on that controversy, here’s some of Anastasia Tsioulcas’ indispensable reporting, from last \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/02/06/583464118/women-in-the-music-industry-call-for-evolution-at-the-grammys\">February\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/19/669324103/seeking-greater-diversity-grammy-organization-alters-its-rules-for-membership\">November\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Recording Academy — the voting body that chooses each year’s Grammy winners — has attempted to broaden and diversify its membership since last year’s debacle, when best new artist winner Alessia Cara was the only woman to pick up her own Grammy during the night’s Bruno Mars-intensive telecast. Portnow announced last year that he will step down this summer, and the Grammys have a history of pivoting immediately after public-relations fiascoes. (See: Kendrick Lamar winning heavily in the hip-hop categories after getting swept by Macklemore in 2014, or Metallica dominating the heavy-metal category after losing to Jethro Tull in 1989.) How and whether those correctives translate to the actual awards this year is and will remain a major Grammy storyline this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3) Whither on-stage activism?\u003c/strong> In 2018, against a backdrop of sexual-misconduct allegations in the entertainment industry (and more wide-ranging objections to Donald Trump and his administration), the Grammys mostly stayed muted, politically speaking. With Alicia Keys replacing genial James Corden, the host’s commentary could certainly get bolder and more cutting this time around. (The name of former Keys collaborator R. Kelly might pop up, for example.) And several of the scheduled A-list performers — the increasingly outspoken Cardi B, for one, as well as Monáe, among others — are unlikely to keep their musical contributions entirely commentary-free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4) Which moments will resonate?\u003c/strong> Last year’s Grammys were pretty limp overall, but they still served up a few tableaux that dominated “The Conversation” for a handful of minutes. Kesha’s powerful, choir-backed “Praying” stood out, as did Kendrick Lamar’s show-opening performance. (And remember how they kept trotting out Sting for some reason?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, in addition to the aforementioned Cardi B and Monáe, announced performers include Camila Cabello, Brandi Carlile, Miley Cyrus, Dan + Shay, H.E.R., Little Big Town, Post Malone, Ricky Martin, Shawn Mendes, Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Diana Ross, Chloe x Halle, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Travis Scott, Dua Lipa and St. Vincent, and Yolanda Adams, Fantasia and Andra Day. It’s hard to predict which performers will pop — some artists share the stage and wind up getting far less face time than others — but Cyrus and Gaga have a long history of using awards-show performances to get people talking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5) Who, if anyone, will sweep?\u003c/strong> Last year’s telecast was a slog of repeat winners (hello again, Bruno Mars! back already, Chris Stapleton?), as well as prominent shutouts (Jay-Z famously went 0-for-8, SZA went 0-for-5, “Despacito” went 0-for-3, and so on). The Grammys often dole out their trophies in bunches — remember those photos of \u003ca href=\"https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/norah-jones-holds-her-five-awards-backstage-at-the-45th-news-photo/97327714\">Norah Jones clutching a giant pile of statuettes\u003c/a> she’d just won? — so we might get a sense of a dominant night early on. Likeliest future pile-clutchers? Cardi B, Kacey Musgraves and Janelle Monáe are all beyond plausible, but don’t be surprised by a string of big wins for Brandi Carlile, a solid dark horse for a Recording Academy that loves sturdy veteran artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Winners of this year’s Grammy Awards will be announced Sunday, Feb. 10. It’s been a year since outrage erupted in the music business after Neil Portnow, president and CEO of the Recording Academy, the organization which gives out the Grammys, said in an interview that women should \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/02/06/583464118/women-in-the-music-industry-call-for-evolution-at-the-grammys\">“step up”\u003c/a> if they wanted to be recognized in the music industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the days and weeks that followed, there was a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/02/09/584506881/music-industry-men-join-cry-to-change-the-recording-academy\">volley\u003c/a> of calls for Portnow’s resignation, and for changes in the Grammy process. But gender inequality issues in the music business go far beyond one awards show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The road to this year’s Grammy Awards show has been bumpy. On Thursday, pop star \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/artists/522184181/ariana-grande\">Ariana Grande\u003c/a>, who’s up for two awards — announced on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1093627013762506752\">Twitter\u003c/a> that she won’t even attend the ceremony. She’d been slated to perform — but the show’s producers reportedly insisted that they would choose her set list. She wanted to make the decision. The show’s producer, Ken Ehrlich, reportedly told the AP on Thursday that the singer “felt it was \u003ca href=\"https://www.apnews.com/404b3a97ff434d919be6efc0e95fe859\">too late\u003c/a> for her to pull something together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grande quickly fired back, accusing Ehrlich of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1093627215600734208\">lying\u003c/a>. In a series of tweets, she wrote: “i can pull together a performance over night and you know that, Ken. it was when my creativity & self expression was stifled by you, that i decided not to attend… i \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1093627572598988800\">offered\u003c/a> 3 different songs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Grande situation echoes a similar situation last year, when \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/artists/227790178/lorde\">Lorde\u003c/a>, who was the one female nominee for Album of the Year, was not allowed to perform solo. That was one of the catalysts that led to Neil Portnow’s “step up” comments. Portnow, who has headed the Recording Academy since 2002, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/06/01/615889769/grammy-president-neil-portnow-to-step-down-in-2019\">announced\u003c/a> last May that he will be stepping down this July when his contract expires; he declined NPR’s request for an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”t8etDcRbbLTJXHKZNhPcwnJgySNqGQo6″]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melinda Newman, West Coast editor of \u003cem>Billboard\u003c/em>, says that the Recording Academy is just part of a larger issue. “They don’t have any jurisdiction,” Newman observes. “They don’t put out content. They don’t make records themselves. So in some ways, a lot of the hue and cry that we’re seeing from Neil Portnow’s remarks really are reflective of just the general music industry and the lack of diversity in the general music industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The numbers bear Newman’s argument out: Women are missing in popular music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They only represent about 21 percent of all artists,” notes Stacy L. Smith, the founder and director of the \u003ca href=\"https://annenberg.usc.edu/research/aii\">Annenberg Inclusion Initiative\u003c/a> at the University of Southern California. Earlier this week, her team released its \u003ca href=\"http://assets.uscannenberg.org/docs/aii-inclusion-recording-studio-2019.pdf\">second annual report\u003c/a> about the percentage of women working in the music industry, based on the Billboard Hot 100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Twenty three percent of the 700 songs in our sample had one of 10 male songwriters attached to them,” Smith continues. “So, culturally we’re allowing 10 men to set the norms — that really doesn’t represent the world that we live in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith says that lack of women’s voices really shapes pop music. “It directly translates to what is being told or communicated to audiences,” she continues, “about norms, about lived experiences — and we’re seeing females shut out from this process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the Annenberg researchers released its initial report last year, not much has changed in terms of the numbers of women working in the music business; Smith calls this year’s findings a “rinse and repeat” of the team’s 2018 report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katherine Pieper, another Annenberg researcher, says the group also interviewed women about working in music as part of its 2019 report. She notes that this same team has also studied the film business — an industry that has had some of its \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/tags/570698249/-metoo\">#MeToo \u003c/a>and gender disparity issues quite publicly aired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We interviewed both female directors and executives in the film industry who were knowledgeable about the process of hiring female directors,” Pieper says. “We asked them some similar questions about the barriers facing female directors, and why there were so few women working behind the camera. And the answers that we heard there were very different. We heard a lot about the need to finance a film, and the difficulty that women had getting the resources to make their movies. We heard about women’s ambition, and the difficulty of networking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pieper says that the music business is faring much worse than Hollywood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In this study of the music industry,” Pieper continues, “we heard much more about the lack of attention paid to women’s contributions and the way that they were treated in the studio. This was a very different set of barriers. They were hit on. They were the object of innuendo, they felt personally unsafe in certain situations. Oftentimes, their contributions were ignored, or not acknowledged — even dismissed by the people they were working with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”yxpgSCGyiC4nabq0crlkOFAA7UG9opqV”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Grammy organization is hoping that it can emerge from last year’s condemnations as a leader. \u003ca href=\"https://buckleyfirm.com/people/tina-tchen\">Tina Tchen\u003c/a> is a co-founder of the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund and was Michelle Obama’s chief of staff. Last spring, the Recording Academy asked Tchen to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/03/06/591213252/times-up-leader-tina-tchen-to-head-recording-academy-s-diversity-task-force\">lead its new task force\u003c/a> for inclusion and diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tchen is well aware that the music industry stats for women are abysmal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Of producers in the music industry, only two percent are women,” she says. “Of engineers in the music industry, only three percent are women. It’s the 21st Century, and we’re talking about in these key roles in the music industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, earlier this month, the Recording Academy announced a new program: It’s asking any business or individual who hires record producers or engineers to consider at least two women for any project. The initiative already has over 300 signatories; artists who have pledged to participate include Cardi B, Post Malone, Pharrell Williams … and Ariana Grande.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We thought this was an important first step,” Tchen says. “Through this initiative, we really gave everybody something to do that’s really concrete, and is really going to make a difference.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And though it’s a start, Tchen says, bigger shifts are going to much more time to achieve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have taken decades, if not millennia, to get in this position with respect to how women advance in our broader culture, not just in this industry,” Tchen notes. “So it’s going to take us a lot more than one year to solve this issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Recording Academy has taken certain other concrete steps to repair the Grammy Awards as well, including attempting to expand the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/19/669324103/seeking-greater-diversity-grammy-organization-alters-its-rules-for-membership\">diversity of its membership\u003c/a> and taking the number of possible nominees in its top four categories — Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist — from five to eight slots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That last move has already paid dividends: five out of the eight nominees who could win Album of the Year on Sunday are \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/12/07/674493226/kendrick-lamar-female-nominees-lead-major-grammy-nominations\">women\u003c/a>, and female artists also form the majority of nominees in the Best New Artist category.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/692671099/692823703\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/div>\n\n",
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