Grammy Awards Was A Big Night For Rising Female Artists
As music fans eagerly tuned into the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 2nd, it was clear that this year’s ceremony was different.
Instead of delivering playful jokes toward the nominees, host Trevor Noah encouraged the audience to donate to the Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort. By the end of the show, it was revealed that the Grammys had raised more than $7 million for LA wildfire relief.
This year was also monumental for the rising female artists: Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter, who were both nominated for Album of the Year.
Other nominees in the category included Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and Billie Eilish. The award went to Beyoncé for her album COWBOY CARTER, making it her first project to win Album of the Year.
COWBOY CARTER also won Best Country Album, bringing Beyoncé to a whopping 35 Grammy Awards won throughout her career.
Another highly-coveted award was the Grammy for Best New Artist. Nominees included Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, and Doechii. The award went to Chappell Roan, who performed her hit single Pink Pony Club at the show while atop a giant plastic pony.
Despite losing the award for Best New Artist, Sabrina Carpenter won Best Pop Solo Performance for her hit single Espresso and Best Pop Vocal Album for Short n’ Sweet. Sabrina also performed a jazz-inspired mashup of her songs Espresso and Please Please Please.
Grammy newcomer Charli XCX also had a big night, performing her songs Guess and Von Dutch. Her album Brat won Best Electronic/Dance Album, Best Dance Pop Recording and Best Recording Package.
Rap artist Doechii gave a theatrical performance of her jazz/hip hop single Denial Is A River and won Best Rap Album for Alligator Bites Never Heal. Despite the category being introduced in 1989, Doechii is only the third woman to win the award, after Cardi B and Lauryn Hill.
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars also took to the stage to perform an emotional rendition of California Dreamin’, paying tribute to LA after the devastating wildfires. The duo also won a Grammy for their song Die With a Smile, which became the fastest song to reach one billion streams on Spotify.
However, Sabrina and Chappell did not win every category. The pop girls lost to Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Released last spring, the diss track swept all five categories it was nominated in.
Fans were also surprised to see that Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish won no Grammys for their albums The Tortured Poets Department, and HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, respectively.
Although she did not win any Grammys, Billie Eilish delivered a beautiful performance of her song Birds Of a Feather with brother and producer Finneas.
