The Los Angeles Grammy Music Award. In the category "Song of the Year", the award was awarded to the composition This Is America, performed by the American Childish Gambino (the real name is Donald Glover). The broadcast was conducted on the website of the National Academy of Art and Recording Technology USA.
As The Tribune World says - in the nomination "Song of the Year" the award is presented to the author of the composition. In addition to Glover, this is Swedish composer Ludwig Görensen and American Jeffrey Lamar Williams, better known as Young Tag.
Childish Gambino with the song This Is America also won the Record of the Year award.
The award of the National Academy of Art and Recording Technology of the USA in this nomination, which is considered one of the most prestigious, was also claimed by the single Shallow of the singer Lady Gaga and actor Bradley Cooper, the song All the Stars by rapper Kendrick Lamar and the singer SZA, the single The Middle of the German DJ and producer of Russian origin Zedd (Anton Zaslavsky) together with country singer Maren Morris and duet Gray.
The awards in this category were nominated singles of The Joke singer Brandi Carlisle, I Like It American hip-hop performer Cardi B (Belkalis Almanzar) with the participation of Bad Bunny and Jay Balvin. In addition, Canadian rapper Drake (Aubrey Drake Graham) and Rockstar American rapper Post Malone (Austin Post) were competing for the award with British hip-hop artist 21 Savage.
This year, the number of nominees in the main categories for the first time increased from five to eight.
"Album of the Year"Country singer Casey Musgraves was awarded the Grammy Award in the Album of the Year category. She received an award for her work on the Golden Hour album. Musgraves also won a Grammy for the best country album.
Two more awards Musgraves was awarded two more awards: as the author of the best song in the style of country music, as well as for the best performance of the composition in the same style. According to the estimates of the National Academy of Art and Recording Technology of the USA, the singer first announced herself in 2013 with the debut solo album Same Trailer Different Park with such hits as Merry Go Round, Blowin 'Smoke and Follow Your Arrow.
The album's award for the Album of the Year nomination, one of the most prestigious, was also claimed by Dirty Computer by American singer and actress Janel Monet, By the Way albums, I Forgive You by singer and composer Brandi Carlile, and by Post Malone Beerbongs & Bentleys real name Austin Post).
In addition, the American hip-hop performer Cardi B (Belkalis Almanzar) and the Scorpion record by Canadian rapper Drake (Aubrey Drake Graham) were nominated for the album Invasion of Privacy. Among the nominees were the compilation of soundtracks for the film "Black Panther" (Black Panther) and the record H.E.R. American singer Gabriella Wilson.
"Best New Artist"Dua Lipa was awarded the prize in the category "Best New Artist".
American country musician and songwriter Luke Combs, duo Chloe x Halle (sisters Chloe and Halle Bailey), rock band from Michigan, Greta Van Fleet, American pop singer Bibi Rex, Gabriella Wilson, performing under the pseudonym HER, country singer Margot Ray Price and Briton George Smith.
Dua Lipa was born in 1995 in London in a family of Albanians. As the National Academy of Art and Recording Technology of the USA notes, the song New Rules has become a breakthrough in the career of a young British woman. Dua Lipa was first nominated for the Grammy award this season.
Awards in the category of pop music
Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, country singer Willy Nelson won the Grammy in the section of modern popular music.
In the nomination "Best solo pop performance", Lady Gaga received the award for the song "Joanne".
Singer, producer and songwriter Beck, singer Camila Cabello, Ariana Grande and rapper Post Malone (real name Austin Post) also fought for the award in this nomination.
In the category of "The Best Traditional Vocal Pop Album", the award was given to the My Way record by Frank Sinatra performed by country music veteran Willie Nelson. Tony Bennett with Diana Krall and Barbra Streisand also claimed the award in this category.
In the nomination "The Best Vocal Pop Album", the award was awarded to Ariana Grande Sweetener (fourth studio album).
The award in this category also nominated Camila Camila Cabello's debut studio album, Meaning of Life - a new work by Kelly Clarkson, Shawn Mendes by Canadian singer Sean Mendes. The list of nominees in this category is closed by Beautiful Trauma singer Pink and Reputation Taylor Swift.
Grande did not appear to receive the trophy, since she boycotted the ceremony, complaining about the "clamp" and dictation by the producer of Grammy Ken Erlik in the matter of choosing a song to perform at the ceremony.
Lady Gaga with the song Shallow won the Grammy in the nomination "The best performance of a pop duet or group."
For the award in this category, the National Academy of Art and Recording Technology of the USA also fought the songs of Fall In Line Christina Aguilera, Don't Go Breaking My Heart Backstreet Boys, jazz composition 's Wonderful performed by Tony Bennett and Diana Croll, single Girls Like You Group Maroon 5 and American hip-hop singer Cardi B, Say Something clip by Justin Timberlake and country stars Chris Stapleton, as well as The Middle composition of German DJ and producer of Russian origin Zedd and American country singer Maren Morris, as well as duet Gray.
