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Viola
Davis
accepts
the
award
for best
audio
book,
narration,
and
storytelling
recording
for
"Finding
Me: A
Memoir"
at the
65th
annual
Grammy
Awards
on
Sunday,
Feb. 5,
2023, in
Los
Angeles.
(AP
Photo/Chris
Pizzello) |
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Beyoncé
emerges
as
Grammys
queen;
Styles
wins
album
honor
By
JONATHAN
LANDRUM
Jr.
apnews.com
LOS
ANGELES
-
Beyoncé
sits
alone
atop the
Grammy
throne
as the
ceremony’s
most
decorated
artist
in
history,
but at
the end
of
Sunday’s
show it
was
Harry
Styles
who
walked
away
with the
album of
the year
honor.
The
Grammys
spread
its top
awards
among
other
artists,
leaving
Beyoncé
off
stage at
the end
of the
night.
But the
superstar
was a
constant
presence
throughout
the
night,
even
when she
wasn’t
in the
room,
especially
once she
won her
32nd
award
and
surpassed
late
composer
Georg
Solti in
all-time
wins.
“I’m
trying
not to
be too
emotional,”
the
superstar
said
after
her
historic
win as
her
husband
Jay-Z
stood
and
applauded
her. The
singer
thanked
her late
uncle,
her
parents,
Jay-Z
and her
children
for
supporting
her.
“I’m
just
trying
to
receive
this
night. I
want to
thank
God for
protecting
me.
Thank
you,
God.”
The
Grammys
stage at
the end
of the
night
has
eluded
Beyoncé
since
2010,
when she
won song
of the
year for
“Single
Ladies.”
She
added
four
trophies
to her
collection
for her
album
“Renaissance.”
Harry
Styles,
left,
embraces
Kid
Harpoon,
center,
while
Tyler
Johnson
accepts
the
award
for
album of
the year
for
"Harry's
House"
at the
65th
annual
Grammy
Awards
on
Sunday,
Feb. 5,
2023, in
Los
Angeles.
(AP
Photo/Chris
Pizzello)
Styles
was
emotional
accepting
his
album of
the year
award,
saying
he was
inspired
by
everyone
in the
category.
“A lot
of
different
times of
my life,
I’ve
listened
to
everyone
in these
categories.
It’s so
important
to
remember
that
there is
no such
thing as
best.”
The
British
singer-actor
took
home
three
awards
Sunday.
“It
feels
like
validation
that
you’re
on the
right
path,”
said the
singer
backstage.
“When we
get in
the
studio
and
begin
the
record,
we just
make the
music we
want to
make. It
feels
really
nice to
feel
like
‘Oh,
that’s
the
right
thing to
do.’”
Beyoncé
missed
being in
the room
when she
tied
Solti’s
record
early in
the
telecast.
Host
Trevor
Noah
said she
was on
her way
to the
ceremony
but
blamed
Los
Angeles
traffic
for not
being in
person
to
accept
it.
Once
Beyoncé
— the
night’s
leading
nominee
—
finally
arrived,
Noah
presented
her with
the best
R&B song
award at
her
table.
Beyoncé
won for
best R&B
song for
“Cuff
It,”
dance-electric
music
recording
for
“Break
My
Soul,”
traditional
R&B
performance
for
“Plastic
Off the
Sofa”
and
dance-electric
album
for
“Renaissance,”
which
was
nominated
for
album of
the
year.
Lizzo
won
record
of the
year for
“About
Damn
Time,”
delivering
a
rousing
speech
that
brought
many in
the
audience,
including
Beyoncé,
Taylor
Swift
and
Adele,
to their
feet.
“Me and
Adele
were
having a
good
time,
rooting
for our
friends.
This is
an
amazing
night.
This is
so
unexpected,”
Lizzo
said,
dedicating
her
award to
Prince.
“I
wanted
to make
the
world a
better
place,
so I had
to be
that
change
to make
the
world a
better
place.
Now, I
look
around
and see
these
songs
are
about
loving
your
body and
feeling
comfortable
in your
skin and
feeling
good.”
Jazz
singer
Samara
Joy won
best new
artist,
shrugging
off
challenges
by such
acts as
Wet Led,
Anitta
and
Maneskin.
The New
Yorker
was
virtually
in tears
when she
collected
the
award
and
noted
that her
little
brother
was her
date.
“I’m so,
so
grateful.
Thank
you.”
She has
released
two
albums
as a
lead
artist
and also
won the
Grammy
for best
jazz
vocal
album
earlier
in the
night.
Veteran
singer-songwriter
Bonnie
Raitt
shrugged
off
big-name
rivals
like
Adele,
Swift
and
Beyoncé
to win
the song
of the
year
award.
“I’m so
surprised.
I don’t
know
what to
say,” a
visibly
stunned
Raitt
said,
adding
that the
song
“Just
Like
That”
explores
organ
donation.
It
capped a
night
when
Raitt
won two
other
Grammys
— for
best
Americana
performance
and best
American
roots
song.
A who’s
who of
hip-hop
royalty
took the
stage
for an
epic,
rousing
15
minute
tribute
to the
genre’s
50th
anniversary.
The
performance
included
Grandmaster
Flash
doing
part of
his
seminal
hit “The
Message,”
Run DMC,
Chuck D
and
Flavor
Flav
along
with
Ice-T,
Queen
Latifah,
Busta
Rhymes
and
Nelly
all
taking
the
stage.
It ended
with
everyone
on the
stage
and LL
Cool J
shouting
“multi-generational!
Fifty
years!”
The
performance
was a
crowd-pleasing
moment
for a
ceremony
that has
long had
a shaky
history
of not
recognizing
rap.
Bad
Bunny
opened
the show
with a
festive,
high-energy
performance
that
brought
many of
the
audience
including
Swift
who rose
to her
feet and
danced
near her
table at
Los
Angeles’
Crypto.com
Arena.
Sam
Smith
and Kim
Petras
won best
pop
duo-group
performance
for
their
song
“Unholy.”
Petras
said
Smith
wanted
Petras
to make
the
acceptance
speech
because
“I’m the
first
transgender
woman to
win this
award.”
“I want
to thank
all the
incredible
transgender
legends
before
me who
kicked
these
doors
open for
me so I
could be
here
tonight,”
said
Petras,
who made
a
reference
to
friend
and
Grammy-nominated
musician
Sophie,
who died
after an
accidental
fall in
Athens,
Greece
in 2021.
“You
told me
this
would
happen.
I always
believed
in me.
Thank
you so
much for
your
inspiration,
Sophie.
I adore
you, and
your
inspiration
will
forever
be in my
music.”
Petras
thanked
Madonna
for
being a
tremendous
supporter
of LGBTQ
rights.
“I don’t
think I
could be
here
without
Madonna,”
Petras
said.
“My
mother,
I grew
up next
to a
highway
in
nowhere
Germany.
And my
mother
believed
me that
I was a
girl. I
wouldn’t
be here
without
her and
her
support.”
During
the in
memoriam
segment,
the
Grammys
recognized
the
lives of
Loretta
Lynn,
Migos
rapper
Takeoff
and
Christine
McVie
with
several
star-studded
performers
paying
them
homage.
The
touching
performances
included
Kacey
Musgraves
singing
“Coal
Miner’s
Daughter”
in
tribute
to Lynn;
Quavo
and the
Maverick
City
Music
hit the
stage to
honor
his
nephew
Takeoff
with the
song
“Without
You;”
and
Sheryl
Crow,
Mick
Fleetwood
and
Bonnie
Raitt
performed
“Songbird”
to
remember
McVie.
Kendrick
Lamar
won
sixth
career
trophy
for best
rap
performance
for “The
Heart
Part 5”
and also
won best
rap
album
for his
studio
offering,
“Mr.
Morales
& The
Big
Steppers.”
“You
know, as
entertainers,
we say
things
to
provoke
thoughts
and
feelings
and
emotions,”
he said.
“So
making
this
record
is one
of my
toughest.
… I
would
like to
thank
the
culture
for
allowing
me to
evolve
in order
to make
this. I
finally
found
imperfection
with
this
album.”
Viola
Davis
emerged
from
Sunday’s
show an
EGOT — a
term for
those
who have
won an
Emmy,
Grammy,
Oscar
and Tony
— after
her win
for best
audio
book,
narration
and
storytelling
recording.
The
actor
gave an
emotional
speech
and
emphatically
said “I
just
EGOT”
after
she
marched
on stage
to
collect
her
award.
“Oh, my
God,”
she
said. “I
wrote
this
book to
honor
the
6-year-old
Viola,
to honor
her, her
life,
her joy,
her
trauma,
everything,”
Davis
said.
“It has
just
been
such a
journey.”
The show
made its
return
to Los
Angeles
after
the
pandemic
first
delayed,
then
forced
the
Grammys
to move
to Las
Vegas
last
year.
Noah
hosted
the
ceremony
as well,
which
saw Jon
Batiste
take
home
album of
the
year.
___
AP
Entertainment
Writer
Mark
Kennedy
contributed
to this
report.
___
For more
coverage
of this
year’s
Grammy
Awards,
visit:
https://apnews.com/hub/grammy-awards.
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