L’edizione 2018 dei “Grammys”, in scena nella notte eccezionalmente dal “Madison Square Garden” di New York, ha celebrato il trionfo di Bruno Mars, che con il suo “24K Magic” ha avuto la meglio nelle categorie “Album of the Year” e “Best R&B Album” mentre con l’omonima traccia e l’altra, “That’s What I Like”, è stato premiato rispettivamente come “Record of the Year”, “Song of the Year”, “Best R&B Performance”, “Best R&B Song”. Ha fatto incetta di grammofoni anche il rapper Kendrick Lamar, che ha aperto lo show e vinto con “DAMN.” come “Best Rap Album”, con “HUMBLE.” come “Best Rap Performance”, “Best Rap Song” e “Best Music Video” e con “LOYALTY.”, insieme a Rihanna, come “Best Rap/Sung Performance”.
Assente Ed Sheeran che ha comunque incassato ben due vittorie con “Divide” come “Best Pop Vocal Album” e “Shape of You” come “Best Pop Solo Performance”.. “Starboy” di “The Weeknd” è il “Best Urban Contemporary Album”.. e Shakira ha ringraziato sui social per il “Best Latin Pop Album” dato al suo “El Dorado”.
Doppio riconoscimento anche al film “La La Land”, la cui colonna sonora ha vinto come “Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media” e “Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media” mentre la “Best Song Written For Visual Media” è risultata essere “How Far I’ll Go” dalla colonna sonora del cartoon Disney, “Moana” (o “Oceania”)..
Sul palco si sono esibiti Sting e Shaggy, che vedremo prossimamente anche a “Sanremo 2018” con la loro “Don’t Make Me Wait” e Elton John, dopo l’annuncio di ritiro, al piano, con Miley Cyrus in “Tiny Dancer”.. ma un toccante omaggio musicale è stato reso anche alle vittime della strage di Las Vegas..
Ecco di seguito il lungo elenco con la maggior parte dei premiati, categoria per categoria:
GENERAL
Album Of The Year
“4:44” — Jay-Z
“24K Magic” — Bruno Mars -WINNER
“Awaken, My Love!” — Childish Gambino
“DAMN.” — Kendrick Lamar
“Melodrama” — Lorde
Record Of The Year
“24K Magic” — Bruno Mars -WINNER
“The Story of O.J.” — Jay-Z
“Redbone” — Childish Gambino
“Despacito” — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
“HUMBLE.” — Kendrick Lamar
Song Of The Year
“Despacito” — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
“4:44” — Jay-Z
“Issues” — Julia Michaels
“That’s What I Like” — Bruno Mars -WINNER
“1-800-273-8255” — Logic featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid
Best New Artist
Khalid
SZA
Alessia Cara -WINNER
Lil Uzi Vert
Julia Michaels
POP
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Praying” — Kesha
“Shape of You” — Ed Sheeran -WINNER
“What About Us” — P!nk
“Love So Soft” — Kelly Clarkson
“Million Reasons” — Lady Gaga
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Feel It Still” — “Portugal. The Man” -WINNER
“Something Just Like This” — “The Chainsmokers” & “Coldplay”
“Despacito” — Luis Fonsi & DaddyYankee featuring Justin Bieber
“Thunder” — “Imagine Dragons”
“Stay” — Zedd & Alessia Cara
Best Pop Vocal Album
“Joanne” — Lady Gaga
“Evolve” — “Imagine Dragons”
“÷ (Divide)” — Ed Sheeran -WINNER
“Lust for Life” — Lana Del Rey
“Rainbow” — Kesha
“Kaleidoscope” EP — “Coldplay”
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
“In Full Swing” — Seth MacFarlane
“Tony Bennett Celebrates 90” — Various Artists -WINNER
“Triplicate” — Bob Dylan
“Wonderland” — Sarah McLachlan
“Nobody But Me” (Deluxe Version) — Michael Bublè
DANCE
Best Dance/Electronic Album
“3-D The Catalogue” — “Kraftwerk” -WINNER
“Migration” — Bonobo
“Mura Masa” — Mura Masa
“A Moment Apart” — “ODESZA”
“What Now” — Sylvan Esso
Best Dance Recording
“Cola” — “CamelPhat” & Elderbrook
“Andromeda” — “Gorillaz” featuring DRAM
“Bambro Koyo Ganda” — Bonobo featuring Innov Gnawa
“Line of Sight” — “ODESZA” featuring WYNNE & “Mansionair”
“Tonite” — “LCD Soundsystem” -WINNER
ROCK
Best Rock Performance
“The Promise” — Chris Cornell
“Run” — “Foo Fighters”
“You Want It Darker” — Leonard Cohen -WINNER
“No Good” — “Kaleo”
“Go To War” — “Nothing More”
Best Rock Album
“Emperor of Sand″ — “Mastodon”
“Hardwired.. To Self-Destruct” — “Metallica”
“The Stories We Tell Ourselves” — “Nothing More”
“A Deeper Understanding” — “The War On Drugs” -WINNER
“Villains” — “Queens of the Stone Age”
Best Metal Performance
“Invisible Enemy” — “August Burns Red”
“Sultan’s Curse” — “Mastodon” -WINNER
“Forever” — “Code Orange”
“Black Hoodie” — “Body Count”
“Clockworks″ — “Meshuggah”
Best Rock Song
“Blood In The Cut” — K. Flay
“Run” — “Foo Fighters” -WINNER
“Atlas, Rise!” — “Metallica”
“Go To War” — “Nothing More”
“The Stage” — “Avenged Sevenfold”
ALTERNATIVE
Best Alternative Music Album
“Everything Now” — “Arcade Fire”
“American Dream” — “LCD Soundsystem”
“Pure Comedy” — Father John Misty
“Humanz” — “Gorillaz”
“Sleep Well Beast” — “The National” -WINNER
R&B
Best R&B Performance
“Get You” — Daniel Caesar featuring Kali Uchis
“Distraction” — Kehlani
“High” — Ledisi
“The Weekend” — SZA
“That’s What i Like” — Bruno Mars -WINNER
Best Urban Contemporary Album
“American Teen” — Khalid
“Free 6LACK” — 6LACK
“Awaken, My Love!” — Childish Gambino
“Starboy” — The Weeknd -WINNER
“Ctrl” — SZA
Best R&B Album
“Freudian” — Daniel Caesar
“24K Magic” — Bruno Mars -WINNER
“Let Love Rule” — Ledisi
“Gumbo″ — P J Morton “Feel The Real” — Musiq Soulchild
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Redbone” — Childish Gambino -WINNER
“Laugh And Move On” — “The Baylor Project”
“What I’m Feelin’” — Anthony Hamilton featuring “The Hamiltones”
“All The Way” — Ledisi
“Still” — Mali Music
Best R&B Song (A Songwriters Award)
“First Began” — P J Morton
“Location” — Khalid
“Redbone” — Childish Gambino
“That’s What I Like” — Bruno Mars -WINNER
“Supermodel” — SZA
RAP
Best Rap Performance
“Bounce Back” — Big Sean
“Bodak Yellow” — Cardi B
“4:44” — Jay-Z
“Bad And Boujee” — “Migos” featuring Lil Uzi Vert
“HUMBLE.” — Kendrick Lamar -WINNER
Best Rap/Sung Performance
“PRBLMS” — 6LACK
“Crew” — Goldlink featuring Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy
“LOYALTY.” — Kendrick Lamar featuring Rihanna -WINNER
“Love Galore” — SZA featuring Travis Scott
“Family Feud” — Jay-Z featuring Beyoncè
Best Rap Album
“4:44” — Jay-Z
“Culture” — “Migos”
“Laila’s Wisdom” — Rapsody
“DAMN.″ — Kendrick Lamar -WINNER
“Flower Boy” — Tyler, The Creator
Best Rap Song
“Bodak Yellow” — Cardi B
“Chase Me” — Danger Mouse featuring “Run The Jewels” & Big Boi
“The Story of O.J.” — Jay-Z
“Sassy” — Rapsody
“HUMBLE.” — Kendrick Lamar -WINNER
COUNTRY MUSIC
Best Country Solo Performance
“Body Like A Back Road” — Sam Hunt
“Losing You” — Alison Krauss
“Tin Man” — Miranda Lambert
“Either Way” — Chris Stapleton -WINNER
“I Could Use A Love Song” — Maren Morris
Best Country Album
“The Breaker” — “Little Big Town”
“Heart Break” — “Lady Antebellum”
“From a Room: Volume 1” — Chris Stapleton -WINNER
“Cosmic Hallelujah” — Kenny Chesney
“Life Changes” — Thomas Rhett
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Better Man” — “Little Big Town” -WINNER
“My Old Man” — “Zac Brown Band”
“It Ain’t My Fault” — “Brothers Osborne”
“You Look Good” — “Lady Antebellum”
“Drinkin’ Problem” — “Midland”
Best Country Song (A Songwriters Award)
“Better Man” — “Little Big Town”
“Body Like A Back Road” — Sam Hunt
“Drinkin’ Problem” — “Midland”
“Broken Halos” — Chris Stapleton -WINNER
“Tin Man” — Miranda Lambert
LATIN
Best Latin Pop Album
“Mis Planes Son Amarte” — Juanes
“Musas (Un Homenaje Al Folclore Latinoamericano En Manos De Los Macorinos” — Natalia Lafourcade
“El Dorado” — Shakira -WINNER
“Lo Unico Constante” — Alex Cuba
“Amar Y Vivir En Vivo Desde La Ciudad De Mexico, 2017” — “La Santa Cecilia”
MUSICAL THEATER
Best Musical Theater Album
“Dear Evan Hansen” -WINNER
“Come From Away”
“Hello, Dolly!”
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
“Baby Driver”
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2: Awesome Mix Vol.2”
“Hidden Figures: The Album”
“Moana: The Songs”
“La La Land” -WINNER
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
“Dunkirk”
“Game of Thrones: Season 7”
“Hidden Figures”
“Arrival”
“La La Land” -WINNER
Best Song Written For Visual Media
“City of Stars” from “La La Land” — Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone
“I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” from “Fifty Shades Darker” — ZAYN & Taylor Swift
“How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana: The Songs” – Auli’i Cravalho -WINNER
“Never Give Up” from “Lion” — Sia
“Stand Up For Something” from “Marshall” – Andra Day featuring Common
Best Music Film
“One More Time With Feeling” — Nick Cave & “The Bad Seeds”
“Long Strange Trip” — “Grateful Dead”
“Two Trains Runnin’” — Various Artists
“The Defiant Ones” — Various Artists – WINNER
“Soundbreaking” — Various Artists
Best Music Video
“Up All Night”— Beck
“Makeba” — Jain
“The Story of O.J.” — Jay-Z
“HUMBLE.” — Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
“1-800-273-8255” — Logic featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid
E sul tappeto rosso, con rosa bianca a sostegno del movimento “Time’s Up” sulla scia di quanto era accaduto ai “Golden Globes” (QUI il precedente post) hanno sfilato.. Lana Del Rey in Gucci, Hailee Steinfeld in Alexandre Vauthier, Pink in Armani Privè, Rita Ora in Ralph & Russo, Lorde in Valentino, Sam Smith in Cerruti 1881, Zayn in Richard James, le attrici Anna Kendrick in Balmain e Katie Holmes in Zac Posen, l’ex modella Heidi Klum in Ashi Studio, Lady Gaga in Armani Privè, Miley Cyrus in Zac Posen, Rihanna in Alexandre Vauthier, John Legend e la moglie per la seconda volta in dolce attesa Chrissy Teigen in Yanina Couture e la coppia.. Beyoncé in Nicolas Jebran con il marito Jay-Z e la figlia primogenita Blue-Ivy..
