Song of victory

Singer Billie Eilish swept the top Grammy categories, including album of the year, on Sunday night. She is the youngest and the second artiste to win in the major four categories at the prestigious awards ceremony. In their Grammys debut, Eilish, 18, and her brother/recording partner Finneas O’Connell, 22, took home six of the seven awards they were nominated for!

Eilish won album of the year and pop vocal album (for When we all fall asleep, where do we go?), song of the year (for Bad guy) and new artist. She lost pop solo performance to Lizzo (for Truth hurts). O’Connell nabbed engineered album (for When we all fall asleep) and producer of the year (both non-classical).

Siblings rock the show

Following a performance by Ariana Grande, the superstar siblings took to the stage, delivering an emotional rendition of When the party’s over, a single featured on Eilish’s last album.

They took to the stage again after winning song of the year for Bad guy. “I don’t even know what to say, I didn’t even think we’d win for this,” O’Connell said. “Thank you,” Eilish and O’Connell said in a speech at the end of the night after their record of the year win, which immediately preceded album of the year.

“Can I just say that I think Ariana deserves this?” Eilish said during that acceptance speech.

“We didn’t write a speech for this because we didn’t make this album to win a Grammy,” O’Connell said. “We didn’t think it would win anything, ever. We wrote an album about depression and suicidal thoughts and climate change and being the bad guy — whatever that means. And we stand up here confused and grateful,” he added.

Christopher Cross is the only other artiste to win in the big four categories, in 1981. – Agencies

Tanya Tucker wins first Grammy, 47 years after her first nomination in 1973

Country music star Tanya Tucker took home her first two wins. The 61-year-old singer won for best country song for Bring my flowers now and best country album for While I’m Livin’. “After 50 years in this business, I have a few firsts left,” said Tucker in her speech. Tucker was first nominated for a Grammy in 1973 for Delta dawn. Prior to this year, she’d been nominated 10 times, but hadn’t won an award. Her last nominations came in 1994. While I’m Livin’, which generated three nominations this year, was her first album of new studio material in 19 years.

Michelle Obama wins Grammy for Becoming audio book

Former US First Lady Michelle Obama is a Grammy winner now! Obama was honoured with the best spoken word album of the year award for her bestselling memoir Becoming during the 2020 Grammy’s pre-show festivities. Becoming follows Obama’s life growing up on the South Side of Chicago through her years as first lady of the United States.

She is not the only Grammy winner in the family, as her husband, former US President Barack Obama has won two Grammy awards in the same category for his memoirs Dreams from My Father (2006) and The Audacity of Hope (2008). Obama is also the second first lady to win a Grammy. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also took home a Grammy in the same category for her book, It Takes a Village, in 1997.

Priyanka’s special tribute to Kobe Bryant

Actress Priyanka Chopra paid tribute to the late basketball star Kobe Bryant in a special way at the Grammys. The news broke earlier on Sunday that Bryant and his daughter had passed away in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California.

Priyanka took a moment to style her decorated nails with the number “24” written on her index finger. That number belonged to Bryant, who played for the Los Angeles Lakers for 20 years before he retired in 2016. “RIP Mamba,” Priyanka shared on Instagram Story with a purple heart emoji, alongside an image of her tribute.

While attending the 2020 Grammys, she walked arm-in-arm with her husband and singer Nick Jonas.

Demi Lovato gets standing ovation

Singer Demi Lovato made a rousing return to the music scene at the 2020 Grammy Awards with her first live performance since her highly publicised drug overdose and hospitalisation in July 2018. The 27-year-old singer, who made a debut with her new song Anyone at the 62nd annual music awards ceremony, received a standing ovation from the audience. PTI