The Grammy for Album of the Year goes to a completely Spanish-language production for the first time. The Dalai Lama was also honored.

US rapper Bad Bunny made history at the Grammy Awards: His album "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS" won the award for Album of the Year in Los Angeles, marking the first time the prize has gone to a purely Spanish-language production. The title translates to "I Should Have Taken More Photos." On the album, Bad Bunny blends modern beats with traditional musical styles from his native Puerto Rico. The 31-year-old's lyrics address themes such as cultural identity and colonialism. It is his sixth solo studio album, which reached number one on the charts in the US and several other countries.

Five Grammys for Kendrick Lamar

Hip-hop star Kendrick Lamar won the award for Record of the Year. He took home a total of five awards, the most Grammys of the evening. Billy Eilish's "Wildflower" was chosen as Best Song. The Dalai Lama won his first Grammy for an audiobook. Even before the official ceremony began, the world's most important music prize in the Best Dance-Pop Recording category went to Lady Gaga for her electropop hit "Abracadabra."

British singer Olivia Dean was honored as Best New Artist. A rare honor was also bestowed upon US filmmaker Steven Spielberg: He won a Grammy for his work on a documentary, thus achieving "EGOT" status, named after the initial letters of the most prestigious show business awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. Spielberg has now won all of them at least once.

Source: https://www.tagesschau.de/kultur/grammy-bad-bunny-100.html

 

Remember the time when The Weekend pissed on The Grammys? Ahhh, good times

 

Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor deliberately declined the Grammy Award for "Best Alternative Music Album" in 1991. She stayed away from the awards ceremony, explaining her decision by saying that the Grammys were too commercial and more interested in sales than artistic quality.

O'Connor also criticized the music industry in general and refused to be celebrated as part of a system that, in her view, undermined art and authenticity. Her protest is still considered one of the most consistent and courageous acts against the mainstream in music history.

 

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I've been boycotting the Grammys for the last five years as they haven't celebrated my 50 years as a songwriter. They're all a bunch of bums.

 

Clowns, freaks, trained animals, cheerleaders, games, and various attractions... it's got all of that! Who thinks the circus is dead?

 

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And this episode aired in 1993. It's been a long time since the Grammy Awards lost their prestige. It's just a pay-to-play ceremony that serves more as a promotion event than anything else, nothing more.

 

Mine says "Lifetime Loser Award - Every Year"