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2021 Grammy Award Winners

Posted by Joe Hummel IIIPosted 4 years ago March 14, 2021

2021 Grammy Award Winners

The stage for the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards was set on March 14, 2021. This year, the festivities were located in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center, a departure from the traditional Staples Center venue due to COVID-19 constraints.
Trevor Noah, known for his sharp wit and insightful commentary, took on the role of the evening’s host. His humor lightened the mood and kept audiences engaged.
Songs and albums released from September 1, 2019, to August 31, 2020, made the cut for this year’s nominations, framing the musical achievements during a most unusual year.
Beyoncé became the most awarded female artist in Grammy history, bringing her total number of Grammy wins to 28.
All nominees in the Best Rock Performance category were women for the first time, and the award went to Fiona Apple for Shameika.
Taylor Swift won Album of the Year for Folklore, making this her third win in this prestigious category.
In an ironic twist, despite the ceremony celebrating the best in music, one of the most talked-about performances was not a song at all but rather the spoken word. Amanda Gorman, the young poet who gained fame at the Presidential Inauguration, announced the winners for the evening’s global music categories.
Pandemic Adaptations: The ceremony featured both live and pre-recorded performances, a nod to social distancing requirements.
Harry Styles’ Feather Boa: The singer wore multiple feather boas during his performance of Watermelon Sugar, sparking numerous memes and social media conversations.

Billie Eilish’s Humility: Despite winning Record of the Year for Everything I Wanted, Billie Eilish insisted that Megan Thee Stallion deserved the award during her acceptance speech.

Record of the Year:
Everything I Wanted – Billie Eilish

Album of the Year:
Folklore – Taylor Swift

Song of the Year:
I Can’t Breathe – Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)

Best New Artist:
Megan Thee Stallion

Best Pop Solo Performance:
Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Rain On Me – Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
American Standard – James Taylor

Best Pop Vocal Album:
Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa

Best Dance Recording:
10% – Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis

Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Bubba – Kaytranada

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:
Live at the Royal Albert Hall – Snarky Puppy

Best Rock Performance:
Shameika, Fiona Apple

Best Metal Performance:
Bum-Rush, Body Count

Best Rock Song:
Stay High, Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard)

Best Rock Album:
The New Abnormal – The Strokes

Best Alternative Music Album:
Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple

Best R&B Performance:
Black Parade – Beyoncé

Best Traditional R&B Performance:
Anything For You – Ledisi

Best R&B Song:
Better Than I Imagine – Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello)

Best Progressive R&B Album:
It Is What It Is – Thundercat

Best R&B Album:
Beggir Love – John Legend

Best Rap Performance:
Savage – Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé

Best Melodic Rap Performance:
Lockdown – Anderson .Paak

Best Rap Song:
Savage – Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe & Anthony White, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé)

Best Rap Album:
King’s Disease – Nas

Best Country Solo Performance:
When My Amy Prays – Vince Gill

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
10,000 Hours – Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber

Best Country Song:
Crowded Table – Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)

Best Country Album:
Wildcard – Miranda Lambert

Best New Age Album:
More Guitar Stories – Jim “Kimo” West

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
“All Blues,” Chick Corea, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Secrets Are The Best Stories – Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:
Trilogy 2 – Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:
Data Lords – Maria Schneider Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Album:
Four Questions – Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Best Gospel Performance/Song:
“Movin’ On,” Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:
“There Was Jesus,” Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Case Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters

Best Gospel Album:
Gospel According to PJ – PJ Morton

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Jesus Is King – Kanye West

Best Roots Gospel Album:
Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album) – Fisk Jubilee Singers

Best Latin Pop or Urban Album:
YHLQMDLG – Bad Bunny

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album:
La Conquista Del Espacio – Fito Paez

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):
Un Canto Por Mexico, Vol. 1 – Natalia Lafourcade

Best Tropical Latin Album:
40 – Grupo Niche

Best American Roots Performance:
“I Remember Everything,” John Prine

Best American Roots Song:
“I Remember Everything,” Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)

Best Americana Album:
World on the Ground – Sarah Jarosz

Best Bluegrass Album:
Home – Billy Strings

Best Traditional Blues Album:
Rawer Than Raw – Bobby Rush

Best Contemporary Blues Album:
Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? – Fantastic Negrito

Best Folk Album:
All the Good Times – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Best Regional Roots Music Album:
Atmosphere – New Orleans Nightcrawlers

Best Reggae Album:
Got to Be Tough – Toots & the Maytals

Best Global Music Album:
Twice as Tall – Burna Boy

Best Children’s Music Album:
All the Ladies – Joanie Leeds

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth – Rachel Maddow

Best Comedy Album:
Black Mitzvah – Tiffany Haddish

Best Musical Theater Album:
Jagged Little Pill – Original Cast

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:
Jojo Rabbit – Various Artists

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media:
No Time to Die – (From No Time to Die), Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas Baird O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

Best Instrumental Composition:
Sputnik – Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella:
Donna Lee – John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals:
He Won’t Hold You – Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody)

Best Recording Package:
Vols. 11 & 12 – Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package:
Ode to Joy – Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)

Best Album Notes:
Dead Man’s Pop – Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements)

Best Historical Album:
It’s Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers – Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Mister Rogers)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
Hyperspace – Drew Brown, Andrew Coleman, Shawn Everett, Serban Ghenea, David Greenbaum, Jaycen Joshua & Mike Larson, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Beck)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:
Andrew Watt

Best Remixed Recording:
Roses (Imanbek Remix) – Imanbek Zeikenov, remixer (SAINt JHN)

Best Engineered Album, Classical:
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar,’ David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Producer of the Year, Classical:
David Frost

Best Orchestral Performance:
Ives: Complete Symphonies – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Best Opera Recording:
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess – David Robertson, conductor; Angle Blue & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestral The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Best Choral Performance:
Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua – JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:
Contemporary Voices – Pacifica Quartet

Best Classical Instrumental Solo:
Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra – Richard O’Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album:
Smyth: The Prison – Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)

Best Classical Compendium:
Thomas, M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke – Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition:
Rouse: Symphony No. 5 – Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)

Best Music Video:
Brown Skin Girl – Beyoncé

Best Music Film:
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice – Linda Ronstadt