Billie Eilish and brother Finneas accepted the coveted Record of the Year award. Photo / Getty Images
The Grammy awards ceremony has just closed with a win for Billie Eilish, who took home the coveted Record of the Year Award.
Awards have been handed out in between stellar performances at the socially distanced awards show held in Los Angeles and hosted by Trevor Noah.
Here's everything you might have missed on music's biggest night, from the best performances to the big wins.
Nine-time Grammy winner Ringo Starr of the Beatles presented the prestigious Record of the Year award.
The Grammy went to Billie Eilish for Everything I Wanted - but the star used her speech to speak in tribute to Megan Thee Stallion, who was also nominated for the award.
"This is really embarrassing for me. Megan, girl, I was going to write a speech about how much you deserve this," Eilish said.
"You've had a year that I think is untoppable. You deserve everything in the world."
It's the 19-year-old's sixth Grammy award.
The global K-pop sensations landed their first Grammy nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance this year, but lost out to Rain On Me by Lady Gaga With Ariana Grande.
.@bts_bighit lighting up the #GRAMMYs stage. 🧨
— CBS (@CBS) March 15, 2021
Where's the #BTSARMY at? pic.twitter.com/M3Zgj3HMCh
The group recreated the Grammys set from Seoul, South Korea. Six-time nominee Roddy Ricch performed next.
The coveted award for Album of the Year has gone to Taylor Swift for her lockdown album Folklore.
The singer was breathless as she thanked all of her collaborators and her boyfriend Joe Alwyn, who helped write some of the songs on the album.
"I had the best time writing songs with you in quarantine ... we can't tell you how honoured we are forever by this," Swift said.
She is the first woman to win Album of the Year three times.
Beyonce just broke a record to become the most awarded female artist of all time.
The star just landed the award for Best R&B performance for Black Parade, presented by Jimmy Jam and Babyface. It's her 28th Grammy award.
"I am so honoured, I'm so excited," Beyonce said as she accepted her award. "I know my two daughters and my son are watching."
And the mum of three shared how proud she was of daughter Blue Ivy, who won her own Grammy Award earlier in the night.
Dua Lipa took out the Best Pop Vocal Album Grammy this year with her album Future Nostalgia, presented by Album of the Year nominees Jacob Collier and Jhené Aiko.
#Grammys: “Future Nostalgia” by Dua Lipa wins best pop vocal album https://t.co/L4aER8shQE pic.twitter.com/gjPR8OjKsi
— Variety (@Variety) March 15, 2021
The rapper landed her second award of the night for Savage featuring Beyonce. Queen Bey herself accompanied her onto the stage to accept the award.
"I definitely want to say thank you to Beyonce," Megan said on stage, sharing that she'd always wanted to grow up to be "the rap Beyonce".
It was one of the biggest hits of 2020, debuting at no.1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart with a record 93 million streams in the US in its first week alone.
It’s @iamcardib and Megan @theestallion's world, we’re just living in it. #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/ZQ9zPZDLlQ
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) March 15, 2021
Cardi B's performance included a pole dance routine to the song's heavily censored lyrics. She earlier revealed why she didn't submit the song for a Grammy: "If I was pressed for a Grammy I would have submitted WAP for this year. I didn't submit. I didn't want to be submitted to award shows until I put out my album."
Previously, Megan Thee Stallion took to the stage for her first Grammy performance. She performed a medley of her biggest hits so far including Savage, for which she's nominated for Record of the Year.
The coveted Grammy for Song of the Year went to H.E.R. for I Can't Breathe, written in response to police killings of Black people in the US last year. The star was visibly stunned before she thanked her co-writers Dernst Emile II and Tiara Thomas.
"i'm so speechless right now ... we are the change we want to see," she said from the stage.
Earlier, country stars Miranda Lambert and Mickey Guyton graced the stage. Guyton sang her song Black Like Me and wowed with her first-ever Grammys performance.
And fresh from winning the award for best country album, Lambert sang Bluebird dressed in a beautiful blue gown.
This is not dumb luck, baby! This is the #GRAMMYs and @MarenMorris + @JohnMayer are performing "Bones." pic.twitter.com/sigpGJ7qwO
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) March 15, 2021
Marren Morris and John Mayer were next and performed Bones.
Harry Styles has won the Grammy for best pop solo performance.
In a short but sweet acceptance speech, he thanked everyone who collaborated with him on Watermelon Sugar.
.@AndersonPaak and @BrunoMars honoring the late great Little Richard "Tall Sally" / "Good Golly Miss Molly." #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/Rb5vJOdqhF
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) March 15, 2021
Thank you Brittany Howard (@blkfootwhtfoot) and Chis Martin (@coldplay) for gracing the #GRAMMYs stage to honor the musicians who we love and have lost this past year.
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) March 15, 2021
Truly beautiful. ❤️🎶 #YWNA pic.twitter.com/MX7mOQP7Uz
The Grammys paid tribute to several artists who died in the past year.
Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak lead a tribute to Little Richard.
Lionel Richie lead the tribute to Kenny Rogers, who died in March last year aged 81. "I miss you, Kenny, I miss you man," Richie added at the end of his performance.
Only on Music's Biggest Night, GRAMMY winner, @brandicarlile, pays tribute to the late @JohnPrineMusic with a touching rendition of "I Remember Everything." #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/XiQUoH6M1Y
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) March 15, 2021
Brandi Carlile sang a beautiful rendition of Jon Prine's I Remember Everything. He died in April 2020.
Joined by Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, Taylor Swift sang a medley of hits from the two albums she created during the pandemic. And Swift did not disappoint.
She began her performance with Cardigan. Picking up her guitar, she also performed her song August from Folklore which is up for the prestigious album of the year award. In a nod to her other recent album Evermore, she also sang Willow.
We're excited to welcome @TaylorSwift13 back to the #GRAMMYs!
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) March 15, 2021
Performing not one or two, but three of her hits from 'folklore' and 'evermore.' pic.twitter.com/11RT651suQ
Her set was magical and whimsical, perfecting matching the mood of her album Folklore.
Elsewhere, Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak performed as Silk Sonic, singing their track Leave The Door open. It was a soulful performance, and they get big points for the matching suits.
Best country album was awarded to Miranda Lambert for her album Wildcard. She spoke about the "family" of country music singers and thanked her family for the award.
DaBaby was next, performing his record of the year nominated song Rockstar.
The energetic performance was complete with dancers and violinists and Bad Bunny followed with an impressive light show.
Forget Wednesdays! On Sundays we wear pink. 💕 RT if you’re in.
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) March 15, 2021
🎤 @dualipa at the #GRAMMYs! pic.twitter.com/FHpBcuBMX7
British pop star Dua Lipa dazzled in a series of stunning outfits while she sang her song Levitating. With just a short break, DaBaby picked up the mic to join Dua Lipa for the song.
With a costume change, the singer launched into her hit Don't Start Now.
Lizzo presented the award to the rapper and singer, who teared up as she accepted the award.
Black Pumas followed with a performance of their track Colors next, which is nominated for record of the year.
Pop sensation Harry Styles opened the show with a performance of his hit song Watermelon Sugar.
Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas followed with a performance of their song Everything I Wanted.
Sister act Haim performed their song The Steps, and all of the artists in the room grooved out.
Trevor Noah introduced the show with a monologue that included jokes about the pandemic and the royal family.
He was tasked with explaining how the Grammys are doing things differently this year with socially distanced performances and a small audience stationed at an outdoor marquee next to Los Angeles' Staples Centre.
Today's ceremony will be a performance-heavy affair, with only a handful of key awards handed out during the three-hour-plus affair:
• Best Country Album
• Best Latin Pop Album or Urban Album
• Best Rap Song
• Best R&B Performance
• Best Melodic Rap Performance
• Best Pop Vocal Album
• Best Pop Solo Performance
• Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
• Record of the Year
• Song of the Year
• Album of the Year
Between those awards, you can expect big performances from Swift, Dua Lipa, Harry Styles, Cardi B and more.
The 2021 Grammy Awards air locally from 1pm today on TVNZ 2, and the red carpet pre-show is screening on Sky's E! channel from 11am.
Waititi added another trophy to his shelf before the ceremony began, winning an unexpected award for Jojo Rabbbit's soundtrack compilation. The Māori filmmaker picked up the Oscar award for best-adapted screenplay.
Lol wtfffff https://t.co/y8MSNTaUrn
— Taika Waititi (@TaikaWaititi) March 14, 2021
Accepting the award during the pre-show, Waititi said over video call: "I guess they're just giving Grammys to anyone now."
His reaction on Twitter was hilarious: "Lol wtfffff," he posted. He added in a follow-up tweet: "I am happy today."
Here's all of today's big categories, with winners highlighted as they're announced:
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Black Parade — Beyoncé — Beyoncé & Derek Dixie, producers; Stuart White, engineer/mixer; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer
Colors — Black Pumas — Adrian Quesada, producer; Adrian Quesada, engineer/mixer; JJ Golden, mastering engineer
Rockstar — DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch — SethinTheKitchen, producer; Derek "MixedByAli" Ali, Chris Dennis & Liz Robson, engineers/mixers; Susan Tabor, mastering engineer
Say So — Doja Cat — Tyson Trax, producer; Clint Gibbs, engineer/mixer; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer
Everything I Wanted — Billie Eilish — Finneas O'Connell, producer; Rob Kinelski & Finneas O'Connell, engineers/mixers; John Greenham, mastering engineer - WINNER
Don't Start Now — Dua Lipa — Caroline Ailin & Ian Kirkpatrick, producers; Josh Gudwin, Drew Jurecka & Ian Kirkpatrick, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
Circles — Post Malone — Louis Bell, Frank Dukes & Post Malone, producers; Louis Bell & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer
Savage — Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé — Beyoncé & J. White Did It, producers; Stuart White, engineer/mixer; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Chilombo — Jhené Aiko — Fisticuffs & Julian-Quán Việt Lê, producers; Fisticuffs, Julian-Quán Việt Lê, Zeke Mishanec, Christian Plata & Gregg Rominiecki, engineers/mixers; Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo, Julian-Quán Việt Lê, Maclean Robinson & Brian Keith Warfield, songwriters; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer
Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition) — Black Pumas — Jon Kaplan & Adrian Quesada, producers; Adrian Quesada, Jacob Sciba, Stuart Sikes & Erik Wofford, engineers/mixers; Eric Burton & Adrian Quesada, songwriters; JJ Golden, mastering engineer
Everyday Life — Coldplay — Daniel Green, Bill Rahko & Rik Simpson, producers; Mark "Spike" Stent, engineer/mixer; Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters; Emily Lazar, mastering engineer
Djesse Vol.3 — Jacob Collier — Jacob Collier, producer; Ben Bloomberg & Jacob Collier, engineers/mixers; Jacob Collier, songwriter; Chris Allgood & Emily Lazar, mastering engineers
Women in Music Pt. III — HAIM — Rostam Batmanglij, Danielle Haim & Ariel Rechtshaid, producers; Rostam Batmanglij, Jasmine Chen, John DeBold, Matt DiMona, Tom Elmhirst, Joey Messina-Doerning & Ariel Rechtshaid, engineers/mixers; Rostam Batmanglij, Alana Haim, Danielle Haim, Este Haim & Ariel Rechtshaid, songwriters; Emily Lazar, mastering engineer
Future Nostalgia — Dua Lipa — Koz, producer; Josh Gudwin & Cameron Gower Poole, engineers/mixers; Clarence Coffee Jr. & Dua Lipa, songwriters; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer
Hollywood's Bleeding — Post Malone — Louis Bell & Frank Dukes, producers; Louis Bell & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Louis Bell, Adam Feeney, Austin Post & Billy Walsh, songwriters; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer
Folklore — Taylor Swift — Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, producers; Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Jonathan Low & Laura Sisk, engineers/mixers; Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer - WINNER
SONG OF THE YEAR
Black Parade — Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim "Kaydence" Krysiuk & Rickie "Caso" Tice, songwriters (Beyoncé)
The Box — Samuel Gloade & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (Roddy Ricch)
Cardigan — Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
Circles – Louis Bell, Adam Feeney, Kaan Gunesberk, Austin Post & Billy Walsh, songwriters (Post Malone)
Don't Start Now — Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick, Dua Lipa & Emily Warren, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
Everything I Wanted — Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
I Can't Breathe — Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.) - WINNER
If the World Was Ending — Julia Michaels & JP Saxe, songwriters (JP Saxe Featuring Julia Michaels)
BEST NEW ARTIST
Ingrid Andress
Phoebe Bridgers
Chika
Noah Cyrus
D Smoke
Doja Cat
Kaytranada
Megan Thee Stallion - WINNER
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
Yummy — Justin Bieber
Say So — Doja Cat
Everything I Wanted — Billie Eilish
Don't Start Now — Dua Lipa
Watermelon Sugar — Harry Styles - WINNER
Cardigan — Taylor Swift
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Un Dia (One Day) – J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny & Tainy
Intentions — Justin Bieber Featuring Quavo
Dynamite — BTS
Rain On Me — Lady Gaga With Ariana Grande - WINNER
Exile — Taylor Swift Featuring Bon Iver
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
Blue Umbrella — Burt Bacharach & Daniel Tashian
True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter — Harry Connick, Jr.
American Standard — James Taylor - WINNER
Unfollow the Rules — Rufus Wainwright
Judy — Renée Zellweger
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
Changes — Justin Bieber
Chromatica — Lady Gaga
Future Nostalgia — Dua Lipa - WINNER
Fine Line — Harry Styles
Folklore — Taylor Swift
BEST DANCE RECORDING
On My Mind — Diplo & Sidepiece
My High — Disclosure Featuring Aminé & Slowthai
The Difference — Flume Featuring Toro Y Moi
Both of Us — Jayda G
10% — Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis - WINNER
BEST ROCK ALBUM
A Hero's Death — Fontaines D.C.
Kiwanuka — Michael Kiwanuka
Daylight — Grace Potter
Sound & Fury — Sturgill Simpson
The New Abnormal — The Strokes - WINNER
BEST ROCK SONG
Kyoto — Phoebe Bridgers, Morgan Nagler & Marshall Vore, Songwriters (Phoebe Bridgers)
Lost in Yesterday — Kevin Parker, Songwriter (Tame Impala)
Not — Adrianne Lenker, Songwriter (Big Thief)
Shameika — Fiona Apple, Songwriter (Fiona Apple)
Stay High — Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard) - WINNER
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
Fetch the Bolt Cutters — Fiona Apple - WINNER
Hyperspace — Beck
Punisher — Phoebe Bridgers
Jaime — Brittany Howard
The Slow Rush — Tame Impala
BEST R&B SONG
Better Than I Imagine — Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello) - WINNER
Black Parade — Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim "Kaydence" Krysiuk & Rickie "Caso" Tice, songwriters (Beyoncé) - WINNER
Collide — Sam Barsh, Stacey Barthe, Sonyae Elise, Olu Fann, Akil King, Josh Lopez, Kaveh Rastegar & Benedetto Rotondi, songwriters (Tiana Major9 & Earthgang)
Do It — Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Anton Kuhl, Victoria Monét, Scott Storch & Vincent Van Den Ende, songwriters (Chloe X Halle)
Slow Down — Nasri Atweh, Badriia Bourelly, Skip Marley, Ryan Williamson & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Skip Marley & H.E.R.)
BEST R&B ALBUM
Happy 2 Be Here — Ant Clemons
Take Time — Giveon
To Feel Love/D — Luke James
Bigger Love — John Legend - WINNER
All Rise — Gregory Porter
BEST RAP ALBUM
Black Habits — D Smoke
Alfredo — Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
A Written Testimony — Jay Electronica
King's Disease — Nas - WINNER
The Allegory Royce — Da 5'9″
BEST RAP SONG
The Bigger Picture — Dominique Jones, Noah Pettigrew & Rai'shaun Williams, Songwriters (Lil Baby)
The Box — Samuel Gloade & Rodrick Moore, Songwriters (Roddy Ricch)
Laugh Now, Cry Later — Durk Banks, Rogét Chahayed, Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Ron Latour & Ryan Martinez, Songwriters (Drake Featuring Lil Durk)
Rockstar — Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, Ross Joseph Portaro Iv & Rodrick Moore, Songwriters (Dababy Featuring Roddy Ricch)
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) - WINNER
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
All Night — Brothers Osborne
10,000 Hours — Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber - WINNER
Ocean — Lady A
Sugar Coat — Little Big Town
Some People Do — Old Dominion
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Lady Like — Ingrid Andress
Your Life Is a Record — Brandy Clark
Wildcard — Miranda Lambert - WINNER
Nightfall — Little Big Town
Never Will — Ashley McBryde
BEST COUNTRY SONG
Bluebird — Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert, Songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
The Bones — Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz, Songwriters (Maren Morris)
Crowded Table — Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, Songwriters (The Highwomen) - WINNER
More Hearts Than Mine — Ingrid Andress, Sam Ellis & Derrick Southerland, Songwriters (Ingrid Andress)
Some People Do — Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally, Matthew Ramsey & Thomas Rhett, songwriters (Old Dominion)
- Additional reporting news.com.au
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