Domenica 10 febbraio i Grammy Awards 2019, per la 61esima edizione del premio considerato il più grande riconoscimento musicale conferito ad artisti, produttori, compositori, hanno consacrato sul palco dello Staple Center di Los Angeles un certo numero di outsider oltre ai favoriti Lady Gaga, Drake, Cardi B.
Il celebre grammofono d’oro è stato assegnato ai vincitori delle categorie più importanti nel corso di tre ore di diretta tv (gli altri premi erano stati precedentemente conferiti per un totale di 84 riconoscimenti) che è stato anche ricco di momenti musicali dal vivo.
Tra i momenti salenti della serata, le premiazioni di Kacey Musgraves, Childish Gambino, HER, Brandi Carlile e ovviamente l’attesissima Lady Gaga che si è anche esibita con la sua Shallow: la canzone, assurta a tema principale della colonna sonora del film A Star Is Born, è stata premiata come Miglior Canzone Scritta per un Mezzo Visivo e Miglior Collaborazione Duo/Gruppo per la versione con Bradley Cooper presente nel film. Gaga ha anche vinto un premio come Miglior Performance Pop Solista con Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?), la versione al piano di Joanne, brano tratto dall’omonimo album in studio della cantante che finora ha rappresentato il suo lavoro personale.
Ecco la sua esibizione sul palco dei Grammy Awards 2019: Gaga si è fatta accompagnare da Mark Ronson e gli altri compositori del brano (Bradley Cooper quella sera era ai BAFTA a Londra), realizzando una versione pop-rock molto più nelle sue corde rispetto all’interpretazione più intima del suo personaggio Ally in A Star Is Born.
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Vera rivelazione di quest’edizione Kacey Musgraves, che di Grammy ne ha portati a casa ben quattro, incluso il più ambito, quello di “Album dell’anno” per Golden Hour. Anche Donald Glover, alias Childish Gambino, è stato premiato quattro volte per This Is America, mentre la nuova arrivata Gabriela Wilson, HER (Having a Everything Revealed), ha chiuso la serata ritirando i premi nelle principali categorie R&B. La cantante country/roots Brandi Carlile ha ricevuto tre Grammy, al pari di Lady Gaga. Altri premi sono stati assegnati a Drake, Card B, Dua Lipa, Pharrell Williams, Kendrick Lamar, Silk City (Mark Ronson + Diplo) e la grande assente Ariana Grande, che avrebbe dovuto esibirsi ma ha rinunciato in seguito a divergenze creative con gli organizzatori.
Ecco la lista dei vincitori di quest’anno nelle principali categorie.
RECORD OF THE YEAR
I Like It – Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin
The Joke – Brandi Carlile
This Is America – Childish Gambino
Drake – God’s Plan
Shallow – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
All The Stars – Kendrick Lamar & SZA
Rockstar – Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage
The Middle – Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Invasion Of Privacy – Cardi B
By The Way, I Forgive You – Brandi Carlile
Scorpion – Drake
H.E.R. – H.E.R.
Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone
Dirty Computer – Janelle Monáe
Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves
Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By (Various Artists)
SONG OF THE YEAR
All The Stars, Kendrick Lamar
Boo’d Up, Ella Mai
Drake, God’s Plan
Shawn Mendes, In My Blood
Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, The Middle
Lady Gaga, Shallow
This Is America, Childish Gambino
BEST NEW ARTIST
Chloe x Halle
Luke Combs
Greta Van Fleet
H.E.R.
Dua Lipa
Margo Price
Bebe Rexha
Jorja Smith
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
Colors – Beck
Havana (Live) – Camila Cabello
God Is A Woman – Ariana Grande
Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?) – Lady Gaga
Better Now – Post Malone
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Fall In Line – Christina Aguilera Featuring Demi Lovato
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Backstreet Boys
‘S Wonderful – Tony Bennett & Diana Krall
Shallow – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Girls Like You – Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B
Say Something – Justin Timberlake Featuring Chris Stapleton
The Middle – Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
Camila – Camila Cabello
Kelly Clarkson – Meaning Of Life
Sweetener – Ariana Grande
Shawn Mendes – Shawn Mendes
Beautiful Trauma – P!nk
Reputation – Taylor Swift
BEST DANCE RECORDING
Northern Soul – Above & Beyond Featuring Richard Bedford
Ultimatum – Disclosure (Featuring Fatoumata Diawara)
Losing It – Fisher
Electricity – Silk City & Dua Lipa Featuring Diplo & Mark Ronson
Ghost Voices – Virtual Self
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
Singularity – Jon Hopkins
Woman Worldwide – Justice
Treehouse – Sofi Tukker
Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides – SOPHIE
Lune Rouge – TOKiMONSTA
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
Long As I Live – Toni Braxton
Summer – The Carters
Y O Y – Lalah Hathaway
Best Part – H.E.R. Featuring Daniel Caesar
First Began – PJ Morton
BEST R&B SONG
Ella Mai – Boo’d Up
J. Cole – Come Through And Chill
Feels Like Summer – Kendrick LAmar
Toni Braxton – Long As I Live
Focus – H.E.R.
Long As I Live – Toni Braxton
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Everything Is Love – The Carters
The Kids Are Alright – Chloe x Halle
Chris Dave And The Drumhedz – Chris Dave And The Drumhedz
War & Leisure – Miguel
Ventriloquism – Meshell Ndegeocello
BEST R&B ALBUM
Sex & Cigarettes – Toni Braxton
Good Thing – Leon Bridges
Honestly – Lalah Hathaway
H.E.R. – H.E.R.
Gumbo Unplugged (Live) – PJ Morton
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
Be Careful – Cardi B
Nice For What – Drake
King’s Dead – Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake
Bubblin – Anderson .Paak
Sicko Mode – Drake, Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk & Swae Lee
BEST RAP/SUNG PERFORMANCE
Like I Do – Christina Aguilera Featuring Goldlink
Pretty Little Fears – 6lack Featuring J. Cole
This Is America – Childish Gambino
All The Stars – Kendrick Lamar & SZA
Rockstar – Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage
BEST RAP SONG
Drake – God’s Plan
Kendrick Lamar – King’s Dead
Eminem – Lucky You
Drake – Sicko Mode
Kendrick Lamar – Win
BEST RAP ALBUM
Invasion Of Privacy – Cardi B
Swimming – Mac Miller
Victory Lap – Nipsey Hussle
Daytona – Pusha T
Astroworld – Travis Scott
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
Wouldn’t It Be Great? – Loretta Lynn
Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters – Maren Morris
Butterflies – Kacey Musgraves
Millionaire – Chris Stapleton
Parallel Line – Keith Urban
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Shoot Me Straight – Brothers Osborne
Tequila – Dan + Shay
When Someone Stops Loving You – Little Big Town
Dear Hate – Maren Morris Featuring Vince Gill
Meant To Be – Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line
BEST COUNTRY SONG
Break Up In The End – Cole Swindell
Dear Hate – Maren Morris Featuring Vince Gill
I Lived It – Blake Shelton
Space Cowboy – Kacey Musgraves
Tequila – Dan + Shay
When Someone Stops Loving You – Little Big Town
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Unapologetically – Kelsea Ballerini
Port Saint Joe – Brothers Osborne
Girl Going Nowhere – Ashley McBryde
Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves
From A Room: Volume 2 – Chris Stapleton
BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
Prometo – Pablo Alborán
Sincera – Claudia Brant
Musas (Un Homenaje Al Folclore Latinoamericano En Manos De Los Macorinos), Vol. 2 – Natalia Lafourcade
2:00 am – Raquel Sofía
Vives – Carlos Vives
BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Claroscura – Aterciopelados
Coastcity – COASTCITY
Encanto Tropical – Monsieur Periné
Gourmet – Orishas
Aztlán – Zoé
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Call Me By Your Name – (Various Artists)
Deadpool 2 – (Various Artists)
The Greatest Showman – (Various Artists)
Lady Bird – (Various Artists)
Stranger Things – (Various Artists)
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Black Panther
Blade Runner 2049
Coco
The Shape Of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Kendrick Lamar, All The Stars
Mystery Of Love – Sufjan Stevens, songwriter (Sufjan Stevens)
Track From: Call Me By Your Name
Remember Me – Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Miguel Featuring Natalia Lafourcade)
Track From: Coco
Shallow – Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)
Track From: A Star Is Born
This Is Me – Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble)
Track From: The Greatest Showman
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
Boi-1da
Larry Klein
Linda Perry
Kanye West
Pharrell Williams
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Apes*** – The Carters
This Is America – Childish Gambino
I’m Not Racist – Joyner Lucas
PYNK – Janelle Monáe
MUMBO JUMBO – Tierra Whack
BEST MUSIC FILM
Life In 12 Bars – Eric Clapton
Whitney (Whitney Houston)
Quincy – Quincy Jones
Itzhak – Itzhak Perlman
The King – (Elvis Presley)
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
Be The Cowboy – Mary Banas, art director (Mitski)
Love Yourself: Tear – HuskyFox, art director (BTS)
Masseduction – Willo Perron, art director (St. Vincent)
The Offering – Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (The Chairman)
Well Kept Thing – Adam Moore, art director (Foxhole)
BEST REMIXED RECORDED
AUDIO (CID REMIX) – CID, remixer (LSD)
HOW LONG (EDX’S DUBAI SKYLINE REMIX) – Maurizio Colella & Christian Hirt, remixers (Charlie Puth)
ONLY ROAD (COSMIC GATE REMIX) – Olaf Diekmann & Claus Terhoeven, remixers (Gabriel & Dresden Featuring Sub Teal)
STARGAZING (KASKADE REMIX) – Kaskade, remixer (Kygo Featuring Justin Jesso)
WALKING AWAY (MURA MASA REMIX) – Alex Crossan, remixer (Haim)
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
Colors – Beck
Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino – Arctic Monkeys
Utopia – Björk
American Utopia – David Byrne
Masseduction – St. Vincent
Tori Kelly no 61º Grammy Awards / Foto: Getty Images (uso autorizado POPline)
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG
You Will Win – Jekalyn Carr
Won’t He Do It – Koryn Hawthorne
Tori Kelly, Kirk Franklin – Never Alone
Cycles – Jonathan McReynolds Featuring DOE
A Great Work – Brian Courtney Wilson
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM
One Nation Under God – Jekalyn Carr
Hiding Place – Tori Kelly
Make Room – Jonathan McReynolds
The Other Side – The Walls Group
A Great Work – Brian Courtne