Grammy Awards: Megan Thee Stallion, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift queens of the evening

Los Angeles (AFP) - The Grammy Awards allowed Queen Beyoncé to break the record for awards for a female artist in this competition and rewarded her runner-up, rapper Megan Thee Stallion, crowned revelation of the year.

Taylor Swift also broke a record, becoming the first female artist to win the Album of the Year award three times, tied with giants like Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra and Paul Simon."You were there.-you in this imaginary world that we created "on the album" Folklore ", inspired by the return to the earth and to the simple things of the countryside, she launched.

During an evening which gave pride of place to women, the artist HER was awarded for her title "I Can't Breathe", inspired by the anti-racist protests that rocked the United States last summer, and young Billie Eilish won the Grammy Award for Recording of the Year for the second year in a row.

The gala evening, which took place in Los Angeles almost a year to the day after the first US concert hall closures under threat of the coronavirus, was surrounded by strict health precautions, with stars in masks and keeping their distance, but the performances shocks were at the rendezvous.

Meghan Thee Stallion received the prestigious Grammy for "Revelation of the Year", the first rap artist to triumph in this category since Lauryn Hill in 1999.This award only honors the artist's success after a marked year by the release of her first studio album “Good News”, a memorable duet with star Cardi B on “WAP” and her hit “Savage” with Beyoncé's participation on a remix.

Posted Date: 2021-03-16