Yahoo Lifestyle 19 Extremely Pure Things That Happened At The Grammys And Are Stuck In My Head
1.Beyoncé won Country Album of the Year for Cowboy Carter after she was snubbed by the Country Music Awards — becoming the first Black woman in history to take home this award.
During her acceptance speech, she said, "I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists and I just want to encourage people to do what they're passionate about and stay persistent."
2.And she also won Album of the Year for the first time ever!! "I just feel very full and very honored," she said on stage. "It's been many, many years. I just want to thank the Grammys, every songwriter, every collaborator, every producer. All of the hard work."
3.After Beyoncé's big win, Taylor Swift and Jay-Z toasted their glasses.
4.During a red carpet interview, Chappell Roan spoke out for the trans community. "It's brutal right now, but trans people have always existed, and they will forever exist, and they will never no matter what happens take trans joy away, and that has to be protected more than anything. I would not be here without trans girls, so just know that pop music is thinking about you and cares about you."
5.Shakira won Best Latin Pop Album for Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran. During her speech, she said, "I want to dedicate this award to all my immigrant brothers and sisters in this country. You are loved, you are worth it, and I will always fight with you."
She also gave a shoutout to "all of those women who work really hard every day to provide for their families. You are the true she-wolves." And her sons, Milan and Sasha, were there to support their mom! Shakira told them she is "so proud of you guys, of your kind hearts."
6.Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chappell Roan got this cute pic together.
7.Doechii became the third woman to win Best Rap Album — after Lauryn Hill and Cardi B, who presented her with the award. Her speech was incredibly moving: "I know there is some Black girl out there — so many Black women out there — that are watching me right now, and I want to tell you: You can do it. Anything is possible."
"Don't allow anybody to project any stereotypes on you, tell you that you can't be here, that you're too dark, that you're not smart enough, that you're too dramatic, you're too loud. You are exactly who you need to be."
8.Olivia Rodrigo and her boyfriend, Louis Partridge, looked adorable all night.
9.Throughout the night, Trevor Noah encouraged people in attendance as well as viewers at home to donate whatever they could to LA wildfire relief. By the end, the host announced that $7 million had been raised just from folks watching at home.
10.And members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department were honored on stage and presented the award for Album of the Year to Beyoncé.
11.Kendrick Lamar won five Grammys for "Not Like Us" — including Record of the Year and Song of the Year — and dedicated his accolades to LA. "Compton, Watts, Long Beach, Inglewood, Hollywood, out to the Valley, Pacoima, IE, San Bernardino, all that," he said. "This is my neck of the woods that held me down…since I was in the studio scrapping to write the best raps and all that, in order to do records like these."
"So I can’t give enough thanks, you know, to these places that I rolled around since high school. And most importantly, the people and the families out in the Palisades and Altadena. This is a true testament that we can continue to restore this city. And yeah, we gonna keep rocking."
12.Taylor Swift wore a tiny, dangling T along with her red dress, which sparked speculation from interviewers about whether it stood for Taylor or Travis Kelce. Her boyfriend plays for the Kansas City Chiefs — who will be competing in the Super Bowl next week — and red is one of the team's colors.
People on the internet started sharing the "T as in Troy?" clip from High School Musical, a fun throwback.
13.Raye looked so happy to be standing between Babyface and Shaboozey.
14.After a segment highlighting the destruction of the fires, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars performed a beautiful tribute to LA with "California Dreamin'."
They went on to win Best Pop Duo for their song, "Die with a Smile." They had only kind words for each other, with Bruno saying, "I'm so honored to have a small part in your giant musical legacy, and I really, truly believe that God gave us the song to sing together." She responded, "Bruno, you are an incredible human being. You're a musician for the ages. I don't know music without Bruno."
"And I just want to say tonight that trans people are not invisible. Trans people deserve love. The queer community deserves to be lifted up. Music is love," Gaga concluded.
15.Miley Cyrus looked just like her mom, Tish Cyrus, in this cute pic.
16.Alicia Keys received the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award and shared a powerful message during a time when the Trump administration has scapegoated DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion). "This is not the time to shut down the diversity of voices we've seen on this stage," she said. "DEI is not a threat, it's a gift. And the more voices, the more powerful the sound. When destructive forces try to burn us down, we rise from the ashes like a phoenix, and as you see tonight, music is the unstoppable language that connects us all."
17.Taylor Swift kissed Sabrina Carpenter on the head.
18.Willow Smith captured this sweet moment with her dad, Will Smith.
19.And finally, after winning the Grammy for Best New Artist, Chappell called out the music industry and record labels. "I told myself if I ever won a Grammy and I got to stand up here in front of the most powerful people in music, I would demand that labels and the industry profiting millions of dollars off of artists would offer a livable wage, and healthcare especially, to developing artists."
She recalled being signed by a record label as a minor; however, she was dropped and struggled to find work during the pandemic since she had no work experience. "It was so devastating to feel so committed to my art and feel so betrayed by the system and so dehumanized to not have help. Labels, we got you, but do you got us?"
