Women won every major Grammy at Sunday’s history-making gala, a joyful night for music’s biggest stars after a devastating year for the industry, with Beyonce, Megan Thee Stallion and Taylor Swift triumphing at the socially distanced event anchored
by electrifying performances.
It was a monumental night for Beyonce, who broke the record for most career wins by a female artist with 28. Swift became the first woman to win the coveted Album of the Year prize three times, this year for folklore, the first of her twin quarantine releases. And rap sensation Megan Thee Stallion charmed while accepting her three awards including Best New Artist — and disarmed viewers with a performance that set the Los Angeles stage ablaze. Megan and Queen Bey earned two awards together, for their remix of the rapper’s smash hit Savage. The Houston rapper teased with that track along with her single Body, before serving up a thirst trap of a duet with none other than Cardi B, both of them in metallic gear that left little to the imagination. The audacious duo performed WAP, a gyrating, thigh-baring celebration of female sexuality that ended atop an enormous bed.
The night featured a host of impressive performances featuring Dua Lipa, DaBaby, Swift, Bad Bunny and Record of the Year winner Billie Eilish, among others — a line-up that kicked off with chest-baring Harry Styles, who won his first ever award.
The ceremony, which fell nearly a year to the day after Covid-19 grounded tours and forced performance venues to close, stood as a concerted effort by the music world to try to move past a crushing 2020 by celebrating its biggest stars.
Grammy Awards – Main winners
n Album of the year: Taylor Swift – Folklore
n Record of the year: Billie Eilish – Everything I Wanted
n Song of the year: H.E.R. – I Can’t Breathe
n Best new artist: Megan Thee Stallion.
