Images above, from top left: Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, H.E.R., Beyoncé, Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, and The Weeknd. Image source listed below. By Vincent Bottaro Now, if any of you are like me, you love to listen to music. Eventually you’ll find that song that is just so amazing that you listen to it on repeat. The next step of that plan is to look up when the Grammys are, and then promptly forget the day that it is. Evidently, it was March 14th, and you missed it, but maybe the song you loved won right? Except your song wasn’t even nominated and now you’re angry at the world. Here’s a quick breakdown of the awards ceremony, which was hosted by Trevor Noah outside of the Staples Center in LA last Sunday, March 14th. Some nominations were announced by famous people (as usual) as well as some small business owners who have venues for musicians who have been struggling during the pandemic. There were many different performances, all really well done (especially Taylor Swift) and it is definitely worth the watch on YouTube. The main awards of the night are as follows: Billie Eilish beat out everyone else to win Record of the Year with “Everything I Wanted.” Taylor Swift won Album of the Year with Folklore, beating Post Malone and Doja Cat. Song of the Year went to H.E.R. with “I Can’t Breathe” about the Black Lives Matter movement. Megan Thee Stallion received a Grammy for Best New Artist. Harry Styles took a Grammy home for “Watermelon Sugar” as the Best Pop Solo Performance. The last main award went to Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande for their song “Rain On Me” which earned them the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Beyoncé took home 4 different Grammys last night with her new album Black Parade, which gave her a total of 28 including Best R&B Album, making her the woman with the most amount of Grammys in history. Another interesting fact about the Grammys is that they were boycotted by the Weeknd after he was snubbed for award this year, sparking a conversation about the bais in the award world. The majority of the winners have been predominantly White, and albums made by African Americans are typically placed as an R&B album rather than a “regular” album. The Weeknd’s songs were popular across many demographics this year, though, and he performed at the Super Bowl, yet still received 0 nominations. Other artists of color like Zayn and Nicki Minaj have also called out the racism of the selection process. The Grammy award board is anything but transparent and predominantly filled with white people, which makes it difficult for non-white artists to win due to racial discrimination, despite what the Recording Academy (the head organization of the Grammys) typically claims. The bottom line is, the Grammys are over. The majority of the artists likely went to bed with massive hangovers after partying hard, and are getting back to creating music in hopes of being nominated again next year. I personally can’t wait to listen to them all. If you would like to view all of the nominations, winners, and categories, here is a link to the website. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/grammy-winners-nominees-2021/ Other major information source: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a35832331/2021-grammys-boycott-controversy/. All images are licensed under Creative Commons uses. The image sources are below, in order: Lady Gaga: SMP Entertainment, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Billie Eilish: https://www.flickr.com/photos/142899511@N03/48590443381/ H.E.R.: MTV International, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Beyoncé: Nat Ch Villa, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Harry Styles: itsloutual, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Taylor Swift: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Ariana Grande: https://www.flickr.com/photos/esheehanphotos/33269921075 The Weeknd: Pedro Mora, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons If you want to write for the Crescent Crier, we would love to see you at one of our virtual meetings, which are every Wednesday at 1:30pm! To come to a meeting, fill out this form: https://forms.gle/TrQ5PqFcDqeE2yiB9, and we’ll send you a link ASAP. If you would like to submit a single article - or anything else like creative writing, an opinion, an art piece, photo or photo series, or something else entirely - then you can do that using this form: https://forms.gle/WAHSoWJuVwK3q5du6. If you want to contact us for any reason, you can email
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