Grammys 2024 updates: All the winners as Taylor Swift makes history
Women dominated in all of the major awards categories as Joni Mitchell, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish and Tracy Chapman delivered stunning performances
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The 2024 Grammy Awards took place on Sunday 4 February, with female artists dominating the major categories on a night dubbed ‘Year of the Women’.
Taylor Swift won Album of the Year for the fourth time, setting a new record. Song of the Year went to Billie Eilish for “What Was I Made For?”, while Record of the Year was won by Miley Cyrus for “Flowers”.
Earlier in the night, Swift took the opportunity to announce a brand new album, The Tortured Poets Department.
The ceremony’s live performances were also dominated by women, with legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell drawing an emotional reaction and a standing ovation. Other performers included Dua Lipa and Tracy Chapman, who memorably dueted with Luke Combs on a duet version of her hit “Fast Car”.
SZA had led the nominations with nine nods, and ended up winning three.
As awards ceremonies go, this was a night that truly had it all. Even a surprise cameo from Meryl Streep...
Legendary producer Rickey Minor tells The Independent about tonight's in-memoriam segment
Former Oscars music director Rickey Minor helped put together Stevie Wonder’s tribute to Tony Bennett tonight.
Of Bennett’s legacy, Minor tells The Independent: “This is a guy who loved singing, loved what he did and was always kind.”
“Make sure you have some tissues close,” he warns of tonight’s in-memoriam segment.
From SZA to Taylor Swift, our Grammys predictions for the Big Four categories
The Grammys manage to annoy music fans most years, but last year’s ceremony caused a particularly big stink. This was mostly due to British pop star Harry Styles walking off with the night’s biggest prize, beating Adele and Beyoncé to Album of the Year in what should have been a rematch following the “Hello” artist’s controversial win over her fellow chart-topper in 2017.
This year is shaping up to be less provocative in many ways, with female artists dominating the Big Four categories (newly whittled down to eight instead of 10 nominees) including Song of the Year and Album of the Year. SZA leads the pack with nine nominations, while boygenius (who recently announced they would be going on hiatus at an acoustic show earlier in the week) and Victoria Monét follow close behind. Recording Academy darling Taylor Swift is also in the mix, and on the cusp of becoming the first-ever four-time Grammy winner for Album of the Year.
Ahead of the ceremony on Sunday (4 February), which will be hosted live from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena, here’s a look at who will probably win – and who should win – the Big Four.
Grammys 2024 predictions: Who will win the big four categories?
For the first time since 1999, are we about to witness another ‘Year of the Women’? With SZA, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo vying for the night’s top awards, Roisin O’Connor thinks so. She goes through the runners and riders of this year’s Grammy Awards
boygenius are off to a superb start with three early Grammy wins
“What the hell?”
Phoebe Bridgers was stunned as she and her boygenius bandmates, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, scooped three Grammy Awards before the main ceremony had even started, for their critically adored debut album, the record.
The trio picked up the gongs for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for their hit single “Not Strong Enough”, as well as the Best Alternative Music Album award for The Record.
After they won best rock song, Baker said: “All I ever wanted to do was be in a band. I feel like music is the language I used to find my family.”
Bridgers added: “I owe these boys everything, I love you guys so much, you’re the best.”
Following their third win, the stunned trio returned to the stage with Bridgers saying: “What the hell.”
She added: “This is so incredible, we’re just screaming backstage - it’s just been a constant scream.”
Some snaps of Dua Lipa on the red carpet
Billie Eilish says it was ‘crazy’ to win early Grammy Award
Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas were just interviewed on the AP red carpet livestream - Eilish said it was “crazy” to get an early win for Best Song Written for Visual Media, for their song “What Was I Made For?”
Featured on the Barbie: The Movie soundtrack, the song went viral on TikTok and clearly struck a chord with both music and film fans. It is also nominated for two of the biggest prizes of the night: Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
Eilish also revealed she is working on a new album but Barbie “is what we’re talking about” right now.
Coco Jones: ‘I’m feeling a lot more creatively confident’
Coco Jones tells red carpet reporters that her nomination for Best New Artist has made her feel empowered in her future projects. “I’m a lot more creatively confident,” she says of the impact her five nominations have had on her. “How could you not feel like, I could do anything?”
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Grammys 2024 red carpet: The most dazzling outfits from Dua Lipa to Billie Eilish
The 2024 Grammy Awards have finally arrived, as some of the biggest artists in music walk the red carpet ahead of the awards ceremony.
While the 2024 Grammy Awards have the potential to be historic, it’s the show-stopping fashion that tends to make history too - such as Harry Styles’ rainbow jumpsuit and Lizzo’s orange floral ensemble from last year’s award show.
Here are our favourite looks so far, as chosen by our fabulous Lifestyle team:
Things are heating up on the red carpet
We’ve got less than an hour to go before the official Grammy Awards ceremony and the big stars are arriving on the red carpet. So far we’ve seen Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, Billy Joel, Victoria Monet, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish... you’ll know Taylor’s here when you hear the screams.
‘I’m Just Ken’ writer speaks on Ryan Gosling’s shocked reaction to winning Critics’ Choice Award
The Independent spoke to Andrew Wyatt who wrote Barbie’s “I’m Just Ken” with Mark Ronson.
Asked on the red carpet about Ryan Gosling’s viral reaction to the song winning a Critics’ Choice Award, Wyatt said: “There’s a lot of speculation about what he was thinking there.
“I think he probably shifted into the Ken character there, which I appreciated. And he’s just an amazing comedic actor so I think that’s what we were seeing.”
Many assumed Gosling thought the award win was “a prank”, writing that he looked “flabbergasted and “confused” by the announcement.
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