Further down the long (long, long) category list, there were heartening wins for veteran goth rock masters The Cure (two awards in Best Alternative categories). FKA Twigs took home the Best Dance / Electronica Album for her audaciously experimental Eusexua and hyperactive alternative singer-songwriter Yungblud showed his pivot to heavy guitar music has been effective by winning Best Rock Performance for his Ozzy Osbourne tribute Changes. Soulful singer-songwriter Raye also affirmed her status in the USA by collecting the (deep breath) Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change Award for Ice Cream Man.
Before we get too excited about a new British invasion, it is always worth noting that there are a lot of categories at the Grammys. It stretches its remit wide enough to give an award to the Dalai Lama for Best Audiobook Narration and Storytelling Recording, albeit his holiness did not turn up in person, sending singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright as his emissary on earth.
The ceremony literally goes on all day – and is possibly still going on now in another dimension, where someone is being given an award in the car park for best bootleg t-shirt concession. But we must take our victories where we can. The British contingent show all is not lost in the Anglo-American pop axis, even as Bad Bunny’s historic triumph reminds us that in the modern streaming world English can no longer take its status for granted as the universal language of pop.
Winners of biggest awards
Album of the Year
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS – Bad Bunny
Record of the Year
Luther – Kendrick Lamar with SZA
Song of the Year
Wildflower – Billie Eilish
Best New Artist
Olivia Dean
Best Rap Album
GNX – Kendrick Lamar
Best Pop Vocal Album
Mayhem – Lady Gaga
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