Haru Shades Around The 2020 Grammy Awards

JAKARTA - The 2020 Grammy Awards ceremony was just held at the Staples Center on January 27 or January 26 US time. A number of musicians compete to take home the Grammy award at the age of 62.

As predicted, the names of singers like Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X will successfully win the 2020 Grammy Awards. Especially Billie Eilish who won five of the six award nominations.

The night of the 2020 Grammy Awards opened with Lizzo's performance singing Cuz I Love You and Truth Hurts. Lizzo once voiced "Tonight for Kobe (Bryant)" and started his performance with the choir and bringing in ballet dancers. Not to forget, he also plays his flagship flute.

Being a musician with the most nominations, Lizzo managed to win three of the eight nominations including the album Cuz I Love You which won Best Urban Contemporary Album.

In the midst of the sparkle and excitement of the Grammy Awards award night, sad news came from NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant who had a helicopter crash with his daughter. Bryant's death made Alicia Keys and Boyz II Men open the event with emotion, they sang It's So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yesterday.

"We never imagined we would start an event like this. We love you Kobe, "said Alicia Keys as the host.

Rapper Lil Nas X, one of the phenomenal names this year, performed the song Old Town Road. He started his performance in the background of a room and basketball costume number 24 owned by Kobe Bryant.

Slowly, he sang the song with BTS, Diplo, Young Thug, Nas, and Billy Ray Cyrus and ended with a performance of the song Rodeo. The success of the song Old Town Road also successfully gave him two awards out of the six nominations he won.

Demi Lovato gave an emotional performance, which finally appeared to the public after an overdose she experienced in 2018. Singing her newest song, Anyone, Lovato seemed nervous, so she repeated the intro that was already running. This song was written while he was being treated and recorded in good health. Anyone shared Lovato's restlessness when he asked anyone who heard him for help.

The moment of emotion was closed with a tribute performance to Nipsey Hussle, which was presented by his friends to be one of the best. Among them are John Legend, DJ Khaled, Meek Mill, Roddy Ricch, and YG.

Starting with Meek Mill singing Letter to Nipsey, then John Legend and DJ Khaled brought in the choir for Higher's song and let Hussle's rap part sound. Although this tribute performance was originally for Hussle, they also posted a photo of Kobe Bryant as part of the tribute. Nipsey Hussle was shot dead in March 2019 and died on the spot. His Higher and Racks In The Middle songs won in the Best Rap Performance and Best Rap / Sung Performance categories.

Billie Eilish as one of the names mentioned managed to bring in five of the six nominations. His biological brother, FINNEAS also won Producer of the Year. “This is for the kid making music in his bedroom today. You will get this, ”said Eilish when accepting Bad Guy as Song of the Year. He also received awards for Best New Artist, Album of The Year, Record of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Album.

Not to forget, Eilish had said that Ariana Grande deserved the Album of the Year award more than she did. Even though Bad Guy was the main star of the nomination, at the Grammy Awards, Eilish sang When The Party's Over with FINNEAS which was also a track from the album When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

This year, Ariana Grande did not get a Grammy from the five nominations she got. However, he still performed well by bringing a medley of his hit songs, namely Imagine, 7 Rings, and Thank U Next. Grande also performed several verses of Julie Andrews' My Favorite Things, which was a sampling of 7 Rings.

Here's a list of winners for the 2020 Grammy Awards:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? - Billie Eilish

RECORD OF THE YEAR

Bad Guy - Billie Eilish

SONG OF THE YEAR

Bad Guy - Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

NEW ARTIST

Billie Eilish

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

Truth Hurts - Lizzo

BEST POP DUO / GROUP PERFORMANCE

Old Town Road - Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? - Billie Eilish

BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM

Look Now - Elvis Costello & the Imposters

BEST COMEDY ALBUM

Sticks & Stones - Dave Chappelle

BEST ROCK ALBUM

Social Cues - Cage the Elephant

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE

This Land - Gary Clark Jr.

BEST ROCK SONG

This Land, Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM

Father of the Bride - Vampire Weekend

BEST R&B ALBUM

Ventura - Anderson. Paak

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE

Come Home - Anderson. Paak featuring André 3000

BEST R&B SONG

Say So - PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring JoJo)

BEST RAP ALBUM

Igor - Tyler, the Creator

BEST RAP / SUNG PERFORMANCE

Higher - DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend

BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE

Jerome - Lizzo

BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM

Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) - Lizzo

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE

Racks in the Middle - Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy

BEST RAP SONG

A Lot - Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White, songwriters (21 Savage Featuring J. Cole)

BEST DANCE RECORDING

Got to Keep On - The Chemical Brothers

BEST DANCE / ELECTRONIC ALBUM

No Geography - The Chemical Brothers

BEST COUNTRY SONG

Bring My Flowers Now - Brandie Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)

BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE

Ride Me Back Home - Willie Nelson

BEST COUNTRY DUO / GROUP PERFORMANCE

Speechless - Dan + Shay

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

While I'm Livin '- Tanya Tucker

BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE / SONG

Love Theory - Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter

BEST GOSPEL ALBUM

Long Live Love - Kirk Franklin

BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE / SONG

God Only Knows - For King & Country & Dolly Parton; Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters

BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM

Burn the Ships - For King & Country

BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM

Testimony - Gloria Gaynor

BEST LATIN POP ALBUM

#Eldisco - Alejandro Sanz

BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM

El Mal Querer - Rosalía

BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM

De Ayer Para Siempre - Mariachi Los Camperos

BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM

Opus - Marc Anthony & “A Journey Through Cuban Music” - Aymée Nuviola

BEST AMERICANA ALBUM

Oklahoma - Keb 'Mo'

BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE

Saint Honesty - Sara Bareilles

BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG

Call My Name - Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I'm With Her)

BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM

Tall Fiddler - Michael Cleveland

BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM

Tall, Dark & Handsome - Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men

BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM

This Land - Gary Clark Jr.

BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM

Good Time - Ranky Tanky

BEST REGGAE ALBUM

Rapture - Koffee

BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM

Celia - Angelique Kidjo

BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM

Mettavolution - Rodrigo y Gabriela

BEST METAL PERFORMANCE

7empest - Tool

BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM

12 Little Spells - Esperanza Spalding

BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO

Sozinho - Randy Brecker, soloist

BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM

Finding Gabriel - Brad Mehldau

BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM

The Omni-American Book Club - Brian Lynch Big Band "Triple Helix" - Anat Cohen Tentet

BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM

Antidote - Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band

BEST NEW AGE ALBUM

Wings - Peter Kater

BES SPOKEN WORD ALBUM

Becoming - Michelle Obama

BEST CHILDREN'S MUSIC ALBUM

Ageless Songs for the Child Archetype - Jon Samson

BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM

Hadestown - Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada & Patrick Page, principal soloists; Mara Isaacs, David Lai, Anaïs Mitchell & Todd Sickafoose, producers (Anaïs Mitchell, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA

I'll Never Love Again (Film Version) - Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper). Track from: "A Star Is Born"

SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR a VISUAL MEDIA

Chernobyl - Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer

Best Music film

Homecoming - Beyoncé

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Old Town Road - Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus, Calmatic, video director; Candice Dragonas, Melissa Larsen & Saul Levitz, video producers

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? - Rob Kinelski & Finneas O'Connell, engineers; John Greenham, mastering engineer (Billie Eilish)

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL

FINNEAS

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL

Riley: Sun Rings - Leslie Ann Jones, engineer; Robert C. Ludwig, mastering engineer (Kronos Quartet)

BEST PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL

Blanton Alspaugh