{"id":1149,"date":"2021-03-15T10:34:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T10:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/?post_type=music-news&#038;p=1149"},"modified":"2021-03-15T10:58:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T10:58:14","slug":"grammys-2021","status":"publish","type":"music-news","link":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/music-news\/grammys-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammys 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"category_post":[],"acf":{"intro_copy":"Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift among the winners from the night.","smudge":false,"section_news":[{"acf_fc_layout":"copy_image","image":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Grammys.jpg","image_orientation":"portrait","copy":"<p>The biggest night in music aired last night, in a different format from the norm. Instead of the glitz, glamour, and crowds; this year&#8217;s Grammys were held outside the Staples Centre, in downtown Los Angeles. The socially distanced event was hosted by Trevor Noah. There were some big winners on the night, not least of all Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, and loads more.<\/p>\n<p>We took a look at some of the big winners of the night, and some of the incredible performances.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"copy","copy":"<h1>Winners<\/h1>\n<h2>Record of the Year &#8211; Billie Eilish &#8211; Everything I Wanted<\/h2>\n<p>Billie Eilish scooped up her second &#8216;Record of the Year&#8217; award in a row, for her incredible &#8216;Everything I Wanted&#8217;. This was one of FOUR awards Eilish and her brother Finneas picked up on the night. Eilish was also nominated for Song of the Year for the same track.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Billie Eilish - everything i wanted\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EgBJmlPo8Xw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Album of the Year &#8211; Taylor Swift &#8211; Folklore<\/h2>\n<p>The queen of Pop music, Taylor Swift Swift was one of only two female solo artists, along with Adele, to win Album Of The Year twice for her solo recordings. This win makes Swift the only woman to have won the award Three times! She won the award for 2010 for Fearless and again for 2015 for 1989. So Folklore adds that all-important Third Grammy to her shelf!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Taylor Swift - cardigan (Official Music Video)\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K-a8s8OLBSE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Best Duo Pop Performance &#8211; Lady Gaga + Ariana Grande &#8211; Rain on Me<\/h2>\n<p>Lady Gaga has racked up an impressive 12 Grammy wins since her first album, not that long ago! Meanwhile Grande has notched up 2 wins and 12 nominations. Gaga was also nominated for Best Pop Album, for Chromatica, but narrowly missed out. It&#8217;s no secret, we&#8217;re big fans of this album, huge fans of this song, and massive fans of both Gaga and Grande!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande - Rain On Me (Official Music Video)\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AoAm4om0wTs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Best New Artist \/ Best Rap Song &#8211; Megan Thee Stallion<\/h2>\n<p>Fresh from her featuring on the latest Maroon 5 single, Megan has been taking the world by storm. Releasing a slew of infectious, TikTok viral tracks. You only need to see the word &#8216;Savage&#8217; or hear &#8216;Body-ody-odyody&#8217; to know her voice. Thee Stallion is a hugely deserving winner in what was an incredibly tough category. Also, did we mention the &#8216;Savage&#8217; video features Beyonc\u00e9?!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Megan Thee Stallion &amp; Beyonce - Savage (Official Music Video)\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zoPH_Tgbl00?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Best RnB Performance &#8211; Beyonc\u00e9 &#8211; Black Parade<\/h2>\n<h2>Best Music Video &#8211; Beyonc\u00e9 &#8211; Brown Skin Girl<\/h2>\n<p>Beyonc\u00e9 sweeped the Grammys for Best RnB performance, as well as Best Music video. Black Parade was the most nominated song at this year&#8217;s Grammys and it&#8217;s clear why. The song was released on Juneteenth, a day of commemoration in Beyonc\u00e9&#8217;s home state of Texas, marking the end of slavery in the US. The track was released as a charity single, raising funds for small BeyGOOD&#8217;s Black Business Impact Fund, supporting small black-owned businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Brown Skin Girl is the first collaboration between Beyonc\u00e9 and her daughter Blue Ivy Carter! Carter is also credited as a songwriter and contributed vocals. <sup id=\"cite_ref-oprahmag_6-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>The song caused the #BrownSkinGirlChallenge to go viral upon release around the world.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Beyonc\u00e9 - Black Parade (Music Video)\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tinhb9l6PIc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"copy","copy":"<h1>Performances<\/h1>\n<p>What would the Grammys be without some incredible music performances! We gathered up just some of the best, and took a little look.<\/p>\n<h2>Dua Lipa and DaBaby &#8211; Levitating<\/h2>\n<p>Dua Lipa and DaBaby took to the stage for one of our favourite performances of the night. We love both these artists, we love that song, and we were glued to the screen watching this one!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Dua Lipa - Levitating ft. DaBaby \/ Don&#039;t Start Now (Live at the GRAMMYs 2021)\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vFWv44Z4Jhk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Haim &#8211; Summer Girl<\/h2>\n<p>Haim warmed up the crowd with one of the first releases of their latest album Women in Music PT III. Summer Girl is probably one of our favourite songs off that album, and it&#8217;s so great to see it performed live!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"HAIM - pre GRAMMY&#039;s perfomance\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tr7enuh91dY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Billie Eilish &#8211; Everything I Wanted<\/h2>\n<p>Billie Eilish couldn&#8217;t be topped tonight, performing her song which was nominated TWICE for this year&#8217;s awards, ultimately winning Record Of The Year. So what better than seeing it performed live.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Billie Eilish Performs Everything I Wanted at the 2021 GRAMMYs\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KDmGkrAnwwY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n"}],"block_type":"image-content","thumbnail_size":"height-2","image_thumbnail":{"ID":955,"id":955,"title":"Grammys","filename":"Grammys.jpg","filesize":114397,"url":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Grammys.jpg","link":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/music-news\/grammy-nominations-2021-the-full-list\/grammys\/","alt":"Grammys 2021","author":"3","description":"","caption":"","name":"grammys","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":954,"date":"2020-11-25 11:35:59","modified":"2020-11-25 11:36:08","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1642,"height":924,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Grammys-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Grammys-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Grammys-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":525,"medium_large-height":295,"large":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Grammys-1024x576.jpg","large-width":525,"large-height":295,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Grammys-1536x864.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Grammys.jpg","2048x2048-width":1642,"2048x2048-height":924,"twentyseventeen-featured-image":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Grammys.jpg","twentyseventeen-featured-image-width":1642,"twentyseventeen-featured-image-height":924,"twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Grammys-100x100.jpg","twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar-width":100,"twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar-height":100}},"display_tag":false,"related":[{"post":{"ID":954,"post_author":"3","post_date":"2020-11-25 11:36:45","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-25 11:36:45","post_content":"","post_title":"Grammy Nominations 2021 -The Full List","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"grammy-nominations-2021-the-full-list","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-03-08 14:09:05","post_modified_gmt":"2021-03-08 14:09:05","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/?post_type=news&#038;p=954","menu_order":0,"post_type":"music-news","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"post":{"ID":683,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2020-03-10 09:26:54","post_date_gmt":"2020-03-10 09:26:54","post_content":"","post_title":"6 Lady Gaga Songs that Will Stand the Test of Time","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"6-lady-gaga-songs-that-will-stand-the-test-of-time","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-03-08 14:11:23","post_modified_gmt":"2021-03-08 14:11:23","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/umusic.ie\/backend\/?post_type=feature&#038;p=683","menu_order":0,"post_type":"music-features","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"post":{"ID":270,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2019-03-29 13:09:36","post_date_gmt":"2019-03-29 13:09:36","post_content":"","post_title":"Who is Billie Eilish? 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