History was made at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards by Beyonce.
She won four trophies, which gives her 28 overall. That’s the most by any singer ever and ties her for second all-time for any artist with Quincy Jones.
She won Best R-and-B Performance for “Black Parade,” Best Music Video for “Brown Skin Girl” and two awards for her collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion on “Savage.”
Megan also won Best New Artist. (And Beyonce’s daughter, Blue Ivy, won her first Grammy, sharing the award for Best Music Video.)
Billie Eilish won Record of the Year for “Everything I Wanted.” It’s the second year in a row she’s won that award. (Only Roberta Flack and U2 have done that before.) She also won Best Song Written for Visual Media for “No Time to Die” from the upcoming James Bond movie of the same name. It’s the first time that a song has won the award for an unreleased movie. Her brother Finneas shared in both awards.
Taylor Swift won Album of the Year for the third time with Folklore. (She won in 2016 for 1989 and in 2010 for Fearless. She’s the first female artist to win the award three times.
Justin Bieber took home only one award — and it was in a country category! It was for Best Country Duo/Group Performance with Dan and Shay on “10,000 Hours.”
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande won Best Pop Dup/Group Performance for “Rain on Me.” It’s the first time that award has been won by a female only act.
Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez spent their weekend refuting Friday’s shocking headlines that they split. On Saturday, a joint statement denied a breakup while hinting at a rough patch. It said, (quote) “We are working through some things.”
A source made it sound dire when they told E! News, (quote) “Alex is convincing Jennifer to try and work things out. Jennifer is giving herself time to think about their future. Alex is fully aware that this relationship is hanging by a thread.”
J-Lo unleashed on Sunday a slickly produced TikTok synced with the raunchy tune, “Pretty B Freestyle”, by Saweetie [pr: sah-WEE-tee]. The 30-second video featured snippets from J-Lo’s career of her acting like a boss. About halfway through, she turned to the camera to tell the tabloids, “You’re dumb.”
People noted there’s only one brief glimpse of A-Rod in that TikTok. It’s 100 percent J-Lo. Also, she has not appeared at all this month in Alex’s timeline. That’s raised a few eyebrows. An insider offered a reason, (quote) “They were having problems before she left for the Dominican Republic [for a movie shoot]. They haven’t been able to see each other much in person. But they love each other and want to keep working on things.” (People)
