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It was an evening of strong women at the 66th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles: All four cross-genre awards went to female musicians.
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The trophy-bearing arms in the previous image are those of Victoria Monét, who won Best Newcomer. She also won the award for best R&B album and best recording technology with her debut “Jaguar II”.
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On the left in the picture is the most awarded musician of the evening: Phoebe Bridgers received four awards, three of them together with Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker for the band Boygenius (Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, Best Alternative Album) and one for the best Pop duo performance as SZA's vocal partner on "Ghost in the Machine." On the right, another winner of the evening congratulates.
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Taylor Swift won Album of the Year. With “Midnights” she won this main prize for the fourth time – and is now the sole record holder. She was accompanied to the stage by colleague (and fellow nominee) Lana Del Rey.
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According to the Grammy jury, she wrote the best song: Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas were awarded for “What Was I Made For” – also in the “Best Song for a Film” category. This means that the “Barbie” ballad is also well in the running at the Oscars.
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SZA (left) was the top favorite with nine nominations before the gala. In the end there were “only” three prizes, none of them cross-genre. But presenter Lizzo shows: A Grammy for best R&B song (for “Snooze”) is really a reason to celebrate.
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Jay-Z received a special award at the Grammy Awards, the “Dr. Dre Global Impact Award«. He accepted the trophy with his daughter Blue Ivy Carter.
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In his acceptance speech, Jay-Z criticized the Grammy committee for never awarding the top prize for album of the year to his wife Beyoncé (pictured with hat). She is the record holder with a total of 32 awards. This time she had not released an album in the relevant period.
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An emotional performance: Céline Dion, whose career was interrupted by a serious illness called stiff person syndrome, was led on stage to present the award for Album of the Year. Honoree Taylor Swift was criticized on social media after the show for not responding to Dion.
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Here the rapper Killer Mike can still shine: Before the televised part of the gala, he was awarded three prizes: for the best rap album, the best rap performance and the best rap song. But before the TV show he was taken away by the police and taken into custody. Apparently there had been a physical altercation.
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Killer Mike missed some spectacular stage performances. Miley Cyrus presented her "Flowers" - which was named best recording of the year - and scolded the gala audience for not singing along: "Why are you acting like you don't know the song?"
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At the age of 80, Canadian musician Joni Mitchell performed for the first time at a Grammy gala. Accompanied by Brandi Carlile (right) she sang her classic “Both Sides Now”, composed in 1967.
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Also a rare moment: Tracy Chapman came to the Grammy stage. She sang her hit “Fast Car” with Luke Combs, whose cover version was nominated for best country solo performance.
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Billy Joel performed his first new song in 17 years, “You May Be Right,” to close the show.
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Traditionally, the deceased of the year are honored at the Grammy Gala. Tina Turner was one of them. Fantasia Barrino presented a homage to the great soul singer.
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Despite being nominated in the “Metal Performance” category, Slipknot came away empty-handed – but with their masks they looked spectacular as always on the red carpet.
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