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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

On Sunday, British singer Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksAdele won five Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksGrammy Awards at the 59th Grammy Awards event in Los Angeles. Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksDavid Bowie posthumously won five Grammys.

Adele won Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo and Record of the Year for her song Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksHello, and Album of the Year for her album Category:Pages with defaulting non-local links25, becoming the first singer to win the Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Album of the Year twice.

David Bowie was nominated in five categories — three for his album Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksBlackstar in Best Alternative Music Album, Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, and Best Rock Performance; and two for his song Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksBlackstar, Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance. Days after releasing his 25th album, Blackstar, Bowie passed away in January 2016, due to cancer. Before Blackstar, Bowie won a Grammy for his music video Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksJazzin' for Blue Jean, and Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006, never winning the award in a major category before.

In the event, singer Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksBruno Mars paid tribute to music icon Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksPrince, replicating style, costumes, and guitar of Prince's. Minneapolis-based funk band Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksThe Time, who had performed with Prince, paid tribute to the singer who passed away in April at the age of 57. Adele, in her performance, paid tribute to George Michael. While performing, Adele stopped, swore, and restarted. She later apologised, saying "I am sorry for swearing and I am sorry for starting again, I can't mess this up for him[...] I am sorry, I can't." British pop singer George Michael died on Christmas Day of heart failure at the age of 53.

Adele was in tears while receiving Grammy for the Album of the Year. In her acceptance speech, she said, "But I can't possibly accept this award. And I'm very humbled and I'm very grateful and gracious. But my artist of my life is Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksBeyoncé. And this album to me, the 'Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksLemonade' album, is just so monumental. Beyoncé, it's so monumental. And so well thought out, and so beautiful and soul-baring and we all got to see another side to you that you don't always let us see. And we appreciate that. And all us artists here, we fucking adore you. You are our light. And the way that you make me and my friends feel, the way you make my black friends feel, is empowering. And you make them stand up for themselves. And I love you." Other albums in the pool, besides 25 and Lemonade, were Justin Bieber's Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksPurpose, Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksDrake's Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksViews, and Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksA Sailor's Guide To Earth by Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksSturgill Simpson.

Earlier, while receiving award for the Record of the Year, Adele said, "My dream and my idol is Queen Bee [Beyoncé], and I adore you and you move my soul every single day and you have done for nearly seventeen years". Other songs nominated in the category were Beyoncé's Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksFormation, Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksWork by Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksRihanna, Category:Pages with defaulting non-local links7 Years by Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksLukas Graham, and Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksStressed Out by Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksTWENTY ØNE PILØTS.

Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksBeyoncé received the largest number of nominations for the event — nine — but she won only two. Her album Lemonade won Best Urban Contemporary Album and her song Formation won Best Music Video.

Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksChance The Rapper won Best New Artist, and claimed Best Rap Performance for Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksNo Problem and Best Rap Album for Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksColoring Book. Chance's songs were never sold, and were available for free on streaming services.

The new host Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksJames Corden took a Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linkspratfall on the stairs while entering. The duo TWENTY ØNE PILØTS won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for their song Stressed Out. Upon announcement, they removed their pants to accept the award. Sharing an incident of watching Grammys before the duo was famous, Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksTyler Joseph said Category:Pages with defaulting non-local linksJosh Dun proposed if they were to receive a Grammy, they would receive it in their underpants as they were in underpants watching the award ceremony at the time. In his acceptance speech, he said, "I want everyone who's watching at home to know that you could be next. So watch out, because anyone from anywhere can do anything."

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"British singer George Michael, 53, dies" — Wikinews, December 28, 2016
"Musician Prince dies aged 57" — Wikinews, April 22, 2016

Sources

59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees — Grammys, February 15, 2017 (date of access)
Greg Kot. Grammy Awards: Adele's '25' wins top honors, Chance the Rapper makes history — Chicago Tribune, February 13, 2017
Winston Cook-Wilson. Grammys 2017: David Bowie Won His First Real Grammys — Spin (magazine), February 13, 2017
Amanda Holpuch. 'I can't mess this up for him': Adele stops George Michael Grammys tribute — The Guardian, February 13, 2017
GRAMMYs. Twenty One Pilots Wins Best Pop Duo / Group Performance | Acceptance Speech | 59th GRAMMYs — YouTube, February 13, 2017
GRAMMYs. Adele Wins Album Of The Year | Acceptance Speech | 59th GRAMMYs — YouTube, February 13, 2017
GRAMMYs. Adele Wins Record Of The Year | Acceptance Speech | 59th GRAMMYs — YouTube, February 13, 2017
Ben Sisario. Adele Dominates the Grammys; Beyoncé Stops the Show — The New York Times, February 12, 2017 Category:Published Category:Articles not disputed

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