California California pianist wins Grammy Award
'27.01.2020'
Source: Facts
On Sunday, January 26, at the famous Staples Center in Los Angeles, the 62nd Grammy Awards ceremony was held, they write "Facts".
The leader in the number of nominations was the singer from Detroit Lizzo (real name Melissa Vivian Jefferson). The 31-year-old rap star claimed victory in eight categories. Six nominations were collected by 18-year-old Billy Eilish and 20-year-old Lil Nas X (real name Montero Lamar Hill).
In one of the Grammy categories this year, the Ukrainian went to Nadezhda Shpachenko! She won the Best Classical Music Award nomination with The Poetry Of Places. The famous pianist recorded it with his American colleagues Joan Pierce Martin, Nick Terry and Corey Hills. Shpachenko (pictured in the title) has recently been living in Los Angeles, where he teaches at California State University.
In the category “Best Soundtrack to Visual Media”, the music for the Chernobyl mini-series won. Two awards were received by music for the sensational film "A Star Is Born", in which the main roles were played by Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. They performed most of the songs in the film, including the one that received the Grammy I'll Never Love Again.
She became a laureate of a prestigious award and Michelle Obama. The former first lady of the USA was awarded a Grammy for the audio recording of her memoirs “Becoming”, which in 2019 were sold with great success in the USA and other countries of the world, including Ukraine. This bestseller helped Mrs. Obama enter the list of the highest paid writers in the world according to Forbes magazine.
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The Grammy Awards ceremony was overshadowed by the death of the famous American basketball player Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria Honore. On the morning of January 26, they crashed in a helicopter along with seven more people. Throughout his brilliant career, Bryant has played for the Los Angeles Lakers. And the Staples Center was his second home. The participants and guests of the ceremony honored the memory of the outstanding athlete and his daughter.
Now let's talk about the winners in the main categories. Billy Ailish received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Album for When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go ?. The same disc won the main nomination - “Best Album of the Year”!
Another golden figurine went to Billy in one of the main categories - “Song of the Year”. The success of the young singer brought the composition of Bad Guy. She is recognized as "Record of the Year." In addition, Eilish won the Best Debut nomination. As a result, the singer took home five Grammys!
Gary Clark Jr.'s This Land has been named Best Rock Performance of 2019. She won the nomination "Best Rock Song". But the best rock album recognized Social Cues by Cage the Elephant.
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Favorite Lizzo has collected a good collection of gold figurines. She won the Best Modern Urban Album nominations with Cuz I Love You, Best Traditional Rhythm and Blues Performance with Jerome, Best Solo Pop Performance with Truth Hurts,
Lil Nas X was also not left without awards. His hit Old Town Road, recorded with Billy Ray Cyrus, won the Best Pop Performance for a Duet or Band category.
In the category “Best Traditional Pop Album”, Grammy went to veteran Elvis Costello and his band The Imposters for Look Now. The Chemical Brothers' Got to Keep On was recognized as the best dance record, and their No Geography disc won the Best Dance and Electronic Album nomination.
