AWARDS – Michelle Obama sneaks into the Grammy winners

The former first lady of the United States Michelle Obama came out as the winner of the previous Grammy gala, the great music party held today at the Staples Center in Los Angeles (USA).

Due to the huge number of categories that the Grammy recognize each year (84 prizes in total), the Recording Academy divides its day into two parts: a previous gala, which is not televised and where most of the awards are delivered in the morning awards; and the great ceremony, which takes place in the afternoon and announces the most popular awards already before the cameras.

Thus, in the previous gala, prizes such as Michelle Obama’s were announced, which took the Grammy to the best “spoken word” album for the audio version of her successful memoir “Becoming”.

There was also room to recognize long-standing music legends such as Gloria Gaynor, who won the Grammy for the best roots gospel album for “Testimony; or Willie Nelson, who scored the best country solo performance award for” Ride Me Back Home. “

Another outstanding award was the one he received posthumously Nipsey Hussle, who was killed in 2019 at age 33 in Los Angeles (USA).

The missing hip-hop artist won the Grammy for best rap performance for “Racks in the Middle”

Apart from anecdotes and curiosities, the previous Grammy gala left Gary Clark Jr. as the main winner, who won three awards (best contemporary blues album, best rock song, and best rock performance, all for “This Land “).

With two golden gramophones under his arm, big favorites for this 62 edition of the Grammy came out as Lizzo (best traditional R&B performance for “Jerome” and best contemporary urban record with “Cuz I Love You”) and Lil Nas X (double with ” Old Town Road “for best duo or group pop performance and best video clip).

Billie Eilish, another name in capitals of the ceremony, won a Grammy for best vocal pop record for (“When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”).

And his brother and faithful collaborator Finneas obtained two distinctions: producer of the year (not classical music) and better engineering of an album for his work on “When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”.

This edition of the Grammy, which will feature Alicia Keys as a presenter for the second consecutive year, arrives wrapped in sadness in Los Angeles due to death today in a helicopter crash of Kobe Bryant, star of the Los Angeles Lakers and a legend of basketball.

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