È stata Adele la grande protagonista dei Grammy Awards 2017. La cantante britannica ha vinto 5 grammofoni d’oro, i più importanti: Best Album of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance (Hello), Best Pop Vocal Album (25), Best Record of the Year e Best Song of the Year. Greg Kurstin, il suo produttore, ha inoltre vinto il premio Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. Adele ha reso omaggio a George Michael con la sua interpretazione sul palco dei Grammy Awards di Fast Love, ma durante l’esibizione la cantante – emozionata – si è interrotta. “Scusate, non posso andare avanti, per rispetto nei confronti di George Michael. Ricominciamo” ha spiegato al pubblico in sala, che al termine della canzone le ha tributato un grande applauso. In occasione del discorso per il premio Best Album of the Year, Adele ha poi omaggiato la rivale Beyoncé: “Il tuo album Lemonade è semplicemente monumentale” ha detto, prima di spezzare simbolicamente in due il trofeo per dividerlo con la collega. Beyoncé ha portato a casa due Grammy Awards, Best Music Video (Formation) e Best Urban Contemporary Album (Lemonade). Niente Grammy, invece, per i candidati italiani Andrea Bocelli, Ennio Morricone e Laura Pausini.
Tutti i premi:
Album of the Year: 25 (Adele)
Record of the Year: Hello (Adele)
Song of the Year: Hello (Adele)
Best Rap Album: The Coloring Book (Chance the Rapper)
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Lemonade (Beyoncé)
Best Country Solo Performance: My Church (Maren Morris)
Best Rock Song: Blackstar (David Bowie)
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Stressed Out (Twenty One Pilots)
Best New Artist: Chance the Rapper
Best Pop Solo Performance: Hello (Adele)
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin (Willie Nelson)
Best Pop Vocal Album: 25 (Adele)
Best Dance Recording: Don’t Let Me Down (The Chainsmokers feat. Daya)
Best Dance/Electronic Album: Skin (Flume)
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Culcha Vulcha (Snarky Puppy)
Best Rock Performance: Blackstar (David Bowie)
Best Metal Performance: Dystopia (Megadeth)
Best Rock Album: Tell Me I’m Pretty (Cage the Elephant)
Best Alternative Music Album: Blackstar (David Bowie)
Best R&B Performance: Cranes in the Sky (Solange)
Best Traditional R&B Performance: Angel (Lalah Hathaway)
Best R&B Song: Lake By the Ocean (Maxwell)
Best R&B Album: Lalah Hathaway Live (Lalah Hathaway)
Best Rap Performance: No Problem (Chance the Rapper feat. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)
Best Rap/Sung Performance: Hotline Bling (Drake)
Best Rap Song: Hotline Bling (Drake)
Best Latin Pop Album: Un Besito Mas (Jesse & Joy)
Best Country Album: A Sailor’s Guide to Earth (Sturgill Simpson)
Best Country Song: Humble and Kind (Tim McGraw)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Pentatonix (Jolene feat. Dolly Parton)
Best Roots Gospel Album: Hymns (Joey+Rory)
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom (Ted Nash Big Band)
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Country for Old Men (John Scofield)
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Take Me to the Alley (Gregory Porter)
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (John Scofield)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Third Coast Percussion (Steve Reich)
Best Dance Recording: Don’t Let Me Down (The Chainsmokers feat. Daya)
Best New Age Album: White Sun II (White Sun)
Best Gospel Performance/Song: God Provides (Tamela Mann)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Thy Will (Hillary Scott & The Scott Family)
Best Gospel Album: Losing My Religion (Kirk Franklin)
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Love Remains (Hillary Scott & The Scott Family)
Best World Music Album: Sing Me Home (Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble)
Best Children’s Album: Infinity Plus One (Secret Agent 23 Skidoo)
Best Spoken Word Album: In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem and Fun in the Sandbox (Carol Burnett)
Best Musical Theater Album: The Color Purple
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Miles Ahead
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (John Williams)
Best Song Written for Visual Media: Can’t Stop the Feeling! (Justin Timberlake)
Best Instrumental Composition: Spoken at Midnight (Ted Nash)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: You and I (Jacob Collier)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: Flinstones (Jacob Collier)
Best Recording Package: Blackstar (David Bowie)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Edith Piaf 1915-2015 (Edith Piaf)
Best Album Notes: Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along (Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle)
Best Historical Album: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Collector’s Edition) (Bob Dylan)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Blackstar (David Bowie)
Best Remixed Recording: Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix) (Bob Moses)
Best Surround Sound Album: Dutilleux: Sur Le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère De L’instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles (Mark Donahue and Fred Vogler)
Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
Best Orchestral Performance: Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Music Video: Formation (Beyoncé)
Best Music Film: The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years (The Beatles)
MusiCares Person of the Year: Tom Petty
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