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What else were you gonna do with three hours and 45 minutes on a Sunday night?
On March 14,the Grammysinterrupted our 366th night of the pandemic with their 63rd annual music awards.
Regardless of the pandemic, the lineup was stacked and the guest-list packed.
Here are the high, lows, and whoas of the 2021 Grammy Awards.
We love and miss you dad, Jack Prine said as Prines family accepted Best American Roots Song.
MOTHER MONSTER WAKE UP@ladygaga !
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her duet partner Ariana Grandetweeted.
Rain this win on us.
What is the rest of the audience sitting outside for?
And while were at it: Whats going on with the sound mix in there?
HIGH: Phoebe Bridgers wearing a designer skeleton suit on the red carpet.
(Did heget that from Doja Cat?)
Rock stars, all of them.
Yall were worried about the COVID baby boom?
The Silk Sonic Boom starts tonight.
And of course, she did it all flanked by mastermind producers Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff.
HIGH:An exciting In Memoriam segment?
?Awards shows In Memoriam segments can be a snooze sometimes.
And Brittany Howard brought it all home honoring Gerry Marsden with a simply stunning Youll Never Walk Alone.
As Lil Baby raps, a protest breaks out right on the steps of the Convention Center.
Its been a hell of a year, activist Tamika Mallory says in a powerful interlude.
Hell for over 400 years.
My people, its time we stand its time we demand the freedom that this land promises.
President Biden, we demand justice, equity, policy, and everything else that freedom encompasses.
And to accomplish this, we dont need allies, we need accomplices.
Killer Mike rapping a verse fromRTJ4s Walking in the Snow.
Then she introduced Miranda Lambert, who performed another perfect rendition of Bluebird.
The women of country were running the show as they have been for years.
Then, Cardi and a flock of aliens twerked to Up.
These ladies brought the choreography, the energy, and the lewks these awards were missing.
HIGH:The number of Grammys Beyonce now has.Twenty-eight, that is!
This is so overwhelming.
Ive been working my whole life, since 9 years old.
I cant believe this happened, she said in her acceptance speech, getting emotional.
Four more Grammys and she becomes the most-awarded artist of all time.
Think one of those can finally be an Album of the Year trophy?
Shes officially back in Grammys good graces, after her previous two albums,reputationandLover,left empty-handed.
Tune in next year to see if she repeats withevermore.
Asking the Academy to do right by these Black artists continues to be too much.
It has been changed.
