Grammys 2024 updates: All the winners as Taylor Swift makes history
Women dominated in all of the major awards categories as Joni Mitchell, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish and Tracy Chapman delivered stunning performances
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The 2024 Grammy Awards took place on Sunday 4 February, with female artists dominating the major categories on a night dubbed ‘Year of the Women’.
Taylor Swift won Album of the Year for the fourth time, setting a new record. Song of the Year went to Billie Eilish for “What Was I Made For?”, while Record of the Year was won by Miley Cyrus for “Flowers”.
Earlier in the night, Swift took the opportunity to announce a brand new album, The Tortured Poets Department.
The ceremony’s live performances were also dominated by women, with legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell drawing an emotional reaction and a standing ovation. Other performers included Dua Lipa and Tracy Chapman, who memorably dueted with Luke Combs on a duet version of her hit “Fast Car”.
SZA had led the nominations with nine nods, and ended up winning three.
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Meet Trevor Noah, the charismatic presenter hosting the Grammys for the fourth year running
The 2024 Grammy Awards will welcome Trevor Noah back to host the biggest night in music for the fourth consecutive year.
The former Daily Show star will return to the Grammys stage on Sunday (4 February) at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Noah’s return comes in the wake of Jo Koy’s calamitous hosting job at the 2024 Golden Globes, in which he made a joke about Taylor Swift that elicited a steely look from the pop star herself.
Trevor Noah, the charismatic presenter hosting the Grammys for the fourth time
Former ‘Daily Show’ star returns to emcee the biggest night in music for the fourth consecutive year
Alvvays sum up their first Grammys in one word: ‘Stress’
Asked to summate their first trip to the Grammys in one word, Canadian indie pop group Alvvays frontwoman Molly Rankin says: “Stress”.
They’re nominated for Best Alternative Music Performance for their song, “Belinda Says”.
Barbie wins its first award for the night
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Barbie has just won its first Grammy of the night for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.
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Kylie Minogue wins her second Grammy
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She last won Best Dance Recording for “Come Into My World” in 2004.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin tells The Independent about working with Bradley Cooper
The Independent just asked Maestro’s conducting consultant Yannick Nézet-Séguin about preparing Bradley Cooper to play Leonard Bernstein.
He confirmed that Cooper’s statement about taking six years to learn to conduct six minutes of orchestra was “accurate”.
“He’s the most detail-oriented person I’ve ever met,” Nézet-Séguin says of the actor.
The three-time Grammy winner is nominated for Best Opera Recording and Best Orchestral Performance this year.
What is Morgellons disease, the mysterious and controversial condition Joni Mitchell claims she has?
Joni Mitchell is expected to make her first-ever Grammys performance at the 2024 Grammy Awards on Sunday 4 February. The Canadian singer-songwriter, 80, has made only a handful of live performances after she suffered a brain aneurysm in 2015.
Following her hospitalisation in 2015, much attention was placed on Mitchell’s rare condition – which she has spoken candidly about in the past – known as Morgellons disease. The little-known skin condition is characterised by patients as having biting and stinging sensations under the skin. However, the controversial condition has raised eyebrows among the medical community, many of who believe that its symptoms are caused by a psychiatric disorder.
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What is Joni Mitchell’s mysterious illness Morgellons disease?
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