THE Grammy Awards have given – in the night between 5 and 6 February – the opportunity to Beyoncé to sign a new record. With his thirty-second Oscar win for music, she is the most awarded in the history of the awards. At the same time, in the most awaited night of global music, the Maneskins failed to secure their first statuette (they were candidates in the category Best New Artistin which Samara Joy later triumphed).
32 statuettes and a new record for Beyoncé
The 2023 Grammys has an undisputed winner. Indeed, Beyoncé triumphed for the Best Albums in the category Best Dance/Electronic Musicthanks to his latest project Renaissance. AND she took home three more awards: Best R&B Song For Cuff it, Best Dance/Electronic Recording For Break My Soul And Best Traditional R&B Performance For Plastic off the sofa). Out of a total of eighty-eight nominations, Beyoncé made it to thirty-two wins. With this win, Queen Bey has surpassed the record which, until a few hours ago, was held by Georg Solti. The Hungarian naturalized English conductor who died in 1997, in fact, held the record for thirty-one Grammys.
Beyoncé – now, therefore, the most awarded artist in the history of the Grammys – wanted to dedicate this important recognition to the LGBTQ+ community. He said, on stage: «I’d like to thank the queer community for your love and for inventing a genre.
Thanksgiving to the queer community after the controversy over the concert in Dubai
Beyoncé on stage at the 2023 Grammys, on February 5, 2023 in Los Angeles. Credit: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
This extremely inclusive thanksgiving comes later the controversies that overwhelmed her because of her choice to perform, a few weeks ago, for the inauguration of the Atlantis luxury hotel The Royal, in Dubai. In fact, many fans of hers had criticized her for agreeing to perform in the United Arab Emirates, a place where human rights violations are still present. Violations that affect especially the queer community.
For that performance, Beyoncé apparently received a fee of $24 million. About 330 thousand euros per minute.
The Maneskins return to Italy without prizes
Disappointment, however, for the Maneskin at the Grammys 2023. The Roman band was a candidate in the category Best New Artist. Many were talking about their probable victory, especially after their recent appearances in the most popular talks in the States… But the award went to jazz singer Samara Joy.
Damiano, Victoria, Ethan and Thomas – decidedly proud of the won candidacy, in any case a very important recognition of the work they are doing around the world – are back in Italy. Indeed will be guests at the 73rd edition of the Sanremo Festival. Thursday 9 February they will perform at the Italian Song Festival in the company of Tom Morello, legendary guitarist of Rage Against the Machine. They collaborated with him for their latest single Gossip. The song is contained in the latest album of the Italian band of records Rush!.
Maneskin’s Ethan Torchio, Thomas Raggi, Victoria De Angelis, and Damiano David at the 2023 Grammys. Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images
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During the evening at Crypto Arena in Los Angeles all the most awaited prizes have been delivered. Harry Styles has added three figurines to his archive: with his latest project Harry’s House won in categories Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album And Best Engineered Album Non-Classical. Lizzo won, however, for the Record of the Year thanks to the song About Damn Time.
The list is still long. There is the singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt which, with his Just Like Thatwon for the Best Song of the Year (beating Adele which, however, took home an award for the Best Pop Solo Performance with Easy On Me). But also Taylor Swift which, however, triumphed in the category Best Music Videos thanks to his All Too Well: The Short Film.
Viola Davis, for her part, enters the Olympus of the EGOT, i.e. the artists who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Grammy. Thanks to her memoir, Finding Me, she won a Grammy for best audiobook. Finally, the 2023 edition will also be remembered for the victory of the first transgender woman. Kim Petras won with Sam Smith for Best Duo/Group.
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