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62nd Annual Grammy Awards

The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on January 26, 2020, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from October 1, 2018, to August 31, 2019. Alicia Keys hosted the ceremony, having hosted the previous year's ceremony as well.

Lizzo received the most nominations of any artist with eight, followed by Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X with six each, with Eilish becoming the youngest person to be nominated in all the four major categories, at 17 years old.

Finneas, Eilish's brother, received the most awards with six, followed by Eilish herself with five Billie Eilish made Grammy's history by becoming the second person and first female artist to win the four major categories of Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist in the same year, after Christopher Cross in 1981. She also became the youngest person to win Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Album, at 18 years old, as well as the first person born in the 21st century to win a Grammy award. Finneas became the youngest person to win Producer of the Year, at 22 years old.

Ten days prior to the ceremony, Recording Academy president Deborah Dugan was relieved of her duties as president and CEO and placed on administrative leave from the organization. She sparked controversy by claiming that the organization engaged in corruption and favoritism; Champagne Billecart-Salmon responded by pulling their ads from the broadcast, and Megyn Kelly, Gabrielle Union, and others tweeted their support of Dugan. The ceremony was held on the same day as the death of basketball player Kobe Bryant, to whose memory Keys and Boyz II Men dedicated their performance of "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday".

Background and controversy

After many years of being traditionally held in February (except during the years of the Winter Olympics), the 62nd Grammy Awards ceremony was moved to the last Sunday in January, following the Academy Awards' decision to move their 2020 ceremony to the second Sunday in February. Nominations were announced in all 84 categories by Gayle King, Alicia Keys, and Bebe Rexha on the set of CBS This Morning on November 20, 2019.

This was set to be the first edition of the Grammy Awards that the new Recording Academy president Deborah Dugan would have presided over; however, she was relieved of her duties as president and CEO and placed on administrative leave from the organization ten days before the ceremony. The Academy launched an investigation into allegations that Dugan bullied an assistant. After her dismissal, Dugan sparked controversy by claiming that the Recording Academy engaged in favoritism and corruption during the Grammy nomination process. Taylor Swift reportedly cancelled a planned surprise performance of her song "The Man" at the ceremony in solidarity with Dugan, although both Swift and Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich denied this. Recording Academy Chairman Harvey Mason Jr. took over as interim president and chief executive officer and presided over the ceremony instead of Dugan.

The ceremony was held at the Staples Center on the same day as the death of basketball player Kobe Bryant, who played for the Los Angeles Lakers — the arena is the team's home venue. Several tributes to Bryant were included in the ceremony, including a performance of "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" by host Alicia Keys and Boyz II Men, while Lil Nas X, Lizzo and DJ Khaled all incorporated tributes to Bryant into their performances.

Category changes

For the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, multiple categories were changed.

  • As of the 62nd Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy would accept links to streaming services as opposed to physical copies as submissions. The Academy stated: "For most categories, we would prefer streaming distribution links for online entry submissions, though CD submissions remain optional". As justification for this development, the Academy highlighted the changing music industry and added that submitting links was more convenient and cost effective, especially for smaller and independent labels.
  • Additionally, there were separate screening committees for Pop and Rock, whereas previously these categories were screened by a Core Committee. This leaves the Core Committee to focus on the more difficult decisions such as determining who is eligible for the Best New Artist category and trying to find the best home for borderline genre entries.
  • The definition of the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album had been expanded to accept "contemporary pop songs performed in traditional pop style – the term "traditional" being a reference to the style of the composition, vocal styling and the instrumental arrangement without regard to the age of the material". The Academy stated that broadening the category was done in an attempt to allow it to "remain robust and inclusive" and enable it to be more competitive as, for example, Tony Bennett has won the award 13 times.
  • Spoken word recordings targeted at children had been moved from the Best Children's Album category to the Best Spoken Word Album.
  • As of the 62nd Grammy Awards, Spanish-language Latin Gospel and Christian music would be officially welcomed in the Best Gospel Album, Best Contemporary Christian Music Album, Best Roots Gospel Album, Best Gospel Performance/Song and Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song categories.

Performers

Premiere ceremony

Main ceremony

Presenters

Premiere ceremony

  • Imogen Heap – hosted the Grammy Premiere Ceremony, presented Visual Media, World Music, American Roots, Pop and Producer categories
  • Kimie Miner – presented Packaging, Notes, Historical, Engineering, Remixer, Surround Sound and Music Video/Film categories
  • Esperanza Spalding – presented New Age, American Roots, Reggae, Children's, Spoken Word, Dance and Contemporary Instrumental categories
  • Luis Fonsi – presented Composing, Arranging, Jazz and Country categories
  • PJ Morton – presented Gospel, Latin and Rap categories
  • Natalia Joachim – presented Classical categories
  • Jimmy Jam – presented Musical Theatre, Rock, Alternative and R&B categories

Main ceremony

Notes

  • Stevie Wonder was announced as a presenter, but did not appear at the ceremony.

Winners and nominees

The nominees and winners (denoted in bold) for the 62nd annual Grammy Awards were as follows:

General field

Record of the Year

Album of the Year

Song of the Year

Best New Artist

Pop

Best Pop Solo Performance

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Best Pop Vocal Album

  • When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish
  • ' - Beyoncé
  • Thank U, Next – Ariana Grande
  • No.6 Collaborations Project – Ed Sheeran
  • Lover – Taylor Swift

Dance/electronic music

Best Dance Recording

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Contemporary instrumental music

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Rock

Best Rock Performance

Best Metal Performance

Best Rock Song

Best Rock Album

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

R&B

Best R&B Performance

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Best R&B Song

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Best R&B Album

Rap

Best Rap Performance

Best Rap/Sung Performance

Best Rap Song

Best Rap Album

Country

Best Country Solo Performance

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Best Country Song

Best Country Album

New age

Best New Age Album

Jazz

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Best Latin Jazz Album

Gospel/contemporary Christian music

Best Gospel Performance/Song

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

Best Gospel Album

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Best Roots Gospel Album

Latin

Best Latin Pop Album

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

Best Tropical Latin Album

American roots

Best American Roots Performance

Best American Roots Song

Best Americana Album

Best Bluegrass Album

Best Traditional Blues Album

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Best Folk Album

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

World music

Best World Music Album

Children's

Best Children's Album

Spoken word

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

Comedy

Best Comedy Album

Musical theater

Best Musical Theater Album

Music for visual media

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

Best Song Written for Visual Media

Composing

Best Instrumental Composition

Arranging

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

Package

Best Recording Package

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Notes

Best Album Notes

  • Stax '68: A Memphis Story
  • Steve Greenberg, album notes writer (Various artists)
  • The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions
  • Judy Cantor-Navas, album notes writer (Various artists)
  • The Gospel According to Malaco
  • Robert Marovich, album notes writer (Various artists)
  • Pedal Steel + Four Corners
  • Brendan Greaves, album notes writer (Terry Allen And The Panhandle Mystery Band)
  • Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
  • Jeff Place, album notes writer (Pete Seeger)

Historical

Best Historical Album

  • Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
  • Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Pete Seeger)
  • The Girl from Chickasaw County – The Complete Capitol Masters
  • Andrew Batt & Kris Maher, compilation producers; Simon Gibson, mastering engineer (Bobbie Gentry)
  • The Great Comeback: Horowitz at Carnegie Hall
  • Robert Russ, compilation producer; Andreas K. Meyer & Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineers (Vladimir Horowitz)
  • Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980–1990
  • Spencer Doran, Yosuke Kitazawa, Douglas Mcgowan & Matt Sullivan, compilation producers; John Baldwin, mastering engineer (Various artists)
  • Woodstock: Back to the Garden – The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive
  • Brian Kehew, Steve Woolard & Andy Zax, compilation producers; Dave Schultz, mastering engineer (Various artists)

Production, non-classical

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Best Remixed Recording

Production, immersive audio

Best Immersive Audio Album

  • Lux
  • Morten Lindberg, immersive audio engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio producer (Anita Brevik, Trondheimsolistene & Nidarosdomens Jentekor)
  • Chain Tripping
  • Luke Argilla, immersive audio engineer; Jurgen Scharpf, immersive audio mastering engineer; Jona Bechtolt, Claire L. Evans & Rob Kieswetter, immersive audio producers (Yacht)
  • Kverndokk: Symphonic Dances
  • Jim Anderson, immersive audio engineer; Robert C. Ludwig, immersive audio mastering engineer; Ulrike Schwarz, immersive audio producer (Ken-David Masur & Stavanger Symphony Orchestra)
  • The Orchestral Organ
  • Keith O. Johnson, immersive audio engineer; Keith O. Johnson, immersive audio mastering engineer; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, immersive audio producers (Jan Kraybill)
  • The Savior
  • Bob Clearmountain, immersive audio engineer; Bob Ludwig, immersive audio mastering engineer; Michael Marquart & Dave Way, immersive audio producers (A Bad Think)

Production, classical

Best Engineered Album, Classical

  • Riley: Sun Rings
  • Leslie Ann Jones, engineer; Robert C. Ludwig, mastering engineer (Kronos Quartet)
  • Aequa – Anna Thorvaldsdóttir
  • Daniel Shores, engineer; Daniel Shores, mastering engineer (International Contemporary Ensemble)
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
  • Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
  • Rachmaninoff – Hermitage Piano Trio
  • Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Hermitage Piano Trio)
  • Wolfe: Fire in My Mouth
  • Bob Hanlon & Lawrence Rock, engineers; Ian Good & Lawrence Rock, mastering engineers (Jaap Van Zweden, Francisco J. Núñez, Donald Nally, The Crossing, Young People's Chorus of NY City & New York Philharmonic)

Producer of the Year, Classical

  • Blanton Alspaugh
  • Artifacts – The Music of Michael McGlynn (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale)
  • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Fantaisie sur La Tempête de Shakespeare (Andrew Davis & Toronto Symphony Orchestra)
  • Copland: Billy the Kid; Grohg (Leonard Slatkin & Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
  • Duruflé: Complete Choral Works (Robert Simpson & Houston Chamber Choir)
  • Glass: Symphony No. 5 (Julian Wachner, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street, Trinity Youth Chorus, Downtown Voices & Novus NY)
  • Sander: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Peter Jermihov & PaTRAM Institute Singers)
  • Smith, K.: Canticle (Craig Hella Johnson & Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble)
  • Visions Take Flight (Mei-Ann Chen & ROCO)
  • James Ginsburg
  • Project W – Works by Diverse Women Composers (Mei-Ann Chen & Chicago Sinfonietta)
  • Silenced Voices (Black Oak Ensemble)
  • 20th Century Harpsichord Concertos (Jory Vinikour, Scott Speck & Chicago Philharmonic)
  • Twentieth Century Oboe Sonatas (Alex Klein & Phillip Bush)
  • Winged Creatures & Other Works for Flute, Clarinet, and Orchestra (Anthony McGill, Demarre McGill, Allen Tinkham & Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra)
  • Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin
  • Bates: Children of Adam; Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem (Steven Smith, Erin R. Freeman, Richmond Symphony & Chorus)
  • The Orchestral Organ (Jan Kraybill)
  • The Poetry of Places (Nadia Shpachenko)
  • Rachmaninoff – Hermitage Piano Trio (Hermitage Piano Trio)
  • Morten Lindberg
  • Himmelborgen (Elisabeth Holte, KÃ¥re Nordstoga & Uranienborg Vokalensemble)
  • Kleiberg: Do You Believe in Heather? (Various artists)
  • Ljos (Fauna Vokalkvintett)
  • LUX (Anita Brevik, Trondheimsolistene & Nidarosdomens Jentekor)
  • Trachea (Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl & Schola Cantorum)
  • Veneliti (HÃ¥kon Daniel Nystedt & Oslo Kammerkor)
  • Dirk Sobotka
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance

Best Opera Recording

  • Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • Gil Rose, conductor; John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River & Edwin Vega; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Boston Children's Chorus)
  • Benjamin: Lessons in Love & Violence
  • George Benjamin, conductor; Stéphane Degout, Barbara Hannigan, Peter Hoare & Gyula Orendt; James Whitbourn, producer (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House)
  • Berg: Wozzeck
  • Marc Albrecht, conductor; Christopher Maltman & Eva-Maria Westbroek; François Roussillon, producer (Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Chorus of Dutch National Opera)
  • Charpentier: Les Arts florissants; Les Plaisirs de Versailles
  • Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Jesse Blumberg, Teresa Wakim & Virginia Warnken; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble)
  • Wagner: Lohengrin
  • Christian Thielemann, conductor; Piotr Beczała, Anja Harteros, Tomasz Konieczny, Waltraud Meier & Georg Zeppenfeld; Eckhard Glauche, producer (Festspielorchester Bayreuth; Festspielchor Bayreuth)

Best Choral Performance

  • Duruflé: Complete Choral Works
  • Robert Simpson, conductor (Ken Cowan; Houston Chamber Choir)
  • Boyle: Voyages
  • Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)
  • The Hope of Loving
  • Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Conspirare)
  • Sander: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
  • Peter Jermihov, conductor (Evan Bravos, Vadim Gan, Kevin Keys, Glenn Miller & Daniel Shirley; PaTRAM Institute Singers)
  • Smith, K.: The Arc in the Sky
  • Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

  • Shaw: Orange – Attacca Quartet
  • Cerrone: The Pieces That Fall to Earth – Christopher Rountree & Wild Up
  • Freedom & Faith – PUBLIQuartet
  • Perpetulum – Third Coast Percussion
  • Rachmaninoff – Hermitage Piano Trio – Hermitage Piano Trio

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

  • Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite
  • Nicola Benedetti; Cristian Măcelaru, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra)
  • The Berlin Recital
  • Yuja Wang
  • Higdon: Harp Concerto
  • Yolanda Kondonassis; Ward Stare, conductor (The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • The Orchestral Organ
  • Jan Kraybill
  • Torke: Sky, Concerto for Violin
  • Tessa Lark; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

  • Songplay
  • Joyce DiDonato; Chuck Israels, Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter & Craig Terry, accompanists (Steve Barnett & Lautaro Greco)
  • The Edge of Silence – Works for Voice by György Kurtág
  • Susan Narucki (Donald Berman, Curtis Macomber, Kathryn Schulmeister & Nicholas Tolle)
  • Himmelsmusik
  • Philippe Jaroussky & Céline Scheen; Christina Pluhar, conductor; L'Arpeggiata, ensemble (Jesús Rodil & Dingle Yandell)
  • Schumann: Liederkreis Op. 24, Kerner-Lieder Op. 35
  • Matthias Goerne; Leif Ove Andsnes, accompanist
  • A te, o cara
  • Stephen Costello; Constantine Orbelian, conductor (Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra)

Best Classical Compendium

  • The Poetry of Places
  • Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producers
  • American Originals 1918
  • John Morris Russell, conductor; Elaine Martone, producer
  • Leshnoff: Symphony No. 4 "Heichalos"; Guitar Concerto; Starburst
  • Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer
  • Meltzer: Songs and Structures
  • Paul Appleby & Natalia Katyukova; Silas Brown & Harold Meltzer, producers
  • Saariaho: True Fire; Trans; Ciel d'hiver
  • Hannu Lintu, conductor; Laura Heikinheimo, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

  • Higdon: Harp Concerto
  • Jennifer Higdon, composer (Yolanda Kondonassis, Ward Stare & The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Bermel: Migration Series for Jazz Ensemble & Orchestra
  • Derek Bermel, composer (Derek Bermel, Ted Nash, David Alan Miller, Juilliard Jazz Orchestra & Albany Symphony Orchestra)
  • Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D Major
  • Wynton Marsalis, composer (Nicola Benedetti, Cristian Măcelaru & Philadelphia Orchestra)
  • Norman: Sustain
  • Andrew Norman, composer (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)
  • Shaw: Orange
  • Caroline Shaw, composer (Attacca Quartet)
  • Wolfe: Fire in My Mouth
  • Julia Wolfe, composer (Jaap Van Zweden, Francisco J. Núñez, Donald Nally, The Crossing, Young People's Chorus of NY City & New York Philharmonic)

Music video/film

Best Music Video

Best Music Film

Special Merit Awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

Lifetime Achievement Award

Trustees Award

Technical Grammy Award

  • George Augspurger

Music Educator Award

Multiple nominations and awards

American singer Lizzo received the most nominations, with a total of eight. She was followed by Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X, who both received six nominations each. The following received multiple nominations:

Eight:

Six:

Five:

Four:

Three:

Two:

Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas received the most awards for their work on Eilish's debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, with five wins for Billie Eilish and six wins for Finneas. Upon this, Eilish became the first artist to win the major four categories of Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist in the same year since Christopher Cross in 1981 as well as the youngest artist to do so at the age of 18. The following received multiple awards:

Six:

Five:

Three:

Two:

In Memoriam

A memorial reel featuring the names of musical artists and industry personnel who had died since the previous year's Grammy ceremony was shown during the telecast. The Recording Academy was criticized for omitting notable artists such as David Berman, Mark Hollis, Keith Flint, Bushwick Bill, Scott Walker, Ranking Roger and Robert Hunter during the telecast, but all were mentioned in a longer list of deceased artists on the Grammys website. Ric Ocasek and Camilo Sesto's names were also misspelled in the reel shown during the broadcast.

The individuals listed in the reel, in order of appearance, were:

References

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