63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards

The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on TBC. The CBS network broadcast the show live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The ceremony recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year. The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards was the first show in history to expand the Album Of The Year category to fit 8 recordings as opposed to the typical 5 nominees. The show also introduced the Best Music Film category for recognising musical recordings of a substantial length (10+ minutes) including short films, televised performance specials and feature length musicals. The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards also saw a major change within the Record of The Year category, with the commercial success of a recording being removed as a deciding factor and thus allowing album cuts to be submitted for the first time. Finally, the 5 nominee limit on all non-general categories was removed for this ceremony, allowing categories to hold 6 nominees if a decision couldn't be made, which occurred in Best Alternative Song, Best Dance/Electronic Recording, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album.

The nominations were announced on January 15th, 2021. Lorde was the most nominated act of the night with 13 total nominations, marking the 3rd time she was the most nominated artist. She matched the record for the most nominations in a single night with those 13 nominations, previously achieved once before by herself in 2017. Frank Ocean was the next most nominated artist, just 1 behind with 12 total nominations. He broke the record for the most nominations in a single night by any male artist, previously held by himself, Maluma and Brendon Urie who all scored 10 nominations in 2018. Florence Welch followed closely behind with 10 nominations, with Maluma having the 4th most nominations with 8.

Lorde was the biggest winner of the night, taking home 8 awards including the night's biggest honour, Album of The Year for Scarlet as well Record of The Year for it's lead single, I Want You. Lorde broke the record for the most awards in a single night, breaking the record set by Lana Del Rey the previous year (7). She joined Lana Del Rey as the only artist's to win Album of The Year twice (previously winning with House Of Glass in 2015) and broke Del Rey's 3 year streak of winning Record of The Year. This ceremony was also the year in which Lorde became the GRAMMY's most awarded artist (16 total awards), and Scarlet became the most awarded album in the show's history as well as the most awarded album in a single night (7 awards). Frank Ocean and Florence Welch also made history in the Song of The Year category with the first ever tie in GRAMMYs history, winning with "Life Is Beautiful" and "Since 17" respectively. It marked both of their first big four wins, and each picked up three more wins that night. Ocean was awarded in Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Album Campaign, while Florence Welch took home Best Alternative Album, Best Album Cover and Best Recording Package.

Nominees and winners

 * The winners are in bold (jk they don't exist)

General
Album Of The Year


 * Lorde - Scarlet
 * Ella Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde); writer, Ella Yelich-O'Connor, Anthony Gonzalez; producers
 * Florence Welch - Amor
 * Kelly Clarkson - Broken Heart Jukebox
 * Lady Gaga - Can You Handle Me?
 * Frank Ocean - Life is Beautiful
 * Halsey - Marlboro Golds (EP)
 * Miley Cyrus - Wildchild
 * Katy Perry - A Wish In The Night

Record Of The Year


 * Lorde - I Want You
 * Ella Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde), Anthony Gonzalez; producers
 * Father John Misty - Back Woods
 * Kelly Clarkson - Distant Lover
 * Frank Ocean - Life is Beautiful
 * Maluma - Obsessions With The Dark
 * Lady Gaga - The Party Song
 * Sabrina Carpenter - Take Me Away
 * Florence Welch - Since 17

Song Of The Year


 * Frank Ocean - Life is Beautiful
 * Frank Ocean; songwriter
 * Florence Welch - Since 17
 * Florence Welch, Emerie Haynie, Shawn Everett; songwriters
 * Lorde - I Want You
 * Lana Del Rey - The Whispering Angel
 * Halsey - Marlboro Golds
 * Lady Gaga - The Party Song
 * Florence Welch - Since 17
 * Shawn Mendes - Sun Chaser
 * Father John Misty - Swallow

Best New Artist


 * Sabrina Carpenter
 * Dua Lipa
 * Jessie J
 * Miley Cyrus
 * TRNT

Pop
Best Pop Vocal Album


 * Frank Ocean - Life is Beautiful
 * Frank Ocean; writer & producer
 * Halsey - Marlboro Golds (EP)
 * Kelly Clarkson - Broken Heart Jukebox
 * Maluma - Overnight Apathy
 * Katy Perry - A Wish In The Night
 * Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes

Best Pop Solo Performance


 * Frank Ocean - Rush
 * Frank Ocean; writer & producer
 * Lorde - I Want You
 * Shawn Mendes - Bite
 * Kelly Clarkson - Distant Lover
 * Lana Del Rey - Hunting You
 * Maluma - Obsessions With The Dark

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance


 * Father John Misty - Cold (feat. Lorde)
 * Josh Tillman, Ella Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde); songwriters, Josh Tillman, Doveman; producers
 * Christina Aguilera - B.P.M. (feat. Frank Ocean)
 * Hilary Duff - Cinnamon Eyes (feat. Brendon Urie)
 * Sabrina Carpenter - Quiet Moment (feat. Ariana Grande)
 * Tinashe - Lie To Me (feat. Ariana Grande)
 * Katy Perry - Another Galaxy (feat. Jungkook)

Dance/Electronic
Best Dance/Electronic Album


 * Lorde - Scarlet
 * Ella Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde); writer, Ella Yelich-O'Connor, Anthony Gonzalez; producers
 * Lady Gaga - Can You Handle Me?
 * TRNT - Euphoria
 * Troye Sivan - Cupido (Deluxe)
 * Sabrina Carpenter - On My Mind

Best Dance/Electronic Recording


 * Lorde - Never Met a Man
 * Ella Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde); writer, Ella Yelich-O'Connor, Max Martin; producers
 * Dua Lipa - Counting On You (feat. Harry Styles)
 * Harry Styles - Lost In Your Eyes
 * Lady Gaga - Overdue
 * Sabrina Carpenter - Take Me Away
 * Jessie J - Fight Flight Freeze

Alternative
Best Alternative Album


 * Florence Welch - Amor
 * Florence Welch, Emilie Haynie, Shawn Everett, Brendon Urie, Tim Anderson, Dan Carey, James Ford; writers, Emilie Haynie, Shawn Everett, Rich Costey, Tim Anderson, Dan Carey, James Ford; producers
 * Father John Misty - Can I Please You, Lover?
 * T.A.F.K.A.C.A. - The Skeletons I Hide In My Closet
 * Hilary Duff - Spellbound
 * Miley Cyrus - WILDCHILD

Best Alternative Song


 * T.A.F.K.A.C.A. - good at sports
 * T.A.F.K.A.C.A, Maria; writers, Jeff Bhasker; producer
 * Father John Misty - Swallow
 * Florence Welch - Dream
 * Miley Cyrus - BLEACH (feat. Lorde)
 * Hilary Duff - Runaway
 * Lana Del Rey - The Whispering Angel

R&B
Best R&B Recording


 * Tinashe - Haywire
 * Tinashe - Roll The Dice
 * Jessie J - Until I Die
 * Maluma - After The Madness
 * Normani - Cool

Visuals/Campaign
Best Album Campaign


 * Frank Ocean - Life is Beautiful
 * Lorde - Scarlet
 * Sabrina Carpenter - On My Mind
 * Maluma - Overnight Apathy
 * Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes

Best Recording Package


 * Florence Welch - Amor
 * Lorde - Scarlet
 * Miley Cyrus - Wildchild
 * Frank Ocean - Life is Beautiful
 * Maluma - Overnight Apathy

Best Album Cover


 * Florence Welch - Amor
 * Frank Ocean - Life is Beautiful
 * Maluma - Overnight Apathy
 * Miley Cyrus - WILDCHILD
 * T.A.F.K.A.C.A. - the skeletons i hide in my closet

Best Single Cover


 * Lorde - I Want You
 * Maluma - Obsessions With The Dark
 * Florence Welch - Edge of the Sun (feat. Brendon Urie)
 * Frank Ocean - Pull Into Me
 * Kelly Clarkson - Distant Lover

Best Music Video


 * Lorde - I Want You
 * Halsey - Sabrina
 * Frank Ocean - Pull Into Me
 * Florence Welch - Edge of the Sun (feat. Brendon Urie)
 * Hilary Duff - Runaway/Cinnamon Eyes (feat. Brendon Urie)

Best Music FIlm


 * Lorde - Scarlet
 * Shawn Mendes - 96 Hours
 * Hilary Duff & Brendon Urie - The Christmas Spectacular Show
 * Frank Ocean, Christina Aguilera, & Harry Styles - Table For Three
 * Florence Welch - Amor: A Love Letter