The Grammys were a show worth watching

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By Gabrielle Rackner

For 58 years the Grammys have been celebrating music and artists with a chance for all the musical artists to come together and share their love for music, showcase their talents and receive recognition and awards for their music. Musical stars such as Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, and the Eagles have all won numerous Grammys and been recognized greatly for their work and contribution to the music industry. This year, the 58th annual Grammys awards were certainly a show to watch.

There were some excellent music tributes to honor the memory of the musicians who have sadly passed away this year. With Lady Gaga doing an excellent job of capturing David Bowie’s essence and stage presence in her tribute. Stevie Wonder and Pentatonix paid tribute to Maurice White, a member of the band “Earth, Wind, and Fire” who passed away this year by singing an acapella version of “That’s the way of the world.” The Eagles, who lost lead singer Glenn Frey this year, honored him by singing “Take it Easy.”

The King of Blues, BB King was given a tribute by Bonnie Raitt, Gary Clark Jr. and Chris Stapleton with the song “The Thrill is Gone.” The band, The Hollywood Vampires delivered a tribute to Motorhead. Lionel Richie (who is still going strong), was also honored as Demi Lovato, John Legend, Luke Bryan, Meghan Trainor, and Tyrese sang many of Lionel Richie’s songs. At the end, Lionel Richie surprised the audience by hopping up on stage and joining in for “All Night Long.”

Kendrick Lamar won the most Grammy’s this year with 5 Grammy’s which includes Best Rap Album for “To Pimp a Butterfly.” He also gave an outstanding performance that many are calling the best performance of the night.

Taylor Swift, who opened the night, won three Grammy Awards, including Album of the year for “1989” and also Best Music Video for “Bad Blood.” The cast of the hit Broadway Musical, “Hamilton”, the eighth musical to ever perf0rm at the Grammys, rapped the opening number of their show, “Alexander Hamilton,” live via satellite and accepted the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album.

Other notable winners were Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars who won Record of the Year with “Uptown Funk”, and Meghan Trainor who won Best New Artist. Also, Ed Sheeran won song of the year with “Thinking out Loud.” Because there were 83 award categories and 15 live performances the Recording Academy handed out many awards early in the Pre-Ceremony. In case many of you are wondering why Adele did not receive any nominations, is because her album came out too late to be nominated this year, so she will probably be nominated come next year’s Grammy Awards.

The 58th Grammy awards were definitely one to watch, there were many heartfelt and excellent performances that reminded us of how big of an impact music makes on our lives.