When we enter the countdown -this Sunday- for the start of a new gala for the Grammy Awards, the highest award in the music industry, the word favorite is inevitable. And in this case, if some are worthy of the “label”, they are, above all, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Jon Batiste. And with the possibility, moreover, in making history …
with your song More Fun Than Everwill be Eilish the first artist to win Record of the Year three times in a rowand the lone Paul Simon companion to take home the award three times.
Eilish is in a position to join Adele as the only winner of the three major categories (record, song and album of the year) twice. Previously won by Bad person at Everything I Want.
Trevor Noah is back for a second time as host of the Grammys. The ceremony was pushed back three months and moved from Los Angeles to Las Vegas due to rising cases of COVID-19 and the omicron variant in January, when organizers cited “too much risk” to show a show full of presentations. live broadcast from 9:00 pm on TNT, with the red carpet from 7:00 pm on E! Entertainment.
Singer Olivia Rodrigo is another of the artists coming to the gala with a favorite “chapa”. Photo: REUTERS
Will there be records?
If Eilish wins all seven awards he is vying for, She will be the most awarded woman at the Grammys in a year (Same happens with HER, Doja Cat and Rodrigo). But that could be a high order, as he faces stiff competition for top honor, album of the year, which has expanded to 10 nominees.
Eilish was nominated for best musical film in his concert documentary More Fun Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles. But in the same category is Summer of the Soul by Ahmir questlove Thompson, who recently won an Oscar for best documentary, has already won a Grammy earlier, at 6:30 p.m.
Even if she gets six wins, Eilish will be on par with Beyoncé and Adele, so she will be together.
Olivia’s dream
Rodrigo had the opportunity to join Eilish and Christopher Cross as the only artists to win in all four major categories. (best new artist, album, recording and song of the year). The 19-year-old singer from driver license can follow Eilish’s impressive record as the second youngest winner of the album of the year award including Sour.
The only person who can win the most Grammys in one night is Jon Batiste, which came to the awards with 11 nominations. If he wins in eight categories, he will tie the record held by Michael Jackson and rock band Santana. In “the preview”, the section not watched in prime time, he has already won three Grammys.
Jon Batiste, with one of his first Grammy nights. Photo: Reuters
An Oscar-winning multi-genre performer, Batiste may have struggled to enter competition in the Record and Album of the Year categories, but won in jazz, American roots music and classical.
HE, who won song of the year last year for I can not breathe, success can be repeated. This year he was nominated for I will fight for youthat’s the touching lyrics for the soundtrack of Judas and the Black Messiah (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) was written by him, producer D’Mile, and singer Tiara Thomas. It already won an Academy Award for best original song last year.
A host of artists will take the stage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, including Silk Sonic, HER, Chris Stapleton, Cynthia Erivo, Jack Harlow, Nas, Leslie Odom Jr. and Brothers Osborne.
Musicians competing with Eilish for Album of the Year Grammy include Rodrigo, Jon Batiste, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Doja Cat, HER, Taylor Swift, Lil Nas X and Kanye West. (Source: AP).
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Source: Clarin