LOS ANGELES: Pop iconoclast Billie Eilish cleaned up at the Grammys - winning five awards, as the music world mourned the loss of LA's hometown basketball hero Kobe Bryant with a series of emotional tributes. Eilish, 18, swept the 'big four' prizes -- Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist.
US singer-songwriter Billie Eilish in the press room with the awards for Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Best New Artist, Song Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album during the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. - AFP
Lizzo -- one of her main competitors, who won three awards -- kicked off the glitzy gala at the Staples Center by dedicating it to Bryant, in the very arena where the NBA icon made history with the Los Angeles Lakers. "And we're literally standing here heartbroken in the house that Kobe Bryant built," said Keys, before launching into a soulful rendition of"It's So Hard to Say Goodbye " with the group Boyz II Men.
"Mainly I think the fans deserve everything," she said, standing alongside her brother Finneas O'Connell, who shared in her Grammy glory while also winning his own producing and engineering awards. A message of love pervaded the night, particularly in light of Bryant's death and a moving all-star tribute to the late rapper Nipsey Hussle.Just days before the gala, the Recording Academy's suspended CEO Deborah Dugan -- the first woman to lead the embattled institution behind the Grammys -- filed an explosive discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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