Time.news – No American triumph for the Maneskin, beaten in the “emerging” category, where they had received the nomination, yet another recognition for the Roman rock band. But it was equally a record night for the American Oscars of music, made up of first times. Beyoncé has become the artist who has won the most Grammys in history. Kim Petras becomes the first transgender woman to win an award.
Former One Direction, English singer Harry Styles won the award for ‘album of the year’ with ‘Harry’s House’. Music Oscars never betray and it was the same this time, in the extraordinary setting of the Crypto arena, the Los Angeles home of the Lakers and Clippers basketball teams. This time it was the people, and not the clothes, that made history, although the most sober was the bare-chested gold suit by Dwayne Johnson, who took the stage to announce the victory for Adele’s ‘solo pop performance’ with the song “Easy on me”.
And then various moments of entertainment that have made history. Steve Wonder and Smokey Robinson perform, hip-hop greatests catwalk, fifty years of music, led by Ice-T, Public Enemy, Nelly, Queen Latifah, RUN-DMC, Missy Elliott and young stars Lil Baby and GloRilla.
La standing ovation per la first lady d’America, Jill Biden, who took the stage to announce the award to the little-known Iranian pop singer, author of the song “Baraye”, which has become the protest anthem of the Iranian movement.
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But, as per tradition, the night of the Grammys was above all one of prizes and big winners: with the album “Renaissance”, in the “best dance/electronic music” category, Beyoncé won her 32nd Grammy, surpassing the primacy of the conductor Georg Solti, who died in ’97.
At 41, the Texan singer is destined to extend her extraordinary record, also made up of 88 nominations in her career. In her message from the stage, Beyoncé wanted to celebrate the lgbtq+ community. “I would like to thank you – she said, holding the Grammy – the queer community for your love and for inventing a genre”. Tonight, in the running with nine nominations, the singer had already pulled off Quincy Joenes, who was in second place with her with 28 Grammys. Now, with the fourth prize, she has made history. The presenter of the evening, Trevor Noah, called it ‘The Goat’, the acronym that stands for “Greatest of All Time”.
“It’s a fact – he said – it’s officially a fact”. Message for ‘queers’as those who are part of the Lgbtq+ community are called and do not want to give a name to their gender identity or sexual orientation, joined Beyoncé with the other great protagonist of the evening: Peter Kim, symbol of the artistic dream stronger than prejudice, the German singer who became completely female at 16, after a long battle in Germany to be able to start and complete her transition before the age of 18, the minimum age set in Germany. Petras won the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with Sam Smith for the track “Unholy”. “I grew up near a highway in the middle of nowhere-said the singer-my mother believed in me, in the fact that I was a girl. And I wouldn’t be here now if it weren’t for her support”.
Born in Cologne in ’92, daughter of a choreographer and an architect, she was born a boy but has always felt like a girl. She at thirteen she appeared on a show in Germany where she talked about her gender transition, then continued her battle to get her surgery green light before she turned eighteen. After passing the examination by the psychiatry unit of the Frankfurt hospital, Petras was able to announce the completion of the transition in November 2008. Petras was then called on stage for her performance with Smith, and it was announced by Madonna, who took the stage, holding a riding crop, the sadomasochistic object that will probably accompany her on her next world tour.
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The 64-year-old pop director, on the scene since ’79, celebrated Petras and all the people who have to fight against prejudice. “Here is – said Madonna – what I have learned after four decades of music. If they call you shocking, scandalous, problematic, provocative or dangerous, it means you’re doing it”. “Your lack of fear – she added – cannot go unnoticed”. For the Italian rock band Maneskin, the satisfaction of having received the nomination in the “emerging” category remains, the prize for which went to the young jazz singer Samara Joy.