| A RECORD-BREAKING NIGHT IS PUNCTUATED WITH SPEECHES BOTH POLITICAL & PERSONAL |
Bad Bunny won Album of the Year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos at the 68th annual Grammy Awards after Kendrick Lamar took Record of the Year for his Luther Vandross tribute “Luther” and Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell won Song of the Year for “Wildflower.” All of them made history Sunday night during the ceremony at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Unlike the Golden Globes last month, politics was a main topic for host Trevor Noah and many of tonight’s winners. Bad Bunny, who will perform during at the Super Bowl Halftime Show next week, made Grammy history with the first Spanish-language disc to win Album of the Year. He began his speech with a message to his fellow Puerto Ricans. “I want to dedicate this award to all the people who had to leave their homeland, their country to follow their dreams,” he said.
Lamar became the first male artist and first rapper to win back-to-back Record of the Year prizes. Earlier in the main telecast, Lamar won Best Rap Album for GNX, passing Jay-Z for the most career Grammys by a rapper. >>>Song Of The Year Record
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Letting It Sink In - An emotional Bad Bunny took a long pause before he rose to accept his Album of the Year Grammy. |
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