After Taylor’s performance, which opened the show, she sat down next to Selena. After a blistering rap, he stood in front of a giant glowing map of Africa marked with the word “Compton”. He earned a shoutout from President Barack Obama’s White House twitter feed.
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Taylor Swift proved she remains one of the classiest women in music with her Album of the Year speech. But his disappearance from CBS’ broadcast after the first hour is sure to renew debate over Grammy voters’ attitudes toward rap.
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which hands out the awards, tends to skew toward the conservative on major awards. Her second acceptance speech also left the audience in awe. She walked over to him gave him a big hug and said what looks like “I love you”.
During her acceptance speech, Swift made headlines when she seemingly delivered a thinly veiled diss towards Kanye West following the rapper taking credit for her success in his song “Famous“.
It looked like Taylor Swift and Kanye West were on good terms after they made up at the MTV Music Video Awards past year. Still, it was nice to see Stevie Wonder and vocal group Pentatonix doing an a cappella “That’s the Way of the World”. Kanye claiming it was his doing in the same breath as suggesting the two may end up in bed together smacks of more misogyny than friendly fire, even if it is in jest, as he also claims. Included among the salutes was Lady Gaga’s tribute to the late singer David Bowie. So, it’s hard to say whether or not she actually did have that Macklemore moment. The shaggy-bearded singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton won best country album for “Traveller” and best country solo performance for that album’s title track.
“I have been a fan of his, since I can remember, because Kanye defines what is to be a creative force in music, fashion and, well, life”, Swift said at the 2015 VMAs. I don’t know what I’ll do. “People care about their families”. “It still seems surreal”.
Regarding award wins, no one person dominated. Said Mars: “We wouldn’t be up here if it wasn’t for the people dancing to this song”.
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What a way to kick start the year by winning five Grammys. And her co-producers.
