Grammys: Stars arrive on red carpet for 2024 awards
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The 2024 Grammy Awards are taking place tonight (Sunday 4 February), with female artists set to dominate major categories including the night’s top prize, Album of the Year.
The majority of nominees for Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Record of the Year are women, with Taylor Swift up against fellow stars such as Billie Eilish, SZA, Olivia Rodrigo, Lana Del Rey, Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa.
A number of artists will perform live during the ceremony, with legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, 80, scheduled to sing live from the Grammys stage for the first time in her career.
SZA is going into the night with nine nominations, and is one of several artists who could break music industry records this weekend. If she manages to win at least seven of those, she would become the female artist with the most ever wins in a single night.
Meanwhile, Swift’s website went down as fans were sent into a frenzy at the prospect of a new album announcement. You can find a comprehensive list of all the winners so far here.
‘I’m Just Ken’ writer speaks on Ryan Gosling’s shocked reaction to winning Critics’ Choice Award
The Independent spoke to Andrew Wyatt who wrote Barbie’s “I’m Just Ken” with Mark Ronson.
“I think he probably shifted into the Ken character there, which I appreciated. And he’s just an amazing comedic actor so I think that’s what we were seeing.”
Many assumed Gosling thought the award win was “a prank”, writing that he looked “flabbergasted and “confused” by the announcement.
Andrew Wyatt
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Tom Murray in Los Angeles5 February 2024 00:24
Things are heating up on the red carpet
We’ve got less than an hour to go before the official Grammy Awards ceremony and the big stars are arriving on the red carpet. So far we’ve seen Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, Billy Joel, Victoria Monet, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish… you’ll know Taylor’s here when you hear the screams.
Victoria Monet, Dua Lipa, Miley Cyrus and Billie Eilish on the Grammys 2024 red carpet
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Roisin O’Connor5 February 2024 00:02
Grammys 2024 red carpet: The most dazzling outfits from Dua Lipa to Billie Eilish
The 2024 Grammy Awards have finally arrived, as some of the biggest artists in music walk the red carpet ahead of the awards ceremony.
Here are our favourite looks so far, as chosen by our fabulous Lifestyle team:
Roisin O’Connor4 February 2024 23:43
Um, Taylor Swift’s website is down…
What does it mean?!!!
Roisin O’Connor4 February 2024 23:34
Coco Jones: ‘I’m feeling a lot more creatively confident’
Coco Jones tells red carpet reporters that her nomination for Best New Artist has made her feel empowered in her future projects. “I’m a lot more creatively confident,” she says of the impact her five nominations have had on her. “How could you not feel like, I could do anything?”
Tom Murray in Los Angeles4 February 2024 23:27
Billie Eilish says it was ‘crazy’ to win early Grammy Award
Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas were just interviewed on the AP red carpet livestream – Eilish said it was “crazy” to get an early win for Best Song Written for Visual Media, for their song “What Was I Made For?”
Featured on the Barbie: The Movie soundtrack, the song went viral on TikTok and clearly struck a chord with both music and film fans. It is also nominated for two of the biggest prizes of the night: Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
Eilish also revealed she is working on a new album but Barbie “is what we’re talking about” right now.
Roisin O’Connor4 February 2024 23:26
Some snaps of Dua Lipa on the red carpet
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(Getty Images for The Recording A)
Roisin O’Connor4 February 2024 23:13
boygenius are off to a superb start with three early Grammy wins
“What the hell?”
Phoebe Bridgers was stunned as she and her boygenius bandmates, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, scooped three Grammy Awards before the main ceremony had even started, for their critically adored debut album, the record.
The trio picked up the gongs for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for their hit single “Not Strong Enough”, as well as the Best Alternative Music Album award for The Record.
After they won best rock song, Baker said: “All I ever wanted to do was be in a band. I feel like music is the language I used to find my family.”
Bridgers added: “I owe these boys everything, I love you guys so much, you’re the best.”
Following their third win, the stunned trio returned to the stage with Bridgers saying: “What the hell.”
She added: “This is so incredible, we’re just screaming backstage – it’s just been a constant scream.”
(AFP via Getty Images)
Roisin O’Connor4 February 2024 23:05
From SZA to Taylor Swift, our Grammys predictions for the Big Four categories
The Grammys manage to annoy music fans most years, but last year’s ceremony caused a particularly big stink. This was mostly due to British pop star Harry Styles walking off with the night’s biggest prize, beating Adele and Beyoncé to Album of the Year in what should have been a rematch following the “Hello” artist’s controversial win over her fellow chart-topper in 2017.
Ahead of the ceremony on Sunday (4 February), which will be hosted live from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena, here’s a look at who will probably win – and who should win – the Big Four.
Grammys 2024 predictions: Who will win the big four categories?
For the first time since 1999, are we about to witness another ‘Year of the Women’? With SZA, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo vying for the night’s top awards, Roisin O’Connor thinks so. She goes through the runners and riders of this year’s Grammy Awards
Roisin O’Connor4 February 2024 23:01
Legendary producer Rickey Minor tells The Independent about tonight’s in-memoriam segment
Former Oscars music director Rickey Minor helped put together Stevie Wonder’s tribute to Tony Bennett tonight.
Of Bennett’s legacy, Minor tells The Independent: “This is a guy who loved singing, loved what he did and was always kind.”
“Make sure you have some tissues close,” he warns of tonight’s in-memoriam segment.
Tom Murray in Los Angeles4 February 2024 22:59
