Grammy Awards 2020 Winners
The62nd Annual Grammy Awardswere held on January 26, 2020, at theStaples Centre, Los Angeleshosted byAmerican musicianAlica Keys.Originally known as Gramophone Award, the Grammy award is given to honor the talented musicians and their achievements in the English music industry.The awards were presented in84 categories.Billie Eilishbecame the youngest and first musician to bag all the four top Grammys - the Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist in the same year with five wins.The Grammy-award constitutes a 6-pound gramophonestatuette made up of specialzinc alloy metal called 'Gramium'hand-crafted by a man named John Billings aka "The GRAMMY Man."List of Grammy Award Winners 2020:CategoryWinnerAlbum Of The YearWhen We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?(Billie Eilish)Record Of The YearBad Guy(Billie Eilish)Best New ArtistBillie EilishBest Rap AlbumIgor(Tyler, The Creator)Best R&B Album WinnerVentura (Anderson .Paak)Best Rap SongA LotBest Country AlbumWhile I’m Livin’ (Tanya Tucker)Song Of The YearBad Guy( Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell)Best Rock AlbumSocial Cues(Cage The Elephant)Best Rock SongThis Land (Gary Clark Jr.)Best Dance/Electronic AlbumNo Geography (The Chemical Brothers)Producer Of The Year, ClassicalBlanton AlspaughBest Music VideoOld Town RoadBest Country SongBring My Flowers NowBest Folk AlbumPatty GriffinBest Comedy AlbumSticks & Stones (Dave Chappelle)Best Spoken Word AlbumBecoming (Michelle Obama)Side Notes:Grammyaward is presented byThe Recording Academy.The Recording Academyis formally known astheNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences(NARAS)First awarded -May 4, 1959 -at two locations at the same time -theBeverly Hilton Hotelin Beverly Hills California, and thePark Sheraton Hotelin New York City.The 2nd Grammy awards held on29 Nov. 1959, were the firsttelevisedgrammy.ConductorGeorg Soltiwon the maximum no.of Grammy awards (31).In 1997, 14-year-oldLeAnn Rimesbecame theyoungest personto ever win a Grammy.Theoldest personto ever win a Grammy was a blues pianistPinetop Perkins.Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton,andBarack Obamawere the three US presidents who won Grammys for the best-spoken word album.