Episode 1413
63rd Annual Grammy Awards
Tue, 2021-Mar-16 01:17 UTC
Length - 2:21
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The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from September 1, 2019, to August 31, 2020. The nominations were revealed via a virtual livestream on November 24, 2020. The performers for the ceremony were announced on March 7, 2021. South African comedian Trevor Noah hosted the ceremony.
Beyoncé received the most nominations with nine, followed by Dua Lipa, Roddy Ricch, and Taylor Swift with six each. Beyoncé also received the most awards with four. In doing so, she surpassed Alison Krauss to become the most-awarded woman in the show's history and tied Quincy Jones as the artists with the second-most wins.
The ceremony was originally scheduled for January 31, 2021; however, on January 5, 2021, the Recording Academy postponed the ceremony to March 14, 2021, due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles as well as health and safety concerns therein.
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For the full current version of the article, see 63rd Annual Grammy Awards on Wikipedia.
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