Beyoncé is set to make history at the Grammys

The Queen is about to sit on the throne at the Grammys: Beyoncé won her 26th Grammy this Sunday and could surpass Alison Krauss ’record of 27 trophies.

Beyoncé, that leads this year the list of nominees with nine mentionss, she won two trophies during the Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Performance for Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” and Best Music Video for “Brown Skin Girl”. He shares the latter with his daughter Blue Ivy Carter, who also has his historic moment: at 9, he is the second youngest person to win a Grammy.

Beyoncé’s other nominations, including song and recording of the year, best R&B performance and best rap song, will be announced during the televised gala, which will air live from 8:00 p.m. York.

Fiona Apple and Kaytranda also received two Grammys on Sunday afternoon. John Prine and Chick Korea get two posthumously.

Other winners were Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Ariana Gran, Justin Bieber, Dan + Shay, James Taylor, HER, Beck, Brandi Carlile, Burna Boy, Tiffany Haddish and Rachel Maddow.

Although Beyoncé is set to have a triumphant night, history may repeat itself and she may not receive one of the top awards – something common for R&B and rap artists at the Grammys. Of its 26 awards, only one was in one of the four major categories, Song of the Year. He has lost album of the year three times and recording of year 5.

Jay-Z has never won one of the grand prizes, and he and his wife join a list of mostly artists who have been relegated mostly to the rap and R&B sections, including Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Mariah Carey , Eminem, Drake, Missy Elliott and Mary J. Blige.

This year The Weeknd was the great scorned artist. Despite having the biggest hit of 2020 with “Blinding Lights” and one of the best-selling albums, it received no nominations. He has won three Grammys to date – only in the R&B categories – but promised to boycott the awards because he disagrees with how the Recording Academy chooses its winners.

However, Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” could be the second hip hop song to win recording of the year.

Taylor Swift could make history as the first woman to win three times the highest honor, album of the year. His first surprise album of 2020 – the alternative folk adventure “folklore” – competes for the award, which the artist won in 2010 for “Fearless” and again in 2016 for “1989”.

Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra and Paul Simon are some of the album winners of the year on three occasions, as are producers or engineers Phil Ramone, Ryan Tedder, David Foster, Bob Ludwig and Serban Ghenea, among others. others. The only person to have won four times is mastering engineer Tom Coyne, who died in 2017.

Other women who could make history tonight are Grace Potter, as the first female performer to win best rock album in more than two decades, and the Haim sisters trio, the first female rock band nominated album of the year.

While a total of 84 Grammys will be handed out – 10 during the live ceremony and the rest at the pre-gala – the audience will probably be more eager to see the performances.

About two dozen artists will take to the stage in downtown Los Angeles, including Swift, Bruno Mars, Cardi B, BTS, Billie Eilish, Harry Styles, Bad Bunny, Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby, Dua Lipa, Post Malone, Chris Martin, lil Baby, John Mayer, Maren Morris and Doja Cat.

Trevor Noah will lead the ceremony, which will air at 8 p.m. from New York on CBS and Paramount +. The Grammys were originally scheduled for January 31, but were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Artists competing with Swift for the album of the year award include Coldplay, Post Malone, Dua Lipa, Jhené Aiko, Haim, Jacob Collier and Black Pumas.