Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift & Boygenius win at Grammy Awards
Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs perform “Fast Car” at the 2024 Grammy Awards. Photo: Screenshot
Last night’s 66th Annual Grammy Awards offered LGBTQ+ viewers a thrilling evening with moving performances, memorable acceptance speeches, a few surprises, and plenty of queer artists taking home trophies.
LGBTQ+ ally Taylor Swift became the only artist ever to score four Album of the Year wins, taking home the Grammy last night for Midnights. The award was presented to her by another icon: Celine Dion. The singer, who has been struggling with a rare condition known as stiff person syndrome, shocked the Grammys audience with her surprise appearance onstage.
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Swift also won Best Pop Vocal Album, and in her acceptance speech, took the opportunity to deliver another surprise, announcing that her next album, The Tortured Poets Department, would be out on April 19.
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It was a big night for pansexual pop star Miley Cyrus as well. Her hit song “Flowers” not only earned the singer her first-ever Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance but also won Record of the Year. In her acceptance speech, Cyrus thanked her “main gays,” adding, “I don’t think I forgot anyone, but I might’ve forgotten my underwear.” Considering she changed into a total of five different looks throughout the night, we can forgive Cyrus for the oversight.
Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus of queer supergroup Boygenius took home three Grammys. The band’s album The Record won for Best Alternative Music Album, while their single “Not Strong Enough” won Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song. Bridgers was also featured on Sza’s “Ghost in the Machine,” which won the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
Billie Eilish, who recently came out as queer, and brother/songwriting partner Finneas continued their awards season winning streak, taking home the Grammy for Song of the Year for “What Was I Made For?” from the Barbie soundtrack. (If you’re still sorting out your office Oscar pool ballot, the smart money is on that track winning Best Original Song at this year’s Academy Awards.)
Bisexual singer-songwriter Victoria Monét won Best New Artist, and her debut album Jaguar II was named Best R&B Album.
Among the awards not handed out during the three-hour telecast, LGBTQ+ icon Kylie Minogue’s “Padam Padam” won Best Pop Dance Recording, becoming the first track to win in the new category. And the Broadway adaptation of Some Like It Hot, featuring nonbinary pansexual performer J. Harrison Ghee, won Best Musical Theater Album.
The most memorable moment of the night, however, came when queer singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, who has rarely performed over the past decade, joined country singer Luke Combs onstage to perform her 1988 song “Fast Car.” The duet earned a standing ovation from the star-studded crowd and had fans on social media posting about how the performance brought them to tears.
Speaking of tears, the Recording Academy voters chose once again to reward Dave Chappelle for his vicious transphobia, handing the comedian the Grammy for Best Comedy Album for the second year in a row for his album Dave Chappelle: What’s In A Name?
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