Grammys 2024: Taylor Swift, Killer Mike, Billie Eilish Win Big
Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Killer Mike, SZA, Paramore, Boygenius and Miley Cyrus were among the big winners at last night’s Grammys.
Swift made history as the first artist to win the prestigious album of the year award for the fourth time, this time for Midnights.
Earlier in the ceremony, while collecting best pop vocal album, Swift announced the release of her new 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, on 19 April.
Eilish’s What Was I Made For? from Barbie was named best song of the year and best song written for visual media. “Damn, that’s stupid guys!” she said during her speech. “That was a crazy list of incredible people … I’m shocked out of my balls.”
Meanwhile, Paramore won their first two Grammy Awards. The Nashville band took home Best Alternative Music Performance at the 2024 Grammys for This Is Why, the lead single from Best Rock Album winner, This Is Why.
And Killer Mike won three awards in quick succession: best rap album for his album Michael, and best rap song and best rap performance for his track Scientists and Engineers featuring Andre 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane.
A highlight of the ceremony came when Joni Mitchell performed at the Grammys for the first-ever time at the age of 80. In her introduction, Brandi Carlile called her “one of the most influential and emotionally generous creators in human history”. Mitchell also won the award for best folk album for At Newport.
Grammys 2024: selected winners
Album of the Year
Boygenius – The Record
Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure
Jon Batiste – World Music Radio
Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
Olivia Rodrigo – Guts
SZA – SOS
WINNER: Taylor Swift – Midnights
Record of the Year
Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]
Boygenius – Not Strong Enough
Jon Batiste – Worship
WINNER: Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
SZA – Kill Bill
Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Victoria Monét – On My Mama
Song of the Year
WINNER: Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]
Dua Lipa – Dance the Night (From Barbie the Album)
Jon Batiste – Butterfly
Lana Del Rey – A&W
Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
SZA – Kill Bill
Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Best Pop Vocal Album
Ed Sheeran – – (Subtract)
Kelly Clarkson – Chemistry
Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
Olivia Rodrigo – Guts
WINNER: Taylor Swift – Midnights
Best Pop Solo Performance
Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]
Doja Cat – Paint the Town Red
WINNER: Miley Cyrus – Flowers
Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Best Alternative Music Album
Arctic Monkeys – The Car
WINNER: Boygenius – The Record
Gorillaz – Cracker Island
Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying
Best Alternative Music Performance
Alvvays – Belinda Says
Arctic Monkeys – Body Paint
Boygenius – Cool About It
Lana Del Rey – A&W
WINNER: Paramore – This Is Why
Best Rock Album
Foo Fighters – But Here We Are
Greta Van Fleet – Starcatcher
Metallica – 72 Seasons
WINNER: Paramore – This Is Why
Queens of the Stone Age – In Times New Roman…
Best Rock Song
WINNER: Boygenius – Not Strong Enough
Foo Fighters – Rescued
Olivia Rodrigo – Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl
Queens of the Stone Age – Emotion Sickness
The Rolling Stones – Angry
Best Metal Performance
Disturbed – Bad Man
Ghost – Phantom of the Opera
WINNER: Metallica – 72 Seasons
Slipknot – Hive Mind
Spiritbox – Jaded
Best Rock Performance
Arctic Monkeys – Sculptures of Anything Goes
Black Pumas – More Than a Love Song
WINNER: Boygenius – Not Strong Enough
Foo Fighters – Rescued
Metallica – Lux Æterna
Best Rap Album
Drake & 21 Savage – Her Loss
WINNER: Killer Mike – Michael
Metro Boomin – Heroes & Villains
Nas – King’s Disease III
Travis Scott – Utopia
Best Rap Song
Doja Cat – Attention
Drake & 21 Savage – Rich Flex
WINNER: Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers
Lil Uzi Vert – Just Wanna Rock
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua – Barbie World [From Barbie the Album]
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Burna Boy Featuring 21 Savage – Sittin’ on Top of the World
Doja Cat – Attention
Drake & 21 Savage – Spin Bout U
WINNER: Lil Durk Featuring J. Cole – All My Life
SZA – Low
Best Rap Performance
Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar – The Hillbillies
Black Thought – Love Letter
Coi Leray – Players
Drake & 21 Savage – Rich Flex
WINNER: Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers