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Bruno Mars owned the Grammys with his R&B-inspired album "24K Magic", winning all six awards he was nominated for at a show where hip-hop was expected to have a historical night.
Kesha, with a white rose stitched to her outfit, performed her song "Praying" with Bebe Rexha, Cyndi Lauper, Camila Cabello, Julia Michaels and Andra Day, all of whom wore pristine white. He joins a rare group of performers who have swept the Grammys' big-three awards in a single night.
Those were the words of Bruno Mars at the 60 Annual Grammy Awards after he took the stage to receive Record of the Year.
24K Magic also won for record of the year, the category that recognizes the artist's performance combined with overall contributions of the producers, recording engineers and mixers. He surrounded himself with back-up dancers clad in camouflage and masks that marched along to the politically charged track. Either artist could make history and become the first rapper to win record of the year and the third to win album of the year.
But the industry either preferred Mars, or the vote for rappers split.
The losses by Lamar and Jay-Z in the top categories marked another year when pop music won over more socially incisive work.
Lamar opened the televised gala with a frenetic show, spitting out his verses as he was joined by U2 frontman Bono amid a sea of kung fu dancers who later fell to the ground as if struck by bullets. The Man. Best traditional pop vocal album: "Tony Bennett Celebrates 90", various artists.
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The competition for Song of the Year was pretty stiff this go around.
"I have always loved the Grammys but to have artists read the Fire and Fury book killed it", she tweeted.
Stars like Lady Gaga, Kesha, Lorde and SZA were overlooked, with only 17 awards (out of a total of 86) going to women or female-fronted bands. And thank you guys for blessing the world with your music. That's when, he said, he discovered the unifying power of music.
"To those who would dare try and silence us, we offer you two words: Time's Up!".
Eric Church, Maren Morris and Brothers Osborne performed "Tears in Heaven", a moving tribute to the music fans who lost their lives during the attacks at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in October and the Arianna Grande concert in Manchester, England last May. That speech capped a night when Mars managed a rare sweep of the major awards, a feat also accomplished previous year, when Adele beat Jay Z's wife, Beyoncé, in each of the major categories.
Clinton is already a Grammy victor from 1997, for reading her book, "It Takes a Village".
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