18 YEAR OLD BILLIE EILISH EMERGES NEWEST WORLD BEATER, WINS FIVE AWARDS AT THE 2020 GRAMMYS

Pop star Billie Eilish swept the board at the 2020 Grammys, winning five awards, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year.

The 18-year-old also won album of the year for her debut, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go, which was recorded in her childhood home in LA.

She replaces Taylor Swift as the youngest person ever to win the award.                       

Eilish triumphed in all of the Grammys “big four” marquee categories – song of the year, record of the year, album of the year and best new artist.

She is the first person to achieve the feat since Christopher Cross in 1981.

Her elder brother, Finneas O’Connell, also picked up Producer of the Year for his work on Eilish’s album.

LIST OF 2020 GRAMMY WINNERS:                                                        

Record of the Year

 “Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish

Album of the Year          

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Billie Eilish

Song of the Year

 “Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

Best New Artist

Billie Eilish

Best Pop Solo Performance

 “Truth Hurts” — Lizzo

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

 “Old Town Road” — Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Look Now — Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Best Pop Vocal Album

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Billie Eilish

Best Dance Recording

 “Got to Keep On” — The Chemical Brothers

Best Dance/Electronic Album

No Geography — The Chemical Brothers

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Mettavolution — Rodrigo y Gabriela

Best Rock Performance

 “This Land” — Gary Clark Jr.

Best Metal Performance

 “7empest” — Tool

Best Rock Song

 “This Land” — Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)

Best Rock Album

Social Cues — Cage the Elephant

Best Alternative Music Album

Father of the Bride — Vampire Weekend

Best R&B Performance

 “Jerome” — Lizzo

Best R&B Song

“Sayso” — PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring JoJo)

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) — Lizzo

Best R&B Album

Ventura — Anderson .Paak

Best Rap Performance

”Racks in the Middle” — Nipsey Hussle Featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy

Best Rap/Sung Performance

 “Higher” — DJ Khaled Featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend

Best Rap Song

 “A Lot” — Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage, & Anthony White, songwriters (21 Savage Featuring J. Cole)

Best Rap Album

Igor — Tyler, the Creator

Best Country Solo Performance

 “Ride Me Back Home” — Willie Nelson

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

 “Speechless” — Dan + Shay

Best Country Song

 “Bring My Flowers Now” — Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth, & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)

Best Country Album

While I’m Livin’ — Tanya Tucker

Best New Age Album

Wings — Peter Kater

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

 “Sozinho” — Randy Brecker, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album

12 Little Spells — Esperanza Spalding

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Finding Gabriel — Brad Mehldau

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

The Omni-American Book Club — Brian Lynch Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album

Antidote — Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band

Best Gospel Performance/Song

 “Love Theory” — Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

“God Only Knows” — For King & Country & Dolly Parton; Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, & Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters

Best Gospel Album

Long Live Love — Kirk Franklin

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Burn the Ships — For King & Country

Best Roots Gospel Album

Testimony — Gloria Gaynor

Best Latin Pop Album

#ELDISCO — Alejandro Sanz

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

El Mal Querer — Rosalía

Best Regional Mexican Album (Including Tejano)

De Ayer Para Siempre — Mariachi Los Camperos

Best Tropical Latin Album

A Journey Through Cuban Music — Aymée Nuviola

Best American Roots Performance

 “Saint Honesty” — Sara Bareilles

Best American Roots Song

 “Call My Name” — Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m With Her)

Best Americana Album

Oklahoma, Keb’ Mo’

Best Bluegrass Album

Tall Fiddler, Michael Cleveland

Best Traditional Blues Album

Tall, Dark & Handsome, Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men

Best Contemporary Blues Album

This Land, Gary Clark Jr.

Best Folk Album

Patty Griffin, Patty Griffin

Best Reggae Album

Rapture — Koffee

Best World Music Album

Celia, Angelique Kidjo

Best Children’s Music Album

Ageless Songs for the Child Archetype, Jon Samson

Best Spoken Word Album

Becoming, Michelle Obama

Best Comedy Album

Sticks & Stones, Dave Chappelle

Best Musical Theater Album

Hadestown

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

A Star Is Born

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

Chernobyl

Best Song Written for Visual Media

 “I’ll Never Love Again” (Film Version), From A Star Is Born

Best Album Notes

Stax ’68: A Memphis Story — Steve Greenberg, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Best Historical Album

Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection — Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers;

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Rob Kinelski & Finneas O’Connell, engineers; John Greenham, mastering engineer (Billie Eilish)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Finneas

 Best Remixed Recording

“I Rise (Tracy Young’s Pride Intro Radio Remix),” Tracy Young (Madonna)

Best Music Video

 “Old Town Road (Official Movie)” — Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus

Best Music Film

Homecoming

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