Nandu News Reporter Zhong Xin On the evening of the 4th local time, the 66th Grammy Awards ceremony was held in Los Angeles, USA. Taylor Swift won Album of the Year for her new album "Midnights," becoming the first musician in Grammy history to win the award four times. Pianist Y

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Nandu News Reporter Zhong Xin On the evening of the 4th local time, the 66th Grammy Awards ceremony was held in Los Angeles, USA. Taylor Swift won Album of the Year for her new album "Midnights," becoming the first musician in Grammy history to win the award four times. Pianist Yuja Wang won the Best Classical Instrumental Solo Award for her album "The American Project", becoming the first winner from China since the award was established.

It is understood that the Grammy Music Awards were founded in 1958 by the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences. Together with the Academy Awards for film, the Emmy Awards for television, and the Tony Awards for drama, they are known as the four annual awards in the United States. The major entertainment awards include awards based on pop, rock, r&b, rap, country, gospel, jazz, Latin, classical and other music genres.

A total of 94 awards were awarded at this year's 66th Grammy Music Awards. Among them, the four major awards of Album of the Year, Production of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Newcomer are highly anticipated.

"Taylor Swift" won the album of the year award for "midnights".

"Taylor Swift" won the Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album awards for "Midnights". This is also her follow-up to "fearless" (2010), "1989" (2016), and "folklore" (2021) , won the Album of the Year Award for the fourth time, making Grammy history. She also announced at the awards ceremony that her 11th studio album "the tortured poets department" will be released on April 19.

Celine Dion made a rare appearance after her illness to present Taylor Swift with the Album of the Year award. She entered the stage supported by her 23-year-old son Rene Charles and received a standing ovation.

What was surprising was that the famous singer Celine Dion, who had not been on stage for a long time, appeared to present the award. Previously, there were reports that she was paralyzed and critically ill due to a rare disease called "rigor syndrome". She also canceled her tour plans due to the disease.

The annual production award was won by Miley Cyrus for her 2023 hit single "flowers". She also won the best pop solo performance award for this song. The Song of the Year award went to "what was i made for?" co-written and sung by billie Eilish, which is the theme song of the movie "Barbie". victoria monét won the best newcomer award. It is worth noting that the four most prestigious awards are all won by female musicians.

Yuja Wang won the Best Classical Instrumental Solo Award for her album "The American Project".

In addition, pianist Yuja Wang won the Best Classical Instrumental Solo Award for her album "the american project", becoming the first Chinese to win this award. It is reported that Yuja Wang was born in Beijing in 1987. She graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music and studied under the piano master Gary Graffman. As a currently popular pianist in the classical music world, Yuja Wang will complete a 12-show China tour lasting 19 days at the end of 2023.

Laufey, a Chinese-Icelandic mixed-race female singer whose mother is from Guangzhou, sang "from the start" from her award-winning album live at the Grammys.

It is worth noting that the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album was awarded to "Bewitched" by Icelandic Chinese female singer Laufey. Laufey's Chinese name is Lin Bing. He is of mixed Chinese and Icelandic descent. He was born in Iceland in 1999. Lin Bing comes from a musical family. His maternal grandfather is Lin Yaoji, a violin music educator. His maternal grandmother, Hu Shixi, is proficient in piano and once served as a professor at the Central Conservatory of Music. His mother, Lin Wei, is from Guangzhou and is the principal classical violinist of the National Symphony Orchestra of Iceland.

The 66th GrammysPart of the listWinner list

Album of the Year: midnights - taylor swift

Production of the Year: flowers -miley cyrus

Song of the Year: what was i made for? - billie eilish

Best Newcomer: victoria monét

Non-Classical Production of the Year People: jack antonoff

Non-classical songwriter of the year: theron thomas

Best pop solo performance: flowers - miley cyrus

Best pop group performance: ghost in the machine - sza featuring phoebe bridgers

Best pop vocal album: midnights - taylor swift

Best Rock act: not strong enough - boygenius

Best metal act: 72 seasons - metallica