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The 66th American Music Grammy Awards were awarded in Los Angeles on the 4th. Taylor Swift won the "Best Album", Miley Cyrus won the "Best Production", and Victoria... Monet won "Newcomer of the Year", Billie Eilish won "Best Song"... "Variety" commented that this Grammy was "a great victory for female artists".
"Taylor Swift" announced her new album
A total of 94 awards will be awarded this year at the Grammys. The organizers will announce the awards for each award one after another starting from the afternoon of the 4th local time. For fans and fans, the star-studded red carpet show and awards The ceremony is the highlight. Talk show star Trevor Noah served as the Grammy host for the fourth time. He once again showed his talent for humor at the awards ceremony: "NFL football fans always complain that the broadcast focuses on 'Taylor Swift'. This time we cut the camera to the rugby players."
In the end, Swift's "Midnight" won the important "Best Album" award, becoming the first artist to win this award four times. Celine Dion, who is recovering from illness, presented Swift with the award. At the same time, "Taylor Swift" also announced another good news at the awards ceremony: her next album "The Tortured Poet" will be launched on April 19, which excited the long-awaited fans.
R&B singer sza, who previously led with 9 nominations, won three trophies including "Best R&B Song Award". Cyrus not only won two heavyweight Grammy trophies for "Best Production" and "Best Pop Vocal Performance", but also Live singing of the lead single "Kao" which brings luck to oneself. Compared with film awards such as the Oscars, the Grammys, which feature a large number of singing and dancing performances, are more lively. "Barbie Highmore", which was a huge success during last summer and the Hollywood awards season, also extended its popularity to the Grammy podium. , "Oppenheimer" won the "Best Original Soundtrack for Film and Television", and "Barbie" won many awards such as "Best Song" and "Best Original Song for Film and Television". Singer Billie also sang "Barbie" at the awards ceremony. "Theme song "What I Was Born For".
In addition, there were many Chinese elements at this Grammy ceremony - Chinese pianist Yuja Wang won the "Best Classical Instrumental Individual Performance", and Icelandic Chinese female singer Lin Bing won the "Best Traditional Pop Performance Album". The singer himself also performed the song "From the Beginning" from the award-winning album live at the Grammys. Outside of the ceremony, there were also some unexpected situations at this year's Grammys - Killer Mike, who won three trophies for "Best Rap Song", "Best Rap Vocal Performance" and "Best Rap Album", was suddenly taken away by the police. , the police have not disclosed the reasons for arresting the newly minted Grammy winner.
Female nominees are "rounded" for the first time
As the most authoritative award in the American music industry, in recent years the organizer of the Grammys, the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences, has also been "advancing with the times" and based on the development of science and technology and society Trends change. The awards ceremony on the 4th adopted a format that was closer to the audience, allowing the shortlisted musicians and guests to sit next to the stage, creating an atmosphere where "singers and the audience had a wonderful night together."
producer Ben Winston said, "We no longer pursue the grand and huge theater effect, but hope to create a wonderful customized concert." When the award presenter announces the winner, the Grammys will no longer show close-up shots of the musicians, "because people will go back and look back to catch the disappointed expressions of the losers." In order to avoid this embarrassment, the Grammys also made adjustments to the details of the party, "so as to avoid making the awards appear too competitive, but like a music world full of love."
Another topic worthy of discussion at this year's Grammys is that the "Best Pop Solo" award was "rounded" by female nominees for the first time. The organizers believe this is a remarkable moment in the history of the Grammys. Women have dominated the entire event from the beginning: from nominations to winners, female elements appear in various award categories to reflect the "diversity" of the Grammys in recent years. "Culturalization" reform has been very effective.
The 2023 Grammy also announced that 50% of the newly added 2,400 jury members are people of color, 46% are under 40 years old, and 37% are women. Three new awards will also be unveiled at this year’s Grammy: "Best African Music Performance", "Best Alternative Jazz Album" and "Best Pop Dance", among which "Best African Music Performance" was won by female singer Tyla.
"Only humans can win honors"
What makes the Grammys and the entire American entertainment industry feel like a formidable enemy is the rapid development and widespread application of artificial intelligence (AI). Will AI singers be on the Grammy Awards list in the future? The Les Mills stage has also sparked discussion. In this regard, Grammy officials announced "Guidelines" last year, clearly stipulating that "only human creators can win the highest honor in the music industry, and we ensure that the list of each award is appropriate." "Works by human creators are not included in any awards." There is no qualification in any of the award categories, and the human-generated portion of the submission must be meaningful."
Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, said in a previous interview with the media, "We will not award awards to artificial intelligence, and we will not exclude or disqualify creators who collaborate with AI." In the latest Grammy selection criteria, artificial intelligence must meet two conditions if it wants to appear in an award: "Although the work includes AI performance, it must be created by humans; or AI participates in the creation, but it is created by humans. The singer will sing."
had previously released a song called "Heart on My Sleeves" by an anonymous musician, which used AI technology to imitate the voices of famous singers Drake and The Weeknd. In Mason's view, "this piece is definitely qualified for inclusion." The Grammy's creative category award, because it is created by humans; but it is not eligible to be shortlisted for performance awards such as 'Best Rap' because the vocals used were not obtained through legal channels and did not receive permission from the record company or artist. It has not been launched through commercial channels."
However, Grammy also admitted that since AI technology is developing too fast and being used too widely, they also have to adjust the rules every year according to the development of the situation. According to the latest industry survey statistics from music distribution company ditto, 60% of independent musicians are now using artificial intelligence to create songs. AI provides support to musicians in song creation, music production, learning music and art, etc. The Grammys stated that they will support some of these creative processes and recognize that "as AI continues to develop, music will continue to evolve." However, the Academy's primary goal is to stand on the side of humanity and "support, advocate, protect and represent humanity." Artists and Creators”. ▲
