62nd Annual Grammy Awards

62nd Annual Grammy Awards
Official poster
DateJanuary 26, 2020 (2020-01-26)
5:00–8:40 p.m. PST
LocationStaples Center
Los Angeles, California
Hosted byAlicia Keys
Most awardsFinneas (6)[1][2]
Most nominationsLizzo (8)
Website62nd Annual Grammy Awards
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS
Viewership18.7 million[3]
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The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on January 26, 2020, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.[4] It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from October 1, 2018, to August 31, 2019.[5][6] Alicia Keys hosted the ceremony, having hosted the previous year's ceremony as well.[7]

Lizzo received the most nominations of any artist with eight, followed by Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X with six each.[8] Finneas, Eilish's brother, received the most awards with six, followed by Eilish herself with five.[9][10] Eilish became the second artist to win the four major categories of Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist in the same year after Christopher Cross in 1981.[11]

Ten days prior to the ceremony, Recording Academy president Deborah Dugan was relieved of her duties as president and CEO and placed on administrative leave from the organization. She sparked controversy by claiming that the organization engaged in corruption and favoritism; Champagne Billecart-Salmon responded by pulling their ads from the broadcast, and Megyn Kelly, Gabrielle Union, and others tweeted their support of Dugan.[12] The ceremony was held on the same day as the death of basketball player Kobe Bryant, to whose memory Keys and Boyz II Men dedicated their performance of "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday".

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  7. ^ "15-Time Grammy(R) Award Winner Alicia Keys Returns as Host of "The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards(R)"". The Futon Critic. November 14, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  8. ^ "Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X top 2020 Grammy nominations". The Guardian. January 19, 2020. Archived from the original on February 11, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  9. ^ "Family affair: Billie Eilish, Finneas win big at Grammys". Associated Press. January 27, 2020. Archived from the original on October 8, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  10. ^ "Finneas O'Connell". April 22, 2021. Archived from the original on May 15, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  11. ^ "Billie Eilish makes history, sweeping all four major categories at 2020 Grammys". Los Angeles Times. January 27, 2020. Archived from the original on February 16, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  12. ^ "Ousted Recording Academy Chief Given Security Detail After "Disturbing" Threat, Says Lawyer | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 18, 2020. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.