63rd Annual Grammy Awards

63rd Annual Grammy Awards
Official poster with original date window
DateMarch 14, 2021
LocationLos Angeles Convention Center[1]
Los Angeles, California
Hosted byTrevor Noah
Most awardsBeyoncé (4)
Most nominationsBeyoncé (9)
Websitegrammy.com
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS
Viewership8.8 million[2]
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The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020.[3] The nominations were revealed via a virtual livestream on November 24, 2020. The performers for the ceremony were announced on March 7, 2021. South African comedian Trevor Noah hosted the ceremony.

Beyoncé received the most nominations with nine, followed by Dua Lipa, Roddy Ricch, and Taylor Swift with six each.[4] Beyoncé received the most awards, with four, surpassing Alison Krauss as the most-awarded woman in the show's history, with 28 awards overall.[5] Her daughter Blue Ivy Carter become the youngest person ever to win a Grammy as an individual at the age of 8 years and 322 days for Best Music Video for "Brown Skin Girl".[6]

Swift won Album of the Year for Folklore, making her the first woman to win the award three times and the first artist to do so since Paul Simon in 1988.[7] Billie Eilish won Record of the Year for "Everything I Wanted", becoming the second solo artist, after Roberta Flack in 1974, to win two years consecutively, and the third overall since U2 in 2002. H.E.R. won Song of the Year for "I Can't Breathe" and Megan Thee Stallion won Best New Artist, becoming the second female rapper to win since Lauryn Hill in 1999.

The ceremony was originally scheduled for January 31, 2021; however, on January 5, 2021, the Recording Academy postponed the ceremony to March 14, 2021, due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles as well as health and safety concerns therein.[8]

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  6. ^ McIntyre, Hugh (May 14, 2021). "Beyoncé's Nine-Year-Old Daughter Blue Ivy Carter Is Now A Grammy Winner". Forbes. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  7. ^ "Taylor Swift Wins Album of the Year For 'Folklore' at 2021 Grammy Awards". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 15, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  8. ^ "Grammy Awards Rescheduled for March 14". Variety. January 5, 2021. Archived from the original on March 24, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.