Nas がキャリア31年目にして初のグラミー賞を獲得

「Recording Academy（レコーディング・アカデミー）」の主催する第63回グラミー賞授賞式が、当初の予定から1カ月半遅れとなる3月14日（現地時間）に開催された。今年は新型コロナウイルス感染症（COVID-19）の影響から事前収録とライブ放送のハイブリット式で行われ、最優秀アルバム賞をTaylor Swift（テイラー・スウィフト）の『Folklore』、最優秀レコード賞をBillie Eilish（ビリー・アイリッシュ）の“Everything I Wanted”、最優秀楽曲賞をH.E.R.の“I Can’t Breathe”、最優秀新人賞をMegan Thee Stallion（ミーガン・ジー・スタリオン）が受賞し、主要4部門を女性アーティストが独占するという結果が話題となっていたが、『HYPEBEAST』ではヒップホップシーンのレジェンドと“Queen Bee”の快挙ついてお届け。

まずはヒップホップシーンのレジェンドについて。先日、グラミー賞には早すぎた無冠のレジェンド16組という特集記事内でNY生まれの稀代のリリシスト Nas（ナズ）について触れていたが、遂に31年目のキャリア、14回目のノミネート、13枚目のアルバム『King’s Disease』にして初のグラミー賞を獲得。それも、3rdアルバム『I Am…』や9thアルバム『Nas』など、これまでノミネートされ続けるもことごとく受賞を逃してきた最優秀ラップ・アルバム賞での獲得というだけに、よろこびもひとしおだろう。一方、“Queen Bee”こと女帝 Beyoncé（ビヨンセ）は今回だけで9つの賞にノミネートされていたのだが、結果として最優秀R&Bパフォーマンス賞、最優秀ラップ・パフォーマンス賞、最優秀ラップ・ソング賞、最優秀ミュージックビデオ賞を受賞する流石の強者ぶり。これで累計受賞回数が28回となり、女性アーティストとしては歴代最多受賞者となった。なお、歴代最多受賞回数は指揮者の故 Georg Solti（ゲオルク・ショルティ）の持つ31回。Beyoncéはまだまだ現役だけに、早ければ来年にもこの記録を破るだろう。

以下に読者の皆様が気になりそうな受賞リストをまとめたので、お時間のある方は『Spotify』でも立ち上げながら目を通してみてほしい。

Album of the Year:

Jhené Aiko – Chilombo
Black Pumas – Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition)
Coldplay – Everyday Life
Jacob Collier – Djesse Vol. 3
HAIM – Women In Music Pt. III
Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia
Post Malone – Hollywood’s Bleeding
Taylor Swift – Folklore — WINNER

Record of the Year:

Beyoncé – “Black Parade”
Black Pumas – “Colors”
DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch – “Rockstar”
Doja Cat – “Say So”
Billie Eilish – “Everything I Wanted” — WINNER
Dua Lipa – “Don’t Start Now”
Post Malone – “Circles”
Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé – “Savage”

Song of the Year:

H.E.R. – “I Can’t Breathe” — WINNER
Beyoncé – “Black Parade”
Roddy Ricch – “The Box”
Taylor Swift – “Cardigan”
Post Malone – “Circles”
Dua Lipa – “Don’t Start Now”
Billie Eilish – “Everything I Wanted”
JP Saxe feat. Julia Michaels – “If the World Was Ending”

Best New Artist:

Megan Thee Stallion — WINNER
Ingrid Andress
Phoebe Bridgers
Chika
Noah Cyrus
D Smoke
Doja Cat
Kaytranada

Best Solo Pop Performance:

Harry Styles – “Watermelon Sugar” — WINNER
Justin Bieber – “Yummy”
Doja Cat – “Say So”
Billie Eilish – “Everything I Wanted”
Dua Lipa – “Don’t Start Now”
Taylor Swift – “cardigan”

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:

Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain on Me” — WINNEER
J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny & Tainy – “Un Dia (One Day)”
Justin Bieber feat. Quavo – “Intentions”
BTS – “Dynamite”
Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver – “exile”

Best Pop Vocal Album:

Justin Bieber – Changes
Lady Gaga – Chromatica
Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia — WINNER
Harry Styles – Fine Line
Taylor Swift – folklore

Best Dance Recording:

Kaytranada feat. Kali Uchis – “10%” — WINNER
Diplo & Sidepiece – “On My Mind”
Disclosure feat. Aminé & slowthai – “My High”
Flume feat. Toro y Moi – “The Difference”
Jayda G – “Both of Us”

Best Dance/Electronic Album:

Kaytranada – BUBBA — WINNER
Arca – KiCk i
Baauer – Planet’s Mad
Disclosure – Energy
Madeon – Good Faith

Best Rock Performance:

Fiona Apple – “Shameika” — WINNER
Big Thief – “Not”
Phoebe Bridgers – “Kyoto”
HAIM – “The Steps”
Brittany Howard – “Stay High”
Grace Potter – “Daylight”

Best Rock Song:

Brittany Howard – “Stay High” — WINNER
Phoebe Bridgers – “Kyoto”
Tame Impala – “Lost in Yesterday”
Big Thief – “Not”
Fiona Apple – “Shameika”

Best Rock Album:

The Strokes – The New Abnormal — WINNER
Fontaines D.C. – A Hero’s Death
Michal Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka
Grace Potter – Daylight
Sturgill Simpson – Sound & Fury

Best Alternative Music Album:

Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters — WINNER
Beck – Hyperspace
Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
Brittany Howard – Jamie
Tame Impala – The Slow Rush

Best Metal Performance:

Body Count – “Bum-Rush” — WINNER
Code Orange – “Underneath”
In This Moment – “The In-Between”
Poppy – “Bloodmoney”
Power Trip – “Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe) – Live”

Best R&B Performance:

Jhené Aiko feat. John Legend – “Lighting & Thunder”
Beyoncé – “Black Parade” — WINNER
Jacob Collier feat. Mahalia & Ty Dolla $ign – “All I Need”
Brittany Howard – “Goat Head”
Emily King – “See Me”

Best R&B Song:

Rober Glasper feat. H.E.R. – “Better Than I Imagine” — WIINNER
Beyoncé – “Black Parade”
Tiana Major9 & Earthgang – “Collide”
Chloe x Halle – “Do It”
Skip Marley & H.E.R. – “Slow Down”

Best Progressive R&B Album:

Thundercat – It Is What It Is — WINNER
Jhené Aiko – Chilombo
Chloe x Halle – Ungodly Hour
Free Nationals – Free Nationals
Robert Grasper – F*ck Yo Feelings

Best Rap Performance:

Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé – “Savage” — WINNER
Big Sean feat. Nipsey Hussle – “Deep Reverence”
DaBaby – “Bop”
Jack Harlow – “What’s Poppin”
Lil Baby – The Bigger Picture
Pop Smoke – “Dior”

Best Melodic Rap Performance:

Anderson .Paak – “Lockdown” — WINNER
DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch – “Rockstar”
Drake feat. Lil Durk – “Laugh Now, Cry Later”
Roddy Ricch – “The Box”
Travis Scott – “Highest in the Room”

Best Rap Song:

Lil Baby – “The Bigger Picture”
Roddy Ricch – “The Box”
Drake feat. Lil Durk – “Laugh Now, Cry Later”
DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch – “Rockstar”
Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé – “Savage” — WINNER

Best Rap Album:

Nas – King’s Disease — WINNER
D Smoke – Black Habits
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist – Alfredo
Jay Electronica – A Written Testimony
Royce Da 5’9” – The Allegory

Best Folk Album:

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – All the Good Times — WINNER
Bonny Light Horseman – Bonny Light Horseman
Leonard Cohen – Thanks For the Dance
Laura Marling – Song For Our Daughter
The Secret Sisters – Saturn Return

Best Americana Album:

Sarah Jarosz – World on the Ground — WINNER
Courtney Marie Andrews – Old Flowers
Hiss Holden Messenger – Terms of Surrender
Marcus King – El Dorado
Lucinda Williams – Good Souls Better Angels

Best American Roots Performance:

John Prine – “I Remember Everything” — WINNER
Black Pumas – “Colors”
Bonny Light Horseman – “Deep in Love”
Brittany Howard – “Short and Sweet”
Norah Jones and Mavis Staples – “I’ll Be Gone”

Best Comedy Album:

Tiffany Haddish – Black Mitzvah — WINNER
Patton Oswalt – I Love Everything
Jim Gaffigan – The Pale Tourist
Bill Burr – Paper Tiger
Jerry Seinfeld – 23 Hours to Kill

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:

Hildur Guonadóttir – Joker — WINNER
Max Richter – Ad Astra
Kamasi Washington – Becoming
Thomas Newman – 1917
John Williams – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best Song Written For Visual Media:

Billie Eilish – “No Time to Die” — WINNERR
Taylor Swift – “Beautiful Ghosts”
Brandi Carlile – “Carried Me With You”
Idina Menzel & Aurora – “Into the Unknown”
Cynthia Erivo – “Stand Up”

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:

Jojo Rabbit — WINNER
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Frozen 2

Best Music Film:

Linda Ronstadt – Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice — WINNER
Beastie Boys – Beastie Boys Story
Beyoncé – Black Is King
Freestyle Love Supreme – We Are Freestyle Love Supreme
ZZ Top – That Little Ol’ Band From Texas

Best Music Video:

Beyoncé – “Brown Skin Girl” — WINNER
Future featuring Drake – “Life Is Good”
Anderson .Paak – “Lockdown”
Harry Styles – “Adore You”
Woodkid – “Goliath”

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical:

Andrew Wyatt — WINNER
Jack Antonoff
Dan Auerbach
Dave Cobb
Flying Lotus

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:

Cody Carnes – Run to the Father 
Hillsong Young & Free – All of My Best Friends
We the Kingdom – Holy Water
Tauren Wells – Citizen of Heaven
Kanye West – Jesus Is King — WINNER