The Latest: Billie Eilish wins record of the year at Grammys
Associated PressLOS ANGELES — The Latest on the Grammy Awards : 8:45 p.m. Billie Eillish has won the Grammy Award for record of the year for the second straight year. The 19-year-old Eillish won on Sunday night for “Everything I Wanted,” a year after winning it for “Bad Guy.” Eillish appeared genuinely stunned accepting the award, saying, “This is really embarrassing for me.” She told fellow nominee Megan Thee Stallion, “Megan, girl, I was going to write a speech about how you deserve this, but then I was like ‘There was no way they’re going to choose me.’” She also beat fellow nominees Beyoncé, Black Pumas, DaBaby, Doja Cat, Dua Lipa and Post Malone. Brittany Howard, backed up by Chris Martin on piano, ended the tribute with a stirring version of the Broadway standard “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” ___ 6:35 p.m. Harry Styles has won his first Grammy, taking for best pop solo performance for “Watermelon Sugar.” Styles accepted the award Sunday night for the song that he also performed to open the show, dressed in a leather suit and a feather boa. Wearing a wildly elaborate Schiaparelli cream-colored gown, Noah Cyrus says to make her own name she has had to “try to work with ten times more passion, more love” and to “be more driven.” — Jonathan Landrum Jr. at the Grammy Awards ___ 4:30 p.m. DaBaby says his Grammy performance will be “beautiful” despite performing in a “room full of nobody.” DaBaby is among the performers who, because of the pandemic, pre-recorded a performance at the Los Angeles Convention Center with no audience that will air during Sunday night’s Grammy Awards telecast. “I’m really happy with what did happen, but I’m ready to get back on the road again.” — Jonathan Landrum Jr. at the Grammy Awards ___ 3 p.m. Country star Mickey Guyton says her performance Sunday night on the Grammy Awards will be “a moment for Black people in country music.” Guyton, a first-time nominee and first-time performer, is the first solo Black female artist to be nominated in a country category at the Grammys, following in the footsteps of the Pointer Sisters who have won a country Grammy Award.