{"id":3572,"date":"2018-02-08T23:50:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T04:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.pages.roanoke.edu\/?p=3572"},"modified":"2018-02-08T23:50:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T04:50:03","slug":"60th-annual-grammys-who-took-home-hardware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=3572","title":{"rendered":"60th Annual Grammys: Who Took Home Hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Written by Alexandra Gautier<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When many people think about the Grammys, they think classic Hollywood \u2013 beautiful gowns, stretch limousines and phenomenal talent. The 60<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Grammy Awards that premiered Jan. 28 were no exception to these glittering expectations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year, celebrities traveled to Madison Square Garden in New York City to discover who would be walking away with the iconic gramophone trophies. British comedian James Corden hosted the awards show for the second year in a row. Corden is no stranger to musical performances, as he hosts (and often participates in) his popular YouTube comedy segment Carpool Karaoke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The awards show, in total, consisted of 84 categories of music genres, ranging from pop and jazz to musical theatre and classical. Bruno Mars swept many of these categories, as he took home a total of six awards: Album of the Year, Best R&amp;B Album, Record of the Year for 24K Magic, Best R&amp;B Performance, Best R&amp;B Song, and Song of the Year for \u201cThat\u2019s What I Like.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The year 2017 was a year of social activism, and the Grammy performances characteristically resembled this. A main example of this was singer\/songwriter Kesha\u2019s performance of her hit song \u201cPraying.\u201d Janelle Monae introduced Kesha by delivering a heartfelt speech in solidarity to the Time\u2019s Up movement, which sheds light on social issues of sexual assault and harassment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kesha sang \u201cPraying\u201d \u2013 a song that reflects her own experience with sexual assault \u2013 and was accompanied by Cyndi Lauper, Camila Cabello, Bebe Rexha, Julia Michaels and Andra Day, all who exhibited support for both Kesha and the overall Time\u2019s Up movement. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a similar spirit, Logic, Khalid and Alessia Cara performed \u201c1-800-273-8255\u201d to advocate suicide prevention and to demonstrate reverence to survivors.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Alexandra Gautier When many people think about the Grammys, they think classic Hollywood \u2013 beautiful gowns, stretch limousines and phenomenal talent. The 60th Grammy Awards that premiered Jan. 28 were no exception to these glittering expectations. 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