At the entrance to the place of the ceremony of Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles on 21 January 2020. – Jordan Strauss / AP / SIPA
The coronavirus once again forces you to changes in agendas. The American Association of Music Professionals Music (Recording Academy) has just decided to postpone the Grammy Awards ceremony . The recording industry awards were originally scheduled for 26 January in Los Angeles. To publicize its decision, the Recording Academy did not issue a statement or public statement but updated the schedule on its official website, setting the new date at 20 March.
A ceremony without public
Having been less severely affected than many other American states, the California has seen the pandemic accelerate in its territory since the beginning of November. It is currently registering several tens of thousands of new cases of coronavirus every day. For the day of Monday the contaminations were of 26. 79. The positivity rate rose to , 6% over 7 rolling days and the most populous state in the United States recorded, on 31 December, a record at 585 death.
In view of these figures, the organizers therefore had to review their copy. But that’s far from a surprise. They had indeed already planned a ceremony in pandemic format, without an audience, with only the presenters and artists invited to perform during the retransmission, on the national channel CBS, at the Staples Center of Los Angeles.
Beyonce always queen
Regardless of the date and format of the ceremony, we already know the favorite. Retained nine times, singer Beyoncé came first in the nominations, announced at the end of November, bringing her total to 31. “Queen Bey” is nominated for her duet with rapper Meghan Thee Stallion, titled Savage , as well as his surprise song, inspired by the movement born after the death of George Floyd. She is ahead of Taylor Swift, rapper Roddy Ricch and British singer Dua Lipa, each credited with six nominations.
The list of nominations was also struck by his absences, first of all that of the Canadian singer The Weeknd, but also of the Korean group BTS or the rapper deceased Pop Smoke, excluded from all major categories.
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