Country Winners At The Grammys
The biggest night in music, the Grammy Awards, went down Sunday night in L.A. at the Staples Center airing live on CBS, with Alicia Keys hosting for the second year running.
The non-televised portion 62nd Grammy Awards began with a moment of silence for NBA star Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash earlier in the day, along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna “Gigi” Bryant.
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani sang “Nobody But You,” and nope, their love story played out onstage still isn’t old.
Brandi Carlile and Tanya Tucker performed “Bring My Flowers Now,” hitting an unexpectedly timely note, as many pointed out on social media.
Lil Nas X performed “Little Town Road,” with BTS, Diplo, Mason Ramsey and Billy Ray Cyrus, and it was a bizarre, genre-bending and fabulous glitter bomb.
COUNTRY WINNERS LIST
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “Speechless,” Dan + Shay
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
Best Country Solo Performance: “Ride Me Back Home,” Willie Nelson
Best Country Song: “Bring My Flowers Now,” Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
Best Country Album: While I’m Livin’, Tanya Tucker
Dan and Shay accept the award for Best Country Duo Group Performance.
“(Shay) Dan, I’m going to let you start because I can’t breathe right now. (Dan) I will put my heart up to this microphone, you can literally hear it beating out of my chest right now. This is one of the coolest moments ever. Thank you to my wife Abby who is in the crowd down there for inspiring the song, for inspiring every song that we write, for inspiring everything we do in our lives, Shay’s wife Hanna who is at home in Nashville. We love you. Thank you to our team, Warner Music Nashville. Jason. Sandbox Management. Scooter Braun, Scooter Braun Projects. Everybody, the Recording Academy. Everybody who voted for us, this is an absolute dream come true. We always dreamed of being up here on this stage. So thank you all so much for making this happen.”
