Grammys 2021: The complete winners list
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards aired Sunday night on CBS, hosted by Trevor Noah.
Beyoncé has set a new record at the Grammy Awards with her 28th win.
The star is now the most-awarded woman in Grammys history, overtaking bluegrass singer Alison Krauss.
"I am so honoured, I'm so excited," she said while accepting her record-breaking trophy, for best R&B performance.
Taylor Swift also made history at Sunday's ceremony, by becoming the first female artist ever to win album of the year three times.
The star was rewarded for her lockdown album Folklore - after previously winning with Fearless in 2010 and the pop opus 1989 in 2016.
Only three other artists have ever won the album of the year prize three times: Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder.
Here is the complete list of winners in the major categories:
Record of the Year
"Everything I Wanted" by Billie Eilish
Album of the Year
Folklore by Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
"I Can't Breathe" by Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
Best New Artist
Megan Thee Stallion
POP
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
"Rain On Me" by Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
American Standard by James Taylor
Best Pop Vocal Album
Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa
ROCK/ALTERNATIVE
Best Rock Performance
"Shameika" by Fiona Apple
Best Metal Performance
"Bum-Rush" by Body Count
Best Rock Song
"Stay High" by Brittany Howard
Best Rock Performance
"Shameika" by Fiona Apple
Best Rock Song
"Stay High" by Brittany Howard
Best Rock Album
The New Abnormal by The Strokes Alternative
Best Alternative Music Album
Fetch the Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple
R&B/RAP
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
"Black Parade" by Beyoncé
Best Traditional R&B Performance
"Anything For You" by Ledisi
Best R&B Song
"Better Than I Imagined" by Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper feat. H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello)
Best Progressive R&B Album
It Is What It Is by Thundercat
Best R&B Album
Bigger Love by John Legend
Best Rap Performance
"Savage" by Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé
Best Melodic Rap Performance
"Lockdown" by Anderson .Paak
Best Rap Song
"Savage" by Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe & Anthony White, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé)
Best Rap Album
King's Disease by Nas
COUNTRY
Best Country Solo Performance
"When My Amy Prays" by Vince Gill
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
"10,000 Hours" by Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber
Best Country Song
"Crowded Table" by Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)
Best Country Album
Wildcard by Miranda Lambert
DANCE/ELECTRONIC MUSIC
Best Dance Recording
"10%" by Kaytranada feat. Kali Uchis
Best Dance/Electronic Album
BUBBA by Kaytranada
GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
"There Was Jesus" by Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters
Best Gospel Album
Gospel According to PJ by PJ Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Jesus Is King by Kanye West
Best Roots Gospel Album
Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album) by Fisk Jubilee Singers
LATIN
Best Latin Pop or Urban Album
YHLQMDLG by Bad Bunny
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
La Conquista del Espacio by Fito Paez
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Un Canto Por Mexico, Vol. 1 by Natalia Lafourcade
Best Tropical Latin Album
40 by Grupo Niche
COMEDY
Best Comedy Album
Black Mitzvah by Tiffany Haddish
MUSICAL THEATER
Best Musical Theater Album
Jagged Little Pill (Glen Ballard, composer; Alanis Morissette, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Jojo Rabbit (Various Artists) Taika Waititi, compilation producer
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Joker by Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer
Best Song Written For Visual Media
"No Time to Die" by Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas Baird O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish) Track from: No Time to Die
MUSIC VIDEO/FILM
Best Music Video
"Brown Skin Girl" Beyoncé, Blue Ivy & WizKid
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Jenn Nkiru, video directors; Astrid Edwards, Aya Kaida, Jean Mougin, Nathan Scherrer & Erinn Williams, video producers
Best Music Film
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Linda Ronstadt Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, video directors; Michele Farinola & James Keach, video producers
Cayman quarantine shortened to 10 days
The mandatory quarantine period will be reduced to 10 days from 22 March, so added Cayman's Premier Alden McLaughlin who made the announcement Wednesday, as Cayman reached its target of vaccinating 90% of the over-60 population.
There are approximately 5,000 people living in the Cayman Islands who are aged 60 or over. Speaking at a press briefing Wednesday morning, the premier said Cayman had reached the “much-anticipated milestone” and more than 91% of that population had been vaccinated.
“This gives us confidence that the most vulnerable have been protected for the worst of COVID-19 disease,” he said.
From 22 March, people arriving on island who have been vaccinated at least two weeks beforehand will only need to be in isolation for 10 days, rather than the current 14 days. Travellers will continue to be required to provide a negative PCR result from a test taken within 72 hours of travel, as well as a negative result from a test taken at the airport upon arrival.
The premier confirmed at the briefing that children will still need to undergo a 14-day quarantine, as currently anyone under the age of 16 cannot get vaccinated. Family members quarantining with the children would also need to remain in isolation for 14 days.
Cayman’s borders remain closed to general tourism. McLaughlin said between 70% and 80% of the entire population would need to be vaccinated before the borders could be fully opened, while keeping other protection protocols in place. He stated Cayman had “a ways to go still, but we’re certainly well on the way”.
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Netflix considers crackdown on password sharing
Some users have reported seeing a screen saying, "If you don't live with the owner of this account, you need your own account to keep watching."
A spokesperson told the BBC: "This test is designed to help ensure that people using Netflix accounts are authorised to do so."
A decision has yet to be made as to whether the company will roll this out across its network.
In the trial, users can verify they are allowed to access the account by a code, sent via text or email.
Netflix is trying to crack down on ineligible users, though it is unclear how many people use the platform against their terms of service.
Streaming platforms, including Netflix, HBO Go, Amazon Prime and Disney+, allow users to create multiple profiles within the account, but the terms and conditions specify they are meant to be used by people in the household.
During a 2016 webcast, Netflix co-founder and chief executive Reed Hastings said: "Password sharing is something you have to learn to live with, because there's so much legitimate password sharing, like you sharing with your spouse, with your kids, so there's no bright line, and we're doing fine as is."
In October 2019, chief product officer Greg Peters said the company was looking at the issue of password sharing, but said it had no "big plans to announce at this time in terms of doing something differently there".
Netflix gained almost 37 million new subscribers in 2020 and now has more than 200 million subscribers around the world.
An increase of prices, a global lockdown and shows such as Tiger King and The Queen's Gambit saw Netflix report nearly $25bn (£18bn) in revenue and almost $2.8bn (£2bn) in profit.
Source-BBC's Cody Godwin
CARIFTA Games pushed back to August 2021
The 2021 Carifta Games has been pushed back to August 13-15 in Bermuda. The announcement was made by North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association President Mike Sands during a virtual press conference on Thursday.
The region's leading age-group track and field event for national teams, was initially rescheduled for July 2-4 from its usually April date because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Sands said that given the recent announcement of the Caribbean Examination Council exam schedule, which runs from June 13 to July 16, they could not avoid a further delay in the competition.
"We had no choice. Looking at all of the dates and recognising the calendar that was already in place, we had looked at all of the scenarios and I do mean all of the scenarios," Sands said. "And as a result, recognising what is available to us, we took a decision that the Games would now be held on August 13, 14 and 15."
Bermuda National Athletic Association President Donna Raynor said that the decision for the new date was based on avoiding an abandonment of the competition altogether.
"We all agreed, that if this date doesn't work, then we would have to look at cancelling the Games and no one wanted to cancel," Raynor said. Raynor added that the change received the blessing of World Athletics president Sebastian Coe.
The announcement presents potential challenges for local junior athletes who will see their seasons extended into the summer. Additionally, the World Under 20 Championships are scheduled for August 17 to 22 the week after the conclusion of the Games.
The Weeknd announces he'll boycott the Grammys
The Weeknd announces he'll boycott the Grammys from now on
Going into this Sunday night's Grammy Awards, it's hard not to think of the artist many assumed would be a leading nominee this year, but who instead came up empty handed: The Weeknd.
Despite releasing one of the most acclaimed and successful albums of the year, After Hours, as well as "Blinding Lights," a single so popular it's still in the top 10 after an entire year, The Weeknd received exactly zero Grammy nominations. As a result, the star, born Abel Tesfaye, tells the New York Times in a statement, "I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys.”
The reason, Weeknd added, is "because of the secret committees." He's referring to the anonymous Grammy committees who review the thousands of votes from all the Recording Academy members, and then make the final determination regarding who gets nominated in most of the categories. They can also, except for the top four categories, add names that were not selected by voters.
Nobody seems to know how The Weeknd got snubbed, but former Grammys head Deborah Dugan, who was removed after five months on the job, has maintained she was fired because she accused the committees, and the Academy, of conflicts of interest and voting improprieties. Her case is now in arbitration.
Asked about the snub earlier this week by Variety, interim Grammy chief Harvey Mason Jr. said, "It’s unfortunate...It’s not something any of us are happy about.”
The committees were established in 1989, reportedly to prevent the kind of embarrassment that happened in 1988. That's when veteran progressive rock band Jethro Tull, who are decidedly not a metal band, won the very first Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental Grammy over AC/DC, Iggy Pop, Jane's Addiction and Metallica.
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Huawei set to skip Android altogether
Huawei has completed the testing period of running HarmonyOS and is moving to Beta 3. The P50 will be the first phone to come with HarmonyOS pre-installed, skipping Android entirely.
There will be a mass migration to HarmonyOS starting in April, with high-end Huawei phones leading the way. Harmony could power some 300-400 million devices by the end of the year. Huawei is also expanding its Petal line of alternative services. The list includes Petal Search, Petal Maps and Docs, Petal Assistant, a Petal keyboard and Petal Vision.
These moves are a major step to building Huawei's ecosystem since they can no longer have access to Google Mobile Services (GMS). The company made huge investments in core components, as well as added titles to their AppGallery, long available to Chinese users who did not have access to the Google Play.
Merrick Garland confirmed as attorney general
Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden's nominee for attorney general was confirmed Wednesday by the U.S. Senate.
His confirmation comes nearly five years to the day since he was nominated by President Barack Obama to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court. He was never given a confirmation hearing by Senate Republicans who said Scalia's successor should be picked by the winner of the 2016 presidential election.
Garland will assume leadership of a department, and its more than 115,000-strong federal workforce, emerging from four years of being at the center of multiple politically charged controversies during the Trump administration -- in addition to being the target of a barrage of attacks from former President Donald Trump himself.
Garland, who has been serving as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, also worked in the Clinton Justice Department, overseeing the prosecution of convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh in the 1990s. Chief among Garland's initial priorities will be a briefing on the department's sprawling investigation into the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
As of this week, more than 300 suspects have been federally charged related to their role in the riot with more than 285 individuals arrested.
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ILLEGAL VESSEL MAKES LANDFALL SATURDAY
US visa applicants denied under Trump's travel ban can reapply
U.S. visa applicants whose requests were denied under former President Donald Trump's controversial ban on travelers from 13 mostly Muslim-majority and African nations can now seek new decisions or submit new applications, the U.S. Department of State announced Monday evening.
President Joe Biden overturned Trump's travel ban on his first day in office and gave the State Department 45 days to come up with a plan that would allow individuals from the affected countries to have their U.S. visa applications reconsidered.
Following a legal review, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Monday that those whose immigrant visa applications received a final refusal on or after January 20, 2020, due to Trump's travel ban "may seek re-adjudication without resubmitting their application forms or paying any additional fees, provided the underlying visa petitions remain valid."
Those who were refused visas prior to January 20, 2020, "may also be reconsidered, but these individuals must submit new applications and pay a new application fee," according to Price. An applicant's previous denial under Trump's travel ban will not be held against them.
However, Price said that those who were selected in the diversity visa lottery during the fiscal years of the Trump administration are still barred from being issued visas if they haven't gotten them already, because "the deadlines for visa issuance in those fiscal years have expired."
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TCI WEATHER FOR WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY MARCH 10th &11th,2021
WEATHER: MOSTLY CLOUDY, WINDY AND A BIT WARM WITH A FEW PASSING SHOWERS IN THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS…
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS.
ADVISORY: SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.
WINDS: NORTHEAST TO EAST AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS…
NORTHEAST TO EAST AT 20 TO 30 KNOTS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS.
SEAS: 7 TO 10 FEET IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS, AND 8 TO 12 FEET, BUT SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN LARGE NORTHEASTERLY SWELLS IN THE TCI, CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS.
TODAY’S HIGH TEMPERATURE: 77°F / 25°C
TONIGHT’S LOW TEMPERATURE: 66°F / 19°C
SUNRISE: 6:24 AM
SUNSET: 6:15 PM
MOONSET: 3:54 PM
MOONRISE: 5:32 AM THU.
LOW TIDE: 12:02 PM
HIGH TIDE: 5:56 PM
LOW TIDE: 12:05 AM THU.
HIGH TIDE: 6:23 AM THU.
EXTENDED FORECAST (FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS): HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE BAHAMAS, SUPPORTING HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS INTO THE WEEKEND.
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WEATHER: PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY, WARM, AND WINDY WITH FEW QUICKLY PASSING
SHOWERS.
WINDS: NORTHEAST TO EAST AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS.
SEAS: 7 TO 10 FEET, BUT UP TO 12 FEET IN LARGE NORTHEASTERLY SWELLS.