Adele and Beyonce tune up for Grammys gold
THE brightest stars in pop music will vie for the industry’s top awards at the Grammys in Los Angeles on Monday (Australian time), with a Beyonce-Adele rematch set to take centre stage.
Kendrick Lamar, Harry Styles and Taylor Swift are also among the frontrunners at the 65th annual show primed to be the most star-studded in recent memory.
The performance-heavy ceremony – to include songs from Styles, Bad Bunny, Lizzo and Mary J. Blige – will be hosted once again by comedian Trevor Noah.
Beyonce leads the pack with nine chances at Grammy gold, followed by rapper Lamar with eight. Adele and fellow balladeer Brandi Carlile scored seven nods each.
Beyonce’s Renaissance – a pulsating collecting of club tracks – and Adele’s introspective ode to the ugly cry, 30, will face off in the most prestigious categories, six years after the British artist shut out Queen Bey’s cultureshaking Lemonade.
This year, Billboard predicts the Beyhive will rejoice over a best album win for their queen, while the industry tracker thinks Adele has the top shot at best record – the award for overall performance of a song – for her single Easy
On Me. But as the shock upsets of Grammys past prove, it’s really anyone’s game.
Beyonce has moved into a tie with her husband, Jay-Z, as the most nominated artists ever with 88 each. Already the woman with the most Grammys, Beyonce could overtake classical conductor Georg Solti for the most wins by any artist; she’s tied for second place with music power player Quincy Jones.