Adele scoops five Grammys
The wacky and traditional graced the Grammy red carpet
LOS ANGELES: Adele won the top three Grammy awards yesterday, taking home the statuettes for album, record and song of the year in a shock victory over Beyoncé.
Adele won all five Grammys for which she was nominated, including for her comeback album 25 and her single Hello.
Beyoncé, who had gone into yesterday’s awards show with a leading nine nominations for her Lemonade album, won just two.
Beyoncé and Adele also had the most talked-about moments on a night marked by political statements, an emotional tribute to British pop star George Michael, and a rocking memorial to pioneering funk musician Prince.
Beyoncé wore a sheer, glittering gold dress and halo to sing ballads Love Drought and Sandcastles from her album Lemonade.
Moments later, Adele literally stopped the show after botching the start of a tribute to the late British pop star Michael.
“I’m sorry. I know it’s live TV,” she said, cursing, stopping her slow ballad version of Michael’s Fastlove and asking to start again. “I can’t mess this up for him (Michael),” she said.
Adele, 28, was competing head-on with Beyoncé, 35, the only other artist to be nominated this year for all three top awards – album, song and record of the year.
Chance the Rapper was named best new artist while Twenty One Pilots won the Grammy for best pop duo/ group performance for Stressed Out.
The other big Grammy winner was late British singer David Bowie, who won all five of the nominations for his final album Blackstar. – Reuters
CEELO Green looked part Tin Man, part big gold statue with a strange, monsterish headpiece while Lady Gaga showed up in bitty black leather shorts and an under-breast-baring top, a pair of towering, thigh-high boots to match, for the anything-goes parade of wacky fashion at the Grammys yesterday.
Green’s message, including a full tunic to the ground, was unclear, but he certainly generated a stir on the red carpet in Los Angeles. Gaga was fashionably late and cheesed for the cameras.
Earlier, Adele walked in long-sleeve military green and Paris Jackson looked all grown up in a skin-baring rainbow jumpsuit by Balmain as the Grammys competed with the British Academy Film Awards for celebrity fashion air.
Though the London event was earlier in the day, US time, the red carpet there shone big with Hollywood stars in more traditional carpet clothes. At the Grammys, things are often wackier, more casual, though many wore formal gowns.
Gaga, her hair pink, was her usually edgy self, a bit rocker chain at the waist. Katy Perry, her hair a tousled blond bob, wore an outfit of shaggy light pink feathers with a burnished copper sequin mock turtleneck top, all by Tom Ford.
Fashionably late, Rihanna showed up in a tiny, encrusted orange midriff-baring top paired with a bulbous black skirt. Beyoncé, who is pregnant with twins, did not walk the carpet but performed in a queenly gold crown and fitted, embellished gown to match. Her sister, Solange, shimmered in a metallic green one-shoulder look with finlike ruffles down one side.
Today’s tumultuous political climate bubbled in spots. Red carpet provocateur Joy Villa flung off a white frock to reveal a gown of patriotic red, white and blue that urged “Make America Great Again” and had “Trump” in sparkly letters on the back hem.
Adele’s gown was custom Givenchy Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci. It was two tones of silk satin and lace in a checkerboard design with all-over Swarovski crystals. It crossed at the chest, looking a tad like armour.
The 18-year-old Jackson, a Grammy presenter, stunned in the sexy one-piece jumpsuit of sparkly stripes that included shades of green, pink, orange and blue. It had an open skirt and sexy cut-outs up top.
Carrie Underwood chose fiery red with a sexy keyhole front by Elie Madi, while first-time nominee Kelsea Ballerini stood out in a sheer tulle look with delicate, threedimensional ice blue flower embellishment and a train. It was by Ines Di Santo, who is known more for bridal gowns. Underwood’s sleeves distracted from her look overall, billowing below the elbow.
Feeling it
“I usually don’t do red but I was feeling it,” she said.
Faith Hill also wore longsleeve red with a keyhole effect, by Zuhair Murad.
Otherwise, the evening’s colour palette was all over the spectrum, including a shiny bright blue trouser suit singer Halsey wore, jacket buttons open and nothing underneath, a dangly diamond necklace hanging down her chest.
“I just didn’t want to wear a dress,” said Halsey.
Jennifer Lopez brought it in a lavender confection, a tulle flower at her neck designed by Ralph & Russo.
Villa wasn’t alone in taking on the administration of President Donald Trump. A member of the band Highly Suspect wore a jacket with “IMPEACH” on the back.
James Corden wore a dusty rose jacket paired with a white shirt and thick black bow tie. Looking edgy in a silver-studded Balmain jacket was Nick Jonas, a presenter. – ANA-AP