62nd Annual Grammy Awards

The **62nd Annual Grammy Awards** ceremony was held on February 26th, 2020. The CBS network broadcast the show live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The ceremony recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year. The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards saw the return of the Best Dance/Electronic Album following it's absence the previous year, although Best Alternative Album and Best R&B Album were both removed from the show. Multiple categories were also reduced to 4 nominees, including the aforementioned Best Dance/Electronic Album, Best Album Campaign, Best Album Campaign Visuals and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Robin Nixon also held interviews with all the nominees prior to the ceremony.

The nominations were announced on January 31st, 2020. Mariah Carey was the most nominated artist of the night with 12 total nominations, marking the 2nd most nominations in a single night (behind Lorde's 13 nominations in 2017). Lana Del Rey came close behind with 8 nominations that night as well as KYLIE, who marked the most nominations for a female artist in their debut year. Maluma joined Lana Del Rey and Frank Ocean as the only artists in history to receive multiple nominations for Record of The Year in the same night (Criminal & God Complex).

Lana Del Rey was the biggest victor of the night, winning 5 awards including the highest honour of the night, Album Of The Year, and Best Pop Vocal Album for I Believe In Love as well as Record Of The Year for Forget Me. Lana broke the record for the most awards won in a single night, previously held by Strawberry Blonde (2016), herself (2017), Lorde and Christina Aguilera (2018) who all took home 4 awards. She also made history by becoming the first artist in history to win Album of The Year twice, as well as winning Record of The Year for the 3rd year in a row (following Midnight in 2017 and Running From Love in 2018). Mariah Carey was the other big winner of the night, taking home 3 awards including Song of The Year for Healing, making it the first time an artist had every won the category with an album track. Maluma was the only other artist to take home multiple awards that night, winning Best Single Cover and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for God Complex.

## Performers

Tidal Wave
 Zendaya
 Kelly Clarkson
Mariah Carey
 Shawn Mendes
 Florence Welch
Brendon Urie
Lorde
 Lana Del Rey

### **General**

**Record of The Year**

* **"Forget Me" - Lana Del Rey**
	+ **Jamie XX; producer**
* "Criminal" - Maluma
* "BOHO" - Zendaya
* "Do You Still Think Of Me?" - Kelly Clarkson
* "Nights With You" - Mariah Carey
* "Hereditary (2019)" - Lorde
* "God Complex" - Maluma, Brendon Urie, ZAYN
* "LUX" - Frank Ocean

**Album of The Year**

* **"I Believe In Love" - Lana Del Rey**
	+ **Lana Del Rey; writer, Jamie XX; producer**
* "Mirage" - Mariah Carey
* "How Can I Fly Without Wings?" - Beyoncé
* "Cupido" - Troye Sivan
* "Devotion" - Britney Spears

**Song of The Year**

* **"Healing" - Mariah Carey**
	+ **Mariah Carey; songwriter**
* "Never Look Back" - Frank Ocean
* "Hurt Me" - Hilary Duff
* "Secret" - Shawn Mendes
* "I Believe In Love" - Lana Del Rey
* "HUMANIZE" - KYLIE
* "The Last Time" - Father John Misty
* "How Can I Fly Without Wings?" - Beyoncé

**Best New Artist**

* **Zendaya**
* Hilary Duff
* Father John Misty
* KYLIE
* Lady Gaga

### **Pop**

**Best Pop Solo Performance**

* **"LUX" - Frank Ocean**
	+ **Frank Ocean; writer & producer**
* "Forget Me" - Lana Del Rey
* "BOHO" - Zendaya
* "Criminal" - Maluma
* "Mirage" - Mariah Carey

**Best Pop Duo/Group Performance**

* **"God Complex" - Maluma, Brendon Urie, ZAYN**
	+ **Zain Javaad Malik, Juan Luis Londoño Arias, Brendon Boyd Urie, Andrew Watt, Frank Dukes, Kylie Kristen Jenner; writers, Louis Bell, Andrew Watt, Frank Dukes, ZAYN; producers**
* Loneliness (Remix) - Frank Ocean, Christina Aguilera
* Home For Christmas - Lorde, Brendon Urie
* Casanova - Britney Spears, Maluma

**Best Pop Vocal Album**

* **"I Believe In Love" - Lana Del Rey**
	+ **Lana Del Rey; writer, Jamie XX; producer**
* "Liability (EP)" - Ariana Grande
* "Atlantis" - Katy Perry
* "Cupido" - Troye Sivan
* "How Can I Fly Without Wings?" - Beyoncé

### **R&B**

**Best R&B Recording**

* **"Skin" - Lana Del Rey**
	+ **Lana Del Rey; writer, Jamie XX; producer**
* "Break Your Heart" - Ariana Grande
* "Stay Over" - Troye Sivan, ZAYN
* "Healing" - Mariah Carey
* "P.I.P (P\*\*ssy Is Power)" - Britney Spears

### **Dance/Electronic**

**Best Dance/Electronic Recording**

* **"Golden Apple" - Katy Perry**
	+ **Katy Perry, Greg Kurstin, Stuart Price; writers, Katy Perry, Greg Kurstin, Stuart Price; producers**
* "Libido" - Britney Spears, Cardi B, KYLIE
* "Never Look Back" - Frank Ocean
* "HUMANIZE" - KYLIE
* "Nights With You" - Mariah Carey

**Best Dance/Electronic Album**

* **"Mirage" - Mariah Carey**
	+ **Mariah Carey, Lana Del Rey; writers, Mariah Carey, Greg Kurstin, Devonté 'Dev' Hynes, Hit-Boy, Ariel Rechtshaid, Pascal Gabriel, Fraser T. Smith, Cutfather, TOYOMU, Shinichi Osawa**
* "HUMANIZE (EP)" - KYLIE
* "LUX (EP)" - Frank Ocean
* "Rome Is Burning (EP)" - Lady Gaga

### **Alternative**

**Best Alternative Recording**

* **"The Last Time" - Father John Misty**
	+ **Josh Tillman; writer, Josh Tillman, Doveman, Jonathan Wilson; producers**
* "Mysterious Skin" - Shawn Mendes
* "Shut My Eyes" - Florence Welch
* "Smile" - Kevin Abstract
* "I Believe In Love" - Lana Del Rey

### **Visual/Campaign**

**Best Album Campaign Visuals**

* **"Devotion" - Britney Spears**
* "Atlantis" - Katy Perry
* "Mirage" - Mariah Carey
* "HUMANIZE (EP)" - KYLIE

**Best Album Campaign**

* **"I Believe In Love" - Lana Del Rey**
* "Atlantis" - Katy Perry
* "Mirage" - Mariah Carey
* "How Can I Fly Without Wings?" - Beyoncé

**Best Album Cover**

* **"Cupido"** **- Troye Sivan**
* "LUX (EP)" - Frank Ocean
* "HUMANIZE (EP)" - KYLIE
* "Mirage" - Mariah Carey
* "Devotion" - Britney Spears

**Best Single Cover**

* **"Criminal" - Maluma**
* "Mirage" - Mariah Carey
* "Shut My Eyes" - Florence Welch
* "Lovesick" - Troye Sivan
* "HUMANIZE" - KYLIE

**Best Music Video**

* **"Mirage" - Mariah Carey**
	+ **Mariah Carey; director**
* "Casanova" - Britney Spears, Maluma
* "Because Of You/Golden Apple (Double Feature)" - Katy Perry
* "Criminal" - Maluma
* "LUX" - Frank Ocean