The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards originally scheduled for January 31, shifted to March 14 due to high surge cases of COVID and deaths.
First Grammy Awards held on May 4, 1959, to honor and respect the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1958. The Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angles and has decided to broadcast in March due to high surge cases of COVID and deaths.
The Daily Show host and comedian Trevor Noah is set to host the 2021 Grammys, where Beyoncé is the leading contender with nine nominations. Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Roddy Ricch, Jhené Aiko, Post Malone, Renée Zellweger, Billie Eilish, and her producer-brother Finneas also scored nominations. First-time nominees include The Strokes, Megan Thee Stallion, Harry Styles, and Blue Ivy Carter. Performers will be announced at a later date.
the Recording Academy issued a joint statement with CBS stating that the decision came “after thoughtful conversations with health experts.”
Today (January 5), HARVEY MASON JR., Chair & Interim President/CEO of the Recording Academy; JACK SUSSMAN, Executive Vice President, Specials, Music, Live Events and Alternative Programming, CBS; and BEN WINSTON, GRAMMY Awards Executive Producer, Fulwell 73 Productions issued a joint statement. It continued:
“After thoughtful conversations with health experts, our host, and artists scheduled to appear, we are rescheduling the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards® to be broadcast Sunday, March 14, 2021. The deteriorating COVID situation in Los Angeles, with hospital services being overwhelmed, ICUs having reached capacity, and new guidance from state and local governments have all led us to conclude that postponing our show was the right thing to do. Nothing is more important than the health and safety of those in our music community and the hundreds of people who work tirelessly on producing the show.
We want to thank all of the talented artists, the staff, our vendors and especially this year’s nominees for their understanding, patience, and willingness to work with us as we navigate these unprecedented times.”
The Academy on Tuesday twitted – “ After thoughtful conversations with health experts, our host and artists scheduled to appear, we are rescheduling the 63rd Grammys to be broadcast Sunday, March 14, 2021.
The 63rd GRAMMY Awards are airing Sunday, March 14, 2021, on CBS! Find out who is nominated in each of the 83 categories in the full nominees list below.
READ 2021 GRAMMYs: Complete Nominees List
Washington D.C. metro-based professional photographer.
