Billie Eilish takes all 4 top Grammys


Pop sensation Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas O’Connell, who is her primary creative collaborator, accepting the record of the year prize at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles yesterday. Eilish scores a total of five awards on six nominations. – AFP pic, January 27, 2020.

GOTH-INSPIRED pop innovator Billie Eilish cleaned up yesterday’s Grammys, winning all four major awards including the prestigious album of the year.

The 18-year-old beat stiff competition from viral hit-maker Lil Nas X and the year’s most-nominated artiste, Lizzo.

Eilish soared to mainstream stardom over the past year after having won a fervent online following for her in-your-face pop sound that can get a little creepy at times, with haunting melodies and a heavy bass.

“Mainly, I think, the fans deserve everything. I feel like they have not been talked about enough tonight… they’re the only reason any of us are here at all.

“So, thanks to the fans.”

She shared her success with older brother Finneas O’Connell, her primary creative collaborator.

“We just make music in a bedroom together,” said O’Connell.

“We still do that, and they let us do that.

“This is to all of the kids making music in your bedrooms today – you’re going to get one of these.”

Eilish also offered a shout-out to pop sensation Ariana Grande, saying she, in fact, deserves the album of the year prize for thank u, next.

The teen star was among the leading Grammy nominees at the gala. Just 17 when the shortlists came out, she is the youngest person ever nominated in all of the top four categories.

She scored a total of five awards on six nominations, including both record and song of the year for bad guy, which made her the first musician born in the 2000s to top the Billboard Hot 100.

Claiming the spot, she finally booted Lil Nas X, the country-trap sensation whose viral hit Old Town Road set a record of 19 weeks atop the US songs list.

Eilish has been an outspoken advocate for action to tackle climate change, banning plastic straws at her shows and encouraging fans to bring their own refillable water bottles.

The artiste named Billboard’s 2019 Woman of the Year has also written and will perform the theme song for the upcoming James Bond film No Time to Die.

“I feel like I’m not supposed to be here,” she told E! television on the red carpet before the ceremony.

“Life is weird.” – AFP, January 27, 2020.


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