The Grammy Awards has been delayed to March
Natalie Dean | Entertainment Editor
Due to concerns surrounding COVID-19, the 2021 Grammy Awards has been rescheduled to Sunday, March 14. Thankfully, there will still be ways to tune into the 63rd Grammy Awards. The Premiere Ceremony will be streamed live on Grammy.com; tune in to watch the majority of the various categories of awards be handed out, and some live performances too.
The 63rd annual award ceremony can be watched on CBS and CBS All Access; it will be interesting to see who comes out on top out of their 83 categories in the completed nominee list. Some categories include Pop, General Field, Rock, Alternative and a list chock-full of talented artists. Some nominees under the General Field for Record Of The Year include: “Black Parade” by Beyoncé, “everything i wanted” by Billie Eilish, “Rockstar” by DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch, “Don’t Start Now” by Dua Lipa and “Circles” by Post Malone. This Grammy is a cross-genre award given to the song’s recording artist, the producers, recording engineers and mixers as well as the mastering engineers.
Explaining in-depth about the postponement on their official website, a joint statement was released from 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:
“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.”
Although fans have to wait a bit for the highly anticipated event to take place, people can spend time exploring the ranging categories and nominated artists. When the ceremony rolls around, there will be plenty of safe ways to enjoy it with friends and family ⏤ such as a virtual viewing party, share prediction lists on who will win or make a playlist featuring nominated artists.
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