18-year-old Billie Eilish wins the Grammys - also Germans among the winners

At the 62nd Grammy Show, the only 18-year-old Billie Eilish really won. Germans were among the winners. Kobe Bryant's death overshadowed the award.

• The Grammy was awarded for the 62nd time on Sunday evening.
• The big winner of the evening was 18-year-old Billie Eilish.
• The award was overshadowed by the dramatic death of basketball star Kobe Bryant, who had recently been killed in a helicopter crash.

Los Angeles - This year's Grammys were marked by ex-basketball player Kobe Bryant, who had recently been killed in a helicopter crash. "This evening is for Kobe," said singer Lizzo before opening the Los Angeles show on Sunday evening with a medley of her hits. "Los Angeles, America and the whole wide world have lost a hero," said moderator Alicia Keys .

Grammys 2020: music stars mourn basketball player Kobe Bryant

On an evening when the best musicians were actually celebrated, everyone was "incredibly sad," said Keys. "We're standing here with broken hearts in the house that Kobe Bryant built."

The 62nd Grammy Show was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. In the hall of the Los Angeles Lakers NBA team, spent his entire career at Bryant. A photo of the late superstar was shown on large screens while Alicia Keys and the band Boys II Men started the song "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday". In front of the hall, numerous fans gathered to mourn the basketball legend. Many even called for the Grammys to be canceled.

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Grammys 2020: Billie Eilish clears everything - her brother is also among the winners

The Grammys were awarded in 84 categories. In addition to Lizzo, favorites were pop singer Billie Eilish with eight nominations and rapper Lil Nas X , each with six nominations. Most of the awards were announced before the ceremony itself.

18-year-old Billie Eilish , who won the prizes in all four main categories, won the most. The young exception was honored with the Grammys for the best album ("When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?"), The best recording, the best song (both for "Bad Guy") and as the best newcomer of the year.

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Eilish also won the Grammy for best pop vocal album. The singer outshone the other favorites Lizzo and Lil Nas X. "God, that's so crazy," said Eilish , thanking her fans: "The fans deserve everything. They are the reason why we are all here at all ”.

The young artist's often moody, Gothic-inspired and bass-driven music has captivated people worldwide. Billie Eilish will also write and sing the James Bond theme song.

Her four years older brother FINNEAS , who is also a musician, won a prize. The 22-year-old was named "Producer of the Year". Together with his sister, he wrote and produced the songs for her album. The sibling duo will probably shape the music of the next few years, if nothing, even decades.

Lady Gaga and Lil Nas X with multiple awards at the 2020 Grammys

Lizzo won the award for best pop solo performance and for best performance (traditional R&B). The 20-year-old Lil Nas X won two Grammys (best pop performance by a duo or group; best music video).

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Lady Gaga won two Grammys for the music of the hit movie "A Star is Born". Beyoncé received the award for the best film music. Former first lady Michelle Obama won a Grammy for the audio book version of her autobiography "Becoming: My Story".

Other winners included the Chemical Brothers (best dance recording), Gary Clark Jr. (best rock performance), Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy (best rap performance) and Willie Nelson (best country solo performance) ,

Also Germans among the winners at the 2020 Grammy Awards

Almost all of the nominated German artists were left empty-handed. The film composer Hans Zimmer , who was nominated for the music of the Disney film "The Lion King" in two categories, did not win a Grammy .

Conductor Christian Thielemann , who was nominated together with the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Bayreuth Festival Choir for a recording of the Wagner opera "Lohengrin", also won no prize. The German DJ Sascha Ring alias Apparat was beaten by the Chemical Brothers in the Best Dance / Electronic Album category.

Only the NDR Big Band , accompanied by the American jazz trumpeter Randy Brecker, won the music award. Randy Brecker and the band won the category "Best improvised jazz solo" for "Sozinho" on his album "Rocks".

Conflicts at the Grammy Academy overshadowed the award beforehand

This year's award was overshadowed by a violent conflict in the Grammy Academy in advance. Deborah Dugan , the first woman to head the Recording Academy , was suspended. She makes serious allegations against her predecessor, from irregularities in the nominations to rape.

Actually, Dugan wanted to lead the Grammy Academy into a new era after it was repeatedly accused of a lack of diversity and the preference for white, male mainstream artists.

However, Dugan filed a 44-page complaint with the Los Angeles Equality Agency . She claims that her leave of absence is an act of revenge by the Academy after denouncing irregularities in Grammy nominations and other grievances.

Deborah Dugan also claimed that her predecessor Neil Portnow , who headed the academy for 17 years, should be hired as a consultant despite raping a foreign musician.

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