WELCOME TO THE B-LIST, YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF CELEBRITY MESS AND POP
CULTURE. THIS WEEK: THE 2026 GRAMMY’S RECAP.
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THE 68TH GRAMMY AWARDS TOOK PLACE LAST NIGHT. THE AWARDS CEREMONY
WAS HOSTED BY TREVOR NOAH FOR THE SIXTH AND FINAL TIME.
THE SHOW FEATURED PERFORMANCES FROM LADY GAGA, BRUNO MARS, LAURYN
HILL, AND JUSTIN BIEBER, WHO WAS NOTABLY ONLY WEARING A PAIR OF BOXERS ON
STAGE.
THE COVETED BEST NEW ARTIST AWARD WENT TO OLIVIA DEAN. THE “MAN I NEED”
AND “SO EASY” SINGER CONTINUED THE NINE YEAR STREAK OF FEMALE BEST NEW
ARTIST WINNERS. SHE WAS NOMINATED AGAINST LEON THOMAS, ADDISON RAE,
KATSEYE, ALEX WARREN AND OTHERS.
STEVEN SPIELBERG EARNED HIS LONG-AWAITED EGOT LAST NIGHT. THE DIRECTOR
EARNED A GRAMMY AWARD FOR “BEST MUSIC FILM.”
KENDRICK LAMAR MADE GRAMMY'S HISTORY LAST NIGHT. HE WON FIVE AWARDS,
MAKING HIM THE MOST AWARDED HIP-HOP ARTIST IN GRAMMY’S HISTORY. THIS
TITLE WAS PREVIOUSLY HELD BY JAY-Z. “BEST RAP ALBUM” AND “RECORD OF THE
YEAR” WERE TWO OF HIS FIVE AWARDS LAST NIGHT.
BILLIE EILISH TOOK HOME “SONG OF THE YEAR” FOR “WILDFLOWER”. THE SONG IS
FEATURED ON HER 2024 ALBUM “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT,” CAUSING SOME
ELIGIBILITY CONFUSION AMONG FANS. BILLIE EILISH WAS ALSO ONE OF MULTIPLE
PERFORMERS TO CRITICIZE ICE AND RECENT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT DURING
HER ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
IN THE FINAL AWARD OF THE NIGHT– BAD BUNNY MADE HISTORY FOR WINNING
“ALBUM OF THE YEAR.” “DEBÍ TIRAR MAS FOTOS” IS THE FIRST SPANISH ALBUM TO
WIN ALBUM OF THE YEAR. BAD BUNNY WILL ALSO PERFORM AT THE SUPERBOWL
NEXT SUNDAY.
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THAT’S ALL FOR THE B-LIST THIS WEEK. CHECK IN NEXT MONDAY TO HEAR ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENS THIS WEEK IN POP CULTURE. FOR WNUR NEWS, I’M JESSICA WATTS.
Theme music is from MixKit “What What?! Wowow!” by Michael Ramir C.
