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Flume scores first Grammy, Adele and Beyonce dominate

Monday, 13 Feb 2017 07:57:45

Beyonce performs a tribute to motherhood at the awards. (Reuters: Lucy Nicholson)

Australian producer Flume nabs a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic album, but the ladies dominate the ceremony with Adele taking out song and album of the year, and Beyonce performing an elaborate ode to motherhood.

Flume beat artists including Jean-Michel Jarre and Tycho, Underworld and Louie Vega, with his second album Skin.

"I'm really proud to be here representing Australian music on this stage right now," Flume told the crowd at the winners podium.

"I want to thank all the collaborators on the record, who helped add so much colour and flavour to it."

External Link: Flume: Never Be Like You

He spoke to triple j just after the win.

"It's actually kind of hectic over here ... so many people" he said.

"We got a couple after-parties lined up ... I know Diplo's having something, I know Chance [The Rapper] is having something, there's a couple options."

But he will not have his trophy with him at the celebrations.

"They don't let you keep it. I was trying to hold onto it but they kept grabbing it off you," he said.

"Then [they] post it back to you in the mail, which is probably a good thing. I'd probably lose it otherwise."

Flume accepts at Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Photo: Flume said he was proud to be representing Australian music. (AP: Matt Sayles)

The record producer was expected to take out Best Dance Recording with his song Never Be Like You featuring Kai, however Chainsmokers won for their song Don't Let Me Down.

Sia lost out for Best Pop Vocal Album to Adele, who won for her album 25.

She also missed out on Best Pop Duo for her collaboration with Sean Paul on Cheap Thrills and Best Song Written for Visual Media for Try Everything from animated film Zootopia.

Keith Urban was nominated for Best Country Album but Sturgill Simpson took out the award with A Sailor's Guide To Earth.

He also missed out on a nod for Best Country Solo Performance.

Beyonce and Adele go head to head

Adele performs "Hello" at the 59th annual Grammy Awards Photo: Adele performs "Hello" at the 59th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP: Matt Sayles)

Beyonce was competing head-on with Adele for song and album of the year, but she lost out to the English songstress in both categories.

Adele snagged Song of the Year for her hit Hello and Album of the Year for 25.

External Link: Beyonce Grammys gif

In early awards handed out before the televised show, Adele beat Beyonce in the pop vocal performance category, and her best-selling album 25 also won for pop vocal album.

Beyonce went into the awards with a leading nine nominations for Lemonade, an anthem to race, feminism, betrayal and empowerment.

With one early win for her Formation music video, the singer, who is pregnant with twins, performed in an elaborate ode to motherhood.

She took to the stage again to accept the award for Best Urban Contemporary Album for Lemonade.

Busta Rhymes calls Trump 'President Agent Orange'

Unlike last month's Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards, US President Donald Trump was not a fixture of acceptance speeches or performances, until A Tribe Called Quest took the stage.

Busta Rhymes repeatedly called Mr Trump "President Agent Orange" as the group sharply criticised his recent executive order attempting to freeze immigration from several Muslim majority countries, calling it a "Muslim ban".

The rappers repeatedly chanted, "We the people" and ended their performance shouting "Resist! Resist! Resist!", which has become a rallying cry for those protesting against Mr Trump's policies.

Katy Perry's performance included several political messages and the displaying of the preamble of the Constitution.

Bowie, George Michael and Prince remembered

The 2017 Grammys were also a tale of absent friends.

Bowie was awarded four posthumous nods, marking the first music Grammys for the British singer who had never won in his lifetime for an individual album or song.

David Bowie Blackstar still Photo: David Bowie's album Blackstar was released days before he died. (Youtube)

Accepting the rock performance Grammy on Bowie's behalf, band-mate Donny McCaslin called Bowie "an artistic genius and a funny-as-hell guy".

Adele delivered a stirring Grammy tribute to George Michael, but not before stopping and restarting, saying she had to make sure she got it right.

"I can't mess this up for him," she said.

The crowd cheered as she started to sing again, accompanied by an orchestra as images of the late British singer-songwriter were projected on large screens.

Prince is also expected to remembered in a special tribute.

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