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Beyoncé made music history Feb. 5 at the 2023 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles by becoming the most Grammy–winning artist ever, but it was Bonnie Raitt, 73, who pulled off the biggest upset by winning the song of the year. Harry Styles won the album of the year award, the top category, and most of the major categories were won, as expected, by Beyoncé, Adele and Lizzo.
Here are some of the highlights of the show:
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Bonnie Raitt shocks the house
First lady Jill Biden presented the visibly shaken Raitt with the trophy for “Just Like That,” a song inspired by a news story about a mother who met the man who received her late son’s transplanted heart and listened to it beating in his chest. Raitt beat out Beyoncé, Adele and others in the most unexpected win of the evening.
Raitt had previously won 10 Grammys, but never an award for songwriting. In her speech, said she was trying to tell “a story from the inside” as her friend John Prine, who died of COVID-19 in April 2020, often did with his work. She said the story of how much good organ transplants do just seemed like it deserved a song. “I don’t write a lot of songs,” she said. “But I’m so proud you appreciate this.”
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Viola Davis makes history
One of the most momentous wins of the night happened during the pretelevised awards, when Viola Davis won the Grammy for best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording for the audiobook of her memoir Finding Me. As a result, the 57-year-old actress became only the 18th person ever to score an EGOT — the elusive winning of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
“I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola,” she said at the afternoon ceremony. “To honor her life, her joy, her trauma, everything. And it has just been such a journey. I just EGOT!” She also presented the best R&B song to Beyoncé, and Davis received a standing ovation walking to the stage. “I’m grateful,” she said then. “What a night!”