The 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday were going to take place in the shadow of a scandal : the removal of the Recording Academy chief Deborah Dugan 10 days before the event and the stinging allegations of misconduct at the nonprofit that oversees the awards that she outlined in a complaint to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Instead, they took place in the aftermath of tragedy: the death of Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash at 41. The host Alicia Keys was tasked with responding to the basketball star's death on air; she chose to make a statement about "respect" after what she called "a hell of a week," too. Here are the show's highlights and lowlights as we saw them. Best Coronation: Billie Eilish It's been a long time since a phenomenon as talented, authentic, complex and delightfully of the moment as Billie Eilish took over the Grammys. She turned five of her six nominations into wins, victorious in all four major categories (album, song and record of the year, plus best new artist), becoming the first artist to sweep since Christopher Cross in 1981. At 18, she's the youngest person to win album of the year. It… Read full this story
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