Billie Eilish and her older brother, Finneas O'Connell, swept the biggest categories at the 2020 Grammys.
27.01.2020 - 23:26 / billboard.com
Imagine telling a Billie Eilish fan two years ago -- when she was a 16-year-old burgeoning cult star known for her massive online following, eccentric fashion sense and oddball alt-pop singles -- that in 2020, she'd have the kind of Grammy success only one other artist in over 60 years has ever had. They'd probably either think you were lying, or assume that Eilish's music and image had taken a wild turn towards the conventional from the weirdo teen artist they currently knew.
Nope. On Sunday
.Billie Eilish and her older brother, Finneas O'Connell, swept the biggest categories at the 2020 Grammys.
Grammy voters and music fans are in sync again.At the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 26, Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy" became the 11th consecutive winner for record of the year to have been a top five hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
Roddy Ricch’s Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a third nonconsecutive week, while Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? vaults back into the top three after Eilish’s big night at the Grammy Awards.The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S.
Billie Eilish’s Grammy Awards sweep was “a culmination,” says John Janick, founder of the influential independent label Fueled by Ramen and chairman/CEO of Universal Music Group’s Interscope Geffen A&M Records. And not only for Eilish, whose sales, including streaming equivalents, jumped 109% in the two days after the ceremony.
History in the making.
Billie Eilish stomped all over the Grammy Awards on Sunday night (January 26, 2020), with a bag of big wins, including Best New Artist, Record, and Album of the Year.
Imagine telling a Billie Eilish fan two years ago — when she was a 16-year-old burgeoning cult star known for her massive online following, eccentric fashion sense and oddball alt-pop singles — that in 2020, she'd have the kind of Grammy success only one other artist in over 60 years has ever had. They'd probablyeither think you were lying, or assume that Eilish's music and image had taken a wild turn towards the conventional fromthe weirdo teen artist they currently knew.Nope.
Pop singer Billie Eilish was the 2020 Grammy Awards’ biggest winner last night, having won the ceremony's top four categories. Eilish became the youngest artist in Grammy history to take home wins for Best New Artist, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year.
By Dominic Patten
Billie Eilish's sweep was the big story of the 62nd annual Grammy Awards, which were held Sunday (Jan. 26) at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Eilish swept the board in the major awards categories at last night's ceremony
Lorraine Kelly appeared to take a swipe at Billie Eilish on her ITV programme following the singer’s Grammy Awards success.
Billie Eilish, a goth-leaning artist whose innovative pop-rock-trap sound has won her legions of fans, beat out four industry heavyweights Sunday to take home the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album.
At the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night, Billie Eilish emerged as a five-time winner during the ceremony hosted by Alicia Keys.The 18-year-old singer and first-time Grammy winner — who grew up recording songs with her brother, Finneas O'Connell, a fellow Grammy winner who co-writes and produces her music, in the bedroom of her parents' house in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Highland Park — was up for six awards during the ceremony.Eilish won for best vocal pop album, album of the
Billie Eilish was on an outstanding winning streak at ! The first-time Grammy nominee secured five awards in total, including record of the year, song of the year, best new artist and best pop vocal album. That’s not all. The 18-year-old singer also ended up winning best album of the year award for her album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go, and making the award even more special, the singer made history with her win and became the youngest album of the year winner in Grammy history.
It was a big night for Billie Eilish at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. The Interscope/Dark Room artist took home five awards, including the top four categories of song of the year, album of the year, record of the year and best new artist, in addition to best pop solo album. Her brother Finneas O’Connell was named producer of the year and also took home best engineered album, non-classical.
Billie Eilish must be feeling pretty good for a "Bad Guy." The 18-year-old singer, whose album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? took over the pop culture zeitgeist in 2019, took home six Grammys on Sunday night, including a trophy for each of the Big Four categories — Best New Artist, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Album of the Year.
Billie Eilish has swept all four major categories at the 62nd Grammy Awards on a night overshadowed by the death of basketball great Kobe Bryant.
After winning the Grammy Awards for song of the year, best new artist and album of the year, Billie Eilish completed the sweep of the Big Four with the final award of the evening, winning record of the year for “Bad Guy.”