On February 5, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) announced the winners of the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. This year, Beyoncé gathered a considerable collection of statuettes, and the award for the best video game soundtrack (for the first time a separate category is presented at the award) was won by Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and composer Stephanie Econom.
Assassin’s Creed expansion Valhalla: Dawn Of Ragnarok competed in the category with 4 game releases of 2021: Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Call Of Duty: Vanguard, Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy, Old World.
“I just want to give credit to all the people who have fought tirelessly to create this category of video game music. Thank you for recognizing and validating the power of game music. It’s really an honor, thank you,” Economou said.
This is the first time that a separate category has been presented for video games, but in the past game soundtracks have already been nominated or won at Grammys. In 2011, Christopher Thin’s song “Baba Yetu” won for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocal.
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American R&B and soul singer Beyoncé won a record number of nominations and awards this year with her new album Renaissance – her first in 6 years. This year, the singer won 4 out of 9 nominations: best dance/electronic music album; best dance/electronic recording (Break My Soul), best traditional R&B performance (Plastic Off the Sofa) and best R&B song (Cuff It).
In total, Beyoncé has won 32 Grammy awards throughout her music career and this year still surpassed the former absolute record holder, classical conductor of Hungarian origin Georg Solti (by the number of nominations, Beyoncé is equal to her husband Jay-Z — 88).
In the “Best Music Video” category, Ukrainian Tanya Muinho’s creation to the song “As It Was” by Harry Styles competed, but the video for the song “All Too Well: The Short Film” by Taylor Swift won. Harry Styles himself won a Grammy in the category “Best Album” for “Harry’s House”.
There are 91 Grammy Awards this year, below the winners in the 4 main categories, and the full list can be found here.
Record of the Year: About Damn Time – Lizzo
Album of the year: Harry’s House – Harry Styles
Song of the Year: Just Like That – Bonnie Raitt
Best New Artist: Samara Joy
