The 66th edition of the Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles tonight. For the fourth year in a row, comedian Trevor Noah took to the stage as host and welcomed the audience. Was taken in handcuffs The rapper Killer Mike won a total of three Grammy awards, at the pre-party before the main show started last night. He won all the categories he was nominated for in the rap category: best rap album, best rap performance and best rap song. Killer Mike won a total of three Grammy awards last night. Photo: DAVID SWANSON / Reuters He was then taken away from the scene in handcuffs by the police, reports the Hollywood Reporter. The cause of the incident is not known. Removed Aqua as winner Several Norwegians were also listed on the nomination list before tonight’s Grammy awards in the USA. Among the nominees was Danish-Norwegian Aqua. In this connection, confusion arose. According to VG, it was stated in a post on Grammy’s own X/Twitter that the song “Barbie World” with Aqua, Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj had won in the category best rap song. Shortly after, the post was removed. In a new post, it says that “Scientists & Engineers” with Killer Mike, Future, Andre 3000 and Eryn Allen Kane is the winner in the category. Aqua also did not reach the category of best song written for a visual medium. There, “What Was I Made For” from the blockbuster “Barbie” won. Along with Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice, Aqua did not reach the category of best rap song during the night’s Grammy awards. More nominations for Norway Among the nominees during the night’s awards was also the sound engineer and music producer from Skien, Morten Lindberg. He won his first Grammy in 2020. Otherwise, he has also been nominated 43 times previously. This year he was nominated in the producer of the year category, among other things, for his work on “The Trondheim Concertos” and “Yggdrasil”, but he did not win this time. Morten Lindberg won his first Grammy award in 2020. Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN / FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP The Norwegian songwriter Caroline Ailin from Bodø is nominated in two categories. She did not win in the category of best song written for a visual medium. She was nominated for the song “Dance The Night” with Dua Lipa. Otherwise, she is also nominated in the song of the year category, also there with “Dance The Night” with Dua Lipa. However, the prize has not yet been awarded. The Norwegian violinist Peter Herresthal and the composer Helge Sten were also nominated. Herresthal was nominated in the category best classical compendium for “Mazzoli: Dark With Excessive Bright”, as well as best modern classical composition for the same work. Sten, on the other hand, was nominated in the category best engineered album. Neither of them won this time.
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