Billie Eilish wins song of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards, shares pro-immigration message

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billie Eilish won opus of the twelvemonth for “Wildflower” astatine the 2026 Grammy Awards and utilized the infinitesimal to adhd her dependable to the chorus of musicians criticizing migration authorities Sunday.

“No 1 is amerciable connected stolen land,” she said portion accepting the grant for the opus from her 2024 medium “Hit Me Hard and Soft.” "(Expletive) ICE is each I privation to say.”

Immigration was a pointed taxable astatine the 68th yearly Grammy Awards. Bad Bunny, aft winning an grant for his zeitgeist-shaping medium “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” utilized his code to stock an anti-ICE message, highlighting the humanity of each people.

“Before I accidental acknowledgment to God, I'm going to accidental ICE out," helium said, starting retired his code successful English to immense applause. “We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans.”

Before Bad Bunny took location the champion música urbana medium trophy, Olivia Dean was named champion caller artist.

"I ne'er truly imagined that I would beryllium up here," she said, receiving her archetypal Grammy portion wiping distant tears. “I'm up present arsenic a granddaughter of an immigrant. I wouldn't beryllium present ... I americium a merchandise of bravery and I deliberation that those radical merit to beryllium celebrated.”

That was aft each 8 nominees successful the champion caller creator class participated successful a medley astatine the grant amusement crossed aggregate stages, the backmost halls of the arena and adjacent the venue's loading dock. It was an absorbing and awesome mod-podge of antithetic styles, from the British psyche of Lola Young and Olivia Dean to Addison Rae and Katseye’s hypnotic pop. The Marías kicked things disconnected with their dreamy indie rock; sombr and Alex Warren offered their vigor hits — “12 to 12” and “Ordinary” respectively. Leon Thomas reminded the assemblage wherefore he’s the lone nominee besides up for medium of the twelvemonth with his afloat formed R&B.

The hits arrived accelerated and furious successful the show's archetypal hour. Rosé and Bruno Mars' opened Grammys with an electrical rendition of their multicultural popular smash, “APT."; the Blackpink vocalist channeled a pop-punk Gwen Stefani successful her necktie and platinum blond hair. Sabrina Carpenter with her “Manchild” kiss-off. Justin Bieber slowed things down with “Yukon” from his comeback grounds “Swag.” Lady Gaga reimagined her deed “Abracadabra” arsenic an electro-rock song.

Host Trevor Noah opened the amusement with a code celebrating the unthinkable breadth of endowment nominated this twelvemonth portion poking amusive astatine them — astatine 1 juncture, joking that Jelly Roll and Teddy Swims should beryllium capable to unlock each other's phones, fixed their akin look tattoos.

Noah is hosting the Grammy Awards for a sixth and last clip unrecorded from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena.

Kendrick Lamar won the archetypal televised grant of the night, champion rap medium for “GNX,” accepting the trophy from Queen Latifah and Doechii.

“It's an grant to beryllium here,” helium said successful his acceptance speech. “Hip-hop is ever going to beryllium close present ... We're gonna beryllium having the civilization with us.”

The triumph means Lamar broke Jay-Z's grounds to go the rapper with the astir vocation Grammys. Jay-Z has 25; aft helium took location rap album, Lamar's full is 26.

Pop vocal medium went to Lady Gaga for “Mayhem.”

“Every clip I'm here, I inactive consciousness similar I request to pinch myself,” Gaga said successful her speech.

Pop solo show went to Lola Young for “Messy,” whose code playfully lived up to the song's spirit.

“I don't cognize what to say,” she joked astir “obviously” not having a code prepared. “I'm very, precise grateful for this.”

The inaugural modern state medium class went to Jelly Roll for “Beautifully Broken.”

This year, the Grammys renamed state medium to modern state medium and added a accepted state medium category, a favoritism that exists successful different genres. But the quality arrived close aft Beyoncé's “Cowboy Carter” won champion state album, inspiring backlash online.

“I judge euphony had the powerfulness to alteration my life,” Jelly Roll said successful his acceptance speech, which helium spent the bulk of thanking God.

Surprises were abundant — adjacent earlier the amusement started

An exciting, aboriginal taxable of the 68th Grammy Awards? First clip winners.

During the Premiere Ceremony held astatine the adjacent Peacock Theater successful Los Angeles up of the main show, the Dalai Lama won his archetypal Grammy for audio book, narration and storytelling recording, beating retired Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. You work that correctly.

“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” won opus written for ocular media astatine the Premiere Ceremony, marking the archetypal clip a K-pop enactment has won a Grammy. Songwriters delivered their acceptance code successful some English and Korean, highlighting the song’s bilingual appeal.

Music movie went to “Music for John Williams,” which means manager Steven Spielberg has officially won his archetypal Grammy. That makes him an EGOT victor — an creator with an Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Oscar.

Artists talk retired Trump administration’s migration crackdowns

Throughout Sunday's Grammys, artists offered pro-immigration and anti-ICE messaging.

Country duo/group show went to first-time winners Shaboozey and Jelly Roll. Shaboozey accepted the grant with tears successful his eyes. “I privation to convey my mother, who arsenic of today, has retired from her occupation of 30 years … moving arsenic a registered caregiver successful a psych ward … arsenic an migrant successful this country. Thank you, mom.

“Immigrants built this country, literally, actually. So, this for them,” helium concluded. “Thank you for bring your culture, your euphony and your stories.”

Amy Allen won songwriter of the year, nonclassical for a 2nd twelvemonth successful a enactment and wore an “ICE Out” pin, an anti-immigration enforcement message. So did Kehlani – who won her archetypal Grammy for R&B show and later, her second, for R&B song.

“I’ve ne'er won thing before, this is simply a truly brainsick feeling,” she said arsenic she fought backmost tears, reflecting connected her archetypal information 10 years ago. Then she shifted gears to absorption connected the existent governmental moment: “Imma permission this and say, (expletive) ICE.”

“I’m scared,” Gloria Estefan said of the existent governmental infinitesimal backstage astatine the Grammys. “There are hundreds of children successful detention centers. … I don’t admit my state successful this infinitesimal close now.”

How to ticker the show

The main amusement is airing unrecorded connected CBS.

The Grammys tin besides beryllium watched done unrecorded TV streaming services that see CBS successful their lineup, similar Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV and FuboTV. Paramount+ premium program subscribers tin besides watercourse it live.

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