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Cage The Elephant Win Best Rock Album For 'Social Cues' | 2020 GRAMMYs

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Cage The Elephant take home Best Rock Album at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards
John Ochoa
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Jan 26, 2020 - 3:25 pm

Cage The Elephant have won Best Rock Album for Social Cues at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards. 

"I was just thanking God in my mind," lead singer Matt Shultz told Stryker backstage about what he was thinking when they won. 

Cage The Elephant beat out fellow category nominees Bring Me The Horizon (AMO), The Cranberries (In The End), I Prevail (Trauma) and Rival Sons (Feral Roots). 

Today's win marks the second time Cage The Elephant have won a GRAMMY for Best Rock Album, following their first win in the category for 2015's Tell Me I'm Pretty.

Check out the complete 62nd GRAMMY Awards nominees and winners list here.

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Rosalía at the 2020 GRAMMYs

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Watch 2020 GRAMMY winners FINNEAS, DJ Khaled, Elvis Costello and Cage The Elephant talk about their big moments backstage at Staples Center
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Jan 30, 2020 - 8:30 am

The 62nd GRAMMY Awards officially wrapped last Sunday (Jan. 26) after an evening filled with powerhouse performances and exciting first-time GRAMMY winner moments. Let's revisit Music's Biggest Night from a new location by going backstage at Staples Center to talk with some of the freshly crowned GRAMMY winners.

2020 GRAMMY winners Rosalía, Lil Nas X, Billie Eilish and FINNEAS, DJ Khaled, Elvis Costello & The Imposters and Cage The Elephant all spoke to the ever-upbeat backstage interview host Ted Stryker after their big moments. Read on to watch each of the conversations and learn more about their wins.

Watch: Rosalia 2020 GRAMMYs Backstage

Shortly after taking three more Latin GRAMMYs (for a total of five to date) back home to Barcelona in November, Spanish nu-flamenco queen Rosalía earned her first GRAMMY nominations: Best New Artist and Best Latin Rock, Urban Or Alternative Album. On Sunday during the GRAMMY Premiere Ceremony, she won the latter category for her epic sophomore album, 2018's El Mal Querer.

"I can't believe that this happened, I can't believe that the people here are receiving my music with so much love. I'm so shocked and still processing," the Barcelonan star said backstage.

Read More: How Rosalía Is Reinventing What It Means To Be A Global Pop Star

She also made her GRAMMY stage debut last week, stunning viewers with her powerful vocals and choreography during a mind-blowing performance featuring her newest song, "Juro Que," and the EMQ favorite, "Malamente." When asked if she was nervous before her performance, she revealed she was, but was also thrilled about sharing her flamenco-inspired music on the acclaimed GRAMMY stage in Los Angeles. "The excitement was bigger than anything else."

Watch: Lil Nas X 2020 GRAMMYs Backstage

2019 was a wild ride for genre-dancing cowboy Lil Nas X, who took us all to the "Old Town Road" multiverse. From a viral sensation on TikTok to a record-breaking No. 1 run in a matter of months, the 20-year-old now has two GRAMMYs to his name: Best Music Video and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, both for the megahit. He also made his shimmering GRAMMY stage musical debut with a trippy, star-studded performance of the GRAMMY-winning bop and "Rodeo."

"A year ago, I was somewhere online, promoting this song called 'Old Town Road' with barely a nickel to my name," the "Panini" artist said, rocking a fierce hot pink cowboy getup. "Now I'm here at the GRAMMYs, [with] two GRAMMY Awards."

More: 10 Unforgettable Moments From The 2020 GRAMMY Awards

Reflecting on his rapid rise toward fame and global acclaim, he revealed, "The journey has been very spiritually and mentally challenging, but it helped so much. I've completely turned, and I'm going to continue to turn, into a better version of myself."

Billie Eilish & FINNEAS: One-On-One Interview

A few minutes after taking home their final GRAMMY wins (they each earned five!), sibling wunderkinds Billie Eilish and FINNEAS caught up with Stryker backstage. When he asked where all the emotion was coming from, a teary-eyed Eilish laughingly responded, "Dawg, everywhere! Where is the emotion? It's everything… It's coming from the fact that we just won a bunch of GRAMMYs."

He also asked what their biggest hopes for the album were. Their answers make their GRAMMY triumph even more powerful. "I wasn't expecting anything," Eilish answered.

WATCH: Billie Eilish Performs "When The Party's Over" | 2020 GRAMMY Awards

"We just made this album that we liked. I can't stress it enough. We didn't mean for it to win a GRAMMY, you know? We made an album that we loved and that we wanted to make. That was kind of our only goal, to enjoy making it, enjoy it once it was out and enjoy performing it, so this is just unreal."

"One of the only goals we had with it was that we wanted to make an album that we love playing live because we tour so much," FINNEAS added.

Watch: DJ Khaled 2020 GRAMMYs Backstage

DJ/producer DJ Khaled also took home his first GRAMMY win on Sunday for Best Rap/Sung Performance for "Higher." The uplifting track features late L.A. rapper Nipsey Hussle—the song was recorded before his death and released less than two months afterward—along with EGOT king John Legend. Hussle won two posthumous GRAMMYs, also taking home Best Rap Performance for the last single he released, "Racks In The Middle," featuring Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy.

Watch: Behind The Board: DJ Khaled Reflects On His Early Days, Working With Music's Biggest Artists & More

"The day it started off—it was tough, it was real tough," Khaled shared, referring to NBA hero Kobe Bryant's shocking death earlier that day. "[During sound check], John Legend was playing the piano and started singing 'Higher.' It touched my soul. It made me like, 'We gonna go out here, we gonna do it for our brothers.'"

"We come to show love and spread love, for the families," he added, also sharing his excitement for the recent birth of his second son, Aalam.

Watch: Elvis Costello 2020 GRAMMYs Backstage

1979 Best New Artist nominee Elvis Costello has been doing things his own way within the pop space since before 2020 Best New Artist Billie Eilish was even born, and he's still in it. On Sunday, he took home Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Look Now, his 2018 album with his band, The Imposters. It is the group's first GRAMMY win together and Costello's second—his first was in 1999 for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for "I Still Have That Other Girl," featuring Burt Bacharach.

Dive In: 2020 GRAMMYs Red Carpet: Go 'Behind The Seams' With Kéla Walker, Nikita Dragun, Tess Holliday, Shaun Ross And Ty Hunter

Introducing his bandmates, including GRAMMY- and Latin GRAMMY-winning producer Sebastian Krys, Costello said, smiling, "We are our own tradition. Being traditional ain't a bad thing… I guess people were surprised because they think of us in terms of one kind of music from 40 years ago, but we play every kind of music."

He also talked about collaborating with Bacharach again on some of the GRAMMY-winning album's tracks and how one of the songs was one he'd written with Carole King 25 years ago. Now, they're ready to share more surprises in 2020.

Watch: Cage The Elephant 2020 GRAMMYs Backstage

Alt-rock favorites Cage The Elephant, who broke through the dense alt-rock landscape of the late-'00s/early-'10s with "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" in 2009, just earned their second golden gramophone. They won Best Rock Album for Social Cues, the Kentucky group's fifth studio album. The amazingly eclectic-dressed squad, with bassist Daniel Tichenor and drummer Jared Champion both wearing Helen Anthony threads, caught up with Stryker backstage to share in the excitement.

More: 2020 GRAMMYs: Usher, Sheila E. & FKA Twigs Honor The Purple One With A Prince-Themed Medley

"I think all [albums] have their own journey, but this one took longer. I think it was exactly what it needed to be," guitarist Brad Shultz said. They also joked about how they felt their acceptance speech went ("second worst" compared to 2017). Lead vocalist Matt Shultz explains how he had typed up a speech with who to thank, along with a poem, but left it on his seat in the surprise moment of the win.

"It's just such a blessing to be able to share something with people and to bring people together, and I think that's the most gratifying thing that you can get out of any of this," Brad added. "It's such a blessing to be recognized by the Academy, and it's kind of confirmation that we're connecting with people."

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John Ochoa
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Jan 26, 2020 - 3:34 pm

Vampire Weekend has won Best Alternative Music Album for Father Of The Bride at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards. 

This is Vampire Weekend's second GRAMMY win. In 2014, the indie kings won the GRAMMY for Best Alternative Music Album for Modern Vampires Of The City at the 56th GRAMMY Awards.

Vampire Weekend, who are also currently nominated for Album Of The Year for Father Of The Bride, beat out fellow category nominees Big Thief (U.F.O.F.), James Blake (Assume Form), Bon Iver (I,I) and Thom Yorke (ANIMA).

Check out the complete 62nd GRAMMY Awards nominees and winners list here.

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Keb' Mo'

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Keb' Mo' Wins Best Americana Album For 'Oklahoma' | 2020 GRAMMYs

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Keb' Mo' takes home Best Americana Album at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards
John Ochoa
GRAMMYs
Jan 26, 2020 - 4:19 pm

Keb' Mo' has won Best Americana Album for Oklahoma at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards. 

Keb' Mo' beat out fellow category nominees Calexico And Iron & Wine (Years To Burn), Madison Cunningham (Who Are You Now), J.S. Ondara (Tales Of America) and Yola (Walk Through Fire).

"This is amazing, I don't know what to say," he said in his acceptance speech when thanking his collaborators on Oklahoma, which includes collaborations with his wife and artists Rosanne Cash and Taj Mahal. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, wow."

Read: Reflections From Keb' Mo'

The four-time GRAMMY winner last won a GRAMMY for his 2017 album, TajMo, which took home the golden gramophone for Best Contemporary Blues Album, a category he's won a total of four times. 

Keb' Mo' Reflects On 11th GRAMMY Nomination

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Lizzo at the 2020 GRAMMY

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Lizzo Wins Best Traditional R&B Performance For "Jerome" | 2020 GRAMMYs

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Ana Monroy Yglesias
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Jan 26, 2020 - 4:17 pm

Lizzo won Best Traditional R&B Performance For "Jerome" at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards. This marks her first-ever GRAMMY win. Shortly after, she also took home Best Urban Contemporary Album for her major 2019 breakout album, Cuz I Love You. She was the most-nominated artist for the 62nd GRAMMYs, with eight nominations going into Music's Biggest Night. 

"Jerome" was featured on Lizzo's third studio album, Cuz I Love You, which included other standout tracks such as "Juice" and "Like A Girl." The track was produced with the rock band X Ambassadors.

Lizzo On 'Cuz I Love You,' Missy Elliott & More

The "Juice" singer bested fellow nominees BJ The Chicago Kid, India.Arie, Lucky Daye, PJ Morton featuring Jazmine Sullivan. In addition to taking home her first GRAMMYs, the singer/songwriter busted out her flute for a rousing opening performance of the show with a rendition of her tunes "Cuz I Love You" and "Truth Hurts."

Check out all the complete nominees and winners list here.

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