Adele wins best pop solo performance at the 65th Grammy Awards.Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty
Adeletook home the award for best pop solo performance at the 65th AnnualGrammy Awards, for “Easy on Me.”
Dwayne Johnson took the stage Sunday night to present the award which celebrated “excellence in an individual performance.” Along with Adele, the nominees includedBad Bunny,Doja Cat,Steve Lacy,LizzoandHarry Styles.
A wide-mouthed Adele got up to receive her award, hugging her boyfriendRich Pauland fellow musician Lizzo as Styles and other guests rose to their feet to applaud the British singer.
Adele began her acceptance speech with a big hug and kiss on the cheek from “The Rock,” but then moved on to praising her fans and family.
“I really was just looking forward to coming tonight,” she said, tearing up and stammering a bit during the emotional moment. “I just want to dedicate this to my son, Angelo.”
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She related her boyfriend’s advice: “if you win anything, don’t cry.”
“And here I am crying,” Adele noted, then turned her speech back to her10-year-old son.
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“I wrote this first verse in the shower when I was choosing to change my son’s life,” she explained. “He’s been nothing but humble and gracious and loving to me the whole time.”
At the top of the show Sunday night, host Noah approached Adele’s table and said that while he didn’t have somebody called “Dwayne Johnson” there, he did have somebody called “The Rock.”
To Adele’s surprise and delight, Johnson had walked up behind her seat, and greeted her with a huge smile and a hug.
“Adele meet The Rock, The Rock meet Adele!” Noah said. “All right, you two get acquainted, we gotta keep the show moving!”
As the camera panned away, Johnson, 50, could be seen taking a seat next to the now 16-time Grammy winner, who was up for seven awards at the 65th annual ceremony.
Adele and Dwayne Johnson.Kevin Mazur/Getty
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Last year,Olivia Rodrigotook home the same award for “drivers license” off ofSour(along with two other Grammys for best pop vocal album and best new artist). Harry Styles won the award in 2021 for “Watermelon Sugar” off ofFine Line, which marked his first-time ever Grammy, beating out Lizzo. Styles wound up taking home the coveted award this year for album of the year.
The 2023Grammy Awardsare airing live on CBS and Paramount+ Sunday night from theCrypto.comArena in Los Angeles.
source: people.com
