'Earned It' earns The Weeknd his first Grammy
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
On Monday, at the 58th Grammy Awards ceremony, Canadian singer The Weeknd won his first Grammy Award, Best R&B Performance, for his song Earned It, which was also featured on the soundtrack of the 2015 Fifty Shades of Grey movie based on E.L. James's erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey.
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The Weeknd also won the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album for his second studio album Beauty Behind the Madness. Abel Tesfaye — The Weeknd — had seven nominations in total including Record of the Year for his song Can't Feel My Face and Album of the Year.
The YouTube video of the song received more than 179 million views and more than 1.1 million likes. The Weeknd was also nominated for Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance, but British singer Ed Sheeran won the golden gramophone for his song Thinking Out Loud.
Last year, Beyoncé won the Award for Best R&B Song for Drunk in Love featuring her husband Jay-Z.
This awards ceremony marked the first Grammy wins for The Weeknd, Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran.
Related news
- "Ed Sheeran wins Song of Year Grammy for Thinking Out Loud" — Wikinews, February 16, 2016
Sources
- Harriet Gibsone. "The Weeknd wins best urban contemporary album Grammy for Beauty Behind the Madness" — The Guardian, February 15, 2015
- Rose Minutaglio. "Double Win for The Weeknd! Singer Wins Best R&B Performance and Best Urban Contemporary Album" — People (magazine), February 15, 2016
- Lisa Schulz. "Beyonce Wins Grammy for ‘Drunk in Love’" — Variety (magazine), February 8, 2015
- TheWeekndVEVO. "Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) (From The "Fifty Shades Of Grey" Soundtrack) (Explicit)" — YouTube, January 21, 2015