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Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among The 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners

Check out the full list of this year's Black winners
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
By D'Shonda Brown · Updated March 14, 2021

Hosted by three-time GRAMMY award-winning artist Jhené Aiko, this year’s Premiere Ceremony will be looking a little different as the 2021 award show season still adjusts to the rules and regulations of COVID-19. The event kicked off with a virtual tribute to the 50th anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s classic track “Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)”. Performances included Burna Boy, Poppy, Lido Pimienta, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes and Igor Levit.

Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
UNSPECIFIED: In this screengrab released on March 14, host Jhené Aiko speaks onstage for the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony broadcast on March 14, 2021. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

See below for every Black winner this evening at the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony! The ceremony is currently streaming live internationally on Grammy.com and Facebook Live.

01
Kaytranada
Kaytranada was awarded with Best Dance Recording and Best Dance/Electronica Album
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
02
Beyonce, Blu Ivy and WizKid
Beyonce, Blue Ivy and WizKid won the award for “Best Music Video” for “Brown Skin Girl.”
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
03
Jonathan McReynolds
McReynolds was awarded for Best Gospel Performance/Song for “Movie’ On” with Mali Music.
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
04
Kanye West
Kanye West was awarded for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for ‘Jesus Is King’
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
05
PJ Morton
PJ Morton was awarded for Best Gospel Album for ‘Gospel According to PJ’
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
06
Fisk Jubilee Singers
The Fisk Jubilee Singers were awarded with Best Roots Gospel Album for Celebrating Fisk!
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
07
Porgy and Bess
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
08
Burna Boy
Burna Boy won a Grammy for Best Global Music for ‘Twice As Tall.’
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
09
Tiffany Haddish
Tiffany Haddish won Best Comedy Album
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
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10
Fantastic Negrito
Fantastic Negrito was awarded with Best Contemporary Blues Album for ‘Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?’
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
11
Bobby Rush
Bobby Rush won Best Traditional Blues Album for ‘Rawer Than Raw’
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
12
H.E.R.
H.E.R., born Gabi Wilson, was awarded with the Songwriters’ Award for “Better Than I Imagined” by her and Robert Glasper.
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
13
John Legend
John Legend was awarded with Best R&B Album for ‘Bigger Love’
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
14
Thundercat
Thundercat won Best Progressive R&B Album for ‘It Is What It Is’
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
15
Nas
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
16
Thundercat
Thundercat was awarded with Best Progressive R&B Album for ‘It Is What It Is’
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
17
Megan Thee Stallion
Megan Thee Stallion was awarded for Best Rap Performance for “Savage (Remix)” with Beyonce.
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
18
Ice T
Ice T walked away with Best Metal Performance for thrash-rap group Body Count’s “Bum Rush”
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
19
Brittany Howard
Howard scored Best Rock Song for “Stay High”
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
20
Ledisi
Ledisi was awarded Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Anything For You,” making this her first Grammy out of 13 nominations.
Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion and Burna Boy Among 2021 GRAMMY Awards Pre-Show Winners
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