11th Annual Grammy Awards

11th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Date	February 21, 2021
Venue	Los Angeles Convention Center (outdoor presentation); Staples Center (indoor performances);
Most awards	DeJonay; Adam Rush (2);
Most nominations	Adam Rush (5)
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS
Runtime	120 minutes (approx.)
Viewership	26.05 mil.
Produced by	Ken Ehrlich
Directed by	Louis J. Horvitz; Christine Clark Bradley (assoc.);

The 11th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on February 21, 2021. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from October 1, 2019, to September 29, 2020. The nominations were revealed via social media on January 31, 2021. The performers for the ceremony were announced on February 7, 2021.

Background

Category alterations

For the 2021 ceremony, the academy announced several changes for different categories and rules, following the 2020 category restructuring:

The category Best Album Packaging has been renamed Best Recording Package.
The category Best Dance/Electronic Album was inaugurated.

Venue and production

The 11th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held at Los Angeles Convention Center, while the show's usual venue—Staples Center—served as a performance-only venue for performers, with all involved quarantined from each other. The show was two hours long.

Performers

List of musical performances at the 11th Annual Grammy Awards
Artist(s)	Song(s)
Jayden Hart	"Strict Machine" (intro) "Legendary"
Justice Jones	"We'll Go All Night"
Phillip Santos Reggie	"Power"
Ryleigh Cavanaugh	"Boys & Girls"
Adrenaline	"Don't Back Down"
Drew Tanner	"Two"
Lilly Smith	"Botox"
Blair Meyers K. Dot	"Vendetta"
Adam Rush	Disclosure medley: "Bad Intentions" "Want Me Gone" "Boy to Man" "TOY" "Come Up Empty"
Emilie Holmes	Medley: "I Believe in Love" "Youth" "I Believe in Love" (reprise)
Lyric	"Free Yourself"
Embry	"Queer" (acoustic) "Solitary 2020" (with Peter Maks)

Presenters

Winners and nominees

Winners appear in bold.

List of winners and nominees
Album of the Year	Record of the Year
Love & Sound, Vol. 3: The Ambition — DeJonay Advance, DeJonay Banks, J. Roc, Joakim, Jean Noelsaint, Killabeatz, Kwest Kwon, Rebel One & Throwadolla Whiplash Romance — Sam Berton Glen Ballard, Dixon Bell, Sam Berton, Thursten Brötzmann, Cisco, Spencer Hemmings, Connor Hudson, Stereotype & Zander, producers Upside of Being — Jude Harrison Jude Harrison & David Kahne, producers Do You Still Think of Me — Hunter James Advance, Demo, Dr. Rob, David James, Master Brysen, James Moss, Gary Peavey & EJ Wells Disclosure — Adam Rush Adam Rush, producer Phillip/Santos — Phillip Santos Dixon Bell, Emmett Callahan, Kevin Edison, Rami Lucero, Reggie & Phillip Santos, producers Celebrity — Drew Tanner Franco, J. Prince, Lightswitch, Sagittarius, Maison Warren & xYz, producers Thunderbolt — Ace Winston Ace Winston & The Gunslingers, producers	"Queer" — Embry Tom Quincy, producer "High Line" — Jude Harrison David Kahne, producer "The Person I Used to Be" — Hunter James Hunter James, producer "Manhunter" — Blair Meyers Maison Warren & Connor Hudson, producers "Together" — Jayne Michaels TipLTD & David James, producers "Panic" — Phillip Santos Emmett Callahan & Phillip Santos, producers "Vengeance, and a Lotta Bit More" — Ace Winston Ace Winston & The Gunslingers, producers
Song of the Year	Artist of the Year
"Not Yet the End" DeJonay Banks & Kwest Kwon, songwriters (DeJonay) "Queer" Embry Harel, songwriter (Embry) "Liars" Cameron Abbott III & Jude Harrison, songwriter (Harrison & Maestro) "Strict Machine" Jayden Hart, Peri Sienna, Marnie DuMont, Greg Edmunds & Armando Yaw, songwriters (Jayden Hart) "Golpe de Estado" Sean Perry, Wilmer Stiles & Gerardo Rojas, songwriters (Manuel) "When It Rains it Pours" David James, songwriter (Leslie Michaelson) "Come Up Empty" Adam Rush, songwriter (Adam Rush) "Thunderbolt" Ace Winston, songwriter (Ace Winston)	Sam Berton DeJonay Jude Harrison Blair Meyers Adam Rush Drew Tanner Pierre Van Heusen Ace Winston
Producer of the Year	Best Recording Packaging
Joel Abramson Dixon Bell Thursten Brötzmann Tom Quincy Adam Rush	Whiplash Romance — Sam Berton Duality — Stassi Granath Arcane — Jayden Hart Suite Victories — Suite 44 Eternal Flame — Pierre Van Heusen
Best Pop Solo Performance	Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
"I Believe in Love" — Emilie Holmes "Manhunter" — Blair Meyers "Come Up Empty" — Adam Rush "Nobody Can Know" — Zoë Murati "Heaven's Sweeter" — Asher Tomlin	"Can't Give It Up Now" — Adrenaline "The Vow (Jack & Jill)" — Nikki Newton & Daniel Cayne "Don't Wanna Go Home" — PRTY "Hallucinations" — Suite 44 featuring Beastmode "New Religion" — The Tazewell Era
Best Pop Vocal Album	Best Dance Recording
Retrobliss — Blair Meyers Zoë Murati — Zoë Murati Candor — Lilly Smith Celebrity — Drew Tanner Eternal Flame — Pierre Van Heusen	"Solitary 2020" — Embry & Peter Maks "Liars" — Harrison & Maestro "Electricity" — Sam Berton "Night Belongs to Us" — Marlon Percy "Want Me Gone" — Adam Rush
Best Dance/Electronic Album	Best R&B/Hip Hop/Rap Solo Performance
Kinesis — Georgie Duality — Stassi Granath Arcane — Jayden Hart AfterPRTY — PRTY Retrosexual. Erratic. Music. — Queen Sapphire	"Night Falls" — Hendrix "Real Deal" — Orlando King "Some Kind of Drug" — Camila López "Ángeles y Demonios" — Manuel "No Such Thing as Forever" — Josiah Tucker
Best R&B/Hip Hop/Rap Duo/Group Performance	Best R&B/Hip Hop/Rap Vocal Album
"G.L.O.A.T." — Daniel Cayne featuring Donnie Brasco "Come-hither" — Daniel Cayne featuring G. Dinero "Back of the Bus" — DeJonay featuring Hendrix "Lay Back" — Girls Attack "Right My Wrongs" — Josiah Tucker featuring Domino	XOXO — Simone Benson Misconceptions — Jamaica Camila López — Camila López Side Effects of You — Lyric Dying Sparrow — SEB