Bruno Mars certainly woke up with no jammies today as he likely partied all the way through the night after absolutely destroying the Grammys last night.
As the night’s big winner, Bruno picked up six awards including Album and Record of the Year for “24K Magic” and Song of the Year for “That’s What I Like,” both colossal smash hits for the Puerto Rican artist.
RECORD. OF. THE. YEAR. @BrunoMars #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/lla5tv0eyD
— Her Campus (@HerCampus) January 29, 2018
While accepting his award for Album of the Year, Mars gave a shout-out to all of the other artists that came before him and inspired him to get to the point where he is today. He acknowledged that without the likes of Baby Face, Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis or Teddy Riley, he wouldn’t be on that stage.
He continued, “Those songs were written with nothing but joy and for one reason and one reason only and that’s love and that’s all I wanted to bring with this album was love.” The Recording Academy seemed to notice as they reciprocated that love with the night’s biggest awards!
But that wasn’t all he had for the Grammy Awards. The singer also took to the stage for a 90s throwback to In Living Color when he performed “Finesse (Remix)” with rap sensation Cardi B. It was a swirl of colors, dance movies and brevity that set the stage on fire. It was full of the joy he so seriously envisioned for this album and his live performances. It’s what sets Bruno Mars apart from his contemporaries.
we love a good duo #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/H1ALiMvIvu
— Her Campus (@HerCampus) January 29, 2018
However, the wins were slightly marred as many believe that the awards were geared heavily towards men and gave very little credit to the women of all genres for their contributions to music over the last year. Though it’s a major win for Bruno Mars, it is worth noting that not only were so few women nominated in major categories, women only won six out of the 84 trophies last night.
We’ll see what next year holds for us!