Grammys 2020: Elvis Costello & The Imposters mark first win with award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
The Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in the 2020 Grammys goes to 'Look Now' by Elvis Costello & The Imposters. The win marks the group's first Grammy win. They had been nominated in the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in 2004 for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal on their song 'Monkey To Man' and Best Rock Album for 'The Delivery Man'.
In the one-on-one interview at the Grammys, Costello introduced his fellow band members and after mentioning their individual previous Grammy wins, he stated, "We are our own tradition." He expressed that people may be surprised 'cause they think of the group offering only one kind of music from 40 years ago, although he mentioned they play "every kind of music".
Costello said that even their earlier rock 'n' roll records when they first started out were "always intended to be played on the radio". He went on to express how even though they were considered rock in their early days in the US, in the UK they were regarded as pop. He said, "I was the Billie Eilish of 1979. I was a new artist then." He remarked how different categories are based on people's opinions, saying "when it comes to categories, it's all silly 'cause you can't say one song is truly better than another. It's somebody's opinion."
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album is an award presented to recording artists at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.
The nominations for the 2020 Grammys for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album included:
Andrea Bocelli - 'Sì'
Michael Bublé - 'Love (Deluxe Edition)'
John Legend - 'A Legendary Christmas'
Barbra Streisand - 'Walls'