David Bowie Sweep - Five Grammys

Congrats to all involved with the creation of Bowie’s ★, after a clean sweep at the GRAMMYs tonight: https://t.co/FNJYAnD3Gf #grammys2017 pic.twitter.com/hnsBry06xJ

— David Bowie Official (@DavidBowieReal) February 13, 2017

David Bowie was nominated for five Grammys. He won all five.

Bowie had never received a Grammy for an album he released, before last night.

From EW:

Heading into Grammys night, Bowie had received just one competitive trophy, for Best Music Video in 1985. (He had also been awarded a lifetime achievement honor in 2006.)

From David Bowie.com:

Best Rock Performance
(Accepted by Donny McCaslin)
Blackstar
David Bowie
Track from: Blackstar
Label: ISO/Columbia Records

Best Rock Song
(Accepted by the presenters)
Blackstar
David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)
Track from: Blackstar
Label: ISO/Columbia Records; Publisher(s): Nipple Music admin. by RZO Music, Inc.

Best Alternative Music Album
(Accepted by Donny McCaslin)
Blackstar
David Bowie
Label: ISO/Columbia Records

Best Recording Package
(Accepted by Jonathan Barnbrook)
Blackstar
Jonathan Barnbrook, art director (David Bowie)
Label: ISO/Columbia Records

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
(Accepted by Kevin Killen and Joe LaPorta)
Blackstar
David Bowie, Tom Elmhirst, Kevin Killen & Tony Visconti, engineers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer (David Bowie)
Label: ISO/Columbia Records

If you watched the Grammys, you only saw David Bowie receive the Best Rock Song. That was the only category to be part of the televised program. Worse, Best Rock Song was accepted by the presenters. It was very disappointing that no one was allowed to accept on his behalf, especially considering the other four categories were not shown to television viewers.

Here's video of Donny McCaslin's acceptance speech for the Grammy for Best Rock Performance:



I understand that there are so many categories that it would be impossible to televise them all. However, in previous years, before commercial breaks other winners were at least listed and given a little screen time and attention. I don't know why the Grammys decided to drop that. Yes, it takes time, but the other awards are no less important than those chosen for the broadcast.