By Ifeoluwa Ogunbiyi
The biggest Music awards show in the world,”Grammy Award” earlier scheduled for Jan. 31 in Los Angeles, will no longer take place this month because of rising COVID-19 cases in California.
The Recording Academy, organisers of the Grammy awards ceremony, has announced March 14 as the rescheduled date for the 63rd Annual Grammy awards.
The organisers made the announcement on its Instagram handle @recordingacademy, stated that postponing the show was the right thing to do.
“After thoughtful conversations with health experts, our host and artists scheduled to appear, we are rescheduling the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards to be broadcast Sunday, March 14, 2021.
“The deteriorating COVID situation in Los Angeles, with hospital services being overwhelmed, ICUs having reached capacity, and new guidance from state and local governments have all led us to conclude that postponing our show was the right thing to do.
According to newsmen report ,the 2021 Grammys was initially scheduled for January 31st before it was postponed due to the spread of Covid-19.
The Recording Academy had earlier planned to hold the Grammys, without an audience or nominated artists, with only presenters and performing artists on-site during the show, before it was postponed.
The 2021 Grammy nominations were led by Beyoncé who picked up nine nominations, while Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift, and Roddy Ricch followed behind with six nods each.