The Fader shows today that Chicago rapper Chance the Rapper has enjoyed a spike of over 200% in his Spotify streams, since winning three awards at last night’s Grammys.
The MC won awards for Best New Artist, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Album, finding success in three of the seven awards he was nominated for. Chance also performed at the ceremony in LA, playing a medley of songs from his highly acclaimed third mixtape Coloring Book. Backed by a full gospel choir, Chance played the tracks ‘How Great’, ‘All We Got’, as well as snippets of ‘Blessings’ and hit single ‘No Problem.
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Chance gave an impassioned speech upon receiving the award for Best New Artist, “I claim this victory in the name of the lord. I thank God for my mother and my father who have supported me since I was young,” Chance said. “And for all of Chicago.”
Elsewhere at the Grammys, Daft Punk performed a duet with The Weeknd, playing their song ‘I Feel it Coming’. Tributes were also paid to fallen artists, with Bruno Mars saluting Prince, purple suit and all, whilst Adele insisting on restarting her emotional dedication to George Michael, saying “I’m sorry, I can’t mess this up for him.’
There were also a spate of performances taking a stand against President Trump, in the shape of Katy Perry’s rendition of her new song ‘Chained to the Rhythm, whilst Busta Rhymes raised a few eyebrows when referring to Trump as ” President Agent Orange” during his performance with A Tribe Called Quest.