While the Liverpool native typically throws himself a huge party to celebrate his birthday, the covid-19 pandemic called for a remote bash. RELATED: The Paul McCartney/Ringo Starr Song You Never Got to Hear How did Ringo Starr decide to celebrate 80 years of 8-day weeks? By hosting his own Big Birthday Special livestream to benefit Black Lives Matter, for one. John Lennon would have turned 80 in October 2020, Paul McCartney celebrated his 78th birthday in June 2020 and George Harrison, the youngest, would have observed his 77th birthday in February, 2020. Starr is the oldest of The Beatles and celebrated his 80th birthday on July 7, 2020. You deserve it, honestly.” Starr turned 80 in July 2020 I want to cry thinking about how much I love you. You had a year that I think is untoppable. Megan, girl … I was gonna write a speech about how you deserve this but then I was like, ‘There’s no way they’re going to choose me,’ I was like, ‘It’s hers.’ You deserve this. Grateful for her win at the 2021 awards show, the singer felt it rightly should have gone to rapper Megan Thee Stallion instead.Įilish’s acceptance speech made it clear the award really belonged to Stallion: “This is really embarrassing for me. In her acceptance speech, the 19-year-old singer plainly stated that the Houston rapper was far more deserving of the win. In 2020, the 19-year-old was awarded Grammys not only for Best New Artist, but also two for Album of the Year and Pop Vocal Album for When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? and two awards for “bad guy” for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. With her Record of the Year win for “everything I wanted,” Eilish’s overall career Grammy win total now adds up to 7 statuettes. (L to R): 2021 Grammy Award-winner for Record of the Year Billie Eilish, her brother Finneas O’Connell, and former Beatle Ringo Starr | Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Eilish said she’d rather Megan Thee Stallion had been awarded her Record of the Year Grammy His surprise appearance on the broadcast underwhelmed many younger viewers who didn’t know or perhaps even care who he was.Īnd Starr has said he’s perfectly cool with that. Last night’s Grammy Awards show saw the old(er) meeting the new when former Beatle Ringo Starr presented Billie Eilish with the Record of the Year award for her song “everything i wanted.”
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