Bonnie Raitt’s ‘Easily’ Takes Tune of the Year in Surprise Grammys Win

And easily, Bonnie Raitt has another Grammy to her name. In an upset win, the icon won the 2023 Grammy award for tune of the year for “Easily” on Sunday (Feb. 5).

Getting the award from very first girl Jill Biden, Raitt called this win “an unbelievable minute.” And certainly, it sort of was, with Raitt’s bittersweet ballad about a heart transplant vanquishing mega-hits consisting of Lizzo’s “About Damn Time,” Harry Styles’ “As It Was,” Beyonce’s “Break My Soul” and Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well (10 Minute Variation).”

” Thank you for honoring me to all the Academy that surrounds me with a lot assistance and values the art of songwriting as I do,” Raitt stated in her approval speech. “I was so motivated for this tune by the fish story of the love and the grace and the kindness of somebody that contributes their precious’s organs to assist another individual live.”.

Raitt then stimulated late songwriting legend and good friend John Prine, including that “this story was so easy therefore lovely for these times, and individuals have actually been reacting to the tune partially since just how much I like and all of us like John Prine, which was the motivation for the music for this tune, and narrating from the within. I do not compose a great deal of tunes, however I’m so happy that you value this one.”

” I” m simply completely humbled,” Raitt concluded.

The award mark’s Raitt’s l lth Grammy win. She initially won in 1990, getting 4 awards for her now traditional LP, Nick Of Time