Megan Thee Stallion, Billie Eilish, Beyonce, and Lady Gaga win early Grammy awards

Beyoncé, Megan Thee Stallion and Billie Eilish got first dibs at Sunday’s Grammy Awards.

Leading with nine nominations, Beyoncé won best music video for “Brown Skin Girl,” Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” (with Beyoncé) won best rap performance and Eilish’s “No Time to Die” (from the upcoming James Bond movie) took best song for visual media at the early ceremony held before the main Grammys show. “Brown Skin Girl” also featured Beyoncé’s 9-year-old daughter Blue Ivy, making her the second-youngest person to win a Grammy

“The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah will oversee the reimagined main event, held on five stages in Los Angeles (including one for presenters and four for performers such as Swift, Cardi B and Eilish).

In other early honors, Kanye West snagged best contemporary Christian music album for “Jesus Is King,” Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande got best pop duo performance for ‘Rain on Me,” while John Legend earned best R&B album for “Bigger Love.” Chick Corea, who died last month at age 79, won two posthumous Grammys (for improvised jazz solo and jazz instrumental album) while best new artist contender Kaytranada took best dance recording as well as best dance/electronic album.

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Swift and Lipa will face off for the biggest prize of the night: album of the year. Lipa is also in contention for record of the year alongside Beyoncé, Post Malone and Eilish (who swept all four major Grammys a year ago), while song of the year features those four plus Swift, H.E.R., JP Saxe and Roddy Ricch. And Megan Thee Stallion is vying to be the first female rapper to win best new artist since Lauryn Hill in 1999 but faces competition from guitar-smashing rocker Phoebe Bridgers.