Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande Win Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at 2021 Grammys

© Lady Gaga, January 2021 (Photo by Saul Loeb/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) / Ariana Grande, January 2020… US Singer Lady Gaga sings the US National Anthem during the 59th Presidential Inaguruation on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/POOL/AFP via Getty Images); LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 26: Ariana Grande performs at the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande have won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Rain on Me.” They won the award over Justin Bieber and Quavo (“Intentions”), BTS (“Dynamite”), Taylor Swift and Bon Iver (“Exile”), and J Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, and Tainy (“Un Dia”). It marks the first time two women have won the award for a collaboration.

Grande shared a note on Instagram thanking Gaga. “eternally, deeply grateful for u, for this experience, to have been a part of this song and this celebration of healing and recovery,” she wrote. “grateful to be able to dance in the rain with u, to call u my dear friend, and to now share this. beyond thankful. congratulations queen, ti voglio bene.”

Gaga’s Chromatica was also nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album; this was Grande’s only nomination at the 2021 Grammys. Grande released a deluxe update of last year’s Positions in February, featuring three new songs and a new remix of “34+35” with Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion.

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