How Billie Eilish, Lizzo and Lil Nas X rewrote the rules for stardom and took over the Grammys
As recently as 18 months ago, much of the world had never heard of Billie Eilish, Lizzo or Lil Nas X.
On Wednesday, though, the three artists became the toast of the music industry when nominations were revealed for the 62nd Grammy Awards - and each was bestowed with more nods than established superstars such as Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Lady Gaga.
In a first in Recording Academy history, two artists - Eilish, the teenage goth-pop phenom who grew up home-schooled in Highland Park, and Lizzo, the body-positive R&B belter whose breakout tune proudly announces she's "100% that bitch" - both made it
