Jon Batiste, Olivia Rodrigo and Silk Sonic each took home big prizes at the 64th annual Grammys, an upbeat and drama-free ceremony after the chaos of the Academy Awards last week.
Jon Batiste, Olivia Rodrigo and Silk Sonic each took home big prizes at the 64th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, an upbeat and drama-free ceremony after the chaos of the Academy Awards last week., 35, the “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” bandleader and most-nominated artist of the year, won five awards out of his 11 nods, including album of the year for “We Are.”
In an awards season still reeling from Will Smith’s shocking onstage slap of presenter Chris Rock last Sunday, the Grammys affirmed its aspirational, music-heals-all values. “We’re gonna be dancing, we’re gonna be singing, and we’re gonna be keeping peoples’ names out of our mouths,” host Trevor Noah joked in a light allusion to the Oscars.
Forced to move to Las Vegas from its January 31 date at L.A.’s Crypto.com Arena following this winter’s Omicron surge, the ceremony rewarded ambitious, chart-topping young pop acts like Rodrigo alongside legends like 95-year-old Tony Bennett, whose album of Cole Porter standards with Lady Gaga, “Love for Sale,” won for traditional pop album, making him the second-oldest Grammy winner in history. Bennett, who has Alzheimer’s disease, was unable to attend the ceremony.
Early in the night, Noah brought out Eilish’s production manager Nicole Massey to introduce Eilish’s fiery performance of “Happier Than Ever” with her brother and fellow nominee Finneas. Massey was one of several tour managers and other road vets acknowledged onstage in the telecast, a sharp contrast to the Oscars, which cut many below-the-line awards during its show. “I left my job and whole touring family” for two years during the pandemic, Massey said.
The Grammys tried — if sometimes in vain — to acknowledge global pop. BTS and Nigerian singer Wizkid lost out in their big nominations, though Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny continued his three-albums-in-a-year victory lap with a win for “El Último Tour Del Mundo” in the música urbana album category.
Some stars had pathbreaking nominations but near-misses on Sunday night. Mickey Guyton, whose “Remember Her Name” continued her streak of incendiary singles during an ascendant year for Black women in country music, lost country album, song and solo performance to Grammy favorite Chris Stapleton.
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