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Grammys 2022: Jazmine Sullivan wins Best R&B Album, Best R&B Performance
They comfortably beat ABBA, Olivia Rodrigo, Justin Bieber, Doja Cat and SZA, and Jon Batiste. Billie Eilish, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Brandi Carlile, and Lil Nas X were also among the nominees. In his acceptance speech, Anderson .Paak of 'Silk Sonic' joked about trying to stay humble while "sweeping" their categories while his creative partner Mars casually smoked a cigarette.
Grammys 2022: Jon Batiste wins four Grammy Awards before the main ceremony
Jon won the 'Best American Roots Performance' and 'American Roots Song' for 'Cry', 'Best Music Video' for his song 'Freedom', which is a tribute to New Orleans. He also shared the award for 'Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media' with Carlos Rafael Rivera for composing and arranging some of the music in Pixar movie 'Soul'.
Grammys 2022: Doja Cat, BTS, Olivia Rodrigo add glamour to red carpet
Singer Billie Eilish arrives fresh off an Academy Award win for her crooning Bond song 'No Time to Die'. Megan Thee Stallion also made an appearance on the carpet tonight after a show-stopping performance of 'Encanto' hit 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' at last week's Oscars. Among the night's nominees are Jon Batiste, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Olivia Rodrigo, among others.
Grammys 2022: Trevor Noah opens with Will Smith 'slap' joke
Questlove won the Oscar for documentary feature right after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock. Both Smith and Rock discussed the incident themselves in the days after the Oscar ceremony. Smith apologised to Rock on March 28. The actor published a statement on social media, writing: "My behavior at last night's Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. I would like to publicly apologise to you, Chris.
Grammys 2022: 'Leave The Door Open' wins 'Song Of The Year'
The song bagged the title of 'Song Of The Year' as it edged out 'Drivers License' (Olivia Rodrigo), 'Bad Habits' (Ed Sheeran), 'Happier Than Ever' (Billie Eilish), 'Peaches' (Justin Bieber), 'Call Me by Your Name' (Lil Nas X) and 'Kiss Me More' (Doja Cat). D'Mile, who served as the writer on last year's winner, 'I Can't Breathe', by H.E.R. has become the first person to win 'Song Of The Year' in consecutive years.
Olivia Rodrigo walks away with Best Pop Vocal Album honour
Earlier, Rodrigo also won the Grammy for Best New Artist. Rodrigo said in her acceptance speech, "When I was nine years old, I told my mom I was going to be an Olympic gymnast even though I could barely do a cartwheel and she thought I was joking." "So the next week when I told her I was going to win a Grammy, she was very supportive, even though I thought it was just a little kid pipe dream. I want to thank my mom for being supportive of all of my dreams, no matter how crazy," she further said in her speech.
Grammys 2022: 'Our musicians are in body armour, not tuxedos', says Zelensky in pre-recorded video (Ld)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared at the 64th annual Grammy Awards to give a pre-taped speech amid Russia's continued invasion of his country. He shot the video within the last 48 hours in a bunker in Kiev. The video introduced John Legend's performance about two hours into the show.
Grammys 2022: Taylor Hawkins honoured in emotional tribute video
Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters drummer, who died on March 25 was honoured at the Grammys through a video 'My Hero', which showed live footage of Hawkins along with photos of him taking centre stage as a singer. He often traded places with frontman Dave Grohl to perform a Queen song at Foo Fighters shows.
Grammys 2022: Lady Gaga gives glamorous Jazz performance after Tony Bennett introduction
Bennett on Sunday night offered a videotaped introduction for his duet partner, offering a simple and sincere" "Hi everyone, please welcome Lady Gaga!" Gaga then brought the house down with a high-energy rendition of 'Love for Sale', with a big band arrangement of the Cole Porter standard, reports Variety'.
Grammys 2022: 'Younger Me' becomes first LGBTQ+ theme song to score Country Grammy
As per Variety, TJ Osborne, who came out as gay in February 2021, was joined at the podium at the pre-telecast premiere ceremony by his brother, guitarist John Osborne. TJ Osborne said, "For those of you who do not know, this song was written really in response to me coming out. And I never thought I would be able to do music professionally because of my sexuality."
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