Grammys 2022: Six biggest talking points, from Louis CK’s shock win to Zelensky’s surprise appearance
Jon Batiste, Silk Sonic and Olivia Rodrigo among the winners on music’s biggest night
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Your support makes all the difference.The 2022 Grammys took place tonight (3 April), with winners on the biggest night in music including Jon Batiste, Silk Sonic and Olivia Rodrigo.
The ceremony, which was originally set to happen in January, took place in Las Vegas, marking the first ceremony since changes to the nomination process were announced.
Jon Batiste was the most-nominated artist ahead of the ceremony with 11 nods. In the end he won five, including the prestigious Album of the Year award for We Are.
Other big winners on the night included Silk Sonic, the R&B superduo composed of singer Bruno Mars and rapper and singer Anderson .Paak, who took home the Grammy for Song of the Year for their single “Leave The Door Open”. Mars celebrated by lighting up a cigarette on stage, leading fans to ask: “Can I bum a smoke?”
Doja Cat and SZA won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for the collaboration “Kiss Me More”, with Doja Cat almost missing the award as she rushed back to the stage from the toilets. “I have never taken such a fast p*** in my whole life,” she joked. “Thank you everybody. I really appreciate it.”
Earlier on, Lady Gaga received a standing ovation from the audience after her performance of “Do I Love You” from her joint album with Tony Bennett, Love for Sale.
Other memorable moments on the night included a video address from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a shock win for comedian Louis CK, fashion designer Donatella Versace appearing on stage with Dua Lipa and Megan Thee Stallion and Billie Eilish performing in a T-shirt bearing the image of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died suddenly on 25 March in Colombia, aged 50.
After last week’s eventful Oscars, however, our correspondent Roisin O’Connor found the whole thing majorly dull.
See a full list of 2022 Grammy winners here.
Vince Mendoza takes home the award for Best Arrangement (Instruments and Vocals) – or he would, if he was there.
Best New Age Album up next, which goes to Stewart Copeland and Ricky Kej.
Drummer Copeland dedicates the award to Kej, then tells the band “don’t you dare” when they threaten to play them off. Legendary behaviour...
Best Improvised Jazz Solo goes to the late Chick Corea, but is accepted by Bernie Kirsch following his death in 2021.
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album goes to The Christian McBride Big Band who, with 17 members, really are a large jazz ensemble.
McBride jokes he’ll stay on stage, “sit in” and have a dance at the move along music, which I’d love to see.
Best Latin Jazz Album is another ensemble effort, won by Eliane Elisa with Chick Corea and Chucho Valdes.
Another name competing for Album of the Year tonight is Billie Eilish with her sophomore record Happier Than Ever.
You can read The Independent’s review below.
Despite the perky title, the darkness still remains on Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever – review
The 19-year-old fills her second album with things most of us don’t have to deal with – NDAs, interviews, paparazzi – and yet she weaves them around universal woes
The supremely talented Allison Russell is performing now.
She opens her performance with the powerful words: “We are not alone, we are not what we’ve lost. We are more than the sum of our scars.”
Check out our recent interview with Russell below.
Allison Russell interview: ‘I was a severely abused child and hiding was safer’
Almost a year after the Grammy-nominated ‘Outside Child’ was released, the album is enjoying a new lease of life – and Allison Russell is, too. Leonie Cooper talks to the Canadian musician about shedding a traumatic past by singing her way through the struggle
And back to the awards, this time with Arlo Parks on stage to dish out some prizes!
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