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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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.
Kanye West is also up for Album of the Year for his much-delayed album Donda.
You can read The Independent’s review at the link below.
Five-time nominee Allison Russell recently spoke to The Independent about her album Outside Child.
“When you have queer women, Black women, and queer and Black women – as I am – being nominated, intersectional identities that have been shut out for so long, that to me shows positive progression,” she said.
Read the full interview below.
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The Grammys pre-show should be about to kick off any second! Who’s tuning in?
Very bizarre being able to hear the announcer telling the guests to the move closer to the stage at the MGM Garden Arena...
And the pre-ceremony is off! With a performance from The Isaacs, John Popper and Nnenna Freelon and Maddison Cunningham.
We’ll be seeing a lot of the genre categories given out over the next couple of hours.
You can tune in here.
Lovely message there about the “indispensable” power of music to bring people together in times of trouble.
Taylor Swift is also nominated for Album of the Year for Evermore, the surprise record she dropped in December 2020.
You can read our review below.
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LeVar Burton here to take us through the first awards of the night.
“We’re back, y’all. We’re back!”
Yes, we are!
LeVar tells the audience to keep their acceptance speeches short (45 seconds max, to be precise) and not to send up any substitute acceptors.
Who doesn’t love a bit of pre-award show admin?
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