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Jazz singer Samara Joy won best new artist, shrugging off challenges by such acts as Wet Leg, Anitta and Maneskin. The New Yorker was virtually in tears when she collected the award and noted that her little brother was her date. B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 so, so grateful. Thank you.B次元官网网址� She has released two albums as a lead artist and also won the Grammy for best jazz vocal album earlier in the night.
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The performance was a crowd-pleasing moment for a ceremony that has long had a shaky history of not recognizing rap.
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Petras thanked Madonna for being a tremendous supporter of LGBTQ rights.
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The show made its return to Los Angeles after the pandemic first delayed, then forced the Grammys to move to Las Vegas last year. Noah hosted the ceremony as well, which saw Jon Batiste take home album of the year.
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AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy contributed to this report.
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By Jonathan Landrum Jr.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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