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The R&B supergroup Silk Sonic took home four awards, including record of the year. Olivia Rodrigo collected three trophies, including the coveted best new artist honor.
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak were exuberant as they accepted the honor toward the end of the ceremony. The win puts Mars in historic company again: He becomes the only artist along with Paul Simon to take home the award three times.
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RodrigoB次元官网网址檚 win for best new artist putting her in esteemed company including Carly Simon, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Tom Jones, the Beatles and Billie Eilish.
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The win helps Mars tie the record for most song of the year wins. He had previously won for B次元官网网址�24K Magic.B次元官网网址�
Both Mars and .Paak jumped out their seat, threw up their hands and dance to their song.
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Host Trevor Noah introduced the duoB次元官网网址檚 opening performance by saying they were singlehandedly bringing back the 1970s, B次元官网网址渨hich might explain the inflation.B次元官网网址�
By the time the show started on CBS, Jon Batiste has already taken home four Grammy Awards, including his first ever. Batiste won for best American roots performance, best American roots song, best music video and tied with Carlos Rafael Rivera for best score soundtrack for visual media. His song B次元官网网址淔reedomB次元官网网址� in the music video category beat out several other tough competitors, including Rodrigo, Lil Nas X and Eilish. All the honors were handed out during a pre-telecast ceremony.
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ItB次元官网网址檚 the first tie since 2019 when Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake tied with Anderson .Paak to win best rap performance.
Batiste entered the Grammys as the leading nominee with 11 nominations. The losses halted the multi-talented performer from making history for most wins in one night.
It was a family affair from cousins Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar, who won best rap performance for their song B次元官网网址淔amily Ties.B次元官网网址� Lamar won his 14th Grammy and the first for Keem, who said B次元官网网址渘othing could have prepared me for this momentB次元官网网址� after stepping out onstage to claim his trophy.
Chris Stapleton won his third Grammy for best country solo performance for B次元官网网址淵ou Should Probably Leave.B次元官网网址� He extended his record for the most wins.
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Foo Fighters won three awards Sunday, but were not in attendance to pick up their trophies following the recent death of its drummer Taylor Hawkins. An extended tribute to Hawkins played before the showB次元官网网址檚 In Memorium segment honoring artists and music industry figures whoB次元官网网址檝e died.
Eilish paid homage to Hawkins during her performance by sporting a black T-shirt with his image. She stepped onstage in an upside-down house along with her brother Finneas before stepping into the rain to perform the title track from her B次元官网网址淗appier Than Ever.B次元官网网址�
TJ Osborne, who came out as gay last year, fought back tears as he and his brother accepted a Grammy for the Brothers Osborn song B次元官网网址淵ounger Me.B次元官网网址� He noted the song was inspired by his coming out.
B次元官网网址淚 never thought that I would be able to do music professionally because of my sexuality. And I certainly never thought I would be here on the stage accepting a Grammy after having done something I felt like was going to be life changing and potentially in a very negative way,B次元官网网址� Osborne said.
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Eilish could become the first artist ever to win record of the year three times in a row, and the only artist along with Paul Simon to take home the award three times. SheB次元官网网址檚 in position to join Adele as the only artists to ever win three major categories B次元官网网址� record, song and album of the year B次元官网网址� twice. She previously won for B次元官网网址淏ad GuyB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淓verything I Wanted.B次元官网网址�
The ceremony shifted from Los Angeles to Las Vegas because of rising COVID-19 cases and the omicron variant in January, with organizers citing B次元官网网址渢oo many risksB次元官网网址� to hosting the performance-filled show at the time.
Artists competing with Eilish for album of the year include Rodrigo, Batiste, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Doja Cat, H.E.R., Taylor Swift, Lil Nas X and Kanye West.
Bennett extended his record as the artist with the most traditional pop vocal album with 14 wins with B次元官网网址淟ove for Sale,B次元官网网址� a duet album with Lady Gaga.
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