With ‘We Are’, jazz musician Jon Batiste won the Grammy for Album of the Year. Baptiste had made it to the awards with 11 nominations and took home five. Silk Sonic , the group project of Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak, won the Grammy for the Record of the Year category with “Leave the Door Open”, after breaking through to the top of the Billboard 100 Hottest Singles. Olivia Rodrigo is the best “new artist”(but it was also nominated in the categories of best album, best song, best record and best debut). These are the main prizes awarded in the 64th edition of the Grammys, the music awards that for the first time this year were held in Las Vegas after the organizers had postponed the original ceremony scheduled in Los Angeles at the end of January due to the resurgence of infections from Covid.
But the show was marked by the virtual participation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky , who in a video message said: “The war
. What could be more opposite to music ?
”, Adding that“ our musicians wear bulletproof vests instead of tuxedos. They sing for the wounded. In hospitals. Even for those who can’t hear them. But the music still manages to break through ”.
The Ukrainian president, snubbed by the Oscars last Sunday, asked music fans in America to use social media to “tell the truth about the war” and to support the cause of Ukraine “in any way possible, but not with silence”.
After Zelensky’s message, in a tribute to the country at war, John Legend took the stage , accompanied by musicians dressed in the colors of the Ukrainian flag, including singer-actress Mika Newton and poet Lyuba Yakimchuk.
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64 Grammy – Mika Newton and John Legend
Nominated record holder Jon Batiste , 35, from a family of New Orleans jazz musicians, also won the soundtrack award for the cartoon “Soul”, his song “Cry” and two more in the categories of “American roots”. Receiving the most coveted statuette, the one for the best album, he recalled that the categories of awards, as well as art, are subjective: “Music for me is more than entertainment. It is a spiritual practice”, said the musician that at CBS is at home as the lead band of the Stephen Colbert Show of the night.
Rapper Doja Cat and SZAwere honored for “Kiss Me More, judged the best non-individual pop performance:” I have never peed this fast in my life, “said Doja when she was in the bathroom when she reached the award announcement
. Gaga also sang for Tony Bennett: the Italian-American artist, who collaborated with the crooner for the album “Love for Sale”, sang the song of the same title for which they won the Grammy for best traditional pop vocal album . “We love you Tony, we miss you,” said Gaga at the end of the performance. Bennett, who is 95 and suffers from Alzheimer’s, announced last year that he will no longer sing in public. For the “crooner” it was the 14th Grammy in a very long career.
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Lady Gaga Performs at 64th Grammy Awards
The Foo Fighters have hoarded awards from the rock categories . Awards that acquire a more significant value for the band, after the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins , who died a week ago while touring South America. They won for Best Rock Performance , Best Rock Song and Best Rock Album for “Medicine at Midnight”. The Foo Fighters were supposed to sing at the Grammys, but canceled the appearance after the loss of their drummer.
No twist on live TV after the Oscars flop, marked by the slap given byWill Smith , shortly after being awarded Best Actor, to comedian Chris Rock , who had made an unfortunate joke on the shaved head of his wife Jada Pinkett.
The Internet, however, is “crazy” for a curtain that has not escaped the flashes of photographers. It’s about 19-year-old Olivia Rodrigo, a very young star born in Disney TV who according to many critics could have cleared away the most important awards, but only brought home those for best pop album (“Sour”), best individual pop performance (“Drivers License”) and for the best emerging artist. Rodrigo was caught in an exchange of glances with V of Bts, a “flirt” that immediately became a trend on social media. Also spectacular was the performance of the K-pop band with Jungkook swooping down from the ceiling as the others sat in the audience.
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Olivia Rodrigo and V of Bts
And here are all the main prizes awarded in the 64th edition of the Grammy Awards and all the photos of the evening:
– Album of the year: We are – Jon Batiste
– Recording of the year: “Leave The Door Open” – Silk Sonic
– Song of the year: “Leave The Door Open”
– Silk Sonic Songwriters: Bruno Mars, Anderson Paak, Christopher Brody Brown and Dernst Emile II
– Best new artist: Olivia Rodrigo
– Best Rock Album: Medicine At Midnight – Foo Fighters
– Best Pop Album: Sour – Olivia Rodrigo
– Best Rap Album: Call Me If You Get Lost – Tyler, The Creator
– Best Reggae Album: The Beauty in Silence – Soldati dell Army of Jah
– Best Urban Music Album: The Last Round the World – Bad Bunny
– Best Latin / Urban Pop Music Album: Mendo ‘- lex Cuba
– Best Latin Rock / Alternative Album: Origen – Juanes
– Best Latin Tropical Album: Salswing! – Rube’n Blades, Roberto Delgado & Orchestra
– Best Mexican and Texan regional album: A mis 80’s – Vicente Ferna’ndez
– Best traditional pop vocal album: Love For Sale – Tony Bennet and Lady Gaga
– Best world music album: Mother Nature – Angelique Kidjo
– Best Music Video: “Freedom” – Jon Batiste.
