- Miley Cyrus won Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for her hit song “Flowers,” making them the first Grammy wins of her career.
- Taylor Swift won her 4th Album of the Year for her album “Midnights,” becoming the first person in Grammy history to win most Album of the Year awards. However, she is currently facing scrutiny over some of her actions at the award show — she controversially ignored Celine Dion who presented her award, and, in her winning speech, she announced her new upcoming album, “The Tortured Poets Department.”
- Billie Eilish won Song of the Year with her hit single from “Barbie,” “What was I Made For.”
- Victoria Monet won Best New Artist, beating Noah Kahan, Coco Jones and Ice Spice.
- Boygenius won Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for their song “Not Strong Enough” as well as Best Alternative Music Album for their album, “The Record.”
- SZA won three Grammy awards in Best Progressive R&B Album for her album, “SOS,” Best R&B Song for her song “Snooze,” and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Ghost in the Machine,” alongside Phoebe Bridgers.
- Laufey won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, making it her first Grammy.
- Peso Pluma won Best Musica Mexicana album (Including Tejano) for his album, “Genesis,” winning his first Grammy.
- Tyla won Best African Music Performance for her hit song, “Water.”
- Joni Mitchell won Best Folk Album for her album, “Joni Mitchell at Newport”.
- Jay-Z won the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award and gave a surprising speech calling out how Beyonce has never won the coveted Album of the Year award, despite being the most decorated Grammy winner as well as the Grammy’s lack of acknowledgement of Black artists.
- As the most memorable performance of the night, Tracy Chapman, who has not publicly performed in years, performed her famously iconic song “Fast Car” with Luke Combs, whose country cover of her song was nominated for Best Country Solo Performance.
- In Memoriam performances included but were not limited to “Proud Mary,” “Nothing Compares 2 U” and “The Best is Yet to Come” in tribute to Tina Turner, Sinead O’Connor and Tony Bennet respectively.
- U2 performed their song, “Atomic City” from the Las Vegas Sphere broadcasted for the Grammys. They are the first band to host a 40-show Las Vegas residency in the Sphere, though Senior Arts Editor Phoebe Grandi thinks their Grammys performance was “mid.”
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