By Deepa Lakshmin Jon Batiste’s We Are. Tony Bennet and Lady Gaga’s Love For Sale. Justin Bieber’s Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe). Doja Cat’s Planet Her (Deluxe). Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever. H.E.R.’s Back of My Mind. Lil Nas X’s Montero. Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour. Taylor Swift’s Evermore. Kanye West’s Donda. The Recording Academy nominated all of the above for Album of the Year at the 64th Grammy Awards, and though Jon Batiste ultimately took home one of the night’s most coveted Gramophones, he wants the audience to know there are no superlatives when it comes to art. In fact, as...
By Alex Gonzalez Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak opened the show tonight (April 3) with “777” from their collaborative album, An Evening With Silk Sonic, and near the end of the show, they closed the door so humbly. Taking home the penultimate award of the night, Mars and .Paak super duo Silk Sonic won the Record Of The Year award for “Leave The Door Open” at the 64th Grammy Awards. https://twitter.com/MTVNEWS/status/1510817296616415235 Earlier in the night, “Leave The Door Open” won for Best R&B Performance and Song of the Year. Mars, .Paak, and producer Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II once again danced...
By Alex Gonzalez Justin Bieber brought his “Peaches” down to Sin City at the 64th Grammy Awards for a performance of the Justice cut. Opening the performance with a stripped-back intro, the Biebs showed off his skills on the old 88s. As the beat transitioned, Bieber was joined by his “Peaches” collaborators Daniel Caesar and Giveon, along with a full band. https://twitter.com/MTVNEWS/status/1510812225816174597 The audience vibed with the groove, bouncing to the beat of the song. Lady Gaga, Olivia Rodrigo, Lil Nas X, and Bieber’s wife Hailey could all be seen head-bopping and lip-syncing to “Peaches.” The performance proved to...
From presenting Best Picture at the Oscars to belting on the Grammys stage, it’s just another week for Lady Gaga. For tonight’s (April 3) Grammy Awards, Gaga blasted down from Chromatica to give the audience a big band experience, performing tracks from Love for Sale, the jazz album she recorded with music legend, Tony Bennett. While Bennett wasn’t at the awards ceremony in person — he retired from the stage last year due to his worsening Alzheimer’s condition — he recorded a video introduction to Gaga’s performance, blowing the pop star a kiss. Then, Mother Monster took to the...
By Deepa Lakshmin Every year, the Grammy Awards shine a light on up-and-coming talent worth keeping your eyes on (and ears open for). In the past decade, the Best New Artist gramophone has landed in the arms of Megan Thee Stallion, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Alessia Cara, and Sam Smith, to name a few. On Sunday (April 3), Sour prom queen Olivia Rodrigo joined this hall of fame shortly after opening the big night with a glowing performance of “Drivers License.” Meg and Dua appropriately presented her with the award, passing down the honor they enjoyed themselves. There’s no doubt...
By Deepa Lakshmin If BTS’s Grammy performance is a sneak peek of what to expect for their upcoming “Permission to Dance” series of Las Vegas shows, then their Army fandom better skip the fancy shoes and stick to something they can comfortably dance in. At the awards show Sunday night (April 3), BTS brought their sleek choreography and hit song “Butter” to Vegas’s MGM Grand Garden Arena. They’re the first K-pop group to perform at the Grammys and are up for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance this year, the same category they were nominated in last year for “Dynamite.” https://twitter.com/MTVNEWS/status/1510776557064830981...
By Alex Gonzalez Billie Eilish is taking the 64th Grammy Awards by storm — literally. On top of her nominations this evening, Eilish delivered a captivating performance of the title track from her sophomore album Happier Than Ever. Eilish opens the song while singing inside a model of a house, wearing a shirt with a picture of the Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died earlier this week. As the camera zooms out, the home is revealed to be upside down, with a couch on the ceiling. When the lens zooms further, we see that the floor-ceiling has flooded with...
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow brought “Industry Baby” to the music industry’s biggest night, the 64th Grammys on Sunday (April 3). At last year’s VMAs, the dynamic duo performed their hit collab live for the first time, and tonight (April 3) Nas X and Harlow reunited on the Grammys stage to sing their nominated track, “Industry Baby,” part of a medley of Montero hits. https://twitter.com/MTVNEWS/status/1510780706850590724 The colorful performance began with Nas X — dressed in a glittering black robe — singing “Dead Right Now,” backed by a drumline chorus and intergalactic images. The cosmos on the screens were...
By Alex Gonzalez Over a year after they performed it at the 63rd Grammy Awards, Silk Sonic have won the coveted Song of the Year Award at the 64th Grammys for “Leave the Door Open.” Composed of superstar artists Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic have secured three other nominations at this year’s ceremony, including Record of the Year, Best R&B Performance, and Best R&B Song. They won in the latter category before the telecast in a tie with Jazmine Sullivan’s “Pick Up Your Feelings.” Mars, .Paak, and the song’s co-writer and producer Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II took...
By Deepa Lakshmin By the time Olivia Rodrigo hit the stage at the 64th Grammy Awards on Sunday night (April 3) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, she was already a winner. With a whopping seven nominations in all the major categories, the Sour singer-songwriter took home her first-ever Gramophone for “Best Pop Solo Performance” for the unforgettable “Drivers License” ahead of the show. It was fitting that not long after, she sang the same song as the first performance of the big night — a career-defining moment, no doubt. “I’ve grown up watching the Grammys...