LAS VEGAS. With a heartfelt surprise appeal from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Grammys awarded the best of stars and stripes music from the MGM casino in Las Vegas after the postponement of late January due to Covid. Soul-funk duo Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak) won Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best R&B Song with “Leave the Door Open”, while the award for Best Album in 2021 he went to “We Are” by jazzman Jon Baptiste who had arrived on the eve of the awards with eleven nominations and in the end won five. 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, took home only those for best pop album (“Sour”), best individual pop performance (” Drivers License ») and for the best emerging artist.
“Fill the silence of death with music”: Zelensky speaks at Grammys 2022
An award – best traditional pop vocal album – went to Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett for the Cole Porter song album “Love for Sale”. It was the 14th Grammy in a very long career for the 95-year-old “crooner” who stayed at home because of Alzheimer’s. Batiste also won other Grammys including Best Video by beating fierce competition that included Rodrigo, Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish. 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’s a spiritual practice, ”said the musician who is at home at CBS as a bandleader on the Stephen Colbert Show of the night.
Rappers Doja Cat and SZA were honored for “Kiss Me More”, judged the best non-individual pop performance: “I’ve never peed so fast in my life,” said Doja who was evidently joined by the announcement of the prize while in the bathroom.
The celebration “in memoriam” recalled, among others, Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters who died on tour on March 25 and composer Stephen Sondheim. The video-recorded appeal of Zelenski dominated everything: 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 every possible way, but not with silence”.
Here are all the main prizes awarded in the 64th edition of the Grammy Awards:
Album of the year: We areJon Batiste
Registration of the year: Leave The Door OpenSilk Sonic
Song of the year: Leave The Door OpenSilk Sonic
Song writers: Bruno Mars, Anderson Paak, Christopher Brody Brown e Dernst Emile II
Best new artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Best Rock Album: Medicine At MidnightFoo Fighters
Best Pop Album: Sour, Olivia Rodrigo
Best Rap Album: Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, The Creator
Best Reggae Album: Beauty in silence, Soldiers of the army of Jah
Best Urban Music Album: The last tour of the worldBad Bunny
Best Latin / Urban Pop Music Album: Mendò – lex Cuba
Best Latin Rock / Alternative Album: Origin, 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 e Lady Gaga
Best World Music Album: Mother Nature, Angelique Kidjo
Best Music Video: FreedomJon Batiste