The top nominees for the Grammy Awards are, from left, Adele, Beyoncé and Harry Styles. , Photo Credit: AP
Will Beyonce emerge from the Grammy Awards as her most decorated artist ever?
This is one of the main storylines going into the ceremony, where Superstar is the leading nominee and needs four wins to make history.
Several of music’s biggest names are in the running for top honors, including Beyoncé – Harry Styles, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar, ABBA and Lizzo are all nominated for Album of the Year. Adele joins them in the Record of the Year contest.
Trevor Noah will host the live telecast from the Crypto.com Arena in Downtown Los Angeles beginning at 6.30am IST (5pm PT) on CBS and Paramount+. The show will include performances by Bad Bunny, Mary J. Blige, Sam Smith and Lizzo, as well as special musical tributes to late musicians Takeoff, Loretta Lynn and Christine McVie.
But with 91 Grammy categories, most of the awards are handed out during the Recording Academy’s live-streamed premiere ceremony. It is during that show that Beyoncé may pass Hungarian-British musician Georg Solti as the artist with the most Grammys. (Solti won a record-breaking 31st Grammy in 1997.)
There may be many more firsts: If Bad Bunny wins Album of the Year un verano sin t, marking the first time a Spanish-language album has taken the top honor. Taylor Swift, whose latest album Midnight Wasn’t Eligible For This Year’s Grammys, She Could Have Won The Trophy For Her First Song Of The Year all too well, Adele wins Song of the Year for her track easy on me With three wins will make him the most decorated artiste in the category, others to come for his megahits Greetings! And rolling in The Deep,
This year’s Grammys also introduced several new categories, including one for Video Game Music Composition. And several non-musicians, such as actors Viola Davis and Amanda Gorman, could take home trophies. Davis’ win in the Best Audiobook, Narration and Storytelling Recording category will make her the EGOT – an artist who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.
This year’s show returned to Los Angeles after it was delayed by the pandemic, then forced the Grammys to move to Las Vegas last year. Noah also hosted the ceremony, with Jon Batiste taking home Album of the Year.