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Grammy Awards return live from Las Vegas
After a delay of three months caused by the Omicron surge, the 64th Grammy Awards was held on the stage of the MGM Grand Garden Arena
After a delay of three months caused by the Omicron surge of the coronavirus, the 64th Grammy Awards was held on the stage the MGM Grand Garden Arena instead of its usual home in Los Angeles.
The show was hosted by comedian, actor, political commentator and anchor of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah who had presented the 63rd annual Grammy Awards last year. The awards kicked this year off with 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony hosted by LeVar Burton prior to Sunday’s broadcast.
The Premiere Ceremony, featured 6 special performances and more than 70 GRAMMYs awarded across music genres ranging from classical and jazz to R&B, Global music and more. Tune-in to celebrate nominees, winners, and outstanding creators working behind the scenes.
In the category of Best Country Duo/Group Performance the winner was the Brothers Osbourne for the hit song ‘Younger Me’ which singer-songwriter T.J. Osborne credited the inspiration for by the reaction to publicly sharing for the first time in February, 2021 that he is gay.
CBS who broadcast the show noted that Jon Batiste scored the most nominations with 11, winning four Grammy Awards before the televised portion of the ceremony even began. Batiste is up for both Record of the Year and Album of the Year along with multiple nominations for his work on the animated film “Soul.” Justin Bieber, Doja Cat and H.E.R. all scored eight nominations of their own, with H.E.R. winning the Best Traditional R&B Performance award earlier in the evening.
Editor’s note the following full list of nominees and winners is below and will be updated after the ceremony ends:
Record of the Year
- “I Still Have Faith In You” – ABBA
- “Freedom” – Jon Batiste
- “I Get a Kick Out of You” – Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
- “Peaches – Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar and Giveon
- “Right On Time” – Brandi Carlile
- “Kiss Me More” – Doja Cat featuring SZA
- “Happier Than Ever” – Billie Eilish
- “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” – Lil Nas X
- “drivers license” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “Leave the Door Open” – Silk Sonic – Winner
Album of the Year
- “We Are” – Jon Batiste – Winner
- “Love For Sale” -Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
- “Justice” – Justin Bieber
- “Planet Her”- Doja Cat
- “Happier Than Ever” – Billie Eilish
- “Montero” – Lil Nas X
- “Back of my Mind” – H.E.R.
- “sour” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “Evermore” – Taylor Swift
- “Donda” – Kanye
Song of the Year
- “Leave The Door Open” – Silk Sonic — Winner
- “Bad Habits” – Ed Sheeran
- “A Beautiful Noise” – Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile
- “drivers license” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “Fight For You” – H.E.R.
- “Happier Than Ever” – Billie Eilish
- “Kiss Me More” – Doja Cat featuring SZA
- “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” – Lil Nas X
- “Peaches” – Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon
- “Right On Time” – Brandi Carlile
Best New Artist
- Olivia Rodrigo – Winner
- Arooj Aftab
- Jimmy Allen
- Baby Keem
- FINNEAS
- Glass Animals
- Japanese Breakfast
- The Kid LAROI
- Arlo Parks
- Saweetie
Best Pop Solo Performance
- “drivers license” – Olivia Rodrigo — Winner
- “Anyone” – Justin Bieber
- “Right On Time” – Brandi Carlile
- “Happier Than Ever” – Billie Eilish
- “Positions” – Ariana Grande
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- “I Get A Kick Out Of You” – Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
- “Lonely” – Justin Bieber and Benny Blanco
- “Butter” – BTS
- “Higher Power” – Coldplay
- “Kiss Me More” – Doja Cat featuring SZA – Winner
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
- “Love For Sale” – Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga — Winner
- “Til We Meet Again (Live)” – Norah Jones
- “A Tori Kelly Christmas” – Tori Kelly
- “Ledisi Sings Nina” – Ledisi
- “That’s Life” – Willie Nelson
- “A Holly Dolly Christmas” -Dolly Parton
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
- “Alive” – Rüfüs Du Sol, Jason Evigan & Rüfüs Du Sol, producers; Cassian Stewart-Kasimba, mixer — Winner
- “Hero” – Afrojack & David Guetta, Kuk Harrell & Stargate, producers; Elio Debets, mixer
- “Loom” – Ólafur Arnalds Featuring Bonobo, Simon Green, producers; Ólafur Arnalds, mixer
- “Before” – James Blake, Dom Maker, producers; James Blake, mixer
- “Heartbreak” – Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Simon Green & Orlando Higginbottom, producers; Simon Green & Orlando Higginbottom, mixers
- “You Can Do It” – Caribou Dan Snaith, producer; David Wrench, mixer
- “The Business” – Tiësto, Hightower, Julia Karlsson & Tiësto, producers; Tiësto, mixer
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
- “Subconsciously” – Black Coffee — Winner
- “Fallen Embers” – ILLENIUM
- “Music Is The Weapon (Reloaded)” – Major Lazer
- “Shockwave” – Marshmello
- “Free Love” – Sylvan Esso
- “Judgement” – Ten City
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
- “Tree Falls” – Taylor Eigsti — Winner
- “Double Dealin'” – Randy Brecker & Eric Marienthal
- “The Garden” – Rachel Eckroth
- “At Blue Note Tokyo” – Steve Gadd Band
- “Deep: The Baritone Sessions, Vol. 2” – Mark Lettieri
Best Rock Performance
- “Shot In The Dark” – AC/DC
- “Know You Better (Live From Capitol Studio A)” – Black Pumas
- “Nothing Compares 2 U” – Chris Cornell
- “Ohms” – Deftones
- “Making A Fire” – Foo Fighters – Winner
Best Rock Song
- “Waiting On A War” Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett & Pat Smear, songwriters (Foo Fighters) — Winner
- “All My Favorite Songs” – Rivers Cuomo, Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson & Ilsey Juber, songwriters (Weezer)
- “The Bandit” – Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
- “Distance” – Wolfgang Van Halen, songwriter (Mammoth WVH)
- “Find My Way” – Paul McCartney
Best Metal Performance
- “The Alien” – Dream Theater — Winner
- “Genesis” – Deftones
- “Amazonia” – Gojira
- “Pushing The Tides” – Mastodon
- “The Triumph Of King Freak (A Crypt Of Preservation And Superstition)” – Rob Zombie
Best Rock Album
- “Medicine At Midnight” – Foo Fighters — Winner
- “Power Up” – AC/DC
- “Capitol Cuts – Live From Studio A” – Black Pumas
- “No One Sings Like You Anymore Vol. 1” – Chris Cornell
- “McCartney III” – Paul McCartney
Best Alternative Music Album
- “Daddy’s Home” – St. Vincent — Winner
- “Shore” – Fleet Foxes
- “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power” – Halsey
- “Jubilee” – Japanese Breakfast
- “Collapsed In Sunbeams” – Arlo Parks
Best R&B Performance
- “Pick Up Your Feelings” – Jazmine Sullivan — Winner (tie)
- “Leave The Door Open” – Silk Sonic — Winner (tie)
- “Lost You” – Snoh Aalegra
- “Peaches” – Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon
- “Damage” – H.E.R.
Best R&B Song
- “Leave The Door Open” – Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II and Bruno Mars, songwriters (Silk Sonic) — Winner
- “Damage” – Anthony Clemons Jr., Jeff Gitelman, H.E.R., Carl McCormick and Tiara Thomas
- “Good Days” – Jacob Collier, Carter Lang, Carlos Munoz, Solána Rowe & Christopher Ruelas, songwriters (SZA)
- “Heartbreak Anniversary” – Giveon Evans, Maneesh, Sevn Thomas and Varren Wade
- “Pick Up Your Feelings” – Denisia “Blu June” Andrews, Audra Mae Butts, Kyle Coleman, Brittany “Chi” Coney, Michael Holmes and Jazmine Sullivan
Best R&B Album
- “Heaux Tales” – Jazmine Sullivan — Winner
- “Temporary Highs In The Violet Skies” – Snoh Aalegra
- “We Are” – Jon Batiste
- “Gold-Diggers Sound” – Leon Bridges
- “Back Of My Mind” – H.E.R.
Best Rap Performance
- “Family Ties” – Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar — Winner
- “Up” – Cardi B
- “M Y . L I F E” – J. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray
- “Way 2 Sexy” – Drake featuring Future & Young Thug
- “Thot S***” – Megan Thee Stallion
Best Rap Song
- “Jail” – Dwayne Abernathy, Jr., Shawn Carter, Raul Cubina, Michael Dean, Charles M. Njapa, Sean Solymar, Brian Hugh Warner, Kanye West & Mark Williams, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Jay-Z) — Winner
- “Bath Salts” – Shawn Carter, Kasseem Dean, Michael Forno, Nasir Jones & Earl Simmons, songwriters (DMX Featuring Jay-Z & Nas)
- “Best Friend” – Amala Zandelie Dlamini, Lukasz Gottwald, Randall Avery Hammers, Diamonté Harper, Asia Smith, Theron Thomas & Rocco Valdes, songwriters (Saweetie Featuring Doja Cat)
- “Family Ties” – Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Hykeem Carter, Tobias Dekker, Colin Franken, Jasper Harris, Kendrick Lamar, Ronald Latour & Dominik Patrzek, songwriters (Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar)
- “m y . l i f e” – Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph & Jermaine Cole, songwriters (J. Cole Featuring 21 Savage & Morray)
Best Rap Album
- “Call Me If You Get Lost” – Tyler, The Creator — Winner
- “The Off-Season” – J. Cole
- “Certified Lover Boy” – Drake
- “King’s Disease II” – Nas
- “Donda” – Kanye West
Best Melodic Rap Performance
- “Hurricane” – Kanye West featuring the Weeknd and Lil Baby) – Winner
- “Pride Is the Devil” – J. Cole featuring Lil Baby
- “Need to Know” – Doja Cat
- “Industry Baby” – Lil Nas X featuring Jack Harlow
- “WusYaName” – Tyler, the Creator featuring Youngboy Never Broke Again and Ty Dolla Sign
Best Country Album
- “Starting Over” – Chris Stapleton – Winner
- “Skeletons” – Brothers Osborne
- “Remember Her Name” – Mickey Guyton
- “The Marfa Tapes” – Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall and Jack Ingram
- “The Ballad of Dood and Juanita” – Sturgill Simpson
Best Country Solo Performance
- “You Should Probably Leave” – Chris Stapleton – Winner
- “Forever After All” – Luke Combs
- “Remember Her Name” – Mickey Guyton
- “All I Do Is Drive” – Jason Isbell
- “camera roll” – Kacey Musgraves
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
- “Younger Me” – Brothers Osborne — Winner
- “If I Didn’t Love You” – Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood
- “Glad You Exist” – Dan + Shay
- “Chasing After You” – Ryan Hurd & Maren Morris
- “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” – Elle King & Miranda Lambert
Best Country Song
- “Cold” – Dave Cobb, J.T. Cure, Derek Mixon & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Chris Stapleton) — Winner
- “Better Than We Found It” – Jessie Jo Dillon, Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz, songwriters (Maren Morris)
- “camera roll” – Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves & Daniel Tashian, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
- “Country Again” – Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley & Thomas Rhett, songwriters (Thomas Rhett)
- “Fancy Like” – Cameron Bartolini, Walker Hayes, Josh Jenkins & Shane Stevens, songwriters (Walker Hayes)
- “Remember Her Name” – Mickey Guyton, Blake Hubbard, Jarrod Ingram & Parker Welling
Best Progressive R&B Album
- “Table For Two” – Lucky Daye — Winner
- “New Light” – Eric Bellinger
- “Something To Say” – Cory Henry
- “Mood Valiant” – Hiatus Kaiyote
- “Dinner Party: Dessert” – Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder & Kamasi Washington
- “Studying Abroad: Extended Stay” – Masego
Best Traditional R&B Performance
- “Fight For You” – H.E.R. – Winner
- “I Need You” – Jon Batiste
- “Bring It On Home To Me” – BJ The Chicago Kid, PJ Morton & Kenyon Dixon featuring Charlie Bereal
- “Born Again” – Leon Bridges Featuring Robert Glasper
- “How Much Can A Heart Take” – Lucky Daye Featuring Yebba
Best New Age Album
- “Divine Tides” – Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej – Winner
- “Brothers” – Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster & Tom Eaton
- “Pangaea” – Wouter Kellerman & David Arkenstone
- “Night + Day” – Opium Moon
- “Pieces Of Forever” – Laura Sullivan
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
- “Humpty Dumpty (Set 2)” – Chick Corea – Winner
- “Sackodougou” – Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
- “Kick Those Feet” – Kenny Barron
- “Bigger Than Us” – Jon Batiste
- “Absence” – Terence Blanchard
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- “Songwrights Apothecary Lab” – Esperanza Spalding – Winner
- “Generations” – The Baylor Project
- “SuperBlue” – Kurt Elling and Charlie Hunter
- “Time Traveler” – Nnenna Freelon
- “Flor” – Gretchen Parlato
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- “Skyline” – Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette and Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Winner
- “Jazz Selections: Music from and Inspired by Soul” – Jon Batiste
- “Absence” – Terence Blanchard featuring the E Collective and the Turtle Island Quartet
- “Akoustic Band Live” – Chick Corea, John Patitucci and Dave Weckl
- “Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV)” – Pat Metheny
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- “For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver” – Christian McBride Big Band – Winner
- “Live at Birdland!” – The Count Basie Orchestra directed by Scotty Barnhart
- “Dear Love” – Jazzmeia Horn and her Noble Force
- “Swirling” – Sun Ra Arkestra
- “Jackets XL” – Yellowjackets + WDR Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
- “Mirror Mirror” – Eliane Elias with Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés – Winner
- “The South Bronx Story” – Carlos Henriquez
- “Virtual Birdland” – Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
- “Transparency” – Dafnis Prieto Sextet
- “El Arte del Bolero” – Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo
Best Gospel Performance/Song
- “Never Lost” – CeCe Winans – Winner
- “Voice of God” – Dante Bowe featuring Steffany Gretzinger and Chandler Moore
- “Joyful” – Dante Bowe
- “Help” – Anthony Brown & Group Therapy
- “Wait on You” – Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
- “Believe for It” – CeCe Winans – Winner
- “We Win” – Kirk Franklin and Lil Baby
- “Hold Us Together” (Hope Mix) – H.E.R. and Tauren Wells
- “Man of Your Word” – Chandler Moore and KJ Scriven
- “Jireh” – Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music featuring Chandler Moore and Naomi Raine
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
- “Old Church Basement “– Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music – Winner
- “No Stranger” – Natalie Grant
- “Feels Like Home Vol. 2” – Israel and New Breed
- “The Blessing (Live)” – Kari Jobe
- “Citizen of Heaven (Live)” – Tauren Wells
Best Roots Gospel Album
- “My Savior” – Carrie Underwood – Winner
- “Alone with My Faith” – Harry Connick Jr.
- “That’s Gospel, Brother” – Gaither Vocal Band
- “Keeping On” – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
- “Songs for the Times” – The Isaacs
Best Latin Pop Album
- “Mendó” – Alex Cuba – Winner
- “Vértigo” – Pablo Alborán
- “Mis Amores” – Paula Arenas
- “Hecho a la Antigua” – Ricardo Arjona
- “Mis Manos” – Camilo
- “Revelación” – Selena Gomez
Best Música Urbana Album
- “El Último Tour Del Mundo” – Bad Bunny – Winner
- “Afrodisíaco” – Rauw Alejandro
- “Jose” – J Balvin
- “KG0516” – Karol G
- “Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios)” – Kali Uchis
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
- “Origen” – Juanes – Winner
- “Deja” – Bomba Estéreo
- “Mira Lo Que Me Hiciste Hacer (Deluxe Edition)” – Diamante Eléctrico
- “Calambre” – Nathy Peluso
- “El Madrileño” – C. Tangana
- “Sonidos de Karmática Resonancia” – Zoé
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
- “A Mis 80’s” – Vicente Fernández – Winner
- “Antología de la Musica Ranchera, Vol. 2” – Aida Cuevas
- “Seis” – Mon Laferte
- “Un Canto por México, Vol. 2” – Natalia Lafourcade
- “Ayayay! (Súper Deluxe)” – Christian Nodal
Best American Roots Performance
- “Cry” – Jon Batiste – Winner
- “Love and Regret” – Billy Strings
- “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” – The Blind Boys Of Alabama and Béla Fleck
- “Same Devil” – Brandy Clark featuring Brandi Carlile
- “Nightflyer” – Allison Russell
Best American Roots Song
- “Cry” – Jon Batiste and Steve McEwan – Winner
- “Avalon” – Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson and Francesco Turrisi
- “Bored” – Linda Chorney
- “Call Me a Fool” – Valerie June
- “Diamond Studded Shoes” – Dan Auerbach, Natalie Hemby, Aaron Lee Tasjan and Yola
- “Nightflyer” – Jeremy Lindsay and Allison Russell
Best Americana Album
- “Native Sons” – Los Lobos – Winner
- “Downhill from Everywhere” – Jackson Browne
- “Leftover Feelings” – John Hiatt with the Jerry Douglas Band
- “Outside Child” – Allison Russell
- “Stand for Myself” – Yola
Best Bluegrass Album
- “My Bluegrass Heart” – Béla Fleck – Winner
- “Renewal” – Billy Strings
- “A Tribute to Bill Monroe” – The Infamous Stringdusters
- “Cuttin’ Grass, Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions” – Sturgill Simpson
- “Music Is What I See” – Rhonda Vincent
Best Traditional Blues Album
- “I Be Trying” – Cedric Burnside – Winner
- “100 Years of Blues” – Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite
- “Traveler’s Blues” – Blues Traveler
- “Be Ready When I Call You” – Guy Davis
- “Take Me Back” – Kim Wilson
Best Contemporary Blues Album
- “662” – Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Winner
- “Delta Kream” – The Black Keys featuring Eric Deaton and Kenny Brown
- “Royal Tea” – Joe Bonamassa
- “Uncivil War” – Shemekia Copeland
- “Fire It Up” – Steve Cropper
Best Folk Album
- “They’re Calling Me Home” – Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi – Winner
- “One Night Lonely (Live)” – Mary Chapin Carpenter
- “Long Violent History” – Tyler Childers
- “Wednesday (Extended Edition)” – Madison Cunningham
- “Blue Heron Suite” – Sarah Jarosz
Best Regional Roots Music Album
- “Kau Ka Pe’a” – Kalani Pe’a – Winner
- “Live in New Orleans!” – Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock and Soul
- “Bloodstains & Teardrops” – Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
- “My People” – Cha Wa
- “Corey Ledet Zydeco” – Corey Ledet Zydeco
Best Reggae Album
- “Beauty in the Silence” − SOJA − Winner
- “Pamoja” − Etana
- “Positive Vibration” − Gramps Morgan
- “Live N Livin” − Sean Paul
- “Royal” − Jesse Royal
- “10” − Spice
Best Global Music Album
- “Mother Nature” − Angélique Kidjo − Winner
- “Voice of Bunbon (Vol. 1)” − Rocky Dawuni
- “East West Players Presents: Daniel Ho & Friends Live in Concert” − Daniel Ho & Friends
- “Legacy +” − Femi Kuti and Made Kuti
- “Made in Lagos (Deluxe Edition)” − Wizkid
Best Global Music Performance
- “Mohabbat” − Arooj Aftab − Winner
- “Do Yourself” − Angélique Kidjo and Burna Boy
- “Pà Pá Pà” − Femi Kuti
- “Blewu” − Yo-Yo Ma and Angélique Kidjo
- “Essence” − Wizkid featuring Tems
Best Children’s Album
- “A Colorful World” − Falu − Winner
- “Actívate” − 123 Andrés
- “All One Tribe” − 1 Tribe Collective
- “Black to the Future” − Pierce Freelon
- “Crayon Kids” − Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band
Best Spoken Word Album
- “Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation from John Lewis” − Don Cheadle − Winner
- “Aftermath” − LeVar Burton
- “Catching Dreams: Live at Fort Knox Chicago” − J. Ivy
- “8:46” − Dave Chappelle and Amir Sulaiman
- “A Promised Land” − Barack Obama
Best Comedy Album
- “Sincerely” – Louis C.K. – Winner
- “The Comedy Vaccine” – Lavell Crawford
- “Evolution” – Chelsea Handler
- “Thanks for Risking Your Life” – Lewis Black
- “The Greatest Average American” – Nate Bargatze
- “Zero F***s Given” – Kevin Hart
Best Musical Theater Album
- “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” – Emily Bear – Winner
- “Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella” – Carrie Hope Fletcher, Ivano Turco, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt and Helen George
- “Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater’s Some Lovers” – Burt Bacharach, Michael Croiter, Ben Hartman and Steven Sater
- “Girl from the North Country” – Simon Hale, Conor McPherson, and Dean Sharenow
- “Les Misérables: The Staged Concert” – Michael Ball, Alfie Boe, Carrie Hope Fletcher and Matt Lucas
- “Stephen Schwartz’s Snapshots” – Daniel C. Levine, Michael J. Moritz Jr., Bryan Perri and Stephen Schwartz
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
- “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” – Andra Day – Winner
- “Cruella” – Various artists
- “Dear Evan Hansen” – Various artists
- “In the Heights” – Various artists
- “One Night in Miami…” – Leslie Odom, Jr. and various artists
- “Respect” – Jennifer Hudson
- “Schmigadoon! Episode 1” – Various artists
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
- “Soul” – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, composers – Winner (tie)
- “The Queen’s Gambit” – Carlos Rafael Rivera, composer – Winner (tie)
- “Bridgerton” – Kris Bowers, composer
- “Dune” – Hans Zimmer, composer
- “The Mandalorian: Season 2 – Vol. 2 (Chapters 13–16)” – Ludwig Göransson, composer
Best Song Written for Visual Media
- “All Eyes on Me” (from Bo Burnham: Inside) – Winner
- “Agatha All Along” (from WandaVision)
- “All I Know So Far” (from Pink: All I Know So Far)
- “Fight For You” (from Judas and the Black Messiah)
- “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” (from Respect)
- “Speak Now” (from One Night in Miami…)
Best Instrumental Composition
- “Eberhard” – Lyle Mays – Winner
- “Beautiful Is Black” – Brandee Younger
- “Cat and Mouse” – Tom Nazziola
- “Concerto for Orchestra: Finale” – Vince Mendoza
- “Dreaming in Lions: Dreaming in Lions” – Arturo O’Farrill
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
- “Meta Knight’s Revenge” – Charlie Rosen and Jake Silverman – Winner
- “Chopsticks” – Bill O’Connell
- “For the Love of a Princess” – Robin Smith
- “Infinite Love” – Emile Mosseri
- “The Struggle Within” – Gabriela Quintero and Rodrigo Sanchez
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
- “To The Edge of Longing (Edit Version)” – Vince Mendoza – Winner
- “The Bottom Line” – Ólafur Arnalds
- “A Change is Gonna Come” – Tehillah Alphonso
- “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” – Jacob Collier
- “Eleanor Rigby” – Cody Fry
Best Recording Package
- “Pakelang” – Winner
- “American Jackpot / American Girls”
- “Carnage”
- “Serpentine Prison”
- “Zeta”
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
- “All Things Must Pass: 50th Anniversary Edition” – Winner
- “Color Theory”
- “The Future Bites (Limited Edition Box Set)”
- “77-81”
- “Swimming in Circles”
Best Album Notes
- “The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966” – Winner
- “Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas”
- “Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology”
- “Etching The Voice: Emile Berliner and the First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895”
- “The King of Gospel Music: The Life and Music of Reverend James Cleveland”
Best Historical Album
- “Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967)” – Joni Mitchell – Winner
- “Beyond The Music: Her Complete RCA Victor Recordings” – Marian Anderson
- “Etching The Voice: Emile Berliner and the First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895” – Various Artists
- “Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World’s Music” – Various Artists
- “Sign O’ The Times (Super Deluxe Edition)” – Prince
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
- Love for Sale – Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga – Winner
- Cinema – The Marías
- Dawn – Yebba
- Hey What – Low
- Notes with Attachments – Pino Palladino and Blake Mills
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
- Jack Antonoff – Winner
- Rogét Chahayed
- Mike Elizondo
- Hit-Boy
- Ricky Reed
Best Remixed Recording
- “Passenger” (Mike Shinoda remix) – Mike Shinoda, remixer (Deftones) – Winner
- “Back to Life” (Booker T Kings of Soul satta dub) – Booker T., remixer (Soul II Soul)
- “Born for Greatness” (Cymek remix) – Spencer Bastin, remixer (Papa Roach)
- “Constant Craving” (Fashionably Late remix) – Tracy Young, remixer (k.d. lang)
- “Inside Out” (3scape Drm remix) – 3scape Drm, remixer (Zedd and Griff)
- “Met Him Last Night” (Dave Audé remix) – Dave Audé, remixer (Demi Lovato featuring Ariana Grande)
- “Talks” (Mura Masa Remix) – Alexander Crossan, remixer (PVA)
Best Immersive Audio Album
- “Alicia” – Alicia Keys – Winner
- “Clique” – Patricia Barber
- “Fine Line” – Harry Styles
- “The Future Bites” – Steven Wilson
- “Stille Grender” – Anne Karin Sundal-Ask & Det Norske Jentekor
Best Engineered Album, Classical
- “Chanticleer Sings Christmas” – Winner
- “Archetypes”
- “Beethoven: Cello Sonatas – Hope Amid Tears”
- “Beethoven: Symphony No. 9”
- “Mahler: Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony of a Thousand'”
Producer of the Year, Classical
- Judith Sherman – Winner
- Blanton Alspaugh
- Steven Epstein
- David Frost
- Elaine Martone
Best Orchestral Performance
- “Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3” – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra) – Winner
- “Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Harmonielehre” – Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
- “Beethoven: Symphony No. 9” – Manfred Honeck, conductor (Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
- “Muhly: Throughline” – Nico Muhly, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
- “Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy” – Thomas Dausgaard, conductor (Seattle Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording
- “Glass: Akhnaten” – Karen Kamensek – Winner
- “Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle” – Susanna Mälkki
- “Janáček: Cunning Little Vixen” – Simon Rattle
- “Little: Soldier Songs” – Corrado Rovaris
- “Poulenc: Dialogues Des Carmélites” – Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Best Choral Performance
- “Mahler: Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony Of A Thousand'” – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor – Winner
- “It’s a Long Way” – Matthew Guard, conductor
- “Rising w/The Crossing” – Donald Nally, conductor
- “Schnittke: Choir Concerto; Three Sacred Hymns; Pärt: Seven Magnificat-Antiphons” – Kaspars Putniņš, conductor
- “Sheehan: Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom” – Benedict Sheehan, conductor
- “The Singing Guitar” – Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
- “Beethoven: Cello Sonatas – Hope Amid Tears” – Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax – Winner
- “Adams, John Luther: Lines Made by Walking” – JACK Quartet
- “Akiho: Seven Pillars” – Sandbox Percussion
- “Archetypes” – Sérgio Assad, Clarice Assad and Third Coast Percussion
- “Bruits” – Imani Winds
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
- “Alone Together” – Jennifer Koh – Winner
- “An American Mosaic” – Simone Dinnerstein
- “Bach: Sonatas & Partitas” – Augustin Hadelich
- “Beethoven & Brahms: Violin Concertos” – Gil Shaham; Eric Jacobsen, conductor (The Knights)
- “Mak Bach” – Mak Grgić
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
- “Mythologies” – Sangeeta Kaur and Hila Plitmann – Winner
- “Confessions” – Laura Strickling; Joy Schreier, pianist
- “Dreams Of A New Day – Songs By Black Composers” – Will Liverman; Paul Sánchez, pianist
- “Schubert: Winterreise” – Joyce DiDonato; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist
- “Unexpected Shadows” – Jamie Barton; Jake Heggie, pianist (Matt Haimovitz)
Best Classical Compendium
- “Women Warriors – The Voices Of Change” – Winner
- “American Originals – A New World, A New Canon”
- “Berg: Violin Concerto; Seven Early Songs and Three Pieces for Orchestra”
- “Cerrone: The Arching Path”
- “Plays”
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
- “Shaw: Narrow Sea” – Caroline Shaw, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish and Sō Percussion) – Winner
- “Akiho: Seven Pillars” – Andy Akiho, composer (Sandbox Percussion)
- “Andriessen: The Only One” – Louis Andriessen, composer (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Nora Fischer and Los Angeles Philharmonic)
- “Assad, Clarice & Sérgio, Connors, Dillon, Martin & Skidmore: Archetypes” – Clarice Assad, Sérgio Assad, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin and David Skidmore, composers (Sérgio Assad, Clarice Assad and Third Coast Percussion)
- “Batiste: Movement 11′” – Jon Batiste, composer (Jon Batiste)
Best Music Video
- “Freedom” – Jon Batiste – Winner
- “Shot in the Dark” – AC/DC
- “I Get a Kick Out of You” – Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
- “Peaches” – Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon
- “Happier Than Ever” – Billie Eilish
- “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” – Lil Nas X
- “Good 4 U” – Olivia Rodrigo
Best Music Film
- “Summer of Soul” – Various Artists – Winner
- “Bo Burnham: Inside” – Bo Burnham
- “David Byrne’s American Utopia” – David Byrne
- “Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles” – Billie Eilish
- “Music, Money, Madness… Jimi Hendrix in Maui” – Jimi Hendrix
Theater
Iconic Eddie Izzard takes on 23 characters in ‘Hamlet’
Energized take on role offers accessible way to enjoy Shakespeare
‘The Tragedy of Hamlet’
Through April 11
Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Klein Theatre
450 7th St., N.W.
Tickets start at $90
Shakespearetheatre.org
Eddie Izzard is an icon.
Best known for her innovative standup and film roles, the famed British performer is also a queer activist who over the years has good-naturedly shared details from her decades long trans journey. What’s more, Izzard has remarkably run 43 marathons in 51 days for charity.
And now, Izzard finds a towering new challenge with the worldwide tour of “The Tragedy of Hamlet” (at Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Klein Theatre through April 11), in which she plays 23 characters (Hamlet, King Claudius, Queen Gertrude, the ghost, etc.) in a solo performance running just over two hours.
At a recent performance, Izzard, before slipping into character, appeared on the unadorned stage to say that though infused with comedy, “Hamlet” is definitely a tragedy, a story of a family and country both tearing themselves apart. She also warns that there’ll be a lot of breaking the fourth wall. After all, it didn’t exist in 1600 around the time when “Hamlet” was written.
The play unfolds in flurry of movement and scandal as the Danish prince begins to plot revenge after learning that his father, the old king was conspired against and murdered.
While some of Izzard’s character shifts are shown only by a subtle change in stance or modulation of voice, others are more obviously displayed like court sycophant Polonius walking with a stiff leg and mimed cane, or his ill-fated daughter Ophelia trotting girlishly across the upstage platform.
Delivered downstage at the intimate Klein venue, Izzard’s Hamlet soliloquies are performed with striking clarity. The one actor play is adapted and edited by Mark Izzard (the star’s older brother) and directed by Selina Cadell who successfully fosters the visceral connection between the actor and the house. Directly addressing an audience is something Izzard does exceedingly well. You feel as if she’s looking at/speaking to only you.
Cuts and choices are made that might not please traditionalists. The stabbing of eavesdropping Polonius might prove disappointingly underplayed to some. Whereas, the subsequent satisfying dual/death scene is long and precisely choreographed. Fear not, Izzard doesn’t flag a bit, not even when battling a cough (as was the case on the night of No Kings Day).
Not surprisingly, Izzard leans into the comedy. Her deliciously placed pauses, lines read ironically, and double takes, all gifts of comedy sharpened to perfection over a long career that kicked off as a street performer in the early eighties in London’s Covent Garden.
The play within a play scene finds Hamlet slyly rattling the conscience of King Claudius. As played by Izzard, it’s wickedly delightful and especially good. And the back and forth between the grave diggers done as a clever Cockney and his green assistant is a master class in how to play a Shakespearean clown.
Kitted out in a black peplum jacket over leather leggings and boots, Izzard gives gender fluid shades of contemporary diehard scenester and a Renaissance courtier. (Design and styling by Tom Piper and Libby DaCosta)
Attention has been paid to the blonde high ponytail, crimson lips and matching lacquered nails. The hands are important. Whether balled into fists or fingers fluttering, they’re in use, especially when playing Hamlet’s ex-friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (a clever surprise that can’t be spoiled).
Tom Piper’s set is wonderfully minimal. It’s an empty white walled space with three narrow windows that appear cut deeply into stone like those of a castle. These white flats serve as the ideal canvas for lighting designer Tyler Elich’s looming shadows, ghostly green light, and other unexpected flourishes of drama.
Izzard fills the stage. Her presence is huge, and her acting first-rate. At times, you forget it’s a one-person show.
I’d like to say, prior knowledge of the Bard’s best tragedy isn’t necessary to enjoy this fast-paced production. Despite a halved runtime and obscure words replaced with modern equivalents (“tedious old git” Hamlet says of Polonius), familiarity with the play is helpful.
With “The Tragedy of Hamlet,” Izzard secures a place among fellow queer Brits like Miriam Margolyes (“Dickens’ Women”), Sir Ian Mckellan (“Ian McKellen on Stage”), and more recently Andrew Scott (“Vanya”) in the solo players’ pantheon.
Izzard’s energized take on Hamlet is terrific. The way her powerful public persona bleeds into the work without taking over is exciting, and a uniquely accessible way to enjoy Shakespeare.
Friday, April 3
Center Aging Monthly Luncheon With Yoga will be at 12 p.m. at the DC Center for the LGBT Community. Email Mac at [email protected] if you require ASL interpreter assistance, have any dietary restrictions, or questions about this event.
Go Gay DC will host “First Friday LGBTQ+ Community Social” at 7 p.m. at Silver Diner Ballston. This is a chance to relax, make new friends, and enjoy happy hour specials at this classic retro venue. Attendance is free and more details are available on Eventbrite.
Saturday, April 4
Go Gay DC will host “LGBTQ+ Community Brunch” at 11 a.m. at Freddie’s Beach Bar & Restaurant. This fun weekly event brings the DMV area LGBTQ+ community, including allies, together for delicious food and conversation. Attendance is free and more details are available on Eventbrite.
Nellies Sports Bar will host “Nellies DC Drag Brunch” at 12 p.m. Come get served like a queen, by a queen at the top rated Drag Brunch in DC! Join Sapphire Blue, Deja Diamond and their team of amazing drag performers, for the most fun you’ll have all weekend. Tickets start at $58.51 and are available on Eventbrite.
Monday, April 6
Center Aging: Monday Coffee Klatch will be at 10 a.m. on Zoom. This is a social hour for older LGBTQ+ adults. Guests are encouraged to bring a beverage of choice. For more information, contact Adam ([email protected]).
Go Gay DC will host “LGBTQ+ Community Happy Hour Meetup” at 5:30 p.m. at Freddie’s Beach Bar and restaurant. This event is ideal for making new friends. It’s free to attend. The group will gather inside at the purple booth to the left. Attendance is free and more details are available on Eventbrite.
Tuesday, April 7
Universal Pride Meeting will be at 7 p.m. on Zoom. This group seeks to support, educate, empower, and create change for people with disabilities. For more details, email [email protected].
Wednesday, April 8
Job Club will be at 6 p.m. on Zoom upon request. This is a weekly job support program to help job entrants and seekers, including the long-term unemployed, improve self-confidence, motivation, resilience and productivity for effective job searches and networking — allowing participants to move away from being merely “applicants” toward being “candidates.” For more information, email [email protected] or visit www.thedccenter.org/careers.
Thursday, April 9
The DC Center’s Fresh Produce Program will be held all day at the DC Center for the LGBT Community. To be more fair with who is receiving boxes, the program is moving to a lottery system. People will be informed on Wednesday at 5:00 pm if they are picked to receive a produce box. No proof of residency or income is required. For more information, email [email protected] or call 202-682-2245.
Virtual Yoga Class will be at 7 p.m. on Zoom. This free weekly class is a combination of yoga, breathwork and meditation that allows LGBTQ+ community members to continue their healing journey with somatic and mindfulness practices. For more details, visit the DC Center’s website.
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Award-winning D.C. chef reaching new culinary heights
Anthony Jones of Marcus DC competing on ‘Top Chef’
In Anthony Jones’s kitchen, all sorts of flags fly, including his own. Executive chef at award-winning restaurant Marcus DC, Jones has reached culinary heights (James Beard Award semifinalist for Emerging Chef, anyone?), yet he’s just getting started.
Briefly stepping away from his award-winning station, Jones took a moment under a different set of lights. Recently, he temporarily gave up his post at the restaurant for a starring small-screen slot on the latest season of “Top Chef,” which debuted in March. (The show airs weekly on Bravo and Peacock).
Before his strategic slice-and-dice competition, however, Jones, who identifies as gay, draws from his deep DMV roots. In the years before “Top Chef” and the top chef spot at Marcus, he was born and raised in Sunderland, Md., in southern Maryland, near the Chesapeake.
Early memories were steeped in afternoons on boats with his dad bonding over fishing, and wandering the garden of his great-grandparents spread with fresh vegetables and a few hogs. “It was Southern, old-school ethics and upbringing,” he said. “Family and food went hand in hand.” Weekends meant grabbing bushels of crabs, dad and grandma would cook and crack them. Family members would host fish fries for extra cash. In this seafood-heavy youth, Jones managed time to sneak in episodes of the “OG” Japanese “Iron Chef” show, which helped inspire him to pursue a career in the kitchen.
Jones moved to D.C. after graduating from college, ending up at lauded Restaurant Eve, and met famed chef Marcus Samuelson, who brought him to Miami to be part of the opening team for Red Rooster Overtown. After three years, Jones moved back to D.C., where he ran Dirty Habit, reinventing and reimagining the menu, integrating West African flavors and ingredients.
Samuelson, however, wouldn’t let a talent like Jones stay away for too long. Pulling Jones back into his orbit, Samuelson elevated Jones to help him open his namesake restaurant Marcus DC, which has been named a top-five restaurant by the Washington Post. Since then, Jones has been nominated as a semifinalist for the RAMMYs Rising Culinary Star in 2026 and won the Eater DC’s Rising Chef award in 2025.
Samuelson’s Marcus is a tour de force interpreting the Black Diaspora on the plate, from the American South to West Africa, along with his signature “Swedopian” touches. Yet it’s Jones who has deeply informed the plate, elevating his own story to date. Marcus DC is primarily a seafood restaurant, which serves Jones well.
“Where I’m from is seafood heavy, and as I’ve progressed in my career, I’ve moved away from meat.” Veggies and fish are hero dishes. His own dish, Mel’s Crab Rice, was not only lauded by the Washington Post, but is framed by his youth carrying home the crustaceans from Mel’s crab truck. It’s a bowl of Carolina rice, layered with pickled okra, uni béarnaise, and crab. Jones also points to a dish on the opening menu, rockfish and brassica, paying respect to a landmark D.C. institution, Ben’s Chili Bowl. Jones reverse engineered a favorite bowl of chili that’s seafood instead of meat forward, leveraging octopus and rockfish along with different riffs of cauliflower: showing his intellectual, creative, and cultural sides.
While “Top Chef” is showing Jones’s spotlight side, he also lets his identity show at work. “In the kitchen, I make sure we’re inclusive. We don’t tolerate discrimination. Everyone that’s here should feel confident to express themselves. There are so many different flags in the kitchen.”
Jones says that he didn’t fully express his gay identity until fairly recently. He felt reluctant coming out to certain family members, “you’re scared to tell them about being different,” he says, and while that anxiety ate at him, “I’m lucky and fortunate to have unconditional love and that weight off my shoulders.”
Today, “I’m me all the time, Monday to Sunday. I’m honest with people, and my staff is honest with me.”
“Being a chef is hard,” he says, “and being a chef of color is even more difficult.”
Yet his LGBTQ identity is a juggling act, he says. “I need to keep that balance, because once someone finds out something about you, their opinion can change, whether you want it or not.”
Being on a whole season of TV cooking competition, however, might mean millions more might have an opinion of him (Jones has appeared on TV already, on an episode of “Chopped”). To prepare, he says, “I’ve just kept a level head. It’s just an honor to be on top chef with amazing people happy to be there.”
Plus, this season is set in the Carolinas, and Jones attended Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte, N.C. “It’s a full story of my life, now a monumental moment for me.”
Jones also recently was nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award. “JBF has been a north star, a dream for so long. I always had this goal on my wall.”
Being at the top spot at Marcus DC, making waves through his accolades, and cooking on Bravo means that Jones is highly visible. “I think that if someone has a similar background to me, and can see our story, trajectory, and success, they can have more ability to be themselves. This is my goal.”
Back at Marcus, Jones has plenty up his chef’s white’s sleeves. A new spring menu is in the works. He’ll be launching a new tasting menu “dining experience,” he says, and has plans to work on more events and collaborations with chefs and friends to bring in new talent and share the culinary wealth.
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