Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, Jon Batiste, Kanye West, H.E.R., Silk Sonic, Jazmine Sullivan, Tyler, the Creator, Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, Joni Mitchell, CeCe Winans and Questlove are among the early winners.
The Grammy Awards of 2022 will be presented on Sunday in Las Vegas .
LeVar Burton, a former Grammy winner and this year’s Best Spoken Word Album nominee, hosted the non-televised opening ceremony in the MGM Grand Conference Marquee Ballroom prior to the live broadcast.
Jon Batiste has the most nominations this year with a near-record 11 nominations, including in the main Record of the Year and Album of the Year categories. He is also among the inaugural winners of the Premiere Ceremony, along with Kanye West, HER, Silk Sonic, Jazmine Sullivan, Tyler, the Creator, Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, Joni Mitchell, CeCe Winans, Summer of Soul (awarded Best Musical Film a week after winning the Oscar for Best Documentary) and The United States vs.Billie Holiday.
Foo Fighters won Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song and Best Rock Album, but the band previously announced they were canceling their Grammy performance following the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins late last month, and they weren’t there for the honor to accept.
This and the other two general field categories (Song of the Year and Best New Artist) now have 10 nominees instead of eight, and the Recording Academy announced the expansion in a letter to members used for announcing the nominations in November 2021 is scheduled for,
With double-digit nominations this year, Batiste received just one fewer nomination than the Grammy record holders for most nominations in a single year: Michael Jackson and Babyface, who each received 12 nominations in a single year. Kendrick Lamar received 11 nominations but only won 5 awards. For the 2016 Grammys .
Doja Cat, Justin Bieber, and H.E.R. tied for the second-maximum nominations this yr, with 8 each, accompanied via way of means of Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo, each of whom had been nominated seven times. Other wonderful nominees this yr encompass Kanye “Ye” West, Lil Nas X, Lady Gaga, and Tony Bennett (all with 5 nods); three-time nominee The Weeknd, who has formerly said his goal to boycott the Grammys; and double nominees Bo Burnham, Kacey Musgraves, Lamar, Jennifer Hudson, Paul McCartney, and Silk Sonic. Batiste, Eilish, Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow, Lady Gaga, Rodrigo, Silk Sonic, J Balvin with Maria Becerra, Brothers Osborne, BTS, Brandi Carlile, H.E.R., John Legend, Maverick City Music, Nas, Aymée Nuviola, Chris Stapleton, Billy Strings, and Carrie Underwood are some of the Grammy performers.
