 The Grammy Awards are underway. In the pre-show ceremony, Beyoncé picked up an early win for best music video for "Brown Skin Girl," and shared an honor for best rap performance on Megan Thee Stallion's "Savage."
Nas' King's Disease claimed best rap album, The Strokes' The New Abnormal won in the rock album category and Fiona Apple nabbed a win in the alternative album category for Fetch the Bolt Cutters and for rock performance for "Shameika." Tiffany Haddish's Black Mitzvah won in the comedy album category. Beck's Hyperspace won for best engineered album, non-classical, while Andrew Watt won in the producer of the year category, non-classical. And Kanye West's Jesus Is King claimed an honor in the contemporary Christian music album category. In the film categories, Joker won best score soundtrack for visual media, JoJo Rabbit won best compilation soundtrack for visual media and Billie Eilish's "No Time to Die" won for the forthcoming James Bond movie of the same name. CNN's documentary Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice nabbed the best music film win. Heading into the 63rd Grammy Awards, Beyoncé led all nominees with a total of nine noms, extending her record as the most nominated female artist in Grammy history with 79 nods over the course of her career. Among those set to perform are Eilish, Howard, Lipa, Ricch, Swift, Stallion, BTS, Cardi B, Harry Styles, Mickey Guyton, Bad Bunny, Black Pumas, Brandi Carlile, DaBaby, Doja Cat, Haim, Miranda Lambert, Lil Baby, Chris Martin, John Mayer, Maren Morris and Post Malone. Trevor Noah is hosting the televised show, which airs live 8-11:30 p.m. ET /5-8:30 p.m. PT on CBS and Paramount+ from the Los Angeles Convention Center. Overall, winners in a total of 83 categories will be handed out at Sunday's Grammy Awards ceremonies. The Hollywood Reporter will be updating the list of nominees. |