The Grammys got here again swinging this 12 months, with one of many strongest ceremonies in current reminiscence. From some heartwarming wins for a number of the greatest names in music like Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé, to new artists arriving with really unforgettable moments (Doechii, we’re you), the 67th Annual Grammy Awards proved that the music business is alive and nicely, in secure palms with each its incomparable legacy acts and the “new class” of younger expertise making a reputation for themselves.
Take a look at the largest moments from the present, under.
Honoring Los Angeles
Hosted by Trevor Noah, all the tone of the night was one devoted to honoring Los Angeles as town and its inhabitants proceed to rebuild after the devastating wildfires in January. Kicking off the present, John Legend, Brittany Howard, Sheryl Crow, and different artists got here along with a canopy of “I Love L.A.,” a becoming tribute to town on the coronary heart of the music business.
Beyoncé Makes Historical past
“This Ain’t Texas,” however that is Beyoncè’s Grammys! Queen Bey made historical past when she received the largest award of the evening: Album of the 12 months. Lastly, after years of snubs for her albums “Beyonce,” Lemonade,” “Renaissance” and extra, she received the crown jewel award from the Grammys, the largest award for the largest artist in music.
She additionally took house Greatest Nation Album for her critically acclaimed “Cowboy Carter” album, making historical past as the primary Black feminine artist to take action. Proving all of her haters incorrect (we’re you, Nation Music Awards), a shocked Beyoncé took to the stage to simply accept the award from Taylor Swift.
She went on to thank different nation artists who “accepted’ this album. “I simply need to encourage individuals to do what they’re enthusiastic about,” she added. She thanked her “lovely” household, all of her collaborators, God and her followers.
Cardi B Presenting Greatest Rap Album to Doechii
It’s Doechii’s 12 months and everybody’s simply dwelling in it! The Florida-born rapper took house one of many greatest awards of the 12 months early within the ceremony, incomes Greatest Rap Album from presenter Cardi B.
Accepting the award via tears, she honored Lauryn Hill and Cardi B, the one different ladies to win the award earlier than her. “I put my coronary heart and my soul into this mixtape,” she defined, thanking God, her “lovely mom” who was on the stage together with her, her staff, Tampa, Florida and her “followers.”
Essentially the most highly effective a part of her speech, nonetheless, was when she spoke on to Black ladies watching. “Something is feasible,” she stated, “Don’t enable anyone to mission any stereotypes on you that inform you you can’t be right here, that you simply’re too darkish, or that you simply’re not good sufficient, or that you simply’re too dramatic, otherwise you’re too loud. You’re precisely who you want to be to be proper whereyou are, and I’m a sworn statement.”
Kendrick Lamar’s Victory Lap
Kendrick Lamar simply retains on profitable! His legendary diss observe “Not Like Us” took house Track of the 12 months and Report of the 12 months, two of the largest classes in all the ceremony. The entire viewers went up for Kendrick each instances he took the stage, as he devoted his wins to his house of Los Angeles.
“That is my neck of the woods that held me down since a younger buck,” he stated within the speech. “I can’t give sufficient thanks to those locations that I rolled round since highschool.”
Doechii, Raye and Shaboozey Shut Down the Greatest New Artist Medley
Maybe the strongest second of the evening got here from the showstopping Greatest New Artist medley, the place lots of the class nominees received to indicate off their abilities. Doechii, who already had an enormous win within the evening, shut the stage down with a medley of her songs “CATFISH” and “DENIAL IS A RIVER.”
Shaboozey then introduced his chart-topping hit single “A Bar Track (Tipsy)“ to the Grammys stage, rightfully getting his flowers after taking nation music by storm over the previous 12 months.
After which Raye took to the stage, utterly flooring the viewers together with her highly effective voice. The UK singer-songwriter carried out her music “Oscar Profitable Tears,” in one of many strongest vocal moments of the night.
A Star-Studded Quincy Jones Tribute
Will Smith. Cynthia Erivo. Janelle Monáe. Lainey Wilson. Stevie Marvel. Herbie Hancock. These legends all took to the Grammys stage to rejoice and honor the one and solely Quincy Jones. Erivo kicked off the second with a chill-inducing efficiency of “Fly Me To the Moon,” accompanied by Hancock. Wilson and Marvel then carried out the hit music “We Are the World,” earlier than Monáe rounded it out with a efficiency of Michael Jackson’s “Don’t Cease ‘til You Get Sufficient.” It was a feast for music followers and a tribute becoming of a legend just like the late Quincy Jones.
The Weeknd Surprises
Contemporary off his model new album, “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” The Weeknd returned to the Grammys’ stage, ending his years-long boycott of the ceremony. In 2020, The Weeknd posted concerning the Grammys, calling them “corrupt” after his album “After Hours” was shut out. Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. launched the efficiency, saying that his criticism was “heard.”
The “Blinding Lights” singer took to the stage with an epic efficiency, singing his music “Timeless” with Playboi Carti.
Queen Latifah Presents Alicia Keys with International Influence Award
Alicia Keys received her flowers on Grammys evening. The singer-songwriter was honored with the Dr. Dre International Influence Award, introduced by her good friend Queen Latifah. In her speech, Keys used her time on stage to name out the assaults towards DEI on this nation.
“This isn’t the time to close down the range of voices,” she stated passionately in her speech. “We’ve seen on this stage proficient, hardworking individuals from totally different backgrounds with totally different factors of view, and it modifications the sport. DEI isn’t a menace, it’s a present.”