Grammy 2022: Jon Batiste, Silk Sonic, Olivia Rodrigo take home big honours

Musician Jon Batiste who was nominated for 11 Grammys was the big winner of the night picking up five trophies including album of the year for We AreSilk Sonic a group featuring the collective talents of Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak picked up four awards including record of the year while Olivia Rodrigo and Foo Fighters each collected three Grammy Awards reports VarietyThe creative arts are objective It will find the person when they need it the most Be you a moved Batiste said in his acceptance speechAfter a twomonth delay the 64th Annual Grammy Awards took place on Sunday night live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas without a slap in sight and keeping peoples names out of our mouths joked host Trevor Noah early in the nightBeing back in person after a virtual setting revived the Grammys with inperson performances by Lil Nas X BTS Silk Sonic Lady Gaga with a virtual introduction by Tony Bennett Rodrigo Batiste Justin Bieber with Giveon and Daniel Caesar Billie Eilish and Finneas and moreIn an emotional moment Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the audience with a taped message introducing a performance by John Legend accompanied by Ukrainian artist Mika Newton and poet Lyuba Ykimichiuk performing FreeOur musicians wear body armour instead of tuxedos he said We are fighting Russia which brings horrible silence with its bombs The dead silence Fill the silence with your musicThe Grammys were initially scheduled to take place on January 31 at the Cryptocom Arena in Los Angeles However due to the Omicron surge in late 2021 the event was postponed until spring and moved to the MGM Arena which has housed the Latin Grammy Awards for six yearsThe evening also took an opportunity to shine a light on women working behind the scenes with Eilishs production manager Nicole Massey doing the honours introducing her performance of Happier Than Ever Chris Stapletons tour manager Katie Wilkinson bringing him on stage Jeanine McLeanWilliams HERs tour manager welcoming her artist Lenny Kravitz Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis with Travis Barker on drums for a hot jam of Are You Gonna Go My Way and wardrobe supervisor Joan Lee doing the honours for Carrie UnderwoodThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever