Music’s greatest night time is again! The 64th annual Grammy Awards are set to air in January 2022, promising a star-studded bunch of nominees and visitors.
Nominations were announced in November 2021, with Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift and Jay-Z making the coveted listing. Forward of the 2022 occasion, the Recording Academy — who places on the annual present — modified its planning course of.
“This can be a new academy, one that's pushed to motion and that has doubled down on the dedication to assembly the wants of the music group,” Recording Academy chair and interim president/CEO Harvey Mason Jr. defined through the stay nominations presentation on the time. “Whereas change and progress are key drivers of our actions, one factor will at all times stay — the Grammy Award is the one peer-driven and peer-voted recognition in music. We're honored to work alongside the music group year-round to additional refine and defend the integrity of the awards course of.”
A number of stars made historical past as 2022 honorees, together with the Roc Nation founder, who garnered three nods and have become the most-nominated artist of all time. Selena Gomez, for her half, picked up her first-ever nod for Finest Latin Pop Album after the release of her Revelación album. Rodrigo, a first-time nominee, earned seven nominations, together with one for Finest New Artist.
“Awoke this morning to 7 Grammy nominations,” the “Drivers License” singer wrote through Instagram in November 2021. “Once I was youthful, my household lived a couple of blocks from the Staples Heart, the place the Grammys occurred yearly. I might at all times stroll exterior the sector and take a look at the plaques on the bottom with all of the winners names in extensive eyed marvel. I went to the Grammy museum so lots of my free weekends bc I used to be so fascinated by the historical past of the present and the entire unbelievable musicians that made it up.”
The Excessive Faculty Musical: The Musical: The Sequence star continued: “Many goals have come true for me this yr however this one might be probably the most significant. thanks to everybody who has believed in me and supported the songs I write. and thanks to @recordingacademy for the popularity. I’m past humbled. really a day I'll always remember. so grateful aghhh.”
Weeks later, Trevor Noah was confirmed as the host, returning for the second consecutive yr.
“Excited to be again, internet hosting the #Grammys this yr,” the South Africa native wrote through Instagram in December 2021. “Simply to make clear, I haven’t gone anyplace, however am actually, again! Equally to the @backstreetboys who by no means truly left however had been additionally again, alright!?”
In March 2021, the Day by day Present host led a socially distanced version of 63rd annual show the place the celebrities sat at separate tables and wore face masks as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic.
“This isn’t a Zoom background. That is actual,” the humorist defined of the COVID-19 protocols during his opening monologue. “That is actual. My uncle isn’t gonna stroll behind me bare though I informed him I've an necessary assembly. Tonight is gonna be the most important out of doors occasion this yr moreover the storming of the Capitol. There’s extra rigidity in that tent than at a household reunion at Buckingham Palace.”
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