GRAMMYs Winners, Surprises, And Reactions

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The 65^th annual GRAMMY awards are in the books, with a live show that was well worth watching last night.

The night’s big winner was Beyonce, who took home enough awards to officially hold the new record for Most GRAMMYs, winning four awards last night bringing her total lifetime haul to a whopping 32. Beyonce’s four awards were for best dance/electronic recording for “Break My Soul,” best traditional R&B performance for “Plastic Off the Sofa,” best R&B song for “Cuff It” and best dance/electronic album for Renaissance.

Harry Styles had a huge night too, taking home two awards – including the coveted Album of the Year award, as well as Pop Vocal Album of the Year for “Harry’s House”.

Lizzo also moved the audience with her excited acceptance for Record Of The Year for “About Damn Time”, and Samara Joy took home the award for “Best New Artist”! Below are the highlights for awards (Click here for the winner list).

• Trevor Noah returned once again to host the show, marking his third year in a row heading up the event. He joked about Bad Bunny’s performance being so good it would make Trump want to learn Spanish, pretending to be a spy balloon floating among the guests, and revealing that all the viral TikTok songs come from actual people!
• Trevor Noah also introduced Adele to the Rock, someone she’s been a huge fan of for a long time
• Of course, as we come to expect from the GRAMMYs, the night was filled with TONS of great performances, and memorable moments. They included:
• Bad Bunny opening the whole show, killing it while being the chilliest performer in jeans and a white t-shirt, while dancers on stage and in the aisles got celebrities like Taylor Swift to join in on the fun
• Brandi Carlile performed an energetic rendition of “Broken Horses,” which also happened to be this year’s best rock song winner
• Beyonce made history, winning for awards tonight, bringing her total lifetime awards to 32, the most ever for anyone
  • Beyonce’s four awards were for best dance/electronic recording for “Break My Soul,” best traditional R&B performance for “Plastic Off the Sofa,” best R&B song for “Cuff It” and best dance/electronic album for Renaissance
• Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson teamed up for an all out performance of hits, including The Temptations’ “The Way You Do the Things You Do” and Smokey Robinson and The Miracles’ “The Tears Of A Clown.” Chris Stapleton also joined Wonder onstage for “Higher Ground”
• Kacey Musgraves honored Loretta Lynn during the GRAMMYs’ In Memoriam segment with a musical tribute performance of “Coal Miner’s Daughter”
• Quavo, and the gospel outfit Maverick City Music, also performed in the In Memoriam segment, in honor of his nephew and groupmate Takeoff, who died in November
• The In Memoriam segment also honored Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie, Jeff Beck, David Crosby, Yellow Magic Orchestra’s Yukihiro Takahashi, the Specials’ Terry Hall, Olivia Newton-John, Television’s Tom Verlaine, Coolio, Pharoah Sanders, Anita Pointer, King Crimson’s Ian MacDonald, the Clash’s Keith Levene, Depeche Mode’s Andrew Fletcher, Lisa Marie Presley, Gal Costa, DJ Kay Slay, Irene Cara, Thom Bell, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ramsey Lewis, Jerry Allison, the Rascals’ Dino Danelli, Donald “Tabby” Shaw, Alec John Such, Fred E. White, Tyrone Downie, Ronnie Hawkins, Hurricane G, Andrew Woolfolk, Sam Gooden, Bobby Rydell, Jeff Cook, Lamont Dozier, Jim Seals, & Vangelis
• Kim Petras, who won best pop duo/group performance with Sam Smith for their collaboration, “Unholy,” gave an emotional thank you as they became the first transgender woman to win a GRAMMY in this category
• Lizzo came out singing “About Damn Time,” but then switched it up, and performed the inspirational track “Special” with a golden choir
• Harry Styles performed “As It Was” dressed up in enough tinsel to make people think a Christmas tree had wandered on stage
• The GRAMMYs put on an all-star hip-hop performance curated by Questlove to showcase the evolution of hip-hop over the last 50 years. The performance covered every era, from Grandmaster Flash in the 80s to new-generation stars like Lil Baby and GloRilla. The 90s was represented by heavyweights like Queen Latifah, Busta Rhymes, and Missy Elliott
• Luke Combs’s performed his hit “Going, Going, Gone,” for his first-ever GRAMMY performance
• Jill Biden surprised the crowd, and gave the award for the song that inspired social change to Shervin Hajipour for his hit “Baraye” that was an anthem for protests in Iran
• DJ Khaled closed out the event with “God Did,” with Jay-Z, John Legend, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross