Grammys 2022: Silk Sonic won 2 big awards. (Image courtesy: AFP)

New Delhi:

Bruno Mars-led Silk Sonic won two of the big awards at the Grammys 2022 – Record of the Year and Song of the Year for Leave The Door Open. The group project of Bruno Mars, Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II also won Best R&B Song as well as Best R&B Performance. Jon Batiste, most nominated this year, won Album of the Year for We Are as well as four other categories. Olivia Rodrigo won Best New Artist and Best Pop Solo Performance. Doja Cat and SZA won their first Grammys – Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for Kiss Me More.

Rock band Foo Fighters won Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song – the Foo Fighters were not at the Grammys this year following the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins; they were meant to perform.

Indian composer Ricky Kej won his second Grammy, Best New Age Album for Divine Tides on which he collaborated with The Police drummer Stewart Copeland.

The host for the 64th Grammy Awards was Trevor Noah, hosting for the second year in a row. The Grammys were meant to be held in January and were postponed because of a spike in COVID numbers due to the Omicron variant.

Record of the Year:: Leave The Door Open, Silk Sonic

Album of the Year: We Are, Jon Batiste

Song of the Year: Leave The Door Open by Silk Sonic

Best New Artist: Olivia Rodrigo

Best Rock Performance:Making a Fire, Foo Fighters

Best Metal Performance:The Alien, Dream Theater

Best Rock Song:Waiting on a War

Best Rock Album: Medicine at Midnight, Foo Fighters

Best Pop Solo Performance: Olivia Rodrigo – Drivers License

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Kiss Me More, Doja Cat and SZA

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Love for Sale, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga

Best Pop Vocal Album: Sour by Olivia Rodrigo

Best R&B Performance:Leave the Door Open by Silk Sonic, Pick Up Your Feelings by Jazmine Sullivan

Best Traditional R&B Performance: Fight for You, H.E.R.

Best R&B Song:Leave the Door Open

Best Progressive R&B Album: Table for Two, Lucky Daye

Best R&B Album: Heaux Tales​, Jazmine Sullivan

Best Rap Performance:Family Ties, Baby Keem featuring Kendrick Lamar

Best Melodic Rap Performance:Hurricane, Kanye West featuring the Weeknd and Lil Baby

Best Rap Song: Jail

Best Rap Album:Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler, the Creator

Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Humpty Dumpty (Set 2), Chick Corea

Best Jazz Vocal Album: Songwrights Apothecary Lab, Esperanza Spalding

Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Skyline by Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette and Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver by Christian McBride Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album: Mirror Mirror by Eliane Elias with Chick Corea and Chucho Valdes

Best Alternative Music Album: Daddy’s Home, St. Vincent

Best Dance/Electronic Recording: Alive by Rufus Du Sol

Best Dance/Electronic Album: Subconsciously, Black Coffee

Best Music Video:Freedom, Jon Batiste

Best Music Film:Summer of Soul

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Andra Day

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: The Queen’s Gambit and Soul

Best Song Written for Visual Media:All Eyes on Me, Bo Burnham

Best Contemporary instrumental Album: Tree Falls, Taylor Eigsti

Best Bluegrass Album:My Bluegrass Heart, Bela Fleck

Best Traditional Blues Album: I Be Trying, Cedric Burnside

Best Contemporary Blues Album: 662, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

Best Country Solo Performance: You Should Probably Leave by Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Younger Me by Brothers Osborne

Best Country Song:Cold by Chris Stapleton

Best Country Album:Starting Over by Chris Stapleton

Best New Age Album: Divine Tides by Stewart Copeland and Ricky Kej

Best Gospel Performance/Song: Never Lost, CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Believe for It, CeCe Winans

Best Gospel Album: Believe for It, CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Old Church Basement, Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music

Best Roots Gospel Album: My Savior, Carrie Underwood

Best Latin Pop Album: Mendo by Alex Cuba

Best Musica Urbana Album: El Ultimo Tour Del Mundo, Bad Bunny

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album: Origen, Juanes

Best Regional Mexican Music Album:A Mis 80’s, Vicente Fernandez

Best Tropical Latin Album:Salswing!, Ruben Blades y Rodrigo Delgado & Orquesta

Best American Roots Performance:Cry, Jon Batiste

Best American Roots Song:Cry, Jon Batiste

Best Americana Album: Native Sons, Los Lobos

Best Folk Album: They’re Calling Me Home, Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi

Best Regional Roots Music Album:Kau Ka Pe’a, Kalani Pe’a

Best Reggae Album: Beauty in the Silence, SOJA

Best Global Music Album: Mother Nature, Angelique Kidjo

Best Global Music Performance: Mohabbat by Arooj Aftab

Best Children’s Album: A Colorful World, Falu

Best Spoken Word Album: Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation from John Lewis, Don Cheadle

Best Comedy Album: Sincerely, Louis CK

Best Musical Theater Album: The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical, Emily Bear

Best Instrumental Composition: Eberhard, Lyle Mays

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella: Meta Knight’s Revenge, Charlie Rosen and Jake Silverman

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals:To The Edge of Longing (Edit Version), Vince Mendoza

Best Recording Package: Pakelang

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: All Things Must Pass: 50th Anniversary Edition

Best Album Notes: The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966

Best Historical Album:Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967)

Best Engineering Album, Non-Classical:Love for Sale

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Jack Antonoff

Best Remixed Recording: Passenger

Best Immersive Audio Album: Alicia

Best Engineered Album, Classical: Chanticleer Sings Christmas

Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman

Best Orchestral Performance: Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3

Best Opera Recording: Glass: Akhnaten

Best Choral Performance: Mahler: Symphony No. 8, Symphony Of A Thousand

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Beethoven: Cello Sonatas – Hope Amid Tears

Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Alone Together

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Mythologies

Best Classical Compendium: Women Warriors – The Voices Of Change

Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Shaw: Narrow Sea