Sophie Rogers
Arts and Entertainment Editor
The 68th Annual Grammy Awards aired Feb. 1. Comedian Trevor Noah hosted the event for his sixth consecutive year.
Kendrick Lamar and SZA won Record of the Year for their song, “Luther.” This was Lamar’s 27th Grammy and SZA’s seventh.
Album of the Year was won by Bad Bunny for his album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS. This is his sixth Grammy win. Bad Bunny also headlined the Super Bowl on Feb. 8.
Billie Eilish won Song of the Year for her song “Wildflower” from her album HIT ME HARD AND SOFT. “Wildflower” has almost 1.9 billion streams on Spotify. This was Eilish’s 10th Grammy.
The Best New Artist category was preceded by a special performance from each of the nominated artists in the category. Olivia Dean won this category which was announced by last year’s winner, Chappell Roan. This was Dean’s first Grammy.
Cirkut won Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. He has produced songs with Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, the Weeknd and Lady Gaga.
Songwriter of The Year, Non-Classical was won by Amy Allen. Allen has written for artists like Sabrina Carpenter, Tate McRae, Harry Styles, Selena Gomez and Halsey.
The award ceremony featured performances from many different artists.
Bruno Mars and Rosé opened up the show by performing their single, “APT.”
Gaga performed her song, “Abracadabra,” and used a synthesizer to create the melody live.
Sabrina Carpenter performed “Manchild” with an airport themed performance. Carpenter was dressed as a pilot dancing and the performance ended with her holding a live dove.
Mars performed his new song, “I Just Might.” This was his first live performance of the song since its release.
The artists Pusha T, Pharrell Williams and Malice performed “So Far Ahead.” The trio performed and featured a choir as their backup vocals.
Justin Bieber performed his song “Yukon.” This was his first Grammy performance since 2022, when he performed “Peaches.”
Tyler, the Creator was a featured performer who performed “Sugar On My Tongue” and “Thought I Was Dead.” He also won the Grammy for Best Album Cover for his album Chromakopia.
Lauryn Hill performed an in memoriam tribute to the artists Roberta Flack and D’Angelo. Hill performed with other artists to honor them.
The Grammy Awards has almost 100 categories of awards. However, only the most popular categories are shown. More artists won awards during the pre-show and the parts of the show not featured live. For more information on the Grammy Awards, categories, winners and performances, visit grammy.com