Here’s everything you need to know about the 2022 Grammy Awards
Music's biggest night will be held for the first time at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 3
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After being delayed a few months due to a Covid surge caused by the Omicron variant, the 2022 Grammy Awards are almost ready to hit the stage. The show will take place in Las Vegas, the first time it’s been held outside of Los Angeles (its original location this year) and New York. In addition, there have been a few alterations to the Recording Academy’s rule book, which means we could be seeing a different set-up for the show this year. The buzz over who will be taking home the most gilded gramophones will finally come to a peak, as well as who will snatch the big win of Album Of The Year.
Prior to the musicians taking the stage, The A.V. Club has crafted a guide to let you know what you can expect at the 2022 Grammy Awards.
When are the Grammys?
This year’s Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, April 3, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Who is hosting the 2022 Grammy Awards?
The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah, who also hosted last year’s broadcast, will reprise his role as the Grammys host this year.
Who is presenting the awards?
The long list of presenters includes fellow nominees Megan Thee Stallion, Joni Mitchell, and Questlove. Plus, previous Grammy winners and nominees like Lenny Kravitz, Dua Lipa, Ludacris, Billy Porter, Bonnie Raitt, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, and Avril Lavigne.
A few actor-musicians have been thrown into the mix as well, including 30 Seconds To Mars’ Jared Leto and Pose’s Michaela Jaé Rodriguez. The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’s Anthony Mackie will also be presenting at the show.
Who will perform throughout the evening?
The bread and butter of the Grammys is the performances, as they cover a big portion of the show. Artists slated to perform are Jon Batiste, H.E.R., Nas, BTS, Brandi Carlile, Brothers Osborne, Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow, Chris Stapleton, Lady Gaga, Silk Sonic, Carrie Underwood, J Balvin with Maria Becerra, and Grammys darling Billie Eilish. Breakout artist Olivia Rodrigo will be making her Grammys debut this year, performing for the first time on the stage.
The In Memoriam will feature songs of Stephen Sondheim performed by Grammy winner Cynthia Erivo, 2022 nominee Leslie Odom Jr., 2022 nominee Ben Platt, and West Side Story’s Rachel Zegler. A special tribute for Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins is also set to take place during the ceremony, following his sudden death last week.
We’ll also be getting short performances from genres not traditionally seen on the show— gospel/Christian, tropical Latin, and bluegrass. The artists performing these sets will be current nominees Maverick City Music, Aymée Nuviola, and Billy Strings, respectively.
Who are the 2022 Grammy Award nominees?
Jon Batiste leads the pack with a 11 total nominations in categories such as Record Of The Year (“Freedom”), Album Of The Year (We Are), Best Traditional R&B Performance (“I Need You”), and Best R&B Album (We Are).
In her first year at the Grammys, Olivia Rodrigo has earned a whopping seven nominations, including in all four of the major categories: Best New Artist, Song Of The Year (“Drivers License”), Album Of The Year (Sour), and Record Of The Year (“Drivers License”).
Other notable nominees include BTS for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for the catchy hit “Butter,” pop icon Taylor Swift with what could be her record-breaking fourth win for Album Of The Year (Evermore), and the many nominations for Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More” featuring SZA.
You can find a more complete list of the nominees here.
How can you watch the Grammy Awards?
The show will be broadcast live starting at 8 P.M. ET/5 P.M. PT on CBS, or with a subscription to Paramount+.
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I’m actually excited about the live performances. I want to try to catch this live.
I always hate it when people use their pop-culture cluelessness as a backdoor brag (i.e., I’m too smart to care about what the plebs like), but this is actually the first time I’ve ever even heard Jon Batiste’s name. I’m reading his Wikipedia page and I’m legitimately worried I’ve been in a parallel universe for the past few years, because this dude has been EVERYWHERE. I am really confused as to how I’ve never heard of him. Cool to see a more traditional R&B/jazz artist getting a lot of attention at the Grammys though.
I feel the same, except with Orville Peck.
Shame Trevor Noah never really rose to the occasion on the Daily Show. After about seven years or so, he’s kind of hit his ceiling. Then again, he isn’t helped much by the writers or bland correspondent crop.
I hope Trevor brings bodyguards, in case there are any itchy slapping hands in the audience.
Watch Kanye West pull a stunt like running on stage to interrupt a winner’s speech, only to be slapped by a Kim K. lookalike.
Every year the label industry slaps itself on the back for another shit job done. That performer’s list is just yuck. Chris Stapleton and Carrie Underwood are solid C-stuff filler in most years, the rest ranks from D to F. The Grammys are like a holocaust on what music was in any selected year. I know the Oscars just got done getting ribbed but they’re SO much classier than the Grammys. They really swing for the lowest common denominator when it comes to modern popular music. I wish for a day when we get an actual musical awards show. I don’t want the Grammys to exist anymore. Doja Cat? Jon Baptiste (CBS promoting their guy)? I guess buying gifts for whoever votes must be real easy with popular music. Even with the slap, the Oscars had stuff like Drive My Car and Coda, and Hans Zimmer being celebrated, even if Best Score was done off camera. The Oscars aren’t perfect but they’re 80% there. The Grammys are like a 10-15% accurate portrayal of what was good the whole year. Nobody over fifteen gives a fuck about Billie Eilish. I know I’m an old man yelling at clouds but for fucks’ sake can’t it even get up to a 50% actual portrayal of what was good music in a given year? If you win a Grammy, would you even keep it? Might as well just throw it away. You peel the gold foil off and it’s chocolate, right? Gotta’ get ready for Easter. I mean we don’t all agree on music, it can be sort of subjective. But imagine Fleet Foxes performing, or Tame Impala. The only place I can see actual live music on TV is the late night shows? For shame, America. Can’t we celebrate the music we actually make that’s worth anything, rather than dogshit?Or even across the pond, you get like Gorillaz or Paul Weller or an actual live jazz performance. Who am I fucking kidding, America is a sewer.