The 2022 Grammy Awards broadcast wrapped up with an upset victory of sorts, with Jon Batiste beating out the likes of Taylor Swift and Kanye west to take home Album of the Year for his excellent “We Are.”
That was his fifth win of the night, following four wins during the “Premiere Ceremony,” where all of the awards not deemed cool enough for television were handed out, hosted by the always wonderful Levar Burton.
Batiste also accomplished a rather ignominious milestone for the Grammy Awards themselves: He’s the first Black artist to win Album of the Year since Herbie Hancock back in 2008. You read that right: It’s literally been 14 years and 3 presidents since the Academy recognized the work of Black artists with this honor. And in case you’re wondering, the only nonwhite artist to win Best Album during that time was Bruno Mars in 2018.
Speaking of Mars, Batiste...
That was his fifth win of the night, following four wins during the “Premiere Ceremony,” where all of the awards not deemed cool enough for television were handed out, hosted by the always wonderful Levar Burton.
Batiste also accomplished a rather ignominious milestone for the Grammy Awards themselves: He’s the first Black artist to win Album of the Year since Herbie Hancock back in 2008. You read that right: It’s literally been 14 years and 3 presidents since the Academy recognized the work of Black artists with this honor. And in case you’re wondering, the only nonwhite artist to win Best Album during that time was Bruno Mars in 2018.
Speaking of Mars, Batiste...
- 4/4/2022
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Jack Antonoff reunited with his Bleachers bandmates at Electric Lady Studios, where they recorded their upcoming album Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night, to perform a few songs from the record for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series.
Kicking things off with an unreleased song, “91,” Antonoff sang and played the piano in an outdoor space outside the studio, backed by his bandmates Mikey Freedom Hart on keys and Zem Audu and Evan Smith on saxophone. Antonoff ended up having to ditch his signature glasses after the first song, but...
Kicking things off with an unreleased song, “91,” Antonoff sang and played the piano in an outdoor space outside the studio, backed by his bandmates Mikey Freedom Hart on keys and Zem Audu and Evan Smith on saxophone. Antonoff ended up having to ditch his signature glasses after the first song, but...
- 7/12/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
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