Viola Davis Earns EGOT With Grammy Win

Viola Davis has achieved the extremely rare EGOT status, meaning she’s won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. She’s earned the honor with a win for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording. The Recording Academy awarded her for her performance of the audiobook for her memoir Finding Me. Davis accepted the award during the 2023 Grammys ceremony, Sunday.

“Oh, my god. I wrote this book to honor the six-year-old Viola. To honor her, her life, her joy, her trauma, everything,” Davis said, before adding, “It has just been such a journey. I just EGOT! Thank you, Harper Collins, Lavaille Lavette, you epitomize sister friend. And really, to everybody who was part of my story. And the best chapter yet, my loves: Julius, Genesis. You are my life, My joy. you are the best chapter in this book. Thank you.”

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 5: 65th GRAMMY AWARDS Winner of audio book, narration and storytelling recording Viola Davis on stage at the Grammy pre-telecast at the Microsoft Theather on February 5, 2023. — (Photo by Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

With the victory, Davis joins other EGOT winners John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Rodgers, Whoopi Goldberg, Audrey Hepburn, as well as Rita Moreno. She’s additionally just the third Black woman in history to achieve the honor. Davis won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2017 for Fences. In 2015, she earned an Emmy for her leading role in How to Get Away with Murder. She also has Tony awards for King Hedley II as well as the Broadway production of Fences.

Davis previously admitted that winning an EGOT would be a “huge accomplishment” for her. She explained what it would mean to her during an interview in January.

“I feel this way, even though it’s probably a very dramatic statement on my part: I think that everybody wants their life to mean something. I believe in the Cherokee birth blessing, which is ‘May you live long enough to know why you were born.’ I do believe that you literally wanna blow a hole through this world in whatever way you can,” Davis explained, before elaborating, “A lot of people don’t know how to do that. A lot of people haven’t found that thing that they’re passionate about, that they can do. Some have. But we all are looking for that, blowing a hole through this earth before we leave it. I think about that in my work a lot. I really found that thing that I love to do. So I always wanna make it meaningful.”

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Viola Davis Is Officially An EGOT Winner

Viola Davis has joined an exclusive club. Tonight during the 65th GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony, the access was awarded the Grammy for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording for her Finding Me memoir, earning her EGOT status. Only 17 other entertainers have earned the coveted designation, and Davis makes history by being the 18th.

The acronym, which stands for the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards, is a significant designation given to people who have won all four major entertainment awards. Past EGOT winners include Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Whoopi Goldberg, and more.

This year, Davis found herself going up against four other previous Grammy winners, including Jamie Foxx (“Act Like You Got Some Sense”), Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World”), Questlove (“Music is History”) and fellow EGOT recipient Mel Brooks (“All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business”).

Davis will be able to add her new title alongside her two Tony Awards (“King Hedley II,” “Fences”), her Oscar (the film adaptation of “Fences”), and her Emmy (“How to Get Away with Murder”), for which she became the first black actress to win.

Despite Davis being snubbed by the Academy Awards this year, the Woman King actress still made history. With a career spanning over three decades, the actress has undoubtedly earned her flowers.

Watch Davis’ acceptance speech below.

Each Of Beyoncé’s Solo Album Have Now Won At Least One Grammy Award

Beyoncé isn’t nicknamed Queen Bey for nothing. Music’s biggest night, the Grammy Awards, is starting off strong for the “Cuff It” singer.

The Houston representative is just four wins away from setting the all-time record for most decorated solo artists. A record currently being held by Hungarian-British conductor Georg Solti.

However, with her latest win for Best Dance/Electronic Recording for the single “Break My Soul,” she is well on her way. The win not only pushes her one victory ahead of legendary composer and producer Quincy Jones, but according to Chara Data, Beyoncé now has at least one Grammy for each of her solo albums.

Here is a full list of Beyoncé’s Grammy Award wins.

Beyoncé — Dangerously in Love

  • Best Contemporary R&B Album
  • Best R&B Song for “Crazy In Love”
  • Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for “Crazy In Love”
  • Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for “Dangerously In Love 2”
  • Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for “The Closer I Get To You”

Beyoncé — B’Day

  • Best Contemporary R&B Album

Beyoncé — I Am… Sasha Fierce

  • Song of the Year for “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
  • Best R&B Song for “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
  • Best R&B Female Vocal for “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
  • Best Pop Vocal Performance for “Halo”
  • Best Contemporary R&B Album
  • Best Traditional R&B Performance for “At Last”

Beyoncé — 4

  • Best Traditional R&B Performance Award for “Love On Top”

Beyoncé — Beyoncé

  • Best Surround Sound Album
  • Best R&B Song for “Drunk in Love”
  • Best R&B Performance for “Drunk in Love”

Beyoncé — Lemonade

  • Best Urban Contemporary Album
  • Best Music Video for “Formation”

Beyoncé — Renaissance

  • Best Dance/Electronic Recording for “Break My Soul”
  • Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Plastic Off The Sofa”

The Full List Of 2023 Grammy Award Winners

The 65th Annual Grammy Awards could prove to be historical, with a number of firsts for the award show. The Album Of The Year category has its first Spanish-language album nomination in Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti, while the BTS song “Yet To Come” is the first Korean-language song to be nominated for a Grammy (it’s up for Best Music Video).

Meanwhile, Beyoncé — the most-nominated artist at this year’s Grammys with nine nods — has matched her husband Jay-Z for most nominations ever, as well as the opportunity to become the most-awarded artist ever with just four wins.

Check out our predictions for who we think will win (and should win) in both the Big Four and Rap categories, as this list will be updated as winners are announced.

Album Of The Year

ABBA — Voyage
Adele — 30
Bad Bunny — Un Verano Sin Ti
Beyoncé — Renaissance
Brandi Carlile — In These Silent Days
Coldplay — Music Of The Spheres
Harry Styles — Harry’s House
Kendrick Lamar — Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
Lizzo — Special
Mary J. Blige — Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe)

Best New Artist

Anitta
Domi & JD Beck
Latto
Måneskin
Molly Tuttle
Muni Long
Omar Apollo
Samara Joy
Tobe Nwigwe
Wet Leg

Record of the Year

ABBA — “Don’t Shut Me Down”
Adele — “Easy on Me”
Beyoncé — “Break My Soul”
Brandi Carlile Featuring Lucius — “You and Me on the Rock”
Doja Cat — “Woman”
Harry Styles — “As It Was”
Kendrick Lamar — “The Heart Part 5”
Lizzo — “About Damn Time”
Mary J. Blige — “Good Morning Gorgeous”
Steve Lacy — “Bad Habit”

Song of the Year

Adele — “Easy on Me”
Beyoncé — “Break My Soul”
Bonnie Raitt — “Just Like That”
DJ Khaled — “God Did” Feat. Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy
Gayle — “ABCDEFU”
Harry Styles — “As It Was”
Kendrick Lamar — “The Heart Part 5”
Lizzo — “About Damn Time”
Steve Lacy — “Bad Habit”
Taylor Swift — “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (The Short Film)”

Best Pop Solo Performance

Adele — “Easy on Me”
Bad Bunny — “Moscow Mule”
Doja Cat — “Woman”
Harry Styles — “As It Was”
Lizzo — “About Damn Time”
Steve Lacy — “Bad Habit”

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

ABBA — “Don’t Shut Me Down”
Camila Cabello Featuring Ed Sheeran — “Bam Bam”
Coldplay & BTS — “My Universe”
Post Malone & Doja Cat — “I Like You (A Happier Song)”
Sam Smith & Kim Petras — “Unholy”

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Diana Ross — Thank You
Kelly Clarkson — When Christmas Comes Around…
Michael Bublé — Higher
Norah Jones — I Dream of Christmas (Extended)
Pentatonix — Evergreen

Best Pop Vocal Album

ABBA — Voyage
Adele — 30
Coldplay — Music of the Spheres
Harry Styles — Harry’s House
Lizzo — Special

Best Rap Performance

DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy — “God Did”
Doja Cat — “Vegas”
Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug — “Pushin P”
Hitkidd & Glorilla — “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)”
Kendrick Lamar — “The Heart Part 5”

Best Melodic Rap Performance

DJ Khaled Featuring Future & SZA — “Beautiful”
Future Featuring Drake & Tems — “Wait for U”
Jack Harlow — “First Class”
Kendrick Lamar Featuring Blxst & Amanda Reifer — “Die Hard”
Latto — “Big Energy (Live)”

Best Rap Song

DJ Khaled — “God Did” Feat. Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy
Future Featuring Drake & Tems — “Wait for U”
Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug — “Pushin P”
Jack Harlow Featuring Drake — “Churchill Downs”
Kendrick Lamar — “The Heart Part 5”

Best Rap Album

DJ Khaled — God Did
Future — I Never Liked You
Jack Harlow — Come Home The Kids Miss You
Kendrick Lamar — Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
Pusha T — It’s Almost Dry

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

Beyoncé — “Break My Soul”
Bonobo — “Rosewood”
David Guetta & Bebe Rexha — “I’m Good (Blue)”
Diplo & Miguel — “Don’t Forget My Love”
Kaytranada Featuring H.E.R. — “Intimidated”
Rüfüs Du Sol — “On My Knees”

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album

Beyoncé — Renaissance
Bonobo — Fragments
Diplo — Diplo
Odesza — The Last Goodbye
Rüfüs Du Sol — Surrender

Best Instrumental Composition

Danilo Pérez Featuring The Global Messengers — “Fronteras (Borders) Suite: Al-Musafir Blues”
Geoffrey Keezer — “Refuge”
Miguel Zenón, José Antonio Zayas Cabán, Ryan Smith & Casey Rafn — “El País Invisible”
Tasha Warren & Dave Eggar — “African Tales”
Tasha Warren & Dave Eggar — “Snapshots”

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Armand Hutton Featuring Terrell Hunt & Just 6 — “As Days Go By (An Arrangement of the Family Matters Theme Song)”
Danny Elfman — “Main Titles”
Kings Return — “How Deep Is Your Love”
Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band Featuring Martin Auer — “Scrapple From the Apple”
Remy Le Boeuf — “Minnesota, WI”

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

Becca Stevens & Attacca Quartet — “2 + 2 = 5 (Arr. Nathan Schram)”
Cécile McLorin Salvant — “Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying”
Christine McVie — “Songbird (Orchestral Version)”
Jacob Collier Featuring Lizzy McAlpine & John Mayer — “Never Gonna Be Alone”
Louis Cole — “Let It Happen”

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Amy Allen
Laura Veltz
Nija Charles
The-Dream
Tobias Jesso Jr.

Best Latin Pop Album

Camilo — De Adentro Pa Afuera
Christina Aguilera — Aguilera
Fonseca — Viajante
Rubén Blades & Boca Livre — Pasieros
Sebastián Yatra — Dharma +

Best Música Urbana Album

Bad Bunny — Un Verano Sin Ti
Daddy Yankee — Legendaddy
Farruko — La 167
Maluma — The Love & Sex Tape
Rauw Alejandro — Trap Cake, Vol. 2

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

Cimafunk — El Alimento
Fito Paez — Los Años Salvajes
Gaby Moreno — Alegoría
Jorge Drexler — Tinta y Tiempo
Mon Laferte — 1940 Carmen
Rosalía — Motomami

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

Chiquis — Abeja Reina
Christian Nodal — EP #1 Forajido
Marco Antonio Solís — Qué Ganas de Verte (Deluxe)
Natalia Lafourcade — Un Canto por México — El Musical
Los Tigres del Norte — La Reunión (Deluxe)

Best Tropical Latin Album

Carlos Vives — Cumbiana II
Marc Anthony — Pa’lla Voy
La Santa Cecilia — Quiero Verte Feliz
Spanish Harlem Orchestra — Imágenes Latinas
Tito Nieves — Legendario

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Various Artists — Elvis
Various Artists — Encanto
Various Artists — Stranger Things: Soundtrack From the Netflix Series, Season 4
Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga & Hans Zimmer — Top Gun: Maverick
Various Artists — West Side Story

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)

Germaine Franco — Encanto
Hans Zimmer — No Time to Die
Jonny Greenwood — The Power of the Dog
Michael Giacchino — The Batman
Nicholas Britell — Succession: Season 3

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

Austin Wintory — Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Bear McCreary — Call of Duty: Vanguard
Christopher Tin — Old World
Richard Jacques — Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Stephanie Economou — Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök

Best Song Written for Visual Media

Beyoncé — “Be Alive”
Carolina Gaitán, La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto, Cast — “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
Jessy Wilson Featuring Angélique Kidjo — “Keep Rising (The Woman King)”
Lady Gaga — “Hold My Hand”
Taylor Swift — “Carolina”
4*Town, Jordan Fisher, Finneas O’Connell, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo & Grayson Villanueva — “Nobody Like U”

Best Comedy Album

Dave Chappelle — “The Closer”
Jim Gaffigan — “Comedy Monster”
Louis C.K. — “Sorry”
Patton Oswalt — “We All Scream”
Randy Rainbow — “A Little Brains, a Little Talent”

Best R&B Performance

Beyoncé — “Virgo’s Groove”
Jazmine Sullivan — “Hurt Me So Good”
Lucky Daye — “Over”
Mary J. Blige Featuring Anderson .Paak — “Here With Me”
Muni Long — “Hrs & Hrs”

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Adam Blackstone Featuring Jazmine Sullivan — “’Round Midnight”
Babyface Featuring Ella Mai — “Keeps on Fallin’”
Beyoncé — “Plastic Off the Sofa”
Mary J. Blige — “Good Morning Gorgeous”
Snoh Aalegra — “Do 4 Love”

Best R&B Song

Beyoncé — “Cuff It”
Jazmine Sullivan — “Hurt Me So Good”
Mary J. Blige — “Good Morning Gorgeous”
Muni Long — “Hrs & Hrs”
PJ Morton — “Please Don’t Walk Away”

Best Progressive R&B Album

Cory Henry — Operation Funk
Moonchild — Starfuit
Steve Lacy — Gemini Rights
Tank and the Bangas — Red Balloon
Terrace Martin — Drones

Best R&B Album

Chris Brown — Breezy (Deluxe)
Lucky Daye — Candy Drip
Mary J. Blige — Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe)
PJ Morton — Watch the Sun
Robert Glasper — Black Radio III

Best Music Video

Adele — “Easy on Me”
BTS — “Yet to Come”
Doja Cat — “Woman”
Harry Styles — “As It Was”
Kendrick Lamar — “The Heart Part 5”
Taylor Swift — “All Too Well: The Short Film”

Best Music Film

Adele — Adele One Night Only
Billie Eilish — Billie Eilish Live at the O2
Justin Bieber — Our World
Neil Young & Crazy Horse — A Band a Brotherhood a Barn
Rosalía — Motomami (Rosalía TikTok Live Performance)
Various Artists — Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story

Best Alternative Music Performance

Arctic Monkeys — “There’d Better Be a Mirrorball”
Big Thief — “Certainty”
Florence and the Machine — “King”
Wet Leg — “Chaise Longue”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Featuring Perfume Genius — “Spitting Off the Edge of the World”

Best Alternative Music Album

Arcade Fire — We
Big Thief — Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Björk — Fossora
Wet Leg — Wet Leg
Yeah Yeah Yeahs — Cool It Down

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

Cheryl B. Engelhardt — The Passenger
Madi Das, Dave Stringer & Bhakti Without Borders — Mantra Americana
Mystic Mirror — White Sun
Paul Avgerinos — Joy
Will Ackerman — Positano Songs

Best Children’s Music Album

Alphabet Rockers — The Movement
Divinity Roxx — Ready Set Go!
Justin Roberts — Space Cadet
Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band — Los Fabulosos
Wendy and DB — Into the Little Blue House

Best Recording Package

Fann — Telos
Soporus — Divers
Spiritualized — Everything Was Beautiful
Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra — Beginningless Beginning
Underoath — Voyeurist

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Black Pumas — Black Pumas (Collector’s Edition Box Set)
Danny Elfman — Big Mess
The Grateful Dead — In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81, ’82, ’83
They Might Be Giants — Book
Various Artists — Artists Inspired by Music: Interscope Reimagined

Best Album Notes

Andy Irvine & Paul Brady — Andy Irvine / Paul Brady
Astor Piazzolla — The American Clavé Recordings
Doc Watson — Life’s Work: A Retrospective
Harry Partch — Harry Partch, 1942
Wilco — Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)

Best Historical Album

Blondie — Against the Odds: 1974 — 1982
Doc Watson — Life’s Work: A Retrospective
Freestyle Fellowship — To Whom It May Concern…
Glenn Gould — The Goldberg Variations: The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions
Wilco — Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Ambrose Akinmusire — “Rounds (Live)”
Gerald Albright — “Keep Holding On”
John Beasley — “Cherokee/Koko”
Marcus Baylor — “Call of the Drum”
Melissa Aldana — “Falling”
Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese — “Endangered Species”

Best Jazz Vocal Album

The Baylor Project — The Evening : Live at Apparatus
Carmen Lundy — Fade to Black
Cécile McLorin Salvant — Ghost Song
The Manhattan Transfer & The WDR Funkhausorchester — Fifty
Samara Joy — Linger Awhile

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade — LongGone
Peter Erskine Trio — Live in Italy
Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton & Matthew Stevens — New Standards, Vol. 1
Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese & Esperanza Spalding — Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival
Yellowjackets — Parallel Motion

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

John Beasley, Magnus Lindgren & SWR Big Band — Bird Lives
Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly of Shadows — Architecture of Storms
Ron Carter & The Jazzaar Festival Big Band Directed by Christian Jacob — Remembering Bob Freedman
Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber & WDR Big Band Conducted by Michael Abene — Center Stage
Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson & Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra — Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Album

Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring The Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective — Fandango at the Wall in New York
Arturo Sandoval — Rhythm & Soul
Danilo Pérez Featuring The Global Messengers — Crisálida
Flora Purim — If You Will
Miguel Zenón — Música de las Américas

Best Reggae Album

Kabaka Pyramid — The Kalling
Koffee — Gifted
Protoje — Third Time’s the Charm
Sean Paul — Scorcha
Shaggy — Com Fly Wid Mi

Best Global Music Performance

Arooj Aftab & Anoushka Shankar — “Udhero Na”
Burna Boy — “Last Last”
Matt B & Eddy Kenzo — “Gimme Love”
Rocky Dawuni Featuring Blvk H3ro — “Neva Bow Down”
Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode — “Bayethe”

Best Global Music Album

Angélique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf — Queen of Sheba
Anoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley Featuring Manu Delago — Between Us… (Live)
Berklee Indian Ensemble — Shuruaat
Burna Boy — Love, Damini
Masa Takumi — Sakura

Best American Roots Performance

Aaron Neville & The Dirty Dozen Brass Band — “Stompin’ Ground”
Aoife O’Donovan & Allison Russell — “Prodigal Daughter”
Bill Anderson Featuring Dolly Parton — “Someday It’ll All Make Sense (Bluegrass Version)”
Fantastic Negrito — “Oh Betty”
Madison Cunningham — “Life According to Raechel”

Best Americana Performance

Asleep at the Wheel Featuring Lyle Lovett — “There You Go Again”
Blind Boys of Alabama Featuring Black Violin — “The Message”
Bonnie Raitt — “Made Up Mind”
Brandi Carlile Featuring Lucius — “You and Me on the Rock”
Eric Alexandrakis — “Silver Moon [A Tribute to Michael Nesmith]”

Best American Roots Song

Anaïs Mitchell — “Bright Star”
Aoife O’Donovan & Allison Russell — “Prodigal Daughter”
Bonnie Raitt — “Just Like That”
Brandi Carlile Featuring Lucius — “You and Me on the Rock”
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss — “High and Lonesome”
Sheryl Crow — “Forever”

Best Americana Album

Bonnie Raitt — Just Like That…
Brandi Carlile — In These Silent Days
Dr. John — Things Happen That Way
Keb’ Mo’ — Good to Be…
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss — Raise the Roof

Best Bluegrass Album

The Del McCoury Band — Almost Proud
The Infamous Stringdusters — Toward the Fray
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway — Crooked Tree
Peter Rowan — Calling You From My Mountain
Yonder Mountain String Band — Get Yourself Outside

Best Traditional Blues Album

Buddy Guy — The Blues Don’t Lie
Charlie Musselwhite — Mississippi Son
Gov’t Mule — Heavy Load Blues
John Mayall — The Sun Is Shining Down
Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder — Get on Board

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Ben Harper — Bloodline Maintenance
Edgar Winter — Brother Johnny
Eric Gales — Crown
North Mississippi Allstars — Set Sail
Shemekia Copeland — Done Come Too Far

Best Folk Album

Aoife O’Donovan — Age of Apathy
Janis Ian — The Light at the End of the Line
Judy Collins — Spellbound
Madison Cunningham — Revealer
Punch Brothers — Hell on Church Street

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Halau Hula Keali’i o Nalani — Halau Hula Keali’i o Nalani (Live at the Getty Center)
Natalie Ai Kamauu — Natalie Noelani
Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas — Lucky Man
Ranky Tanky — Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Sean Ardoin & Kreole Rock and Soul Featuring The Golden Band From Tigerland — Full Circle

Best Orchestral Performance

Berlin Philharmonic & John Williams — “John Williams: The Berlin Concert”
Los Angeles Philharmonic & Gustavo Dudamel — “Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9”
New York Youth Symphony — “Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman”
Various Artists — “Sila: The Breath of the World”
Wild Up & Christopher Rountree — “Stay on It”

Best Opera Recording

Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Odyssey Opera Chorus — Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus — Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus — Eurydice

Best Choral Performance

The Crossing — “Born”
English Baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir — “J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245”
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Ailyn Pérez, Michelle DeYoung, Matthew Polenzani & Eric Owens — “Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11”

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Attacca Quartet — “Caroline Shaw: Evergreen”
Dover Quartet — “Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2 – The Middle Quartets”
Neave Trio — “Musical Remembrances”
Publiquartet — “What Is American”
Third Coast Percussion — “Perspectives”

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Daniil Trifonov — “Bach: The Art of Life”
Hilary Hahn — “Abels: Isolation Variation”
Mak Grgić — “A Night in Upper Town — The Music of Zoran Krajacic”
Mitsuko Uchida — “Beethoven: Diabelli Variations”
Time for Three, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Xian Zhang — “Letters for the Future”

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Il Pomo d’Oro — Eden
Nicholas Phan, Brooklyn Rider, The Knights & Eric Jacobsen — Stranger — Works for Tenor by Nico Muhly
Renée Fleming & Yannick Nézet-Séguin — Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene
Sasha Cooke & Kirill Kuzmin — How Do I Find You
Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez & J’Nai Bridges — Shawn E. Okpebholo: Lord, How Come Me Here?

Best Classical Compendium

Christopher Tin, Voces8, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Barnaby Smith — The Lost Birds
Kitt Wakeley — An Adoption Story
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Yannick Nézet-Séguin — A Concert for Ukraine
Seunghee Lee, JP Jofre & London Symphony Orchestra — Aspire

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Andris Nelsons & Gewandhausorchester — Gubaidulina: The Wrath of God
Carlos Simon, MK Zulu, Marco Pavé & Hub New Music — Simon: Requiem for the Enslaved
Ian Rosenbaum & Dover Quartet — Akiho: Ligneous Suite
Jack Quartet — Bermel: Intonations
Time for Three, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Xian Zhang — Puts: Contact

Best Country Solo Performance

Kelsea Ballerini — “Heartfirst”
Maren Morris — “Circles Around This Town”
Miranda Lambert — “In His Arms”
Willie Nelson — “Live Forever”
Zach Bryan — “Something in the Orange”

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Brothers Osborne — “Midnight Rider’s Prayer”
Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde — “Never Wanted to Be That Girl”
Ingrid Andress & Sam Hunt — “Wishful Drinking”
Luke Combs & Miranda Lambert — “Outrunnin’ Your Memory”
Reba McEntire & Dolly Parton — “Does He Love You (Revisited)”
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss — “Gonig Where the Lonely Go”

Best Country Song

Cody Johnson — ’Til You Can’t”
Luke Combs — “Doin’ This”
Maren Morris — “Circles Around This Town”
Miranda Lambert — “If I Was a Cowboy”
Taylor Swift — “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)”
Willie Nelson — “I’ll Love You Till the Day I Die”

Best Country Album

Ashley McBryde — Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville
Luke Combs — Growin’ Up
Maren Morris — Humble Quest
Miranda Lambert — Palomino
Willie Nelson — A Beautiful Time

Best Rock Performance

Beck — “Old Man”
The Black Keys — “Wild Child”
Brandi Carlile — “Broken Horses”
Bryan Adams — “So Happy It Hurts”
Idles — “Crawl!”
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck — “Patient Number 9”
Turnstile — “Holiday”

Best Metal Performance

Ghost — “Call Me Little Sunshine”
Megadeth — “We’ll Be Back”
Muse — “Kill or Be Killed”
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi — “Degradation Rules”
Turnstile — “Blackout”

Best Rock Song

Brandi Carlile — “Broken Horses”
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck — “Patient Number 9”
Red Hot Chili Peppers — “Black Summer”
Turnstile — “Blackout”
The War on Drugs — “Harmonia’s Dream”

Best Rock Album

The Black Keys — Dropout Boogie
Elvis Costello & The Imposters — The Boy Named If
Idles — Crawler
Machine Gun Kelly — Mainstream Sellout
Ozzy Osbourne — Patient Number 9
Spoon — Lucifer on the Sofa

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Brad Mehldau — Jacob’s Ladder
Domi & JD Beck — Not Tight
Grant Geissman — Blooz
Jeff Coffin — Between Dreaming and Joy
Snarky Puppy — Empire Central

Best Gospel Performance/Song

Doe — “When I Pray”
Erica Campbell — “Positive”
Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin — “Kingdom”
PJ Morton Featuring Zacardi Cortez, Gene Moore, Samoht, Tim Rogers & Darrel Walls — “The Better Benediction”
Tye Tribbett — Get Up”

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

Chris Tomlin — “Holy Forever”
Crowder & Dante Bowe Featuring Maverick City Music — “God Really Loves Us (Radio Version)”
Doe — “So Good”
For King & Country & Hillary Scott — “For God Is With Us”
Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin — “Fear Is Not My Future”
Phil Wickham — “Hymn of Heaven (Radio Version)”

Best Gospel Album

Doe — Clarity
Maranda Curtis — Die to Live
Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin — Kingdom Book One (Deluxe)
Ricky Dillard — Breakthrough: The Exodus (Live)
Tye Tribbett — All Things New

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Anne Wilson — My Jesus
Chris Tomlin — Always
Elevation Worship — Lion
Maverick City Music — Breathe
TobyMac — Life After Death

Best Roots Gospel Album

Gaither Vocal Band — Let’s Just Praise the Lord
Karen Peck & New River — 2:22
Keith & Kristyn Getty — Confessio — Irish American Roots
Tennessee State University — The Urban Hymnal
Willie Nelson — The Willie Nelson Family

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Baynk — Adolescence
Father John Misty — Chloë and the Next 20th Century
Harry Styles — Harry’s House
Robert Glasper — Black Radio III
Wet Leg — Wet Leg

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Boi-1da
Dahi
Dan Auerbach
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Jack Antonoff

Best Remixed Recording

Beyoncé — “Break My Soul (Terry Hunter Remix)”
Ellie Goulding — “Easy Lover (Four Tet Remix)”
The Knocks & Dragonette — “Slow Song (Paul Woolford Remix)”
Lizzo — “About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix)”
Wet Leg — “Too Late Now (Soulwax Remix)”

Best Immersive Audio Album

Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene — Tuvayhun — Beatitudes for a Wounded World
The Chainsmokers — Memories…Do Not Open
Christina Aguilera — Aguilera
Jane Ira Bloom — Picturing the Invisible: Focus 1
Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej — Divine Tides

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene — Tuvayhun — Beatitudes for a Wounded World
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Boston Symphony Orchestra & John Williams — Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes
Edwin Outwater & Chicago Symphony Orchestra — Mason Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck — Beethoven & Stucky: Orchestral Works
Third Coast Percussion — Perspectives

Producer of the Year, Classical

Christoph Franke
Elaine Martone
James Ginsburg
Jonathan Allen
Judith Sherman

Best Musical Theater Album

Original Broadway Cast — A Strange Loop
New Broadway Cast — Caroline, or Change
Into the Woods 2022 Broadway Cast — Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording)
Original Broadway Cast — MJ the Musical
Mr. Saturday Night Original Cast — Mr. Saturday Night
Original Broadway Cast — Six: Live on Opening Night

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

Jamie Foxx — Act Like You Got Some Sense
Lin-Manuel Miranda — Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World
Mel Brooks — All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business
Questlove — Music Is History
Viola Davis — Finding Me

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

Amanda Gorman — Call Us What We Carry: Poems
Amir Sulaiman — You Will Be Someone’s Ancestor. Act Accordingly
Ethelbert Miller — Black Men Are Precious
J. Ivy — The Poet Who Sat by the Door
Malcolm-Jamal Warner — Hiding in Plain View

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Lizzo And Myke Wright Did A ‘Hard Launch’ Of Their Relationship During Clive Davis’ Pre-Grammys Gala

Love is in the air this Grammy weekend. As we saw earlier in the night, Offset and Cardi B couldn’t keep their hands off of each other at Clive Davis’ Pre-Grammys Gala. Also in attendance were Lizzo and her longtime boyfriend, Myke Wright.

Looking happily in love, Lizzo shared images of her and her man on her social media accounts, announcing a “Hard Launch” of their relationship.

Though, to hardcore Lizzo fans, this “Hard Launch” comes as no surprise at all. In her HBO Max documentary Love Lizzo, which premiered last November, Lizzo detailed her relationship with Wright, from their first meeting, to their first break-up, to the healing process, to finding their way back to each other.

As she mentions in a fan-favorite cut from her sophomore album, Special, Lizzo does not “Break Up Twice.” In an interview with Howard Stern that took place last December, Lizzo said her relationship with Wright is something she believes will last forever.

“Don’t waste your time, honey. I am very much in love with Myke.” She said. “There’s nobody else I’m going to be with for the rest of my life.”

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Cardi B And Offset’s Red Carpet Frenching Is Enough To Make Anyone Blush

We’re just hours away from the 2023 Grammy Awards, and things are heating up. Tonight (February 4), at Clive Davis’ Pre-Grammy Gala, husband-wife duo Offset and Cardi B made an appearance.

While on the red carpet, the two couldn’t help but get handsy. As Offset grabbed Cardi B’s backside, the two kept French kissing.

Everyone on the red carpet was all for it, as you can hear attendees of the Gala cheering.

Cardi and Offset have long been open about their affection for each other. In a recent interview with Essence, Cardi shared one of their favorite make-out memories, which resulted in them getting married.

“We were making out and he was like, ‘You’re going to have my baby one day,’ and I was like, ‘We ain’t having no baby. You have to marry me,’ and he was like, ‘Alright, let’s get married,’” Cardi said, recalling the events that led to them getting married in their home bedroom. “I was like, ‘Let’s just get married then. You said you wanted to marry me.’ And we did.”

Check out a saucy clip above from the Gala above.

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2023 Grammys Predictions: Who Will Win and Who Should Win

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    Best Rap Song

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    Best Rap Performance

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    Best Melodic Rap Performance

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    Best Música Urbana Album

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    Album of the Year

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    Song of the Year

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    Record of the Year

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    Best New Artist

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    Best Pop Solo Performance

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    Best Pop Vocal Album

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    Best R&B Performance

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    Best Music Video

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    Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

JAY-Z and Stevie Wonder Confirmed for GRAMMYs Performances

JAY-Z and Stevie Wonder Confirmed for GRAMMYs Performances

The Grammy Awards go down tomorrow (Feb. 5) and the performance lineup has just received two major boosts. JAY-Z is confirmed for the show, along with music icon Stevie Wonder.

JAY-Z will join Fridayy, John Legend, Lil Wayne, and Rick Ross to perform DJ Khaled’s “GOD DID,” which is nominated for Song fo the Year.

This year, DJ Khaled is nominated for six GRAMMY Awards, including five for “God Did,” including Song Of The Year (“God Did”), Album Of The Year (“God Did”), Best Rap Song (“God Did”), Best Rap Album (“God Did”), Best Rap Performance (“God Did”), and Best Melodic Rap Performance (“Beautiful”).

Stevie Wonder, the 25-time GRAMMY winner will hit the stage performing three classics in the Temptations’ “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” featuring the R&B vocal group WanMore.

Wonder will also perform Smokey Robinson’s “Tears of a Clown” with Robinson himself and will be joined by Chris Stapleton for a special performance of “Higher Ground.”

Additional performances for the night include Steve Lacy, Mary J. Blige, Lizzo, Sam Smith, Bad Bunny, and more.

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Spotify’s Best New Artist Event Showcased The 2023 Grammy Nominees’ Diverse Talent

It’s no secret that the Recording Academy has faced a diversity problem for many years. This time around, they’ve made some intentional inclusive strides. This year, they invited about “2,000 diverse music creators and professionals” into the voting process — according to CEO Harvey Mason Jr. — nearly half of whom are under the age of 40. Another key change the Recording Academy has made to the Grammys is expanding their major categories to include ten nominees. That’s double the number of nominees they had four years ago, allowing musicians of many different genres to earn much-deserved recognition.

That means there are ten artists up for the coveted Best New Artist trophy in 2023, and Spotify’s Best New Artist showcase placed the category’s diversity on full display. The event brought all ten artists to the stage — Anitta, Omar Apollo, Domi & JD Beck, Muni Long, Samara Joy, Latto, Måneskin, Tobe Nwigwe, Molly Tuttle, and Wet Leg — at Los Angeles’ Pacific Design Center on Thursday, February 2nd. Each musician was able to give the audience a taste of their talent, and each performance was wildly different from the last.

The night kicked off with an intimate set from Domi & DJ Beck. The young duo, who are 22 and 19 respectively, juxtaposed their smooth, jazz-leaning sound with their brightly colored personal style. Samara Joy kept the loungey jazz going by showing off her entrancing vocals and putting her own unique spin on a cover of Adele’s “Someone Like You.” Americana folk rocker Molly Tuttle wow’d with her hit track “Crooked Trees,” joined by an adept banjo player and an upright bass guitarist. Tobe Nwigwe and his entourage made clever use of the stage by dressing in matching mint green outfits and enticing the crowd to harmonize before Omar Apollo similarly led a tender sing-along to his soulful number “Evergreen.”

When it came time for overseas rock, Måneskin and indie rock favorites Wet Leg did not disappoint. Italian Eurovision Song Contest winners Måneskin exuded the cool factor, making the audience forget they were in a small venue and not witnessing a stadium tour. Wet Leg closed out the night in a similar fashion, hyping up the crowd with a rendition of “Chaise Longe” that inspired a small-but-mighty mosh pit.

Spotify’s event also allowed attendees to see how a handful of the Best New Artist nominees aren’t just musicians, they’re seasoned performers. Anitta, Muni Long, and Latto made use of the entire stage with a crew of talented backup dancers. Long, a Def Jam signee whose track “Hrs & Hrs” had viral stint on TikTok, brought four male dancers to the stage to deliver moves reminiscent of the ’90s boyband era. Anitta also brought the energy. Though the Brazilian pop star is used to gracing massive festival stages across the world, she still managed to deliver a show-stopping performance to the (relatively) small crowd with tracks like “Boys Don’t Cry” and “Envolver.”

From rap and Latin pop to bluegrass, jazz, and stadium rock, the 2023 Best New Artist category is nothing if not varied in sound. And no matter who ends up taking home the category’s trophy on Sunday, Spotify’s Best New Artist party made one thing clear: The Recording Academy is making an effort celebrate music from all genres equally.

See the full list of 2023 Grammy nominees here.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.