The 68th annual awards show, hosted for the sixth time by Trevor Noah, is taking place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
The hits arrived fast and furious. Rosé and Bruno Mars’ opened the 68th annual Grammy Awards Sunday with an electric rendition of their multicultural pop smash, “APT.”; the Blackpink singer channeled a pop-punk Gwen Stefani in her tie and platinum blond hair.
Then: host Trevor Noah opened with a speech celebrating the incredible breadth of talent nominated this year while poking fun at them – at one juncture, joking that Jelly Roll and Teddy Swims should be able to unlock each other’s phones, given their similar face tattoos.
Noah is hosting the Grammy Awards for a sixth and final time live from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena.
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And what else could follow but another starry performance: Sabrina Carpenter with her “Manchild” kiss-off.
An exciting, early theme of the 68th Grammy Awards? First time winners.
During the Premiere Ceremony held at the adjacent Peacock Theater in Los Angeles ahead of the main show, the Dalai Lama won his first Grammy for audio book, narration and storytelling recording, beating out Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. You read that correctly.
“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” won song written for visual media at the Premiere Ceremony, marking the first time a K-pop act has won a Grammy. Songwriters delivered their acceptance speech in both English and Korean, highlighting the song’s bilingual appeal.
Music film went to “Music for John Williams”, which means director Steven Spielberg has officially won his first Grammy. That makes him an EGOT winner – an artist with an Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Oscar.
Yungblud won his first Grammy for rock performance for his cover of Black Sabbath’s “Changes (live from Villa Park)”, which he performed at Ozzy Osbourne’s final show.
