64th Annual GRAMMY Awards

The **64rd Annual Grammy Awards** ceremony was held on March 13, 2022. The CBS network broadcast the show live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The ceremony recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year. The 64th Annual Grammy Awards was the first show in history to expand the Song, Record and Album Of The Year, category to fit 10 recordings as opposed to the previous 8 nominees. The show also removed the Best Music Film category for recognising musical recordings of a substantial length (10+ minutes) that was introduced the previous year. The 5 nominee limit on all non-general categories was removed for this ceremony for the second year in a row, allowing categories to hold 6 nominees if a decision couldn't be made, which occurred in Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Dance Recording (the first non-main categories to ever have 7 nomination), Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Best Dance/Electronic Album, Best Alternative Song, Best Recording Packaging, Best Album Cover, Best Single Cover and Best Music Video.
The nominations were announced on January 17th, 2022. Lorde was the most nominated act of the night with 21 total nominations, marking the 4th time she was the most nominated artist. and breaking the record for most nominations in a single night, a record she previously held with 13 in both 2017 and 2021. Halsey was the next most nominated artist, with 11 total nominations, followed by Florence Welch, Beyonce and Father John Misty with 9 each.

Lorde was the biggest winner of the night, taking home 5 awards including the night's biggest honour, Album of The Year for Scarlet as well Record of The Year for it's lead single, I Want You and Song of The Year for Ordinary People, becoming the first artist in history to win all three major categories. She became the first artist to win Album of The Year three times, previously winning for House of Glass in 2015 and Scarlet in 2021.

## Nominees and winners

* The winners are in **bold** (jk they don't exist)

### **General**

**Album Of The Year**

* **Magic Hour - Lorde**
* Invincible - Mariah Carey
* Late Night Revelations - Harry Styles
* Lost On The Air - Florence Welch
* New Energy - Beyonce
* Nocturnal Animals - Halsey
* Raven - Father John Misty
* Repressed Memories - Sabrina Carpenter
* To Have Never Loved At All - Lana Del Rey, Lorde
* Vilivati, The First - Poppy

**Record Of The Year**

* **Solstice - Lorde**
* Breathe - Sabrina Carpenter
* Broken Beauty - Zendaya & Daft Punk
* Days & Days (Remix) - Harry Styles, Christina Aguilera
* Interstate Radio Show - Halsey
* lighthouse - Father John Misty
* New Energy - Beyonce, Frank Ocean, Kevin Abstract
* The Driving Song - Lana Del Rey & Lorde
* Tomorrow Night - Poppy
* Violence On The TV Screen - Florence Welch

**Song Of The Year**

* **Ordinary People - Lorde**
* Big In Japan - Halsey
* Catherine - Mariah Carey
* First Sight - Lana Del Rey & Lorde
* Ghost Stories - Brandon Flowers
* Interstate Radio Show - Halsey
* Jesus Wept - Poppy
* New Energy - Beyonce, Frank Ocean, Kevin Abstract
* roadkill - Father John Misty
* The Most Beautiful Day In London - Florence Welch

**Best New Artist**

* **POPPY**
* Brandon Flowers
* Normani
* Rina Sawayama
* Rita Ora

### **Pop**

**Best Pop Vocal Album**

* **Magic Hour - Lorde**
* Halsey - Cosmic Horror
* Mariah Carey - Invincible
* New Energy - Beyonce
* The Key To Life On Earth - Shawn Mendes

**Best Pop Solo Performance**

* **Back Again - Beyonce**
* Alive - Harry Styles
* Breathe - Sabrina Carpenter
* Catherine - Mariah Carey
* Do I Look Lonely? - Lorde
* NaNa - Zendaya
* Party Favours - Lorde

**Best Pop Duo/Group Performance**

* **New Energy - Beyonce, Frank Ocean, Kevin Abstract**
* !!JESUS CHRIST!! - Halsey, Lorde
* Broken Beauty - Zendaya, Daft Punk
* Days & Days (Remix) - Harry Styles, Christina Aguilera
* Mercy - Lana Del Rey & Lorde
* The Driving Song - Lana Del Rey & Lorde

### **Dance/Electronic**

**Best Dance/Electronic Album**

* **Late Night Revelations - Harry Styles**
* After The Party - Dua Lipa
* Repressed Memories - Sabrina Carpenter
* RINAPUNK - Rina Sawayama
* Temporary Thrills - Selena Gomez
* Vilivati, The First - POPPY

**Best Dance/Electronic Recording**

* **More Than Two - Harry Styles**
* Devil's Sight - Jessie J
* No Future - Rina Sawayama
* Turn The Page - Sabrina Carpenter
* Temporary Thrills - Selena Gomez
* VIPER - POPPY feat. Azealia Banks
* Wanna Get Out - Dua Lipa

### **Alternative**

**Best Alternative Album**

* **Raven - Father John Misty**
* Ghost Stories - Brandon Flowers
* Lost On The Air - Florence Welch
* Nocturnal Animals - Halsey
* To Have Never Loved At All - Lana Del Rey & Lorde

**Best Alternative Song**

* **Blind Devotion - Lana Del Rey & Lorde**
* Ghost - Father John Misty
* Interstate Radio Show - Halsey
* Solstice - Lorde
* The Most Beautiful Day In London - Florence Welch
* Tomorrow Night - POPPY

### **Visuals/Campaign**

**Best Album Campaign**

* **Repressed Memories - Sabrina Carpenter**
* Late Night Revelations - Harry Styles
* Magic Hour - Lorde
* Raven - Father John Misty
* To Have Never Loved At All - Lana Del Rey & Lorde

**Best Recording Package**

* **New Energy - Beyonce**
* After The Party - Dua Lipa
* Cosmic Horror - Halsey
* Lost On The Air - Florence Welch
* Magic Hour - Lorde
* Raven - Father John Misty

**Best Album Cover**

* **Lost On The Air - Florence Welch**
* New Energy - Beyonce
* After The Party - Dua Lipa
* Nocturnal Animals - Halsey
* Magic Hour - Lorde
* Raven - Father John Misty

**Best Single Cover**

* **Do I Look Lonely? - Lorde**
* Back Again - Beyonce
* Love Hotels - Halsey
* Solstice - Lorde
* Temporary Thrills - Selena Gomez
* Violence On The TV Screen - Florence Welch

**Best Music Video**

* **Violence On The TV Screen - Florence Welch**
* Back Woods / Swallow - Father John Misty
* Do I Look Lonely? - Lorde
* NaNa - Zendaya
* Never Met A Man - Lorde
* Overdue - Lady Gaga