Industry watchers had tipped pop superstars as the likely big winners at Sunday’s Grammys – but jazz singer Jon Batiste instead was crowned king, taking home five awards including the prestigious Album of the Year prize.
At the star-studded affair, held for the first time in Las Vegas, Silk Sonic – the 70 revival project of Bruno Mars and Anderson – won all four of their potential prizes, including both Record and Song of the Year for their single “Leave The Door Open”.
Olivia Rodrigo didn’t win as many awards as predicted – but the Filipino-American pop phenom did scoop the coveted prize for Best New Artist, and two trophies in the pop category.
That meant the winners of all four top Grammys were people of colour – a milestone for the Recording Academy, which for years has faced criticism that it disproportionately honoured white men.
