Where: Televised on CBS live from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles
Music awards shows may come and go, but the original Grammys remain The Oscars of the music industry representing the entire music spectrum from classical, country and gospel to rock, rap and reggae.
This year, watch for the 64th annual Grammy Awards to be broadcast live from the STAPLES Center in LA on Monday evening, January 31, 2022 on CBS beginning at 8PM ET. The show will also be avalable to stream live on Paramount+.
2022 Grammy nominees were announced on Tuesday, November 23, at 12PM ET via livestream on the Grammy website. Heading the list is Jon Batiste, the composer and bandleader better known for his nightly appearances on the The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, was nominated 11 times followed by Justin Bieber, Doja Cat, and H.E.R. with eight.
Jon Batiste, Justin Bieber and Doja Cat head the list of 2022 Grammy nominees.
Batiste and Bieber will compete for the top prize - Album of the Year - along with Billie Eilish, Doja Cat, H.E.R, Kanye West, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift.
This year, new Grammy Award categories being added to the list include Best Global Music Performance and Best Música Urbana Album.
Meanwhile, keep it here for info on who will host, this year's presenters and performers, plus the announcement of winners on awards night!
DID YOU KNOW? Top Grammy Awards fun facts
The first ever Grammy for Best Rap
performance
was awarded
in 1989
to
Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff for
"Parents Just Don't Understand".
• The Grammy Awards presentation is the second-most-watched awards show after the Oscars.
• The Grammy Awards are the only music awards that are voted upon by music peers. Nominations and winners are determined by the Recording Academy's voting membership, which is composed of music artists, producers, songwriters, and engineers.
• In 2021, Beyoncé earned her 28th Grammy, surpassing country-bluegrass artist Alison Krauss, who’d held the record with 27 Grammys.
• In 1989, the Fresh Prince (Will Smith) and DJ Jazzy Jeff won the first Grammy for a Rap performance.
• The first artists to be stripped of their Grammys were Milli Vanilli in 1989, when it was discovered that their album was not originally sung by them. The duo, which won for Best New Artist that year, lip-synced a live performance during the program.
• Rapper Snoop Dogg has been nominated 12 times for a Grammy but has never won.
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ABBA - I Still Have Faith in You
Jon Batiste - Freedom
Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga - I Get a Kick Out of You
Justin Bieber, Daniel Cesar, Giveon - Peaches
Brandi Carlile - Right on Time
Doja Cat, SZA - Kiss Me More
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me by Your Name)
Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License
Silk Sonic - Leave the Door Open
Song of the Year
Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits
Alicia Keys, Brandi Carlile - A Beautiful Noise
Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License
H.E.R. - Fight for You
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
Doja Cat, SZA - Kiss Me More
Silk Sonic - Leave the Door Open
Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me by Your Name)
Justin Bieber, Daniel Cesar, Giveon - Peaches
Brandi Carlile - Right on Time
Album of the Year
We Are - Jon Batiste
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga - Love for Sale
Justin Bieber - Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe)
Doja Cat - Planet Her (Deluxe)
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
Best New Artist
Arooj Aftab
Jimmie Allen
Baby Keem
Finneas
Glass Animals
Japanese Breakfast
The Kid Laroi
Arlo Parks
Olivia Rodrigo
Saweetie
Best Pop Solo Performance
Justin Bieber - Anyone
Brandi Carlile - Right on Time
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
Ariana Grande - Positions
Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga - I Get a Kick Out of You
Justin Bieber, Benny Blanco - Lonely
BTS - Butter
Coldplay - Higher Power
Doja Cat, SZA - Kiss Me More
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga - Love for Sale
Norah Jones - ’Til We Meet Again (Live)
Tori Kelly - A Tori Kelly Christmas
Ledisi - Ledisi Sings Nina
Willie Nelson - That’s Life
Dolly Parton - A Holly Dolly Christmas
Best Pop Vocal Album
Justin Bieber - Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe)
Doja Cat - Planet Her (Deluxe)
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
Ariana Grande - Positions
Olivia Rodrigo - Sour
Best Rock Performance
AC/DC - Shot in the Dark
Black Pumas - Know You Better (Live From Capitol Studio A)
Chris Cornell - Nothing Compares 2 U
Deftones - Ohms
Foo Fighters - Making a Fire
Best Rock Song
Weezer - All My Favorite Songs
Kings of Leon - The Bandit
Mammoth WVH - Distance
Paul McCartney - Find My Way
Foo Fighters - Waiting on a War
Best Rock Album
AC/DC - Power Up
Black Pumas - Capitol Cuts - Live From Studio A
Chris Cornell - No One Sings Like You Anymore Vol. 1
Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight
Paul McCartney - McCartney III
Best Dance Recording
Afrojack & David Guetta - Hero
Ólafur Arnalds, Bonobo – Loom
James Blake - Before
Bonobo, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Heartbreak
Caribou - You Can Do It
Rüfüs du Sol - Alive
Tiësto - the Business
Best Rap Album
J. Cole - The Off-Season
Drake - Certified Lover Boy
Nas - King’s Disease
Tyler, the Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost
Kanye West - Donda
Best Rap Performance
Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar - Family Ties
Cardi B - Up
J. Cole, 21 Savage & Morray – My Life
Drake, Future, Young Thug - Way Too Sexy
Megan Thee Stallion - Thot Shit
Best Rap Song
DMX, Jay-Z, Nas - Bath Salts
Saweetie, Doja Cat - Best Friend
Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar - Family Ties
Kanye West, Jay-Z - Jail
J. Cole, 21 Savage & Morray – My Life
Best Melodic Rap Performance
J. Cole, Lil Baby - Pride Is the Devil
Doja Cat - Need to Know
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow - Industry Baby
Tyler, the Creator Featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Ty Dolla $ign - WusYaName
Kanye West, The Weekend, Lil Baby - Hurricane
Best Latin Pop or Urban Album
Pablo Alborán - Vértigo
Paula Arenas - Mis Amores
Ricardo Arjona - Hecho A La Antigua
Camilo - Mis Manos
Alex Cuba - Mendó
Selena Gomez - Revelación
Best Country Solo Performance
Luke Combs - Forever After All
Mickey Guyton - Remember Her Name
Jason Isbell - All I Do is Drive
Kacey Musgraves - Camera Roll
Chris Stapleton - You Should Probably Leave
Best Country Duo / Group Performance
Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood - If I Didn't Love You
Brothers Osborne - Younger Me
Dan + Shay - Glad You Exist
Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd - Chasing After You
Miranda Lambert and Elle King - Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)
Best Country Song
Better Than We Found It - Maren Morris
Camera Roll - Kacey Musgraves
Cold - Chris Stapleton
Country Again - Thomas Rhett
Fancy Like - Walker Hayes
Remember Her Name - Mickey Guyton
Best Country Album
Brothers Osborne - Skeletons Mickey Guyton - Remember Her Name Miranda Lambert - Jon Randall and Jack Ingram, The Marfa Tapes Sturgill Simpson - The Ballad of Dood & Juanita Chris Stapleton - Starting Over
Best Alternative Music Album
Fleet Foxes - Shore
Halsey - If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams
St. Vincent - Daddy’s Home
Best R&B Performance
Snoh Aalegra - Lost You
Justin Bieber, Daniel Cesar, Giveon - Peaches
H.E.R. - Damage
Silk Sonic - Leave the Door Open
Jazmine Sullivan - Pick Up Your Feelings
Best Progressive R&B Album
New Light — Eric Bellinger Something To Say — Cory Henry Mood Valiant — Hiatus Kaiyote Table For Two — Lucky Daye Dinner Party: Dessert — Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder & Kamasi Washington Studying Abroad: Extended Stay — Masego
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Jon Batiste - I Need You
BJ the Chicago Kid, PJ Morton, Kenyon Dixon, Charlie Bereal - Bring It on Home
Leon Bridges, Robert Glasper - Born Again
H.E.R. - Fight for You
Lucky Dave, Yebba - How Much Can a Heart Take
Best Global Music Album
Rocky Dawuni - Voice of Bunbon Vol. 1.
Daniel Ho & Friends - East West Players Presents: Daniel Ho & Friends Live in Concert
Angélique Kidjo - Mother Nature
Femi Kuti, Made Kuti - Legacy +
Wizkid - Made in Lagos: Deluxe Edition
Best Reggae Album
Etana - Pamoja
Gramps Morgan - Positive Vibration
Sean Paul - Live N Livin
Jesse Royal - Royal Soja - Beauty in the Silence
Spice - 10
Best New Age Album
Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster, Tom Eaton - Brothers
Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej - Divine Tides
Wouter Kellerman, David Arkenstone - Pangaea
Opium Moon - Night + Day
Laura Sullivan - Pieces of Forever
Best Remixed Recording
Soul II Soul - Back to Life (Booka T Kings of Soul Satta Dub)
Papa Roach - Born for Greatness (Cymek Remix)
K. D. Lang - Constant Craving (Fashionably Late Remix)
Zedd, Griff - Inside Out (3Scape Drm Remix)
Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande - Met Him Last Night (Dave Audé Remix)
Deftones - Passenger (Mike Shinoda Remix)
PVA - Talks (Mura Masa Remix)
Best Immersive Audio Album
Alicia Keys - Alicia
Patricia Barber - Clique
Harry Styles - Fine Line
Steven Wilson - The Future Bites
Anne Karin Sundal-Ask, Det Norske Jentekor - Stille Grender
Best American Roots Performance
Jon Batiste - Cry
Billy Strings - Love and Regret
The Blind Boys of Alabama and Bela Fleck - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free
Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile - Same Devil
Allison Russell - Nightflyer
Best American Roots Song
Rhiannon Giddens, Francesco Turrisi - Avalon
Valerie June Featuring Carla Thomas - Call Me a Fool
Jon Batiste - Cry
Yola - Diamond Studded Shoes
Allison Russell - Nightflyer
Best Americana Album
Jackson Browne - Downhill From Everywhere
John Hiatt with the Jerry Douglas Band - Leftover Feelings
Los Lobos - Native Sons
Allison Russell - Outside Child
Yola - Stand for Myself
Best Bluegrass Album
Billy Strings - Renewal
Béla Fleck - My Bluegrass Heart
The Infamous Stringdusters - A Tribute to Bill Monroe
Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions)
Rhonda Vincent - Music Is What I See
Best Traditional Blues Album
Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite - 100 Years of Blues
Blues Traveler - Traveler’s Blues
Cedric Burnside - I Be Trying
Guy Davis - Be Ready When I Call You
Kim Watson - Take Me Back
Best Contemporary Blues Album
The Black Keys Featuring Eric Deaton and Kenny Brown - Delta Kream
Joe Bonamassa - Royal Tea
Shemekia Copeland - Uncivil War
Steve Cropper - Fire It Up
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram - 662
Best Folk Album
Mary Chapin Carpenter - One Night Lonely (Live)
Tyler Childers - Long Violent History
Madison Cunningham - Wednesday (Extended Edition)
Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi - They’re Calling Me Home
Sarah Jarosz - Blue Heron Suite
Best Music Video
AC/DC - Shot in the Dark
Jon Batiste - Freedom
Tony Bennet, Lady Gaga - I Get a Kick Out of You
Justin Bieber, Daniel Cesar - Peaches
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me by Your Name)
Best Music Film
Bo Burnham - Inside
David Byrne - David Byrne’s American Utopia
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever (A Love Letter to Los Angeles)
Jimi Hendrix - Music, Money, Madness…Jimi Hendrix in Maui
Various Artists - Summer of Soul
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