It’s Beyonce’s world and we all just live in it. Sunday’s 65th Grammy Awards were a coronation for the Queen Bey, who took her place as the most awarded artist of all time. Beyonce won her whopping 32nd gramophone at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, supplanting the record previously held by Georg Solti. It was a memorable moment in a Grammy broadcast that was solid throughout, but lacking in the number of landmark moments that people will be talking about the next day—at least until the very end.

That could not be said for the tribute to the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. The performance was audacious and massive in scale, bringing together some of the genre’s biggest names, with a heavy emphasis on those who shaped it in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Everyone from Run-DMC to the Bay Area’s Too $hort, Missy Elliott, LL Cool J and many more took the stage, each delivering a verse at a break-neck pace.

One of the night’s biggest surprises may have come when another Bay Area resident, Bonnie Raitt, took home one of the night’s biggest awards in Song of the Year. It was one of three wins for Raitt, who left with plenty of hardware. She herself seemed surprised at beating out some of music’s biggest names. 

Adele, Lizzo and Harry Styles all took home awards, with Styles getting the Album of the Year. Perhaps the most memorable moment of the night came when host Trevor Noah had a “super-fan,” who’d just been called onto the stage, read the winning card. She screamed before meeting Styles and sharing an extended embrace.

Lizzo dedicated her win to Prince, whose death set her on a path toward making positive music. The night was filled with standout performances from a diverse array of artists including Brandi Carlilie, Mary J Blige and Luke Combs.

Several of the night’s big winners actually came before the televised broadcast began, with upstarts Wet Leg winning two alternative awards in the premiere ceremony. The indie duo has been on an upward trajectory, the Grammys supplanting its status. Carlile also won multiple awards.

Writers Piper Westrom, Mike DeWald, Amelia Parreira and editor Roman Gokhman live-blogged the Grammys throughout the day.

8:38 p.m. Trevor Noah is announcing the Grammy for Album of the Year, along with the super fans from the panel, some of whom look like they just got away with robbing a bank. The winner: Harry’s House, Harry Styles. But the way it all went down was even more memorable than the award itself. Noah surprised one of the super-fans, an older lady, by having her read the card, and she screamed Styles’ name like France’s Miss Universe contestant. Styles then walked up and shared an extended hug with this woman. The show is now ending with a DJ Khaled performance. Starting inside the arena before making his way outside, set against there L.A. skyline.

8:30 p.m. This show should be over now, but they’re behind. Olivia Rodrigo takes the stage to give out the Grammy for Best New Artist: Samara Joy! Joy has already one a Grammy earlier in the day. Great day for her. “I been watching you all on TV for so long. To be here with you… ” She starts to cry as she thanks fans, and to the other artists who inspired her.

8:25 p.m. Steve Lacy performing “Bad Habit.” Bassist Thundercat joins in toward the end. I wonder how many fans even know about his band The internet at this point. He’s that huge. — Roman Gokhman.

8:20 p.m. Prerecorded uplifting message from Grammy CEO Harvey Mason, Jr., making his first appearance in the televised portion of the show. Now we’re back to the fan panel… The ABBA super fan is from (drumroll) Santa Rose! His house burned down and their music … inspired him to perform in “Mamma Mia?”

8:14 p.m. Coldplay’s Chris Martin, who clearly dressed up for the occasion, announcing the Grammy for Record Of The Year: “About Damn Time,” Lizzo. The Bay Area’s Ricky Reed and Blake Slatkin, producers. She dedicates the win to Prince, who she says inspired her to make positive music. She points out how body-positive music is everywhere these days, which gives her joy.

8:03 p.m. First Lady Jill Biden is up next and gets a standing ovation. She announcing the inaugural Best Song for Social Change Award. It goes to Iranian artist Shervin Hajipour, who has been described as writing the anthem for the current movement in his home country—even though he has been arrested there. Then she announces the Grammy for Song of the Year: “Just Like That,” by Bonnie Raitt. It’s a huge surprise even to the Bay Area resident. She explains how the story was inspired by the late John Prine.

7:53 p.m. Luke Combs is introduced by a North Carolina tavern owner where Combs used to be a bouncer and “never spotted a fake ID.” It was a  fun random sidebar that segued well into Combs’ everyman country balladry. He managed to lose his staple ballcap for this performance. And he combed his hair. — Piper Westrom. This is one of the few slow songs we’ve heard tonight. Grammy shows used to get bogged down by everyone trying to out-ballad each other, but they’ve found a much better flow and rhythm. — Mike DeWald.

7:44 p.m. The Rock is cooking up the Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance: “Easy On Me,” Adele. “Get up here best friend! Adele!” the Rock announces. She dedicates the song to her song, saying she wrote the first song in the shower.

7:19 p.m. LL Cool J announcing a new award. Dr. Dre gets the first-ever Dr. Dre Global Impact Award. This appears to be a sleek black Grammy. “I am extremely honored by this award,” Dre says. “Where would a lot of people be without hip-hop? … “What I love about this award is that it uses my name to inspire the next generation of producers.” And now LL Cool J is introducing a jaw-dropping lineup of hip-hop acts to mark 50 years of the genre. This includes: Black Thought, Big Boi, Busta Rhymes, Spliff Star, De La Soul, DJ Drama, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Missy Elliott, Future, GloRilla, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Mele Mel & Scorpio/Ethiopian King, Ice-T, Lil Baby, Lil Wayne, The Lox, Method Man, Nelly, Public Enemy, Queen Latifah, Rahiem, Rakim, RUN-DMC, Salt-N-Pepa and Spinderella, Scarface, Swizz Beatz and Too $hort … and LL Cool J. We’re probably missing someone here.

It was an impressive feat, in part just for the scale it took to produce and arrange a performance with so many involved. Some major artists got only a verse. Nonetheless, it was flat-out awesome to see so many hip-hop legends on one stage. It’s been so long since some of these artists have been on stage in a setting this big because they’ve moved on to other ventures. Busta KILLED IT. — Roman. Bonus points to Questlove for taking on such a tall task and making it seamless — Mike.

7:08 p.m. Mary J. Blige performing “Good Morning Gorgeous” in a sparkling evening gown. She’s surrounded by string players I presume are some sort of cellos, but they look like…. TVs stacked on top of each other. — Roman Gokhman. Everything is golden. The performance culminated in a well-deserved standing ovation. And let’s face it, the hat was legendary.

7:04 p.m. James Corden is presenting the Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Music Album: Renaissance, Beyoncé. “We are witnessing history tonight,” Corden says. “I’m trying not to be too emotional. I’m trying to just receive this night,” Beyonce says. “I want to thank God for protecting me. I’d like to thank my uncle Johnny, who’s not here, but he’s here in spirit. I’d like to thank my parents … for loving me and pushing me. I’d like to thank my beautiful husband and three children. I’d like to thank the queer community for your love and for inventing the genre.”

6:50 p.m. The fan panel is a creative way to take a look at each of the artists’ fanbases. It’s a unique look at how these artists impact the lives of their listeners. — Piper Westrom. Now Madonna is talking about her many reputations. “I’m hear to give thanks for all the rebels out there. .. Your fearlessness does not go unnoticed,” she says. That leads into Kim Petras and Sam Smith performing “Unholy.” Very dramatic performance from Sam Smith. The inside of the arena is bathed in red light. Smith is dressed in a red latex jumpsuit. Petras is in a cage. So interesting to watch how Smith has evolved as a vocalist. Fiery, dark and dramatic, they delivered a great vocal, while Petras turned in a solid contribution. Can’t say I haven’t enjoyed any of the performances yet. Solid efforts all around. — Mike DeWald.

6:34 p.m. Kacey Musgraves opens the In-Memoriam segment with “Coal Miner’s Daughter” on Loretta Lynn’s guitar. The In-Memoriam segment is a tough gig since there’s just no way not to be a downer. But Musgraves delivers a solid stripped-down tribute with excellent vocals. — Mike DeWald. Now there’s a touching Quavo and Maverick City tribute to Takeoff, followed by “Guinnevere” by CSNY, and Fleetwood Mac’s “Songbird.” Lot son artists rotating in and out, including Bonnie Raitt and Mick Fleetwood.

6:28 p.m. Cardi B comes out decked in a dress made of mini mirrors to introduce Best Rap Album: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar. It was a highly touted album anyway, but Lamar’s brief hiatus from music made it even more anticipated. He thanks his family for giving him the courage to be honest and transparent. “This was one of my toughest records to make and they allowed me to do it,” he says.  “I would like to thank the culture for allowing me to make an album like this.”

6:16 p.m. Beyonce is in her seat! And now Harry Styles is on stage performing “As it Was.” Styles is covered, from the neck down, in… tinsel? He’s backed by a band, while about 10 dancers are spinning around on a moving stage. Love the bells in this performance. — Roman Gokhman.

6:10 p.m. SZA presents the Grammy for Best Música Urbana Album: Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti. “I made this album with love and passion,. When you do everything with love and passion, everything is easier,” he says. He dedicates the award to Puerto Rico. This was pretty much a given. All four of us picked it even though the other albums are also great. — Roman Gokhman. If Bad Bunny truly is to be one of the faces of pop music for years to come, it will be great to see such a humble and energetic individual run the game. — Piper Westrom.

6:03 p.m. Lizzo now on stage in a black dress with puffy shoulders performing the intro to “About Damn Time” and now “Special” with a choir. It’s smooth and effortless, and the first of the night to truly feel like a moment. Everyone has generally done well thus far, but this is simply on a different plane. — Mike DeWald.

5:56 p.m. And now Smokey Robinson presents the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category: “Unholy,” Sam Smith and Kim Petras. Roman and Piper both picked this one to win. Petras announces she is the first transgender woman to win this award, to loud applause. She thanked many, including Madonna for being a supporter of the LGBTQIA community and her mother. She also credited Sam Smith with being an inspiration for her and being one of her biggest supporters throughout her career.

5:45 p.m. Stevie Wonder introduces the quartet of young men he has performing with him before launching into “The Way You Do the Things You Do.” If it wasn’t a great performance to begin with, Smokey Robinson joining the stage puts the icing on the cake. Not sure why Stevie Wonder started the performance sitting next to his keyboard instead of behind it, but things vastly improved once he got into position. Great surprise additions from Robinson and now Chris Stapleton pf “Higher Ground,” just an all-around musical joy to some timeless songs. — Mike DeWald.

5:40 p.m. Shania Twain introduces the Best Country Album category: A Beautiful Time, Willie Nelson. He’s not here, though Trevor Noah mentions, “We know you’re watching and we wish you the best.” Shania Twain, Billy Crystal, Willie Nelson… we’ve reached the throwback portion of the show. Though Crystal delivers a legitimately funny and self-deprecating “thank you everyone, please be seated,” when he takes the microphone. The pacing of the show is off to a little bit of a weird start, not sure if it’s a byproduct of the aforementioned traffic issues, but it feels like there’s some element of stalling happening.

5:30 p.m. Then a standing ovation for Viola Davis as she comes to the stage to introduce the next category. She became an EGOT owner earlier today. Best R&B Song: “CUFF IT.” Denisia “Blu June” Andrews, Beyoncé, Mary Christine Brockert, Brittany “Chi” Coney, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Morten Ristorp, Nile Rodgers & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé). CBS execs likely sweating now with the announcement that Beyonce is late, especially with her winning an award within the first 40 minutes of the broadcast. Producer Nile Rogers accepts on her behalf. I love live TV — Amelia Parreira.

5:25 p.m. The broadcast cuts to a focus group of fans debating the nominees for Album of the Year. It’s filmed reality-show-style like we’re introducing the cast of the latest season of “The Real World,” bit of a random addition, though it does a good job of highlighting the diversity of the nominees.

5:20 p.m. Jennifer Lopez presents the Best Pop Vocal Album category: Harry’s House, Harry Styles. (This is Roman Gokhman’s pick). Styles wins over ABBA, Adele, Coldplay and Lizzo. “This album, from start to finish, has been the greatest experience of my life, from making it with two of my best friends to playing it for people, has been the greatest joy I could have asked for,” Styles says.

5:13 p.m. Brandi Carlile is introduced by her wife and two daughters before breaking into a performance of her Grammy-nominated song “Broken Horses.” There’s a dearth of rock on this year’s Grammys, but kudos to Carlile for bringing a decidedly old-school rock and roll vibe to the energetic track. Excellent no-nonsense performance. — Mike DeWald.

5:07 p.m. “Think of me like a Chinese spy balloon,” Noah says, bringing the monologue jokes. “Every song on TikTok that you hear, these people made them.”

“Women throw their panties at this man, then he puts them on and looks better in them than they did!” Noah says about guest and nominee Harry Styles. He then plays matchmaker, bringing together Adele with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, a star the British singer has apparently wanted to meet the most, but never has. The moment was a bit of a non-sequiturs, but worth a chuckle nonetheless.

5:01 p.m. And we’re off. Comedian Trevor Noah opens the show from outside the Crypto.com Arena. He welcomes viewers to the “best city in the world, if you ignore a few other cities.” Bad Bunny is the first performer of the night, with “Despise de la Playa.” The mega star is bringing a strong ‘90s vibe with faded blue jeans and a backward hat. The stage is filled with salsa dancers, some taking to the crowd, with the requisite Taylor Swift dance reaction shot. It’s a party to open the show and a testament to the rise of Bad Bunny, who has become one of music’s top stars.

3:56 p.m. Randy Rainbow announces that “I was robbed” for the Best Comedy Album awards and concludes the premiere ceremony. We’ll pick things up again for the primetime show!

3:50 p.m. Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical: Tobias Jesso Jr., who’s worked with Harry Styles, Adele, FKA Twigs, Orville Peck, Diplo, Omar Apollo and others. Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Jack Antonoff, who worked with Taylor Swift, Florence and The Machine, Diana Ross, The 1975 and others. No surprise here, Antonoff has been diversifying his production game for a long time now, and if the list of projects he worked on this year isn’t evidence of that, I don’t know what is. — Piper Westrom. Antonoff brought his engineer, Laura Sisk, to accept the award. Antonoff produces a variety of artists, though maybe most notably, he has been at the helm for most of Swift’s recent work.

3:39 p.m. Babyface giving out awards now. Best Folk Album: Revealer. Madison Cunningham.  Did I mention she was a RIFF cover artist? — Roman Gokhman. Best Comedy Album: The Closer. Dave Chappelle. One of several controversial names on the list, but he’s not here to accept. Best Musical Theater Album: Into The Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording). Best Song Written For Visual Media: We Don’t Talk About Bruno [From Encanto]. Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter. Lin-Manuel Miranda beats out some big names including Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish to take home Best Song for Visual Media. Best Music Video: All Too Well: The Short Film. Taylor Swift. Director Saul Germaine is speaking here. Unsurprising win here; Swift poured a lot of creative vision into this music video and it clearly paid off. Best Music Film: Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story. (Various Artists). Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern, video directors.

3:37 p.m. Seems like most winners are referring to the notes app on their phone for their award thank you’s than the old-fashioned way of hastily pulling out a list of names from a suit pocket. — Mike DeWald.

3:32 p.m. Best American Roots Song: Just Like That. Bonnie Raitt. She beats out Anaïs Mitchell, Sheryl Crow, T Bone Burnett, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss and Brandi Carlile here. Best Americana Album: In These Silent Days. Brandi Carlile. “Damn, I thought Bonnie was about to sweep!” Carlile says while accepting the award. She speaks to the lasting impact and staying power of the genre. Best Spoken Word Poetry Album: The Poet Who Sat By The Door. J. Ivy. “This is for the poets, ya’ll!”

3:27 p.m. Best American Roots Performance: Stompin’ Ground. Aaron Neville With The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Aaron Neville’s team shouts out Petaluma Records during their acceptance speech. The San Francisco label’s founder is also the founder of Petaluma’s McEvoy Ranch. This is Fantastic Negrito’s first Grammy loss since he’s been Fantastic Negrito — Roman Gokhman. Best Americana Performance: Made Up Mind. Bonnie Raitt. This is another Bay Area win, and an opportunity for me to point out that I once sat next to Bonnie at one of these premiere ceremonies. She was very nice. — Roman Gokhman. Standing ovation for Raitt as she comes to accept her award. 

3:20 p.m. Four-time Grammy winner Judy Collins presents the next batch of awards. Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Empire Central. Snarky Puppy (or Snappy Puppy, according to Collins). “This is about Texas. This is where the band started. We dedicate this record to Bernard Wright.” Best Latin Jazz Album: Fandango At The Wall In New York. Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring The Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective. Best Tropical Latin Album: Pa’lla Voy. Marc Anthony. He’s not here.

3:15 p.m. RIFF cover artist Madison Cunningham (who has a very cute puppy) performs a stripped-down song with her acoustic guitar and minimal backing strings.

3 p.m. Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Letters For The Future. Time For Three; Xian Zhang, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra). Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Voice Of Nature — The Anthropocene. Renée Fleming, soloist; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist. Best Classical Compendium: An Adoption Story. Starr Parodi and Kitt Wakeley; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi and Kitt Wakeley, producers. And the crowd noticeably goes wild! — Roman Gokhman. Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Puts: Contact. Kevin Puts, composer (Xian Zhang, Time for Three & The Philadelphia Orchestra). “I am so happy my name was pronounced correctly. … Time For Three just became the Grammy-winning Time For Three,” he said, shaking as he accepted his award. Best Engineered Album, Classical: Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique – The Making Of The Orchestra. Shawn Murphy, Charlie Post and Gary Rydstrom, engineers; Michael Romanowski, mastering engineer (Edwin Outwater & Chicago Symphony Orchestra). Outwater works with the San Francisco Symphony often, so we’ll claim this one as ours. — Roman Gokhman. Producer Of The Year, Classical: Judith Sherman.

2:54 p.m. Best Orchestral Performance: Works By Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman. Michael Repper, conductor (New York Youth Symphony). “This is the first time a youth orchestra has ever won for best orchestral performance!” Pepper yells. Best Opera Recording: Blanchard: Fire Shut Up In My Bones. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore & Walter Russell III; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus). Best Choral Performance: Born. Donald Nally, conductor (Dominic German, Maren Montalbano, Rebecca Myers & James Reese; The Crossing). Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Shaw: Evergreen. Attacca Quartet.

2:47 p.m. Cumbia artist Carlos Vives and his very large band are performing now. And I’m trying to down a pizza in the next three minutes — Roman Gokhman. Vives is performing with the biggest smile on his face. The entire band is super lively, and it’s making for a wonderfully upbeat performance. This performance has made it from the stage into the first row. Randy Rainbow is very impressed. The next presenter is spoken word artist and activist Malcolm-Jamal Warner.

2:41 p.m. Best Gospel Album: One Deluxe. Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin. Three in a row! Kirk Franklin finally gets a turn to speak. Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Breathe. Maverick City Music. With this Grammy, Maverick City goes four-for-four on awards they were nominated for. Best Roots Gospel Album: The Urban Hymnal. Tennessee State University Marching Band. “These kids so deserve it! … HBCUs are so underfunded!” 

2:34 p.m. Best Regional Roots Music Album: Live At The 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Ranky Tanky. This is Gullah music and if you don’t know who these people are, look them up. Their culture is amazing. They still live in coastal South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. — Roman Gokhman. Best Gospel Performance/Song: Kingdom. Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin. And they’re a Tuesday Track pick from 2022. Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Fear Is Not My Future. Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin. Twice is just as nice for faith-based group Maverick City. Kirk Franklin is a staple in the gospel genre so these wins make sense for Maverick City. — Piper Westrom.

2:27 p.m. Best Country Song: ‘Til You Can’t. Matt Rogers & Ben Stennis, songwriters (Cody Johnson). Stennis says his partner, Rogers, is at home because his daughter is sick and could use some prayers. Best Bluegrass Album: Crooked Tree, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway. Tuttle is from Northern California. Best Traditional Blues Album: Get On Board. Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder. More Bay Area love! — Roman Gokhman. Best Contemporary Blues Album: Brother Johnny. Edgar Winter. Winter points out he’ll be touring with Ringo Star. 

2:23 p.m. DOMi and JD BECK are next to present awards. Best Country Solo Performance: Live Forever, Willie Nelson. Willie beats out Kelsea Ballerini, Zach Bryan, Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris. Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde for “Never Wanted To Be That Girl.” “I’m still working on pulling my dress up!” — McBryde. Pearce is tearing up. “This is my first nomination and I was not expecting this!” I got the chance to see Ashley McBryde at the Dierks Bentley concert this summer and it is no surprise that she is taking country music by storm. Her vulnerability and brash authenticity are a joy. — Piper Westrom. 

2:15 p.m. Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package: In And Out Of The Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81 ’82 ’83. Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson & Dave Van Patten, art directors (The Grateful Dead). “Maybe I’m nostalgic, but I still love the old way… the packaging, the plastic, the smell…” Best Album Notes: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition). Bob Mehr, album notes writer (Wilco). Best Historical Album: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition). Cheryl Pawelski & Jeff Tweedy, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Wilco). This album is winning awards 20 years later. — Roman Gokhman. “In the historical category, it’s not common to get to work with the artist, right?”

2:10 p.m. Best Latin Pop Album: Pasieros. Rubén Blades and Boca Livre. They’re from Brazil. Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album: MOTOMAMI, Rosalía. There was never any question because this is one of the best albums of the year. Period. — Roman Gokhman. Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): Un Canto por México – El Musical, Natalia Lafourcade. Best Recording Package: Beginningless Beginning. Chun-Tien Hsia & Qing-Yang Xiao, art directors (Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra).

2:03 p.m. Latin jazz artist Arturo O’Farrill is next to present awards. Best Reggae Album: Kabaka Pyramid. “We’re just some kids from Kingston, Jamaica!” They thank Damian Marley, who produced the album. Best Global Music Performance: Bayethe. Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode. Great win for South Africa, one of my favorite places in the entire world. — Roman Gokhman. “Every child in the ghetto, in the village, know that this is possible!” Best Global Music Album: Sakura. Masa Takumi. The Japanese artist didn’t have a speech prepared, but he looks so excited to be up there. 

1:57 p.m. Arooj Aftab and Anoushka Shankar now performing an arresting harp and sitar number. Really beautiful vocals, haunting in a good way. Sitar solo is pretty unique, and I appreciate that we’re getting to see this more global side of the show that we wouldn’t get to in the later section/show. — Piper Westrom.

1:55 p.m. Best Alternative Music Album: Wet Leg, again! “Come back!” Jimmy Jam yells. 

1:50 p.m. Best Rock Song: Broken Horses. Brandi Carlile. Says her mom is here with her and speaks directly to her. Another big win for Brandi; you can tell how truly honored and happy she is to be winning these awards. — Piper Westrom. “I cut my hair, and I learned how to scream and I just won a Grammy for a rock song.” Best Rock Album: Patient Number 9. Ozzy Osbourne. Best Alternative Music Performance: Chaise Lounge. Wet Leg. Wow… I did not see this one coming, honestly. — Roman Gokhman. They’re here, of course. “This is so funny. Thanks so much. What are we doing here? I don’t know, but here we are.”

1:45 p.m. Best Rock Performance: Broken Horses. Brandi Carlile. She’s here (because she’s nice like that). This is a big win for women in rock, especially considering she was up against Bryan Adams, Beck, The Black Keys, Idles, Turnstile and Ozzy Osbourne featuring Jeff Beck. Best Metal Performance: Degradation Rules. Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi. Metallica’s Robert Trujillo is here in Ozzy’s place. Ozzy had two messages for the people: “I love you all and fuck off!” Talk about another artist who keeps winning Grammy’s like no time has passed. — Piper Westrom.

1:40 p.m. Best Rap Performance: The Heart Part 5. Kendrick Lamar. It’s his first win tonight. Kendrick, even after hiatus, still winning Grammys like no time has passed. — Piper Westrom. He’s not here. Best Melodic Rap Performance: WAIT FOR U. Future Featuring Drake & Tems. Best Rap Song: The Heart Part 5. This is a songwriter’s award, so the winners include Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar & Matt Schaeffer.

1:34 p.m. Jimmy Jam now speaking and presenting awards. Best R&B Performance: Hrs & Hrs. Muni Long. Beating out Beyonce, Mary J. Blige and Jazmine Sullivan. Best Traditional R&B Performance: PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA. Beyoncé. She would not be denied twice in a row. Best Progressive R&B Album: Gemini Rights. Steve Lacy. He does not appear to be here. Best R&B Album: Black Radio III. Robert Glasper. He’s here and slowly making his way up to the front. Glasper thanks the usual and also very deserving label Loma Vista.

1:27 p.m. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Michael Bublé’s “Higher” beats out Kelly Clarkson, Norah Jones, Pentatonix and Diana Ross. Bublé is also not here. Best Children’s Music Album: The Movement. Alphabet Rockers. This group is stoked, and it looks like they’re from the Bay Area based on who they’re thanking. Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording: Finding Me. Viola Davis. Others nominated included Jamie Foxx, Mel Brooks, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Questlove. She’s here. “I wrote this book to honor 6-year-old Viola. … I just EGOT’d!”

1:20 p.m. Best Improvised Jazz Solo. Endangered Species. Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese, soloist. Best Jazz Vocal Album: Linger Awhile. Samara Joy. I wasn’t familiar with Samara Joy before her performance, but after watching her sing, this win is no surprise to me.— Piper Westrom. Best Jazz Instrumental Album: New Standards Vol. 1. Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton & Matthew Stevens. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra. Winning speaker looks an awful lot like RIFF’s Mike DeWald! — Roman Gokhman.

1:15 p.m. Samara Joy now performing a jazzy number. Her gorgeous silky voice is beyond her years. Rainbow: “That was gorgeous, oh my God!” And now Amanda Gorman is speaking. She says she’s excited about the spoken word poetry category, a first-time category! Gorman is presenting jazz awards.

1:09 p.m.: Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: Songbird (Orchestral Version). Vince Mendoza, arranger (Christine McVie). This category also included the likes of Jacob Collier with Lizzy McAlpine & John Mayer, as well as Louis Cole. Express deep appreciation to the late Christine McVie. Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album: Mystic Mirror. White Sun. Our own Daniel J. Willis called this one! “Through love and music, we can sing the world into a better place,” the group says.

1:03 p.m.: Best Immersive Audio Album: Divine Tides. Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineer; Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej & Herbert Waltl, immersive producers (Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej). Producers talking about how the album was written in many places around the world. Best Instrumental Composition: Refuge. Geoffrey Keezer. Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: Scrapple From The Apple. John Beasley, arranger (Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band Featuring Martin Aeur). Thanks “the genius of Charlie Parker” in addition to family and other nominees.

12:56 p.m.:  Best Dance/Electronic Recording: The winner is Beyonce for “BREAK MY SOUL.” She’s not here. Best Remixed Recording: Winner is Lizzo for “About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix).” Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Harry’s House. Jeremy Hatcher, Oli Jacobs, Nick Lobel, Mark “Spike” Stent & Sammy Witte, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Harry Styles). Unsurprising that Styles won this one considering how diverse this album ended up being; big win for Styles in the early stages of his solo career. — Piper Westrom.

12:50 p.m.: Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media winner is “Encanto.” This is the first winner of the day. Disney feature films tend to do well in the category historically. The winners thank Lin Manuel Miranda for his inspiration and work on the film/soundtrack. Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television): Encanto
Germaine Franco, composer. One film, now two wins. Encanto can win two more awards tonight. Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn Of Ragnarok. Stephanie Economou, composer. Fun fact, we interviewed Einar Selvik, who worked on the music from the game!

12:46 p.m. The host is the one and only Randy Rainbow, wearing a sparkly black tux with huge bow tie. “There will be no George Santos talk tonight. Even though he has been nominated for best pop vocal… that’s what he told me.”

12:40 p.m. Recording Academy Chair of the Board of Trustees Tammy Hurt is now speechifying before we fully get going here. “We are united and powered collectively by music. …  I am a proud queer rock drummer from the South. If you’ve ever felt oppressed or felt invisible, this academy is for you.”

12:36 p.m. Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason, Jr. now on stage. “That’s how you start a music show!” Calls being able to return to L.A—the Grammys’ “home court.” Expresses appreciation for being able to come back home. “Music is humanity’s greatest natural resource.”

12:31 p.m. We’re kicking off with the Blind Boys of Alabama, Buddy Guy, La Marisoul from La Santa Cecilia and others singing “I Just Want to Celebrate.” Lots of people on stage for this funky number.

9 a.m. Publisher Daniel J. Willis, who’s not a fan of the Grammys, would like to point out that he has already predicted some winners, so here they are, if you’d like hold him accountable later. Additionally, critic Tony Hicks has shared some fun facts about the Grammys you may not know, as well as his own experiences of watching the fireworks on the Sunset Strip when he lived in L.A. — Roman Gokhman