Throughout the day, we’ll be posting the winners of the 2024 Grammy Awards, starting with the daytime precast or premiere ceremony, where most of the awards are doled out. We’ll call out the notable performances and speeches as well.

8:30 p.m. The night ends with Billy Joel back on stage performing “You May Be Right.”

8:25 p.m. Celine Dion now on. “When I say it’s wonderful to be here, I really mean it, from the heart,” she says. She presents Album of the Year, an award she won herself 27 years prior. The winner: Midnights – Taylor Swift – Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, producers; Jack Antonoff, Zem Audu, Bryce Bordone, Serban Ghenea, David Hart, Mikey Freedom Hart, Sean Hutchinson, Ken Lewis, Michael Riddleberger, Laura Sisk & Evan Smith, engineers/mixers; Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer.

It’s a heck of a night for Swift, who’s gone through months in the spotlight. Swift thanks Jack Atonoff, her team, and even Lana Del Rey, who takes the stage with Swift. 

“I would love to tell you this is the best moment of my life, but I feel this happy when I finish a song,” Taylor Swift says, gushing. “Mind blown, thank you so much. … The award is the work; all I want is to keep being able to do this.”

No more surprise announcements, presidential endorsements or football predictions.

Trevor Noah points out that Swift is the first artist to have won Album of the Year four times.

8:20 p.m. Billy Joel takes the stage after a video of why he decided to write and release a song for the first time in 30 years. He’s backed by a symphony for “Turn the Lights Back On.”

The performance is preceded by an oddly heartwarming video about Joel trying to duck out of a lunch with a friend of a friend of a doctor of a doctor, who also happened to be a songwriter. The two apparently hit it off and, after some apprehension, a song was born.

8:15 p.m. Mark Ronson and Meryl Streep present Record Of The Year: Flowers – Miley Cyrus – Kid Harpoon & Tyler Johnson, producers; Michael Pollack, Brian Rajaratnam & Mark “Spike” Stent, engineers/mixers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer. Cyrus picks up another huge win in a crowded field. This has to be considered a surprise. While the song was a massive hit, Cyrus did very little promotion of the album after its release.

“I hope I remembered everyone, though I may have forgotten underwear,” Cyrus says after doing her rounds of thanks.

8:05 p.m. Samara Joy presents Best New Artist: Victoria Monét. “Thank you to the champagne servers of the night. That is my first thank you,” she says, before digging deeper and comparing herself to a plant growing in the soil of the music industry, and finally sprouting.

Monet thanked her single mother for raising her and was brought to tears midway through her speech. Like many winners of Best New Artist category, the term “new” is used loosely. Monét speaks to her 15-year journey to make it as an artist. This is her third win of the night.

7:58 p.m. Trevor Noah introduces Burna Boy, the first Afrobeats artist to perform during the televised portion of the Grammy Awards. He’s backed by 21 Savage and Brandy. They perform “City Boys,” before Brandy arrives for “Sittin’ On Top of the World.”

Wearing sparkly pants and jacket, with work boots and a shirt and tie, Burna blends genres in a lively performance heavy on funk and brass.

Noah then speeds up the ceremony by quickly listing off the educator of the year, music executive of the year, MusiCares Person of the Year (Jon Bon Jovi) and others.

7:45 p.m. Harvey Mason, Jr. from the Recording Academy is chatting about the power of music and the need for music to bring people together. Behind him is a string quartet comprised of musicians from Arab, Israeli and Palestinian decent.

“Now is the time for us, for humanity, to play together, to come together,” he says.

7:35 p.m. Travis Scott is on stage. “My Eyes” and “FE!N” are the first hip-hop songs performed tonight. He’s wearing what looks like body armor as he performs in a washed-out apocalyptic moonscape.

The performance is definitely a change in direction from the night’s other acts. Scott channels his inner WWE wrestler, smashing chairs. It’s definitely not boring. — Mike DeWald.

7:20 p.m. Brandi Carlile introduces legend Joni Mitchell.

“She redefined the purpose of a song,” Carlile says.

Mitchell, who won a Grammy earlier in the day, is performing at the ceremony for the first time, backed by Lucius, Carlile and Allison Russell while seated in rotating armchair while using her cane to keep time. She has the audience enraptured in a touching, piano-led “Both Sides Now.” The casual listener likely didn’t know just how resilient the 80-year-old singer has been throughout her life. Because of the vocals and stage production, I’m getting serious Johnny Cash covering “Hurt” vibes. — RG

7:15 p.m. Lionel Richie presents Song Of The Year: What Was I Made For? [From The Motion Picture “Barbie”] – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish). Song of the Year is another absolutely stacked category and the case could be made for any of those nominated. — Mike DeWald. Eilish, in a Barbie varsity jacket, seems stunned.

“I was look at everyone’s faces and thinking ‘not a chance,'” she says.

7 p.m. Trevor Noah introduces a tribute segment for Jay-Z, who gets the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award. He takes his speaking opportunity to point out the complicated relationship between hip-hop and the Recording Academy. He speaks to some of the inequities of how the biggest awards are awarded with some zingers along the way. He nods to Beyonce, pointing out that for all her awards, she’s never gotten Album of the Year. His daughter stands on stage with him, smiling.

“We want ya’ll to get it right, or at least close to right,” he says. And later: “Some of you don’t belong in the category. … I get honest when I’m nervous.” Insert crowd murmurs and let the speculation begin!

6:40 p.m. Stevie Wonder pays tribute to the legendary Tony Bennett who died last year, not just remembering the “I Left My Heart in San Francisco singer” for his voice, but for his love for art, peace and civil rights. The song gets a duet treatment, with Bennett singing on the video screens with Wonder.

That begins the in memoriam segment. This can be a tough part of the show to pull off, but this segue seems to work well.

Annie Lennox—who barely ever performs live these days—pays tribute to Sinéad O’Connor with “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Lennox then raises an arm and demands for a “ceasefire and peace in the world.” Stunning, not a whole lot else to say, just masterful. — Mike DeWald.

Jon Batiste then leads a band consisting of Cory Henry, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Ann Nesby for a medley of “Ain’t No Sunshine” and “Lean On Me” in honor of the late music industry exec and producer Clarence Avant.

Finally, Oprah and Fantasia Barrino lead a tribute to Tina Turner with “Proud Mary.” The vocals are spot on and the dance moves a great addition. Barrino finds Dua Lipa in the crowd and the two groove together mid-song. Turner had a larger than life stage presence and Barrino does a solid job bringing that musical bombast and signature vocal rasp to the Grammy stage.

Notably absent from the In Memorium is Bay Area native Steve Harwell. The Smash Mouth frontman passed in 2023, following struggles with alcoholism. While “All Star” may have become a novelty for TikTok, it was an absolute monster in its day. The band had a string of beloved ska-infused hits. While the road may have gotten bumpy toward the end, it’s a a shame it wasn’t acknowledged at the Grammys by the Recording Academy. — Mike DeWald.

6:25 p.m. And here’s U2’s pre-recorded performance of “Atomic City” from Sphere in Las Vegas. The song was recorded from several concerts within the last couple of weeks. And actually, it’s not a video of that song at all, but a compilation from U2 concerts in general. It’s basically a music video and not really related to the song they’re supposed to be performing. It’s a commercial. — RG.

That transitions to U2 introducing Best Pop Vocal Album: Midnights – Taylor Swift.

AND WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT: Her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, comes April 19. Leave it to Taylor Swift to surprise us all. Bravo. Surely, most of Taylor Swift’s fandom was expecting a release date for Reputation (Taylor’s Version) — Mike DeWald.

6:16 p.m. Olivia Rodrigo turns her song “Vampire” into a bit of a major-chord pop-rocker after starting slowly. Another good trend tonight: Everyone is singing. Rodrigo may be the newcomer of the pop divas, but she keeps showing she’s got the chops to hang with the others. The performance has a pop-punk ending.

6:11 p.m. Lizzo presents Best R&B Song: Snooze – Kenny B. Edmonds, Blair Ferguson, Khris Riddick-Tynes, Solána Rowe & Leon Thomas, songwriters (SZA). It’s the second win for the night’s most-nominated artist. “I was running because I was changing, and then I took a shot and ran here,” SZA acknowledges. What a cool full circle for SZA, receiving the award from Lizzo, with whom the singer says she came up in the music business. — Mike DeWald.

Trevor Noah sits down with Billy Joel, who’ll be performing his first new single in about 30 years later tonight. You’ve got to be excited for that one.

6:05 p.m. Kacey Musgraves presents Best Country Album: Bell Bottom Country – Lainey Wilson.

Musgraves then announces her next album via commercial: My Saturn Has Returned?

5:55 p.m. Miley Cyrus up next, performing “Flowers” publicly for the first time. That’s some big hair. I think I’m jealous. She looks like a ’70s ballroom dancer. — RG. Cyrus takes a moment in between lyrics to declare, “I just won my first Grammy!” The song concludes with a disco-like breakdown and a mic drop. The ode to Tina Turner at the end was just the icing on the cake. It was tough to watch the performance and not long for Cyrus to get back on the road for some shows.

Can we just say that Grammy host Trevor Noah has (so far) been sensational; his jokes charmingly funny and not cringe-worthy? — Amelia Richardson.

5:45 p.m. Performing the song that has been the theme of nearly every sad Instagram video this year are Billie Eilish and FINNEAS with “What Was I Made For?” The song from “Barbie” is nominated for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Eilish delivers the quiet and subdued song with the subtlety you’d expect. With a vintage ‘70s look, the strings around the stage kick in about halfway through. Really beautiful stuff, everything so far has been really rock solid as far as performances go. — Mike DeWald.

5:35 p.m. Here’s SZA performing “Snooze” and “Kill Bill,” with a blade-we idling warrior blowing Phoebe Bridgers’ socks off while dancing on her table. There was a back alley with flaming Dumpsters, cool fight choreography and moody, dark red visuals. SZA’s vocals were spot-on.

5:30 p.m. Best Música Urbana Album: MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO – Karol G, who’s absolutely geeking out at this win. “I promise to give you my best, always,” she says.

OK, that Jelly Roll Uber Eats spot was legitimately hilarious. Obviously a tease to a full Super Bowl commercial, but the singer looking into the bathroom and realizing he had tattoos was very, very funny. Celebrity-infused Super Bowl commercials aren’t always winners, but this looks like it’s on the right track. — All of us.

5:20 p.m. Tracy Chapman performs “Fast Car” with Luke Combs, trading verses back and forth. Love this version — RG. Chapman is glowing, easy to see the joy on her face to perform the classic on a stage like the Grammys. Combs plays a complementary role well, letting Chapman take the spotlight, really tremendous collaboration. I’m a little on the fence about the docu-style lead-ins to performances; not sure if they’ll all get the same treatment. — Mike DeWald. 

5:15 p.m. Mariah Carey presents Best Pop Solo Performance: Flowers – Miley Cyrus. Some might consider this an upset. It was an absolutely stacked category with some of the top female artists in music. “Flowers” was an absolute monster, so not entirely a surprise. — Mike DeWald.

5 p.m. We’re back! Dua Lipa opens the night with a premiere! She’s performing “Training Season,” a track she’s been teasing for the past couple weeks. She starts performing on a cage in the middle of the arena, we’ve got pieces of “Dance the Night” now “Houdini” on the main stage in front of what looks like a massive circulating diamond. Vocals on point, same with the choreography, all the ingredients are here for a show opener. Absolutely electric performance, and should be noted that Dua’s dance moves have come so far since it was once a viral meme. — Mike DeWald.

“I’m never going to look at scaffolding the same,” host Trevor Noah says. Being the host of an award show can be a chore, but Noah has grown into the role. He points out some of the famous faces around the room, from Ed Sheeran to 21 Savage and Olivia Rodrigo.

“I can’t wait to see what you rhyme bloodsucker with on national TV,” he jokes. “Maybe ice trucker?”

The cocktail party seating arrangement is a little bit odd; Lenny Kravitz is next to Rodrigo and the rest of the layout all seems a bit random. Curious to see how it will impact the crowd energy for the performances, though it’s TV so I’m sure they’ll figure it out. — Mike DeWald.

3:45 p.m. Next up is a jazz collaboration with Adam Blackstone, Robert Clasper, Bob James, Terrace Martin and Harvey Mason, Sr. It’s a joy to watch the group find lockstep in musical rhythm. There seemed to be elements of improvisation and jamming as each of the musicians played off each other, each getting a moment in the sun to solo. Bassist Blackstone acted as an MC of sorts, introducing each of the band members. On top of the it all, they even figured out a way to infuse “California Love” through a talkbox midway through, Bravo.

3:50 p.m. Tranter is the final presenter of the Premiere Ceremony.

Best R&B Performance: ICU – Coco Jones.

Best Progressive R&B Album: SOS – SZA. Her first win of the day.

Best Jazz Performance: Tight – Samara Joy

Best Jazz Instrumental Album: The Winds Of Change – Billy Childs. “And the Emmy goes to…,” Tranter announces.

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: As We Speak – Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia

Best Bluegrass Album: City Of Gold – Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway. This was a difficult category to win, with Willie Nelson and Billy Strings present – RG.

Best Engineered Album, Classical: Contemporary American Composers – David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Producer Of The Year, Classical: Elaine Martone

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Jack Antonoff. Antonoff produced Taylor Swift’s Midnights, Lana Del Rey’s Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd and The 1975’s Being Funny In A Foreign Language. He thanks Lana Del Rey specifically, as well as his Bleachers bandmates, his parents and Taylor Swift. he thanked her for taking a chance on him with 1989 rather than taking his ideas and sending them to a producer with more experience or stature, which opened even more doors for him.

3:20 p.m. Next presenter is NorCal bluegrass artist (and Grammy nominee) Molly Tuttle.

Best Jazz Vocal Album: How Love Begins – Nicole Zuraitis, who brought a large contingent of friends with her. They made themselves known when her name was called.

Best Country Duo/Group Performance: I Remember Everything – Zach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves

Best Folk Album: Joni Mitchell At Newport [Live] – Joni Mitchell. She’s in the building and gets a standing ovation! “I don’t know what to say about this. We had so much fun at that concert and I think you can hear it on that record.” The room is so silent you could hear a pin drop as she speaks. And then she gets another standing ovation.

Best Regional Roots Music Album: Another tie! New Beginnings – Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band AND … Uh-oh…. Tuttle lost her envelope! OK, saved. It’s Live: Orpheum Theater Nola
Lost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.

Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals: In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning – Erin Bentlage, Jacob Collier, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje Featuring Jacob Collier).

Best Orchestral Performance: Adès: Dante – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Best Opera Recording: Blanchard: Champion – Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Best Choral Performance: Saariaho: Reconnaissance – Nils Schweckendiek, conductor (Uusinta Ensemble; Helsinki Chamber Choir)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Rough Magic – Roomful Of Teeth

Best Classical Instrumental Solo: The American Project – Yuja Wang; Teddy Abrams, conductor (Louisville Orchestra)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Walking In The Dark – Julia Bullock, soloist; Christian Reif, conductor (Philharmonia Orchestra). Notably, Bullock, a soprano, is a collaborator of the San Francisco Symphony. — RG.

Best Classical Compendium: Passion For Bach And Coltrane
Alex Brown, Harlem Quartet, Imani Winds, Edward Perez, Neal Smith & A.B. Spellman; Silas Brown & Mark Dover, producers

Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Montgomery: Rounds – Jessie Montgomery, composer (Awadagin Pratt, A Far Cry & Roomful Of Teeth)

3 p.m. Best Latin Pop Album: X Mí (Vol. 1) – Gaby Moreno. “Sorry, I’m having an out of body experience right now!” – Moreno

Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album: We have our first tie of the day! Vida Cotidiana – Juanes AND De Todas Las Flores – Natalia Lafourcade. “Making this album was me coming back to my inner garden…” – Lafourcade.

Best Reggae Album: Colors Of Royal – Julian Marley & Antaeus. Right before the Bob Marley biopic, this feels right. — RG.

Best New Age, Ambient, Or Chant Album: So She Howls – Carla Patullo Featuring Tonality And The Scorchio Quartet.

Best Children’s Music Album: We Grow Together Preschool Songs – 123 Andrés

Best Audio Book, Narration And Storytelling Recording: The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times – Michelle Obama. “I have a feeling Michelle is not here. If you want the, Michelle, you have to come and get it!” — Austin. Very, very funny line. — Mike DeWald.

Best Instrumental Composition: Helena’s Theme – John Williams, composer (John Williams).

Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella: Folsom Prison Blues
John Carter Cash, Tommy Emmanuel, Markus Illko, Janet Robin & Roberto Luis Rodriguez, arrangers (The String Revolution Featuring Tommy Emmanuel)

2:45 p.m. We’ve got a performance by Gaby Moreno and El David Aguilar, after a technical delay. They do Guatemalan anthem “Luna de Xelajú,” both playing acoustic guitars, the track is cinematic and beautiful. Even with a language barrier, the emotions conveyed by the song and performance are universal. Moreno’s and Aguilar’s voices meld into a stunning concoction.

2:50 p.m. Patti Austin is the new presenter, and her speech should really be replayed later tonight. She talks in depth about the importance of music uniting people and not just about creating competition between artists.

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Basie Swings The Blues – The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart.

Best Latin Jazz Album: El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2 – Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo

Best Alternative Jazz Album: The Omnichord Real Book – Meshell Ndegeocello, a Tuesday Tracks veteran!

2:30 p.m. Best Rock Album: This Is Why – Paramore. They’re the first female-fronted band to ever win this category. — Mike DeWald.

Best Alternative Music Performance: This Is Why – Paramore. A bit of a surprise here, but a good one indeed. Not surprisingly, no one from the band in attendance to accept as their social media pseudo-blackout and the trio’s uncertain future continues. — Mike DeWald.

Best Alternative Music Album: The Record – boygenius. They’re officially cleaning up. 

Best Comedy Album: What’s In A Name? – Dave Chappelle

Best Recording Package: Stumpwork – Rottingdean Bazaar & Annie Collinge, art directors (Dry Cleaning)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package: For The Birds: The Birdsong Project – Jeri Heiden & John Heiden, art directors (Various Artists)

Best Album Notes: Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos – Robert Gordon & Deanie Parker, album notes writers (Various Artists). In the “Today I Learned” portion of the show, liner notes have their own category! — Mike DeWald.

Best Historical Album: Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos – Robert Gordon, Deanie Parker, Cheryl Pawelski, Michele Smith & Mason Williams, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer; Michael Graves, restoration engineer (Various Artists). That’s two in a row for that team.

2:20 p.m. Laufey performance! Laufey is one of the favorite artists of editor Chloe Catajan. The Icelandic singer-songwriter performs a jazz-centric “From the Start.” Strapping on a guitar, the 24-year old singer has an effortless grasp of classical musical styles that manifest as modern pop. Those same classic influences even show in her vocals, a very sweet and sultry performance. Tranter to Laufey: “You’re the most glamorous person alive!”

2:25 p.m. The next presenter is none other than RIFF cover artist Rufus Wainwright.

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Bewitched – Laufey. She barely had a chance to get off stage before returning for the award.

Best Musical Theater Album: Some Like It Hot – Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee, Adrianna Hicks & NaTasha Yvette Williams, principal vocalists; Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Bryan Carter, Scott M. Riesett, Charlie Rosen & Marc Shaiman, producers; Scott Wittman, lyricist; Marc Shaiman, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

Best Rock Performance: Not Strong Enough – Boygenius. Beating out the likes of Metallica, Foo Fighters and Arctic Monkeys. The trio gallops the stage in matching white suits and deliver a sweet thank you speech reminiscing about dreaming of this moment growing up. “We were all delusional enough as kids to think this might happen to us one day” – Lucy Dacus. “Music saved my life. This band is my family.” – Julien Baker.

Best Metal Performance: 72 Seasons – Metallica. Bassist Rob Trujullo is on hand to accept the award. Trujillo’s speech is all about family. “When you’re making an album like this, you’re jamming, you’re family,” he says.

Best Rock Song: Not Strong Enough – Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers & Lucy Dacus, songwriters (boygenius)

2:05 p.m. Best Melodic Rap Performance: All My Life – Lil Durk Featuring J. Cole

Best Rap Song: SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS – Andre Benjamin, Paul Beauregard, James Blake, Michael Render, Tim Moore & Dion Wilson, songwriters (Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future And Eryn Allen Kane). Killer Mike and his crew back on stage. “That’s what happens when Black people make great rap music with white people.”

Best Rap Album: MICHAEL – Killer Mike. Notably beating Nas and Travi Scott. “I don’t care if you’re 78, rapping about how many gals you have in the nursing home, let’s keep hip-hop alive!” Just another of the memorable quotes from Killer Mike, who makes a clean sweep of the hip-hop awards, making a round trip to the podium three times.

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album: The Light Inside – J. Ivy

Best Global Music Performance: Pashto – Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia

Best African Music Performance: Water – Tyla. New category alert! Editor Roman Gokhman has predicted this is the first of several awards that will eventually represent the continent of Africa. This one’s an upset. Burna Boy was the favorite. “My name’s Tyla and I’m from South Africa,” she says, marveling that she won a Grammy at just 22 years old.

Best Global Music Album: This Moment – Shakti (From India).

1:50: We’ve got a performance by Grammy Premiere Ceremony regular Kirk Franklin, a 19-time Grammy winner. Franklin takes the stage backed by a chorus of vocalists for an uplifting performance of “All Things.” Franklin is fueled by faith. The performance feels like it was pulled straight from Sunday morning church. Franklin sits down behind the piano for “Melodies From Heaven,” strutting and clapping between lyrics. His vocal prowess is immense, but its the showmanship that’s really winning here.

“We ain’t done, we’re still at church!” he proclaims before finishing with “I Smile.” Pretty tough not to smile after feeling his positive vibes.

1:55 p.m. Jimmy Jam is the next presenter (he doe this seemingly every year.

Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical: Theron Thomas

Best Gospel Performance/Song: All Things – Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, songwriter. Make that 20-time Grammy winner Kirk Franklin.

Best Traditional R&B Performance: Good Morning – PJ Morton Featuring Susan Carol. Carol accepts the award with tears in her eyes.

Best R&B Album: JAGUAR II – Victoria Monét. Second win of the night for Monet.

Best Rap Performance: SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS – Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future And Eryn Allen Kane. “Where my old lady at! Where my wife at?!” – Killer Mike. Mike looks outright giddy.

1:35 p.m. Best Americana Album: Weathervanes – Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit. Pretty entertaining watching the winners range from light jog to slow sprint to get to the podium with enough time to deliver their speeches and thanks. No one drastically going over time thus far, just a few extra breaths required once they reach mic. – Mike DeWald.

Best Traditional Blues Album: All My Love For You – Bobby Rush

Best Contemporary Blues Album: Blood Harmony – Larkin Poe. One of editor Rachel Alm’s favorite bands. 

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Your Power  – Lecrae & Tasha Cobbs Leonard; Alexandria Dollar, Jordan Dollar, Antonio Gardener, Micheal Girgenti, Lasanna “Ace” Harris, David Hein, Deandre Hunter, Dylan Hyde, Christian Louisana, Patrick Darius Mix Jr., Lecrae Moore, Justin Pelham, Jeffrey Lawrence Shannon, Allen Swoope, songwriters. “Ya’ll look amazing'” — Lecrae, your favorite athlete’s favorite gospel rapper.

Best Gospel Album: All Things New: Live In Orlando – Tye Tribbett

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Church Clothes 4 – Lecrae

Best Roots Gospel Album: Echoes Of The South – Blind Boys Of Alabama

1:20 p.m. Brandy Clark takes the stage to perform with orchestral group Sistastrings. Nominated for six awards tonight, Clark performs piano ballad “Dear Insecurity.” The song starts stripped-down and raw, with Sistastrings entering about halfway through, also supplying the background vocals for the performance. Really a terrific, subdued performance from Clark

1:25 p.m. Carly Pearce is the next presenter. We’re plugging right along.

Best Country Solo Performance: White Horse – Chris Stapleton

Best Country Song: White Horse – Chris Stapleton & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Chris Stapleton)

Best American Roots Performance: Eve Was Black – Allison Russell. She’s also here to accept. Thanks artists like Brandi Carlile for breaking open this category for her.

Best Americana Performance: Dear Insecurity – Brandy Clark Featuring Brandi Carlile

Best American Roots Song: Cast Iron Skillet – Jason Isbell, songwriter (Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit). Isbell is also in the room and speaks about writing stories that resonate with people, as honestly and quickly as possible.

1:10 p.m. Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: JAGUAR II – John Kercy, Kyle Mann, Victoria Monét, Patrizio “Teezio” Pigliapoco, Neal H Pogue & Todd Robinson, engineers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer (Victoria Monét). This was one of our favorite albums of the year. — RG

Best Remixed Recording: Wagging Tongue (Wet Leg Remix) – Wet Leg, remixers (Depeche Mode)

Best Immersive Audio Album: The Diary Of Alicia Keys
George Massenburg & Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Alicia Keys & Ann Mincieli, immersive producers (Alicia Keys)

12:55 p.m. Natalia Lafourcade is the next presenter.

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano): GÉNESIS
Peso Pluma. His name will be familiar to everyone soon.

Best Tropical Latin Album: Siembra: 45º Aniversario (En Vivo en el Coliseo de Puerto Rico, 14 de Mayo 2022) – Rubén Blades Con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: Barbie The Album
Brandon Davis, Mark Ronson & Kevin Weaver, compilation producers; George Drakoulias, music supervisor (Various Artists). Not exactly a surprise given it spurred one of the biggest singles of the year in Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night.” The first award winners of the night to test the speech timing rules, they make way just in time! — Mike DeWald.

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television): Oppenheimer
Ludwig Göransson, composer

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – Stephen Barton & Gordy Haab, composers

Best Song Written For Visual Media: What Was I Made For? [From “Barbie The Album”] – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish). Eilish is here to accept the award! Thanks the film’s stars and director Greta Gerwig. Considering four of the nominees are from the film. Billie Eilish wins, who accepts in person along with her brother Finneas. — Mike DeWald.

Best Music Video: I’m Only Sleeping – (The Beatles) – Em Cooper, video director; Jonathan Clyde, Sophie Hilton, Sue Loughlin & Laura Thomas, video producers.

Best Music Film: Moonage Daydream – (David Bowie) – Brett Morgen, video director; Brett Morgen, video producer

12:50 p.m. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance – Ghost In The Machine – SZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers. Feeling it may be a very busy night of walking the stage for SZA, the most nominated artist of the night. — Mike DeWald.

Best Dance/Electronic Recording: Rumble – Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan
BEAM, Elley Duhé, Fred again.. & Skrillex, producers; Skrillex, mixer

Best Pop Dance Recording: Padam Padam – Kylie Minogue – Lostboy, producer; Guy Massey, mixer

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album: Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) – Fred again..

12:40 p.m. Songwriter and producer Justin Tranter doing a monologue sort of talk and it looks like Tranter will do the first round of awards.

12:35 p.m. Harvey Mason, Jr. and Tammy Hurt from the Recording Academy kicks off the opening remarks.

12:30 p.m. And we’re off, with a medley featuring the likes of opening number by Grammy-nominated poet J. Ivy, joined by Larkin Poe, Pentatonix, Sheila E. and Jordin Sparks. We start with a cover of Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy.” Larkin Poe provides the guitar shredding before Sheila E. takes over with a drum solo at the front of the stage. Honestly, rousing and energetic, a pretty cool collaboration to kick off the show, why exactly wasn’t this on the main broadcast? — Mike DeWald.

10 a.m. The Premiere Ceremony (also known as the pre-cast or streamed event) begins at 12:30 p.m. PT at live.GRAMMY.com. and the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel. The televised ceremony is at 5 p.m. PT on CBS, streaming and on demand on Paramount+.