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th Grammy Awards. Recognizing the best recordings, compositions and artists, the Recording Academy will debut an elegant star-studded event packed with hot performances. The world awaits what’s in store! Hosted by Trevor Noah, the event will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 3, 2022 at 8 P.M.

were delayed from January until this Sunday, April 3 — when they will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas (airing at 8 p.m. ET on CBS with host Trevor Noah) — some of these nominees feel as if they came out last decade instead of last year.

The music industry hands out its top honors on Sunday with acts from teen sensation Olivia Rodrigo to awards darling Billie Eilish and rapper Lil Nas X competing at a star-studded Grammys ceremony in Las Vegas.Grammy watchers say it is tough to predict who will take the biggest prizes other than best new artist, which is widely expected to go to 19-year-old Rodrigo. Her song “drivers license” went viral in early 2021.Rodrigo also is nominated for album, song and record of the year.

Joni Mitchell will be making a rare appearance at this year’s Grammys, where she is due to present an award.The singer-songwriter, who has largely kept out of the public eye since suffering a brain aneurysm in 2015, is also nominated for Best Historical Album for ‘Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967)’.On Friday (April 1), Mitchell was named Person of the Year at the 2022 MusiCares gala.

Miranda Lambert's got a lot on her plate right now, so much so the country star's going to miss the GRAMMYs on Sunday.The «Gunpowder & Led» singer told ABC Audio that this month's proven to be quite the perfect storm — from the upcoming release of her 10th studio album,, to being in the middle of pre-production for her co-headlining Bandwagon Tour with Little Big Town.«So, I'm slammed this month, with the record coming out and everything,» she said.Lambert is nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for «Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)» and Best Country Album for. She collaborated with Jon Randall and Jack Ingram for that album.

Miley Cyrus has tested positive for COVID-19, but she's not sweating the diagnosis because she says she's feeling fine.The «Party in the U.S.A.» singer took to Twitter on Friday and revealed that getting COVID comes with the territory as an artist who travels the world for performances and meeting fans. She tweeted, «Traveling around the world, playin for a 100,000 people a night & meeting hundreds of fans a day the chances of getting Covid are pretty high.

Will Smith's show-stopping slap at the2022 Oscars this past Sunday, the producers of the upcoming GRAMMY Awards admitted they're considering that «anything can happen» when it comes to music's biggest night on Sunday.GRAMMYs executive producer Ben Winston and co-producer Jeannae Rouzan-Clay spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier on Friday to preview the upcoming ceremony and talk about what they learned from the already-infamous Oscars moment.«It makes you more on your game,» Winston admitted. «It makes you go, 'Oh yeah, we're doing a live show for three and a half hours, where anything can happen.' ... It reminded us to be ready for anything that could happen and to talk about anything that could happen and it made me lose a lot more hours of sleep than I would have done if it hadn't happened, 'cause I was like, 'Oh yeah, we're doing that in a week's time!'»The pair shared that they're excited for Sunday's bevy of live performances, which range from Silk Sonic opening the show, to Justin Bieber, Olivia Rodrigo, Lady Gaga and more!«I think the whole show, to be very honest, is one big, diverse, ball of fun,» Rouzan-Clay noted. «I mean you have performers like Jon Batiste, who is gonna bring his own flavor of energy and excitement to the show, up to Chris Stapleton, who brings a completely different energy of flavor, so I think when you talk about bringing a show together with interesting mixes, the entire show is like one big salad bowl.

Trevor Noah is returning to the GRAMMYs! The host is gearing up to helm music's biggest night on Sunday — all the way from Las Vegas, baby!«First of all, it's an honor,» Noah shared in interviews ahead of the big night. «I mean, hosting the GRAMMYs one time, it is a lifetime achievement. Hosting it twice is an opportunity to mess things up, so it's terrifying, it's exciting, it's an honor and most importantly, I think it's a celebration, because the first one was deep in the pandemic and now cases are going down, people are getting back together, we're gonna have an audience and I'm really excited to share it with people in the crowd.»While Noah said he appreciated the «intimacy» of the 2021 GRAMMYs — where the performances took place inside on a sequestered soundstage, while nominees received their awards on a socially-distanced outdoor stage — he admitted that he's excited for the whole show to be back under one roof this year.«Whenever people ask me what performances I'm most excited to see, I realize that my answers are almost always lies, because I haven't yet seen the performances,» he joked. «I have ideas of who I think I want to see in my head, but then I'm always surprised on the night. Last year was a perfect example of that… You don't know who's gonna bring something up, you don't know who's gonna do something different, you don't know who's gonna roll out a giant bed and twerk on it, so yeah, this year I'm excited to see anybody on stage because that's what makes the GRAMMYs amazing is it's basically the year's biggest all-around concert: Everything country, hip-hop, jazz, whatever it is everything, on one stage, which is what I love.»Dear @cbs … 1.

Lady Gaga is set to join the line-up of live performers at this year’s Grammys.The 2022 ceremony will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday (April 3).Gaga, who has been nominated for five awards at this year’s Grammys, is the latest artist to be confirmed to be performing at the 2022 event.The singer joins a line-up that already includes the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, BTS, Billie Eilish, Silk Sonic, Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow, John Legend and J Balvin with Maria Becerra.It’s giving… GAGA.

2022 Grammys — not just because of the hot-button exorbitance characteristic of the Red Carpet, but for the gift bags.That’s right — I mean, what else would you expect us, the New York Post Shopping team, to gloss over?The yearly gift bag, layered like a tiramisu with the best luxury gifts, is a treat in and of itself. This Sunday, April 3, attending celebrities like Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X (all of whom will be performing) will receive a goody bag that’s better than any gift basket you’ve ever seen.Truth be told, we’ve been all over TikTok and social platforms to compile the official list of what will be given in those wishful-thinking Grammys gift bags.

late drummer Taylor Hawkins.A representative for the band confirmed to The Post on Thursday that they are “not playing the Grammys,” as previously speculated in media reports. On Tuesday, the Foo Fighters shared the news that their current world tour is now canceled in the wake of Hawkins’ death.

There’s a new star in town! María Becerra, the Argentine singing sensation, is bringing her talents to the 2022 Grammy Awards! The annual gala celebrating the best and brightest in music will be taking place this year on April 3 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, which is the first time the Grammys have been handed out in the City of Sin.

64th Annual GRAMMY Awards are Sunday, and that means it's time to honor the best of the past year in music!This year, nominees for the Big Four awards — Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Best New Artist — include everyone from ABBA to Saweetie, but the night might be Olivia Rodrigo's to lose.

Arlo Parks has shared her cover of Kaytranada‘s ‘You’re The One’ – you can hear her rendition below.The cover has been recorded for a special edition of the Spotify Singles series which is celebrating the Best New Artist category at this year’s Grammys, which will take place on Sunday (April 3).Parks has been nominated in the category, one of two nods for the London singer/songwriter at this year’s ceremony (she’s also up for Best Alternative Music Album for her debut LP ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’), along with the likes of Glass Animals, Baby Keem and Finneas.As well as her rendition of Kaytranada’s ‘You’re The One’ – originally a collaboration with Syd which featured on the producer’s 2016 album ‘99.9%’ – Parks has also shared a new version of her most recent single ‘Softly’. Both tracks, which you can hear below, were recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City.“Why it was such a joy to record my Spotify Singles session in the studio, I felt somehow part of the legend,” Parks said in a statement about the songs.“Syd’s voice in ‘You’re the One’ always had this effortless beauty to it in my eyes and I wanted to cover it to expose the romance and yearning behind the lyrics.

Foo Fighters, Nas and H.E.R. are among the new additions to the roster of performing artists at next month’s Grammy Awards ceremony.The announcement, made overnight (March 24), also sees Jon Batiste and Chris Stapleton added to the bill.

up for Song of the Year again on April 3 — home-schooled sons Egypt, 11, and Genesis, 7 (with husband Swizz Beatz); released her eighth album, “Keys,” and her best-selling memoir, “More Myself”; and launched a skin-care line, Keys Soulcare. She kept up the pace this month, publishing the young-adult graphic novel “Girl on Fire” and debuting her Athleta x Alicia Keys capsule collection of workout wear.

the day after Whitney Houston died.“It was just an unbelievable time,” the New York hip-hop icon told The Post. “Ken [Ehrlich, longtime Grammys producer,] was like, ‘What do we do?’ And I just said, ‘Let’s say a prayer. Let’s address the elephant in the room … and embrace the crowd so that they feel the love and they can kind of take that weight off their shoulders.

Kanye West has reportedly had a performance at the 2022 Grammys cancelled over “concerning online behaviour”.The gig, which wasn’t announced as part of the initial wave of performers for the ceremony, was apparently pulled last week in response to an Instagram post where West repeatedly directed a racial slur at Trevor Noah, who is set to host the 2022 event.The insults came after Noah said the ongoing harassment West is directing at former wife Kim Kardashian was “terrifying to watch” on an episode of The Daily Show. “What we’re seeing is one of the most powerful, one of the richest women in the world, unable to get her ex to stop texting her, to stop chasing after her, to stop harassing her.”“It shines a spotlight on what so many women go through when they choose to leave,” he added.Taking to Twitter to clarify what he said on his show, Noah wrote: “I said counsel Kanye, not cancel Kanye.”I said counsel Kanye not cancel Kanye.— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) March 20, 2022According to The Independent, Noah responded to Kanye’s initial outburst in a now deleted Instagram comment.

Kanye «Ye» West will not be performing at the GRAMMYs due to his «concerning online behavior,» ET can confirm.A rep for the 44-year-old rapper tells ET they received a call Friday night and were told he was barred from performing. Kanye, who is nominated for five GRAMMYs, had not been part of the Recording Academy's first slate of performers announced earlier this week, but it's possible he may have been announced as a performer down the road.ET has reached out to the Recording Academy for comment.According to, which was first to report the news, West's recent ban from Instagram didn't help matters.

Paramount+. The ceremony shifted from Los Angeles to Las Vegas because of the rising COVID-19 cases and the omicron variant in January, with organizers citing “too many risks” to hosting the performance-filled show at the time.Last year, the Grammys had a music festival vibe with parts of the show held outdoors in an intimate in-person setting with music artists mixed with pre-taped performances.

her death on Feb. 11, 2012, Whitney Houston showed up to rehearsals for mentor Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy gala, a glitzy night of music and mingling that she was planning to attend. The star-studded bash — which, held the night before the awards, is always one of the hottest tickets of Grammy weekend — was taking place at Los Angeles’ Beverly Hilton hotel, where the singer was also staying.Houston’s longtime musical director Rickey Minor was putting the band through its paces for the event, and he noticed immediately that something was different about the woman who was like his “little sister.”“She pops into rehearsal, and we hadn’t even started, and it’s 10:30 in the morning,” Minor told The Post.

64th Annual GRAMMY Awards have officially been rescheduled. Postponed from their previously planned date of Jan. 31 due to COVID-19 concerns, the 2022 GRAMMY Awards will now be held on Sunday, April 3 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas -- airing live on CBS at 5 p.m.

earlier this month that the original Jan. 31 airdate had been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, CBS and the Recording Academy will now broadcast the live ceremony on Sunday, April 3, at 8 p.m.

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The Weeknd’s boycott of the Grammys, saying the star’s move “doesn’t affect us or offend us”.The Weeknd vowed not to submit his music for consideration for the Grammys in the future after his album ‘After Hours’ failed to be nominated for a single award at the 2021 ceremony.In a new interview with Billboard, Harvey Mason Jr, the Recording Academy’s CEO, was asked if responses like the Canadian star’s “distract from the work”.

Selena Gomez couldn't be happier to be a GRAMMY-nominated artist.The 29-year-old singer received her first GRAMMY Award nomination in the Best Latin Pop Album category for her Spanish-language EP,, last month. As she told ET's Matt Cohen, she «cried like a little baby» upon hearing the news.«Thank you so much.

Drake is not interested in winning a GRAMMY. The 35-year-old rapper has withdrawn his two 2022 GRAMMY nominations, ET can confirm.Drake was nominated for Best Rap Album for and Best Rap Performance for his song, «Way 2 Sexy» (featuring Future and Young Thug).

Marilyn Manson has lost his Grammy nomination for his contribution to Kanye West‘s ‘Jail’.Manson – real name Brian Hugh Warner – was previously nominated for Best Rap Song, thanks to his work on ‘Jail’, that appears on West’s latest album ‘DONDA’ and features a verse from Jay-Z.However, as reported by the New York Times and confirmed by the Recording Academy, Warner is no longer nominated in the category.

Grammy Awards for a second year in a row.The comedian and Daily Show host presented this year’s event back in March – held at the Los Angeles Convention Center – and he’ll now serve as host for the 2022 ceremony.“Trevor was amazing as our host for the 63rd GRAMMY Awards with praise from the music community, music fans and critics,” Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said in a statement.

Trevor Noah is returning to the GRAMMYs! On Wednesday, the Recording Academy and CBS announced that the comedian, who hosted the 2021 GRAMMY Awards, will return for next year's 64th annual ceremony.«Trevor was amazing as our host for the 63rd GRAMMY Awards with praise from the music community, music fans and critics,» said Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy.