Grammy Awards 2024: Hottest red carpet looks, all the award winners - and biggest snubs
Hosted by Trevor Noah for the fourth consecutive year, the 66th Grammy Awards are currently taking place in Los Angeles and the Herald has all the updates as they happen.
The first big moment of the event took place moments before the official ceremony began with American rapper Killer Mike being detained by police after he won three Grammy awards - including his first in more than two decades.
Another memorable moment saw Taylor Swift making a huge announcement while accepting her 13th Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album for Midnights, revealing she is releasing her new album The Tortured Poets Department on April 19.
She later made Grammy history winning her fourth Album of the Year award for ‘Midnights’. Until this year’s awards, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon and Swift had all won the award three times.
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This makes her the only artist in the history of the Grammy Awards to win album of the year four times.
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Taylor Swift.
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She's awarding album of the year, the final trophy of the night. Who will it be?
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Celine Dion is taking the stage.
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And they're giving the award to Mylie Cyrus. This is her second award of the night. Finally a Grammy-winner (after so long in the industry) she can now claim two.
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His mother-in-law is Meryl Streep.
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Mark Ronson and his mother-in-law are on stage to present record of the year.
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Grammys 2024: The best looks from the red carpet
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Who have been the winners in the style stakes?
"Was it the best Grammy red carpet ever? No," writes Viva fashion director Dan Ahwa, who has analysed the fashion. He finds the most successful outfits "delivered looks that felt true to their personalities and actual style."
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Two awards to go now, and a performance from Billie Joel.
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She's thanking the "Champagne servers" and her mother, and as Monét wipes away tears, describes this award as a 15-year pursuit.
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Monét is getting a standing ovation from the audience.
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Victoria Monét has won best new artist.
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In the running for best new artist is Gracie Abrams, Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Coco Jones, The War and Treaty, Noah Kahan, Fred Again.. and Victoria Monét.
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And there are some big players in the running.
Taylor Swift, SZA, Jon Batiste, Boygenius, Miley Cyrus. Billie Eilish, Victoria Monét and Olivia Rodrigo are all nominated for record of the year.
All of them (excluding Monét and Eilish) are also up for album of the year. So is Lana Del Rey, whose fans have been disappointed so far.
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There are three awards left to announce: best new artist, record of the year and album of the year.
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Mitchell won the Grammy for best folk album for Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live), and received her trophy after her performance.
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Joni Mitchell is performing a moving rendition of Both Sides Now.
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She seems genuinely shocked to win the coveted award, against such stiff competition. "That was a crazy list of incredible people," Eilish says of the other nominees.
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Billie Eilish has won song of the year. She's embracing her family, who are all at the awards with her. This win makes her nine-time Grammy winner.
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He also took the chance to reflect on how hard the music industry can be, and to make a statement about success and inequality. "In life, you've gotta keep showing up," said Jay-Z. "Until they give you all those accolades you deserve."
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He thanks Dr Dre who is in the crowd, and who the award is named after.
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Blue Ivy is heading to the stage with Jay-Z as he accepts his historic award.
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Blue Ivy is with Beyoncé. Jay-Z is set to receive the Grammy's global impact award.
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Oprah is on stage talking about the legendary Tina Turner, "a special kind of role model".
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Beyoncé has been spotted.
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Lennox also used her time on stage to call for "ceasefire" and "peace in the world".
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Annie Lennox is performing a moving rendition of Nothing Compares 2 U in tribute to the late, great Sinéad O'Connor.
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Stevie Wonder is performing a tribute to Tony Bennett. Two legends.
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She's also revealed a secret she's been "keeping for two years". A new album, The Tortured Poets Department, to be released April 19.
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"This is my thirteenth grammy," Swift says accepting the award, and credits the academy and "the passion of the fans."
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And in good news for Swifties around the world, Taylor Swift has just won best pop vocal album for Midnights.
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An interesting way to introduce Irish hitmakers U2, who are performing now.
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And there's an awkward Epstein joke from Trevor Noah.
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Olivia Rodrigo, now wearing red (a better look than her red carpet gown) is on the microphone singing Vampire; there appears to be fake blood as part of the performance, smeared on her face. But no bad blood between her and Taylor Swift, who is singing along in the crowd.
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Host Trevor Noah has changed his outfit. He's sitting down with the Piano Man himself, Billy Joel.
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And the winner is SZA for Snooze.
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Lizzo is on the stage to present best R&B song.
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And the winner of Best Country Album is...
Lainey Wilson for Bell Bottom Country.
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Still no more awards, but yet another performance with Miley Cyrus doing her award-winning song Flowers.
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"It's already set to midnight".
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Billie Eilish and Finneas are on stage performing What Was I Made For from Barbie.
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SZA got it right performing Snooze... Because the 2024 Grammy Awards are not moving at a fast pace at all.
Fifty minutes in and we've only had two awards presented.
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Breaking news.... Gen Z finds out how clocks work.
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And the winner of Best Música Urbana Album is...
Karol G for Mañana Será Bonito.
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Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs are performing Fast Car on the Grammys stage in a truly goosebumps moment.
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ZM gets it.
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And Miley has had an outfit change into a shimmery midnight halter jumpsuit - which we are loving!
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And the winner of Best Pop Solo Performance is...
Miley Cyrus for Flowers.
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Mariah Carey is in the building (and looking incredible) presenting Best Pop Solo Performance.
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"If Taylor wins [album of the year] tonight she will become the first artist ever to win four times", shared host Trevor Noah.
We could indeed see history made tonight.
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NZ Herald's deputy lifestyle editor Emma Gleason believes Taylor's watch necklace has hidden meaning behind it.
Will something be revealed in time? Does the position of the hands mean something? Come through Swifties!
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Mixed feedback on Taylor Swift's look online.
While she may have got ready on a plane (admirable), some think the mega-star missed the mark.
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The awards have begun with a performance from nominee Dua Lipa.
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And of course, Taylor's arrival concludes our red carpet.
Keep following here as we head inside for the primary awards show.
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Taylor Swift has arrived with Lana Del Ray!
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Reports online suggest Taylor Swift has arrived. Though we are yet to see it!
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Chrissy Teigen and husband and musician John Legend have arrived just in time. It appears some stars haven't been let onto the carpet due to their tardy arrival times.
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Killer Mike has been taken away in handcuffs after receiving 3 Grammys in the secondary show.
More to come.
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Paris Hilton just revealed her son's favourite lullaby is her iconic 2006 track Stars Are Blind. Same.
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The awards set to be announced during the primary show are:
• Album of the Year
• Record of the Year
• Song of the Year
• Best New Artist
• Best R&B Song
• Best Country Album
• Best Musicá Urbana Album
• Best Pop Solo Performance
• Best Pop Vocal Album
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Elsewhere, Miley Cyrus won her first ever Grammy for best pop solo performance for Flowers, as did Karol G who won the Grammy for best música urbana album.
This year’s award show sees SZA as the leading nominee with a total of nine nods, including Album of the Year for SOS and Song of the Year for Kill Bill — a revenge anthem with an R&B ballad. The song was SZA’s first number one on the Billboard Global 200 and US Hot 100 charts. It went on to spend eight weeks at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 before her April 2023 remix with Doja Cat pushed it to number one.
The final awards of the night saw Victoria Monét make an emotional speech after winning Best New Artist - her third Grammy win of the night.
Cyrus had a huge surprise later in the evening winning her second ever Grammy; Record of the Year for ‘Flowers’. During her acceptance speech, she made several swerves thanking her team and members of her family but noticeably not her father, Billy Ray Cyrus whom she is reportedly estranged from.
Album of the Year was then presented by the Grammy’s top secret surprise guest presenter Celine Dion. The star received a standing ovation when she came on stage after being diagnosed with stiff person syndrome, which caused her to stop performing in late 2022.
She awarded Swift with the Grammy.
Full list of Grammy Award winners:
Record of the Year
“Worship” — Jon Batiste
“Not Strong Enough” — Boygenius
WINNER: “Flowers” — Miley Cyrus
“What Was I Made For?” [from the motion picture Barbie] — Billie Eilish
“On My Mama” — Victoria Monét
“Vampire” — Olivia Rodrigo
“Anti-Hero” — Taylor Swift
“Kill Bill” — SZA
Album of the Year
World Music Radio — Jon Batiste
The Record — Boygenius
Endless Summer Vacation — Miley Cyrus
Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd — Lana Del Rey
The Age of Pleasure — Janelle Monáe
Guts — Olivia Rodrigo
WINNER: Midnights — Taylor Swift
SOS — SZA
Song of the Year
“A&W” — Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey, and Sam Dew, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
“Anti-Hero” — Jack Antonoff and Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
“Butterfly” — Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
“Dance The Night” (from Barbie The Album) — Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson, and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
“Flowers” — Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein, and Michael Pollack, songwriters (Miley Cyrus)
“Kill Bill” — Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, and Solána Rowe, songwriters (SZA)
“Vampire” — Daniel Nigro and Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)
WINNER: “What Was I Made For?” [from the motion picture Barbie] — Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best New Artist
Gracie Abrams
Fred Again..
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Coco Jones
Noah Kahan
WINNER: Victoria Monét
The War and Treaty
Best R&B Song
Coco Jones – ICU
Halle – Angel
Robert Glasper ft. SiR & Alex Isley – Back to Love
WINNER: SZA – Snooze
Victoria Monét – On My Mama
Best Country Album
Rolling Up the Welcome Mat — Kelsea Ballerini
Brothers Osborne — Brothers Osborne
Zach Bryan — Zach Bryan
Rustin’ in the Rain — Tyler Childers
WINNER: Bell Bottom Country — Lainey Wilson
Best Música Urbana Album
“Saturno,” Rauw Alejandro
WINNER: “Mañana Será Bonito,” Karol G
“Data,” Tainy
Best Pop Solo Performance
WINNER: “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus
“Paint the Town Red,” Doja Cat
“What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie,” Billie Eilish
“Vampire,” Olivia Rodrigo
“Anti-Hero,” Taylor Swift
Best Pop Vocal Album
Chemistry — Kelly Clarkson
Endless Summer Vacation — Miley Cyrus
Guts — Olivia Rodrigo-
(Subtract) — Ed Sheeran
WINNER: Midnights — Taylor Swift
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
WINNER: Jack Antonoff
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Hit-Boy
Metro Boomin
Daniel Nigro
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Edgar Barrera
Jessie Jo Dillon
Shane McAnally
WINNER: Theron Thomas
Justin Tranter
Best Pop Dance Recording
“Baby Don’t Hurt Me” — David Guetta, Anne-Marie, and Coi Leray
“Miracle” — Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding
WINNER: “Padam Padam” — Kylie Minogue
“One in a Million” — Bebe Rexha and David Guetta
“Rush” — Troye Sivan
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Playing Robots Into Heaven — James Blake
For That Beautiful Feeling — The Chemical Brothers
WINNER: Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) — Fred again..
Kx5 — Kx5
Quest for Fire — Skrillex
Best Rock Album
But Here We Are — Foo Fighters
Starcatcher — Greta Van Fleet
72 Seasons — Metallica
WINNER: This Is Why — Paramore
In Times New Roman... — Queens of the Stone Age
Best Alternative Music Album
The Car — Arctic Monkeys
WINNER: The Record — Boygenius
Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd — Lana Del Rey
Cracker Island — Gorillaz
I Inside the Old Year Dying — PJ Harvey
Best R&B Album
Girls Night Out — Babyface
What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe) — Coco Jones
Special Occasion — Emily King
WINNER: Jaguar II — Victoria Monét
Clear 2: Soft Life EP — Summer Walker
Best Melodic Rap Performance
“Sittin’ on Top of the World” — Burna Boy featuring 21 Savage
“Attention” — Doja Cat
“Spin Bout U” — Drake and 21 Savage
WINNER: “All My Life” — Lil Durk featuring J. Cole
“Low” — SZA
Best Rap Song
“Attention” — Rogét Chahayed, Amala Zandile Dlamini, and Ari Starace, songwriters (Doja Cat)
“Barbie World” [from Barbie The Album] — Isis Naija Gaston, Ephrem Louis Lopez Jr., and Onika Maraj, songwriters (Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice featuring Aqua)
“Just Wanna Rock” — Mohamad Camara, Symere Woods, and Javier Mercado, songwriters (Lil Uzi Vert)
“Rich Flex” — Brytavious Chambers, Isaac “Zac” De Boni, Aubrey Graham, J. Gwin, Anderson Hernandez, Michael “Finatik” Mule, and Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, songwriters (Drake and 21 Savage)
WINNER: “Scientists & Engineers” — Andre Benjamin, Paul Beauregard, James Blake, Michael Render, Tim Moore, and Dion Wilson, songwriters (Killer Mike featuring André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane)
Best Alternative Jazz Album
Love in Exile — Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily
Quality Over Opinion — Louis Cole
SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree — Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, and SuperBlue
Live at the Piano — Cory Henry
WINNER: The Omnichord Real Book — Meshell Ndegeocello
Best Americana Album
Brandy Clark — Brandy Clark
The Chicago Sessions — Rodney Crowell
You’re the One — Rhiannon Giddens
WINNER: Weathervanes — Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
The Returner — Allison Russell
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Bordado a Mano — Ana Bárbara
La Sánchez — Lila Downs
Motherflower — Flor de Toloache
Amor Como en las Películas de Antes — Lupita Infante
WINNER: Génesis — Peso Pluma
Best African Music Performance
“Amapiano” — Asake and Olamide
“City Boys” — Burna Boy
“Unavailable” — Davido featuring Musa Keys
“Rush” — Ayra Starr
WINNER: “Water” — Tyla
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (includes film and television)
Barbie — Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, composers
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Ludwig Göransson, composer
The Fabelmans — John Williams, composer
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny — John Williams, composer
WINNER: Oppenheimer — Ludwig Göransson, composer