In a speech full of joy and grace, she thanked Beyoncé while also celebrating herself and enjoying her moment. Lizzo managed to traverse it with elegance and flair, though, when her uplifting “About Damn Time” won record of the year. Since then, beating Beyoncé has become a minefield. It wasn’t quite Macklemore-apologizing-to-Kendrick awkward, but it was awkward nonetheless. In 2017, when Adele’s “25” triumphed over Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” for album of the year, the British musician announced, “I can’t possibly accept this award,” because the “artist of my life is Beyoncé.” The moment was both uncomfortably sincere and charged with larger tensions, namely the Grammys’ dire history of overlooking Black excellence in the major categories. JON PARELES Best Acceptance: Kim Petras’s Moving Speech About Trans Existence
When he brought his forces onstage, “Después de la Playa” was transformed from electronic pop to a brassy, galloping merengue that left the celebrities upfront no choice but to dance. Over Afro-Caribbean bomba drumming, Bad Bunny paraded through the Arena aisle with a troupe of dancers, some carrying oversized heads of Puerto Rican figures including the songwriters Andy Montañez and Tego Calderón. His performance - a medley of “El Apagón” (“The Blackout”), a tribute to Puerto Rican culture amid adversity, and “Después de la Playa” (“After the Beach”), a come-on - was a carnival and a dance party. Best Opening Salvo: Bad Bunnyīad Bunny earned his spot at the start of the telecast by making the commercial juggernaut of 2022: “Un Verano Sin Ti,” the year’s most streamed album and a Billboard No. Here are the show’s highlights and lowlights as we saw them. So how did the show fill nearly four hours of airtime? With some spectacular performances, bizarre fan moments and powerful speeches.
(Those went to Harry Styles, Lizzo and Bonnie Raitt.) Beyoncé, who led the night with nine nominations, did not perform neither did Kendrick Lamar (eight nods) or Adele (seven). But her four victories didn’t come in the major, all-genre categories - album, record and song of the year. The big news at the 65th annual Grammy Awards: Beyoncé broke the record for most wins in the event’s history.
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