65th Grammy awards, 2023

Highlights of the 65th Grammy awards, 2023

by Staff Writer 06-02-2023 | 3:15 PM

COLOMBO (News1st) : Billed as "music's biggest night", the Grammys are the industry's most prestigious awards. The award ceremony took place in crypto.arena in Los Angeles, California. Trevor Noah returned as host for a third time.


The show was attended by Adele, Harry Styles, Lizzo, Shania Twain and Stevie Wonder.

Beyoncé has broken the record for the most Grammy Award wins of all time, after collecting her 32nd trophy at this year's ceremony. The singer made history as she won best dance/electronic album, for her euphoric dance opus Renaissance. In doing so, she overtook Hungarian-British conductor George Solti, whose record of 31 awards had stood for more than 20 years.

Meanwhile Viola Davis has joined the elite group of Egot winners with her victory at the Grammy awards on Sunday. Known as US entertainment’s grand slam, the illustrious acronym Egot signifies a recipient of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award. Davis is the 18th person to achieve Egot status. She won her first Grammy on Sunday for her audiobook recording of her memoir, Finding Me.

Adele also won best pop vocal performance for Easy On Me, dedicating the prize to her son Angelo.

Icon star Dr. Dre Wins the first ever Global Impact award, which will be named in his honour.

Kendric Lamar proudly took hom 3 awards for the Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Album.

 

A big win for Bonnie Raitt as she claimed GRAMMY glory when her song, "Just Like That," took home the award for Song of the Year. She was nominated alongside with Beyonce and Adele.

 

Samara Joy won the prize for Best New Artist at the 2023 Grammy Awards on Sunday, beating out fellow nominees Anitta, Omar Apollo, Domi and JD Beck, Latto, Måneskin, Muni Long, Tobe Nwigwe, Molly Tuttle and Wet Leg.