Except for the handing out of awards, the opposite main cause to look at the Grammys is for the performances, because the Recording Academy routinely recruits the brightest stars in music to take the stage. They nailed it this yr, with performers together with Harry Kinds, Unhealthy Bunny, Mary J. Blige, Steve Lacy, Lizzo, Kim Petras, Sam Smith, Brandi Carlile, Stevie Marvel, Smokey Robinson, Chris Stapleton, DJ Khaled, and Luke Combs. There’s additionally a terrific cross-generational efficiency that simply went down: Stevie Wonder took the stage with quite a lot of company.
“Thanks, however cease,” Marvel mentioned to begin his time on stage because the viewers applauded. He then launched his band and kicked off with a rendition of The Temptations’ “The Approach You Do The Issues You Do.” Smokey Robinson then joined in for his personal “Tears Of A Clown” earlier than Chris Stapleton joined in on “Larger Floor.”
Neither Marvel nor Stapleton are nominated for any Grammys this yr, however each artists actually have a historical past with the present. Marvel is likely one of the most embellished winners in Grammy historical past, in reality: He’s been nominated an incredible 75 occasions and has gained 25 of them, first in 1973 with “Superstition” and “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life” profitable awards in 1973, and most not too long ago in 2006, when his and Tony Bennett’s “For As soon as In My Life” gained the Grammy for Greatest Pop Collaboration With Vocals.
Stapleton, in the meantime, has a powerful Grammys profitable proportion, as he’s gained eight of the 17 awards for which he’s been nominated. He gained three awards final yr, all for materials from his 2020 album Beginning Over.
Discover the total checklist of this yr’s Grammy nominees and winners here.
Some artists lined listed here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an unbiased subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
