Grammy 2023: Beyoncé's great night started, one award away from being the top winner in history

The 65th edition of the

takes place this Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, hosted by comedian Trevor Noah, in his third year at the helm of the award.

Also presenting awards were actress Viola Davis, and figures such as first lady Jill Biden, singer Cardi B, James Corden, actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and multiple Grammy winners Olivia Rodrigo and Shania Twain were expected.

Trevor Noah at the start of the 2023 Grammy Awards ceremony. Photo: APb

Beyoncé

led the nominations with 9 chances, followed by Kendrick Lamar (8), Adele (7), Brandi Carlile (7), Mary J. Blige (6), DJ Khaled (6), Future (6), Terius “The Dream ” Gesteelde-Diamant (6), Randy Merrill (6) and Harry Styles (6).

By winning her first statuette in just half an hour of television, plus the two she won in the run-up, Beyoncé was already tying for the most-nominated artist in awards history.

With one more win, he could break the late British-Hungarian conductor Georg Solti's record for the most awards by winning four Golden Gramophones.

Solti, who has 31 Grammys, has held the record since 1997, and Beyoncé also already has 31.

The ceremony 

Trevor Noah's introduction was made from the roof of the building opposite the stadium, and immediately gave rise to the first live number of the night:

, who entered the stage through the corridors singing

, with his phrase “Everyone wants to be Latino”.

Bad Bunny performs a medley on stage at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles.

(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Then he did

 and asked “I want to know if the Grammys are ready for the real party” and he followed all mambo, with the entire audience standing and dancing, including Taylor Swift.

She said goodbye exclaiming "Long live Latin music!".

Trevor Noah returned, announcing that he was going to be walking around the tables all night, “like a Chinese balloon”.

He greeted guests like Beyoncé, Harry Styles, Lizzo, LL Cool J, Adele and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. 

The next show was

, hosted by his wife and two daughters.

She did

, which had already won three Grammys off-television.

Harry Styles and his Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album.

Photo: AFP

Jennifer Lopez presented the first award of the night, which was for best pop vocal album.

, for

, and said doing it was the best experience of her life.

The premiere of 80 items not televised

Five hours before the big party at the Crypto Arena, the previous ceremony started, with

that were delivered without live television, only on YouTube.

There was a lot of expectation for the result of the category where Fito Páez competed, best alternative/Latin rock album.

Hours later, the long-awaited moment arrived, and the great favorite, Rosalía, won for her successful album

.

This premiere took place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and featured several conductors, such as comedian Randy Rainbow, actor Myles Frost, poet Amanda Gorman, producer Jimmy Jam, the legendary Judy Collins and Babyface, who first gave the directive to only go on stage if you are the winner, and that no person from your team go on your behalf.

Like the main event of the night, there was a

and there was the arrival of Fito, very early.

There were also live shows, such as the jazz singer Samara Joy, Anoushka Shankar and the Colombian

, who made hits like

and

from his legendary album

, from 1993. He went down in the audience and played a harmonica solo there.

The list of non-TV winners included several big names, such as the first Grammys of 2023 for multi-nominees 

and

 (both winning two statuettes) as well as Ozzy Osbourne, Bonnie Raitt, albino Edgar Winter and Argentine Leo Genovese, for an album with the great Wayne Shorter.

As a fact of color, in the incidental music that followed the award that

won , sounded

by Charly García.

Edgar Winter thanks his award for Best Contemporary Blues Album and jokes that it was for "diversity of skin".

Photo: AFP

The winners list

• Best R&B Song: 

  Cuff it

  , by Beyoncé

  
  

• Best Remixed Recording:

  Lizzo

• Best Pop Vocal Album:

  Harry's House, Harry Styles

  
  

• ​​Best dance/electronic recording:

  Break my soul,

  Beyoncé

  
  

• Best engineered album, non-classical:

  Harry's House

  , Harry Styles

• Best immersive mix album:

  Divine Tides

  , Eric Schilling & Stewart Copeland

• Best improvised jazz solo:

  Endangered Species

  , Wayne Shorter and Leo Genovese

• Best jazz vocal album:

  Linger Awhile,

  Samara Joy

• Best traditional pop album:

  Higher,

  Michael Bublé

• Best children's music album:

  The movement,

  alphabet rockers

• Best audiobook:

  Finding Me,

  Viola Davis

• Best Traditional R&B Performance:

  Plastic Off the Sofa,

  Beyoncé

• Best R&B album:

  Black Radio II,

  Robert Glasper

• Best Rap Performance:

  The Heart Part 5

  , Kendrick Lamar

• Best rap song

  :

  The Heart Part 5,

  Kendrick Lamar

• Best rock performance:

  Brandi Carlile

• Best metal performance:

  Degradation Rules

  , Ozzy Osbourne ft. Tony Iommi

• Best Rock Song:

  Broken Horses

  , Brandi Carlile

• Best rock album:

  Patient Number 9

  , Ozzy Osbourne

• Best alternative performance:

  Chaise Longue

  , Wet Leg

• Best alternative album:

  Wet Leg

  , Wet Leg

• Best reggae album:

  The Kalling,

  Kabaka Pyramid

• Best latin pop album

  :

  Pasieros

  , Rubén Blades & Boca Livre

• Best Latin rock or alternative album:

  Motomami

  , Rosalía

• Best Country Solo Performance

  : Willie Nelson

• Best traditional blues Album

  :

  Get On Board,

  Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder

• Best contemporary blues album

  : Edgar Winter

• Contemporary instrumental album

  :

  Empire central,

  Snarky Puppy

• Best American Performance:

  Made up mind

  , Bonnie Raitt

• Best American Roots Song

  :

  Just like that

  , Bonnie Raitt

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