Grammys 2024 recap: Biggest moments from music's biggest night

See how the night unfolded.

The 66th Grammy Awards brought the biggest names in music together Sunday night.

Taylor Swift won album of the year for "Midnights" and Victoria Monét won best new artist.

Billie Eilish took home the award for song of the year for "What Was I Made For?" from the "Barbie" movie and Miley Cyrus snagged the trophy for record of the year for "Flowers."

There were memorable performances by Dua Lipa, SZA and Olivia Rodrigo, while collaborations between Joni Mitchell, Brandi Carlile and more, as well as Luke Combs and Tracy Chapman, also stole the show.

Comedian Trevor Noah hosted the awards show from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

See how music's biggest night unfolded below.


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Trevor Noah delivers opening monologue

Trevor Noah took the Grammys stage to welcome everybody to the 66th annual awards show following Dua Lipa's opening performance.

Just as the comedian was noting how women dominated this year in music, Taylor Swift made her way through the audience.

"Are you seeing what's happening right now? As Taylor Swift moves through the room, the local economy around those tables improves," Noah joked. "Can you see that? Look at this magic right now. Look at this magic. Lionel Richie? Now Lionel Wealthy."

Noah also commented on Universal Music Group pulling its music off TikTok amid a licensing dispute.

"So, right now the CEO of TikTok is sitting at home, watching this show, eating ice cream [and] crying, seeing all his exes in one room," he said.


Miley Cyrus wins best pop solo performance

Miley Cyrus won the Grammy for best pop solo performance for her song "Flowers."

The award was presented by singer Mariah Carey.

“This MC is gonna stand by this MC because this is so iconic,” Cyrus said, referring to Carey. “Oh, my god, I just got stuck in the rain and traffic and thought I was going to miss this moment, and I could have missed the award, that's fine, but not Mariah Carey!”

Other nominees in the category included "Paint the Town Red" by Doja Cat, "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish, "Vampire" by Olivia Rodrigo and "Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift.


Dua Lipa opens the show with a medley of ‘Training Season,’ 'Dance the Night,' ‘Houdini’

The Grammys kicked off with an electrifying performance by Dua Lipa.

The singer sang a snippet of her unreleased song, “Training Season,” along with "Dance the Night" and “Houdini.”

"Training Season" is out Feb. 15.


Michelle Obama wins Grammy for 'The Light We Carry'

Former first lady Michelle Obama won the Grammy for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording for her book "The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times," released in November 2022.

The win was announced Sunday during the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony.

Obama is already a Grammy winner, having previously won for her 2018 memoir "Becoming."


Women dominate in major categories at this year's Grammys

Women occupy nearly all the spots in three of the big four categories this year, including album of the year, song of the year and record of the year.

In the album of the year category, the list of nominees consists predominantly of women, including Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey, Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift, SZA and the indie group boygenius, which includes Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus.

Janelle Monáe, who uses she/her and they/they pronouns, is also nominated in the album of the year and record of the year categories, marking a major moment for non-binary performers.

Joining Monáe in the record of the year category are boygenius, Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Monét, Rodrigo, Swift and SZA.

Del Rey, Swift, Rodrigo, Lipa, Cyrus, SZA and Eilish also dominated the song of the year category.

Jon Batiste is the only male artist who is nominated in each of those categories.