2023 Grammys recap: Biggest wins, all the star-studded performances and more
See all the biggest winners from the 65th Grammy Awards.
The 65th annual Grammy Awards was a night filled with history-making wins and plenty of epic performances.
All eyes were on the four biggest awards handed out each year: album of the year, record of the year, song of the year and best new artist.
Bonnie Raitt won the award for song of the year for "Just Like That" while Lizzo won record of the year for "About Damn Time." Samara Joy took home best new artist while Harry Styles won the coveted album of the year trophy for "Harry's House."
Beyoncé became the artist with the most Grammys ever during the ceremony, winning four of the nine categories for which she was nominated, bringing her total number of Grammy wins to 32.
Trevor Noah hosted the star-studded show from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Check out a recap of how music's biggest night unfolded below.
Latest updates:
- Harry Styles wins album of the year
- Lizzo wins the Grammy for record of the year
- Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott, Salt-N-Pepa, Run DMC, Busta Rhymes and more celebrate 50 years of hip-hop
- Beyoncé makes history, becomes artist with most Grammys ever
- Sam Smith, Kim Petras make history by winning best pop duo/group performance
Samara Joy wins best new artist
The 23-year-old singer took home the coveted best new artist Grammy.
“All of you have inspired me because of who you are,” she told fellow artists in the crowd while accepting the award. “You express yourself for exactly who are, authentically. So to be here by just being myself, by just being who I was born as, I'm so thankful.”
Other artists nominated in the category included Anitta, Omar Apollo, DOMi & JD Beck, Muni Long, Latto, Måneskin, Tobe Nwigwe, Molly Tuttle and Wet Leg.
Lizzo wins the Grammy for record of the year
Lizzo took home one of the night’s biggest awards, record of the year, for “About Damn Time.” She dedicated her award to Prince.
“When we lost Prince, I decided to dedicate my life to making positive music,” she shared while accepting the award. “And I was like ‘I don't care if my positivity bother you, what's wrong with you?’”
She continued, “And this was at a time when positive music and feel-good music wasn't mainstream at that point. And I felt very misunderstood … But I stayed true to myself because I wanted to make the world a better place so I had to be that change to make the world a better place.”
She also thanked her supporters during her speech and shared a special dedication Beyoncé. “You changed my life,” she told her.
Bonnie Raitt wins song of the year
Bonnie Raitt won the Grammy for song of the year for "Just Like That."
In her acceptance speech, Raitt, 73, said she was "so surprised" and "totally humbled" to win, calling it an "unreal moment" for her.
"I was so inspired for this song by the incredible story of the love and the grace and the generosity of someone that donates their beloved's organs to help another person live," she said.
Raitt added, "I don't write a lot of songs, but I'm so proud that you appreciate this one and what this means for me and for the rest of the songwriters who I would not be up here tonight if it wasn't for the art of the great soul-digging, hard-working people that put these songs and ideas to music."
First lady Jill Biden presents 1st ever Song for Social Change Special Merit Award
First lady Jill Biden presented the Grammys new award, Song For Social Change Special Award, at Sunday night’s show.
The award, which was given to Iranian singer-songwriter Shervin Hajipour, is presented to the song that “responds to the social issues of our time, and has the potential for positive global impact,” Biden said.
The first lady said that the recipient of the award was selected by a blue ribbon committee and ratified by the Recording Academy board of trustees.
Hajipour’s song “Baraye” became the anthem of the Mahsa Amini protests and the related video was seen more than 40 million times on Instagram.
In Memoriam honors Loretta Lynn, Takeoff and Christine McVie
The Grammys paid tribute to some of the musical icons who died over the past year during the "In Memoriam" segment.
Kacey Musgraves honored Loretta Lynn, who died in her sleep in October 2022 at age 90, with a performance of Lynn's famous song "Coal Miner's Daughter."
Paying tribute to rapper Takeoff, who died in November 2022 at age 28 after being fatally shot in Houston, were Quavo and Maverick City Music performing Quavo's song "Without You." Quavo and Takeoff, along with Takeoff's cousin Offset, formed the rap group Migos.
Sheryl Crow, Mick Fleetwood and Bonnie Raitt also took to the stage to honor Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie -- who died in November 2022 at age 79 "following a short illness" -- with their rendition of "Songbird."