Jon Batiste, Olivia Rodrigo and Silk Sonic each took home big prizes at the 64th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, an upbeat and drama-free ceremony after the chaos of the Academy Awards last week.
Batiste, 35, the “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” bandleader and most-nominated artist of the year, won five awards out of his 11 nods, including album of the year for “We Are.”
“I believe this to my core that there is no best musician, no best artist,” he said from the stage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. “The creative arts are subjective and they reach people at a point in their lives when they need it most.”
