The 65th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 5, 2023. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year – October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022 – as determined by the members of National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The nominations were announced on November 15, 2022. South African comedian Trevor Noah, who hosted the 63rd and 64th ceremonies, returned again.
Beyoncé received the most nominations (nine) and tied Maverick City Music for wins (four), followed by Kendrick Lamar with eight nominations and three wins, and Adele and Brandi Carlile with seven nominations each. With a career total of 88 nominations, Beyoncé tied with her husband Jay-Z as the most nominated artists in Grammy history. Bad Bunny's Un Verano Sin Ti (2022) became the first Spanish-language album to be nominated for Album of the Year.
With her win in the Best Dance/Electronic Album category, Beyoncé passed Hungarian-British conductor Georg Solti for the record of most Grammy awards in the ceremony's history, with 32. Harry Styles won Album of the Year for Harry's House, becoming the first male British solo artist to win since George Michael in 1989. Lizzo won Record of the Year for "About Damn Time", becoming the first black woman to win the award since Whitney Houston in 1994. Bonnie Raitt won Song of the Year for "Just Like That", becoming the first female solo songwriter to win since Amy Winehouse in 2008. Samara Joy won Best New Artist, becoming the first jazz artist to win the award since Esperanza Spalding in 2011. Sam Smith and Kim Petras won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Unholy", making Petras the first transgender artist to win the award.
With her win in the Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording category, Viola Davis became the 18th person to win the EGOT in her entertainment career.
Background For the 2023 ceremony, the academy announced several changes for different categories and eligibility rules:
Category changes Five categories – Best Alternative Music Performance, Best Americana Performance, Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media, Best Spoken Word Poetry Album, and Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical – were added. A Special Merit Award, Best Song for Social Change, was added. The award will be determined by a Blue Ribbon Committee and is destined to reward songs that "contain lyrical content that addresses a timely social issue and promotes understanding, peacebuilding and empathy". For the categories of Best Opera Recording and Best Classical Compendium, composers and librettists became eligible for the award. Best New Age Album was renamed Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album. For Best Musical Theater Album, composers and lyricists of more than 50% of the score of a new recording became eligible for the award. Best Spoken Word Album was renamed Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording. Spoken word poetry is no longer eligible for this award and is now recognized with the Best Spoken Word Poetry Album category.
Album eligibility In order to be eligible for consideration, albums must contain greater than 75% playing time of newly recorded music; the previous eligibility rule was 50%. This rule does not apply to the categories of Best Compilation Soundtrack, Best Historical Album, Best Immersive Audio Album, Best Recording Package, Best Special Package, and Best Album Notes.
Craft committees For three categories of the classical music field (Producer of the Year, Classical, Best Engineered Album, Classical and Best Contemporary Classical Composition) the nominations will be determined by specialized craft committees.
Performers Premiere ceremony The performers for the ceremony were announced on January 29, 2023. + List of performers at the premiere ceremony Artist(s) Song(s) The Blind Boys of Alabama La Santa Cecilia Bob Mintzer Shoshana Bean Buddy Guy Maranda Curtis"I Just Want to Celebrate" Samara Joy "Can't Get Out of This Mood" Arooj Aftab Anoushka Shankar "Udhero Na" Carlos Vives "La Gota Fría" "Pa' Mayté" Madison Cunningham "Life According to Raechel"
Main ceremony The first wave of performers for the ceremony were announced on January 25, 2023, with Harry Styles confirmed a few days later. Performers for the In Memoriam segment were announced on February 1, 2023. The 50 Years of Hip Hop performance was announced on February 3.
+List of performers at the 65th Annual Grammy AwardsArtist(s)Song(s)Bad Bunny "El Apagón""Después de la Playa"Brandi Carlile "Broken Horses"Stevie Wonder WanMor Smokey Robinson Chris Stapleton Tribute to Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson "The Way You Do the Things You Do" "The Tears of a Clown" "Higher Ground"Lizzo"About Damn Time""Special" Harry Styles"As It Was" Kacey Musgraves Quavo Maverick City Music Sheryl Crow Mick Fleetwood Bonnie Raitt In Memoriam "Coal Miner's Daughter" (tribute to Loretta Lynn) "Without You" "See You Again" (tribute to Takeoff) "Songbird" (tribute to Christine McVie)Sam SmithKim Petras"Unholy"Mary J. Blige "Good Morning Gorgeous" The Roots Black Thought Grandmaster FlashBarshonRahiemMelle MelScorpio Run-DMC LL Cool J DJ Jazzy Jeff Salt-N-Pepa Rakim Public Enemy (Chuck D and Flavor Flav) De La Soul Scarface Ice-T Queen Latifah Method Man Big Boi Busta Rhymes and Spliff Star Missy Elliott Nelly and City Spud Too Short Swizz Beatz and The Lox Lil Baby GloRilla Lil Uzi Vert 50 Years of Hip-Hop"Flash to the Beat""The Message""King of Rock""I Can't Live Without My Radio""Rock the Bells" "My Mic Sounds Nice" "Eric B. Is President" "Rebel Without a Pause" "El Shabazz" "Buddy" "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" "New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)" "U.N.I.T.Y." "Method Man" "ATLiens" "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" "Look at Me Now" "Lose Control" "Hot in Herre" "Blow the Whistle" "We Gonna Make It" "Freestyle" "F.N.F. (Let's Go)" "Just Wanna Rock"Luke Combs "Going, Going, Gone"Steve Lacy Thundercat "Bad Habit"DJ Khaled Jay-Z Lil Wayne Rick Ross John Legend Fridayy"God Did"
Presenters
Premiere ceremony Randy Rainbow – host Babyface Domi and JD Beck Myles Frost Arturo O'Farrill Malcolm-Jamal Warner Jimmy Jam Judy Collins Amanda Gorman
Main ceremony Catherine Carlile – introduced Brandi Carlile Jennifer Lopez – presented Best Pop Vocal Album Viola Davis – presented Best R&B Song Shania Twain – presented Best Country Album Billy Crystal – introduced Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and Chris Stapleton Smokey Robinson – presented Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Jayla Sullivan – introduced Lizzo SZA – presented Best Musica Urbana Album Kid Harpoon – introduced Harry Styles Cardi B – presented Best Rap Album Madonna – introduced Sam Smith and Kim Petras James Corden – presented Best Dance/Electronic Music Album LL Cool J – presented inaugural Dr. Dre Global Impact Award to Dr. Dre Dwayne Johnson – presented Best Pop Solo Performance Jill Biden – presented Best Song for Social Change and Song of the Year Chris Martin – presented Record of the Year Olivia Rodrigo – presented Best New Artist Trevor Noah – presented Album of the Year
Winners and nominees The following are the winners and nominees of the 65th annual Grammy Awards. Winners appear first and highlighted in bold.
General field Record of the Year "About Damn Time" – Lizzo Ricky Reed and Blake Slatkin, producers; Patrick Kehrier, Bill Malina and Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Emerson Mancini, mastering engineer "Don't Shut Me Down" – ABBA Benny Andersson, producer; Benny Andersson and Bernard Löhr, engineers/mixers; Björn Engelmann, mastering engineer "Easy on Me" – Adele Greg Kurstin, producer; Julian Burg, Tom Elmhirst and Greg Kurstin, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer "Break My Soul" – Beyoncé Beyoncé, Terius "The-Dream" Gesteelde-Diamant, Jens Christian Isaksen and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, producers; Brandon Harding, Chris McLaughlin and Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer "Good Morning Gorgeous" – Mary J. Blige D'Mile and H.E.R., producers; Bryce Bordone, Şerban Ghenea and Pat Kelly, engineers/mixers "You and Me on the Rock" – Brandi Carlile featuring Lucius Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings, producers; Brandon Bell, Tom Elmhirst and Michael Harris, engineers/mixers; Pete Lyman, mastering engineer "Woman" – Doja Cat Crate Classics, Linden Jay, Aynzli Jones and Yeti Beats, producers; Jesse Ray Ernster and Rian Lewis, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer "Bad Habit" – Steve Lacy Steve Lacy, producer; Neal Pogue and Karl Wingate, engineers/mixers; Mike Bozzi, mastering engineer "The Heart Part 5" – Kendrick Lamar Beach Noise, producer; Beach Noise, Rob Bisel, Ray Charles Brown Jr., James Hunt, Johnny Kosich, Matt Schaeffer and Johnathan Turner, engineers/mixers; Emerson Mancini, mastering engineer "As It Was" – Harry Styles Tyler Johnson and Kid Harpoon, producers; Jeremy Hatcher and Spike Stent, engineers/mixers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer
Album of the Year Harry's House – Harry Styles Tyler Johnson, Kid Harpoon and Sammy Witte, producers; Jeremy Hatcher, Oli Jacobs, Nick Lobel, Spike Stent and Sammy Witte, engineers/mixers; Amy Allen, Tobias Jesso Jr., Tyler Johnson, Kid Harpoon, Mitch Rowland, Harry Styles and Sammy Witte, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer Voyage – ABBA Benny Andersson, producer; Benny Andersson and Bernard Löhr, engineers/mixers; Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, songwriters; Björn Engelmann, mastering engineer 30 – Adele Shawn Everett, Ludwig Göransson, Inflo, Tobias Jesso Jr., Greg Kurstin, Max Martin, Joey Pecoraro and Shellback, producers; Julian Burg, Steve Churchyard, Tom Elmhirst, Shawn Everett, Şerban Ghenea, Sam Holland, Michael Ilbert, Inflo, Greg Kurstin, Riley Mackin and Lasse Mårtén, engineers/mixers; Adele Adkins, Ludwig Göransson, Dean Josiah Cover, Tobias Jesso Jr., Greg Kurstin, Max Martin and Shellback, songwriters; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer Un Verano Sin Ti – Bad Bunny Rauw Alejandro, Buscabulla, Chencho Corleone, Jhay Cortez, Tony Dize, Bomba Estéreo and The Marías, featured artists; Demy and Clipz, Elikai, HAZE, La Paciencia, Cheo Legendary, MAG, MagicEnElBeat, Mora, Jota Rosa, Subelo Neo and Tainy, producers; Josh Gudwin and Roberto Rosado, engineers/mixers; Raul Alejandro Ocasio Ruiz, Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, Raquel Berrios, Joshua Conway, Mick Coogan, Orlando Javier Valle Vega, Jesus Nieves Cortes, Luis Del Valle, Marcos Masis, Gabriel Mora, Elena Rose, Liliana Margarita Saumet and Maria Zardoya, songwriters; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer Renaissance – Beyoncé