>> Trevor: WOW!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? COME ON, GIVE IT UP, Y'ALL!
THAT WAS AMAZING! DUA LIPA!
THAT IS WHY SHE IS ONE OF THE BEST PERFORMERS OF A GENERATION!
I'M NEVER GOING TO LOOK AT SCAFFOLDING THE SAME.
DID YOU SEE THAT THING? WE ARE BACK, IT'S THE GRAMMYS,
EVERYBODY! WELCOME TO YOU IN THE ROOM,
WELCOME TO YOU AT HOME. WELCOME TO THE ONLY CONCERT OF
THE YEAR THAT STARTS ON TIME. I AM YOUR HOST TREVOR NOAH!
AND DUA LIPA WAS JUST THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE THE GRAMMYS
HAS EVERYTHING. WE'VE GOT HIP-HOP, WE'VE GOT
COUNTRY, WE'VE GOT AFRO-BEATS. IF IT'S RECORDED, THE ACADEMY
HAS IT. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE EVEN GOT A
GRAMMY FOR AUDIOBOOKS. THEY'RE HARD TO TWERK TO, BUT
THEY'RE STILL GREAT. YOU KNOW?
CHAPTER 1. IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS
THE WORST OF TIMES. AND THE GRAMMYS DOESN'T JUST
HAVE EVERYTHING, IT HAS EVERYONE!
LOOK AT THIS ROOM! LOOK AT THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM!
GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE!
LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE, THEY WRITE THE SOUNDTRACKS OF OUR LIVES!
LOOK AT THIS TABLE ALONE. ED SHEERAN, ONE OF THE GREATEST
PERFORMERS OF ALL TIME. ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGWRITERS
OF ALL TIME. FLEW FROM TAIWAN TO BE WITH US.
MARK RONSON, ONE OF THE GREATEST PRODUCERS OF ALL TIME.
AND GET THIS, HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW IS GOING TO BE SITTING RIGHT
HERE. DO YOU KNOW WHO SHE IS?
MERYL STREEP! ONE OF THE GREATEST
MERYL STREEPS OF ALL TIME! SHE IS GOING TO BE IN THIS
CHAIR. I CAN'T BELIEVE MERYL STREEP IS
HERE. I REALLY CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
WHAT? YOU THOUGHT I WAS LYING?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO ME.
MERYL STREEP, YES! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
THIS GRAMMYS IS GONNA WIN AN OSCAR.
I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT WE JUST DID IT.
I'D LIKE TO THANK BOTH ACADEMIES!
I'VE BEEN LOOKING AROUND. I JUST SAW 21 SAVAGE, WHO, BY
THE WAY, HAS ALREADY HIT A BILLION STREAMS IN 2024!
THE YEAR JUST STARTED. A BILLION STREAMS!
LOOK AT THAT. IN FACT, I ACTUALLY LISTENED
EARLIER TODAY, SO YOU ARE AT A BILLION AND ONE.
OLIVIA RODRIGO! ABSOLUTE SUPERSTAR.
AND TONIGHT, SHE'S PERFORMING HER HIT "VAMPIRE!"
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT SHE RHYMES "BLOODSUCKER" WITH ON
NATIONAL TV. ICE TRUCKER?
FUDDRUCKER? YOU'LL THINK OF SOMETHING!
YOU'LL THINK OF SOMETHING! WHO ELSE DO WE HAVE IN THE ROOM
HERE TONIGHT? I KNOW THAT OPRAH IS GOING TO BE
JOINING US AS WELL! OH, LOOK AT THIS!
BILLIE EILISH AND FINNEAS JOINING US!
THIS IS IN STAYING! WE HAVE COUNTRY STARS LIKE LUKE
COMBS! COUNTRY STAR LAINEY WILSON.
AND IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING, BEYONCE AND JAY-Z WILL BE
JOINING US TONIGHT. THERE ARE SO MANY STARS
GATHERING IN ONE PLACE! NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON IS GETTING
AROUSED. "IT'S A CONSTELLATION!"
DOJA CAT IS HERE, NOMINATED FOR "PAINT THE TOWN RED," A BANGER
ABOUT HOW SHE DOESN'T CARE WHAT ANYONE THINKS ABOUT HER.
OVERLY, DOJA, WELL, GUESS WHAT? WE THINK YOU'RE REALLY GREAT.
YEAH, I SAID WHAT I SAID. AND IT HASN'T JUST BEEN A GREAT
YEAR FOR MUSIC, IT'S ALSO BEEN A STRANGE ONE.
IT HAS BEEN A STRANGE ONE. IS THAT LENNY KRAVITZ?
ARE YOU JUST SITTING LIKE YOU ARE NOT HERE?
IT'S LENNY KRAVITZ! WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW AI
MADE THIS A STRANGE YEAR IN MUSIC.
BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND, IT'S GREAT THAT THE BEATLES COULD USE
AI TO RELEASE A NEW SONG. ON THE OTHER HAND, I HEARD AN AI
VERSION OF ANDREA BOCCELLI SINGING "MY NECK, MY BACK."
AND LISTEN, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT WAS WRONG.
[LAUGHTER] BUT IN TERMS OF HUMAN ARTISTS,
NO ONE GOT MORE NOMINATIONS THIS YEAR THAN SZA.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND TONIGHT, SHE'LL BE
PERFORMING THE YEAR'S MOST CATCHY SONG ABOUT A
DOUBLE-HOMICIDE. I CANNOT WAIT!
AND SPEAKING OF KILLING IT, CAN WE ACKNOWLEDGE FOR A SECOND,
WOMEN DOMINATED MUSIC THIS YEAR. IN FACT, SEVEN OF THE EIGHT
ALBUM OF THE YEAR NOMINEES ARE WOMEN.
SZA, OLIVIA RODRIGO, LANA DEL RAY, MILEY,
JANELLE MONAE. THERE'S A BAND THAT'S CALLED
BOYGENIUS -- IT'S THREE WOMEN. THAT'S HOW GOOD A YEAR THIS WAS
FOR WOMEN! AM I FORGETTING ANYONE?
OH, YEAH, JUST THE PERSON OF THE YEAR ACCORDING TO
"TIME" MAGAZINE AND EVERYONE ELSE!
TAYLOR SWIFT IS GOING TO BE HERE, EVERYBODY!
THERE SHE IS! I SAY THE NAMES, AND THEY POP
OUT! TAYLOR SWIFT, EVERYBODY!
JACK ANTONOFF, EVERYBODY! I'M GOING TO SAY THE PEOPLE AND
THEN THEY WILL WALK IN. AS TAYLOR SWIFT MOVES AROUND THE
ROOM, THE LOCAL ECONOMY AROUND HER IMPROVES.
LOOK AT THAT. LIONEL RICHIE?
NOW LIONEL WEALTHY! BY THE WAY, I THINK IT'S SO
COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CAMERAS- CUTTING TO TAYLOR SWIFT.
LIKE SHE'S CONTROLLING THE CAMERAS AT THE GAMES?
LET HER LIVE. IN FACT, ON BEHALF OF TAYLOR,
I'M GOING TO GIVE HER A BREAK. EVERY TIME TAYLOR SWIFT IS
MENTIONED, I'M GOING TO CUT TO SOMEONE WHO PLAYED FOOTBALL.
THAT'S WHAT I WILL DO. CUT.
JUST LIKE THAT. OOH, YOU LIKE THAT, TERRY CREWS?
YOU BETTER FIX YOUR FACE, TERRY! WE WILL WATCH YOU ALL NIGHT!
NO RELAXING FOR YOU! DO YOU WORK FOR THE CIA?
OH, BY THE WAY, I CAN READ LIPS, TERRY!
WATCH WHAT YOU SAY. OH, ALSO, EVERYONE, PAY
ATTENTION TO THIS. TAYLOR SWIFT IS ONE OF ONLY FOUR
ARTISTS WHO HAS WON ALBUM OF THE YEAR THREE TIMES.%
THE OTHERS ARE FRANK SINATRA, PAUL SIMON, AND STEVIE WONDER.
SO IF TAYLOR WINS TONIGHT, SHE WILL BECOME THE FIRST ARTIST
EVER TO WIN ALBUM OF THE YEAR FOUR TIMES.
SO WE COULD SEE HISTORY MADE TONIGHT!
ALSO, IF YOU'RE INTO PERFORMANCES BY LIVING LEGENDS,
THEN TONIGHT IS DEFINITELY YOUR NIGHT!
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY STEVIE WONDER.
BILLY JOEL IS GONNA BE PERFORMING HIS FIRST NEW SONG IN
30 YEARS! AND JONI MITCHELL IS PERFORMING
AT THE GRAMMYS FOR THE FIRST TIE EVER!
EVER! EVER, PEOPLE!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THAT'S RIGHT, THE GRAMMYS HAS
EVERYONE, UNLIKE TIKTOK. BECAUSE YOU SAW THAT, RIGHT?
UNIVERSAL JUST PULLED ALL OF THEIR ARTISTS' MUSIC OFF TIKTOK.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE CEO OF TIKTOK IS SITTING AT HOME EATING
ICE CREAM, CRYING, SEEING ALL OF HIS EXES IN ONE ROOM.
YOU KNOW WHAT? TIKTOK, SHAME ON YOU RIPPING OFF
ALL THESE ARTISTS. SHAME ON YOU!
HOW DARE YOU DO THAT! THAT'S SPOTIFY'S JOB!
NOW, I MUST WARN YOU, THIS SHOW IS LIVE.
IN CASE YOU COULD NOT TELL. THIS SHOW IS LIVE.
SO ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. IT'S LIKE FLYING IN A BOEING
AIRPLANE. ONE MINUTE, THERE'S A DOOR, NEXT
MINUTE, WE'RE OUTSIDE. AND MY JOB AS HOST TONIGHT IS TO
KEEP THE GOOD VIBES GOING, AND MAKE SURE KATT WILILAMS DOESN'T
SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ME AFTER THE SHOW!
AND THEN EVERYONE HAD A GOOD TIME!
SO IF YOU'VE GOT ME, I'VE GOT YOU!
LET'S GET INTO IT! TO PRESENT OUR FIRST AWARD OF
THE NIGHT IS A FIVE-TIME GRAMMY WINNER AND 34-TIME GRAMMY
NOMINEE WHO'S HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON THE WORLD OF MUSIC.
IN FACT, JUST THIS PAST THURSDAY, SHE RECEIVED THE
IMPACT AWARD FROM THE RECORDING ACADEMY'S BLACK MUSIC
COLLECTIVE. SHE'S A TRAILBLAZER, AN
INCREDIBLE TALENT, AND NOW SHE'S THE MAJORITY STAKEHOLDER IN
CHRISTMAS. PLEASE WELCOME THE ONE AND ONLY
MARIAH CAREY!
