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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters; Charlie Le Maignan / … Pop Music’s Nostalgia Obsession
Why do older sounds seem to dominate music lately?
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Valerie Macon / AFP / Getty How Jon Batiste Broke Grammys Expectations
The jazz pianist was a traditionalist choice to win Album of the Year—but a traditionalist choice for an evolving institution.
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Getty for the Recording Academy The Reason for Zelensky’s Surprise Grammys Appearance
Why a pretaped message from the Ukrainian president aired during a night of escapist entertainment
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Kevin Winter / Getty The Odd Pattern That Keeps Happening at the Grammys
The show has a tradition of white artists dedicating their awards to their Black peers who lost.
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Patrick McMullan / Getty How Pop’s Biggest Weirdo Swept the Grammys
Billie Eilish’s whispery goth pop is genuinely odd—but she’s benefiting from old biases concerning race and genre.
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Matt Sayles/Invision/AP Demi Lovato Makes a Powerful Confession at the Grammys
The pop star’s first new song since a near-fatal overdose offers no comfort other than the mere fact of its existence.
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Mike Segar The Grammys Controversy Is Bigger Than Any One CEO
The picture of the Recording Academy that the former head Deborah Dugan paints is of an organization encrusted by years of self-dealing and mismanagement.
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Matt Sayles / AP Finally Scrutinizing the Men Behind the Grammys’ Curtain
General criticism of the show has turned into specific controversy involving the Recording Academy president, Neil Portnow, and the producer Ken Ehrlich, who has been in his position since 1980.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Lady Gaga Went Off the Deep End at the Grammys
Her divisive, twitching performance of “Shallow” continued to tie her early antics to her recent respectability.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Drake Cements the Grammys’ Irrelevance
In his acceptance speech for Best Rap Song, the musician adopted a surprisingly critical tone that echoed industry-wide whispers of the Recording Academy’s obsolescence.
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What It Takes for Black Artists to Win Big at the Grammys
There’s a long history of these musicians losing out in the award show’s major categories. Winning, it seems, requires fitting into a specific mold.
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Jason Redman / Reuters Why Rap and R&B Still Might Not Triumph at the Grammys
Kacey Musgraves and Brandi Carlile will compete for Album of the Year against the award show’s most snubbed genres.
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Mike Blake / Reuters The Grammy Nominations: A New Generation Arrives
The hip-hop boom and the talent of women are finally being recognized with more nods. But will the trophies follow?
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Matt Sayles / AP The Obstacles for Women Who 'Step Up' in Music
The Recording Academy’s president suggested a lack of female ambition explains the gender gap at the Grammys. The stories of #MeToo provide a different explanation.
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Matt Sayles / AP The Grammys Paid Lip Service to the Now
Bruno Mars’s retro pop swept the big categories after a night of blazing performances and of-the-moment causes.
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Matt Sayles / AP The Pain in Kesha's #MeToo Grammys Song
The singer’s performance of “Praying” made a powerful comment on the current moment. But as a rallying tune, it’s a surprising one.
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Matt Sayles / AP Kendrick Lamar Opens the Grammys With Rage
In a medley featuring U2 and Dave Chappelle, the rapper gave a stark, spellbinding airing of anger and pride.
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Charles Sykes / AP Grammys Preview: In With the New, Finally?
With rap and R&B vaulting to the U.S.’s most popular genre and online voting allowed, Sunday’s ceremony will honor an unusually diverse slate.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Will Online Democracy Fix the Grammys?
New rules changes may lead more young Recording Academy members to vote—and shift trends in the winners.
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Matt Sayles / Invision / AP The Sad State of Rock at the Grammys
How did the genre that once dominated popular music fall from such great heights? The year 1991 may have the answers.
