After a three-month delay, the 64th Grammy Awards were finally held on Sunday night. Hosted by comedian Trevor Noah, Music’s Biggest Night took place live from the MGM Grand Garden Arean in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the first time the ceremony was hosted in that city.
Before the live telecast, the majority of the awards were presented during the premiere ceremony, including many in the R&B field. A couple of firsts happened at the premiere ceremony, hosted by LeVar Burton.
Jazmine Sullivan won her first Grammy award in the Best R&B Performance category for her platinum-selling single “Pick Up Your Feelings.” Sullivan tied with R&B super duo Silk Sonic, who also took home a trophy for their smash hit “Leave The Door Open.” The D’Mile-produced tune, lifted from An Evening With Silk Sonic, also won Best R&B Song.
Lucky Daye won Best Progressive R&B Album for his Table For Two EP, marking his first Grammy win.
During the live telecast, Sullivan picked up another Grammy for Best R&B Album (Heaux Tales). Rated R&B ranked Heaux Tales as the No. 1 R&B Album of 2021.
Shortly after their opening performance, Silk Sonic was presented with Song of the Year for “Leave The Door Open.”
Later, SZA and Doja Cat picked up their first-ever Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (“Kiss Me More”).
Here’s a look at all the R&B/soul winners across different categories at the 2022 Grammy Awards.
Album of the Year
Award to Artist(s) and to Featured Artist(s), Songwriter(s) of new material, Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s), Mixer(s) and Mastering Engineer(s).
We Are — Jon Batiste
Record of the Year
Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s) and mastering engineer(s), if other than the artist.
“Leave The Door Open” — Silk Sonic
Song of the Year
A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
“Leave The Door Open” — Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Silk Sonic)
Best Pop Duo / Group Performance
“Kiss Me More” – Doja Cat and SZA
Best R&B Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new R&B recordings.
Heaux Tales — Jazmine Sullivan
Best R&B Performance
For new vocal or instrumental R&B recordings.
There was a tie this year:
“Leave The Door Open” — Silk Sonic
“Pick Up Your Feelings” — Jazmine Sullivan
Best Traditional R&B Performance
For new vocal or instrumental traditional R&B recordings.
“Fight For You” — H.E.R.
Best R&B Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
“Leave The Door Open” — Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Silk Sonic)
Best Progressive R&B Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded contemporary vocal tracks derivative of R&B.
Table For Two — Lucky Daye
Best Immersive Audio Album
This category recognizes excellence in multichannel immersive audio recordings. Eligible recordings must be commercially released for sale or streaming on a consumer format/configuration (DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, SACD, Blu-Ray, Atmos, Auro-3D, immersive download, etc.) that provides an original immersive mix (not electronically re-purposed) of four or more channels.
ALICIA — George Massenburg & Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineers; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Ann Mincieli, immersive producer (Alicia Keys)
Best Music Video
Award to the artist, video director, and video producer.
“Freedom” (Jon Batiste) — Alan Ferguson, video director; Alex P. Willson, video producer
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
The United States Vs. Billie Holiday – Andra Day
Salaam Remi, compilation producer; Lynn Fainchtein, music supervisor
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
There was a tie this year:
Soul — Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
The Queen’s Gambit – Carlos Rafael Rivera, composer
Best American Roots Performance
“Cry” – Jon Batiste
Best American Roots Song
“Cry” – Jon Batiste & Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
