The 66th annual Grammy Awards presentation was on February 4th, hosted in Los Angeles by Trevor Noah, former host of “The Daily Show.” This year, many artists have won their first Grammy and have broken records. 

The biggest news of the night was Taylor Swift’s new album. After she received her thirteenth grammy, she surprised the nation by announcing her new album titled The Tortured Poet’s Department. Swift also became the first person to win Album of the Year four times. Victoria Monet won her first awards, most notably Best New Artist. She was nominated alongside artists such as Ice Spice, Noah Kahan, and Jelly Roll. Along with Best New Artist, Monet won Best R&B Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. Miley Cyrus also won her first ever Grammy awards. She was given Best Pop Solo Performance and Record of the Year for her song “Flowers.” This year, Karol G broke a record in the Música Urbana category. She became the first ever woman to win Best Música Urbana Album with the album, Mañana Será Bonito. SZA also won a few awards. She was given Best R&B Song for “Snooze,” Best Progressive R&B Album for “SOS,” and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Ghost in the Machine” featuring Phoebe Bridgers. The awards were given to SZA by Lizzo, to whom SZA gave a shoutout in her heartwarming speech. 

This year, Billy Joel was back on the Grammys stage. The 74-year-old singer delighted the crowd by performing at the ceremony for the first time in more than two decades. Accompanied by his piano, the music icon flawlessly performed his new single, "Turn the Lights Back On," his first official song since 2007, and it was almost like no time had passed since his last performance. Naturally, Joel received a standing ovation.To close out the show, Joel returned to the stage and performed his hit, "You May Be Right."

Indie supergroup Boygenius, comprised of singer-songwriters Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus, won three Grammys. Excitingly, Dacus was born and raised in Mechanicsville in Hanover County and attended Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School. Her solo work has garnered massive acclaim, as well as her work as part of Boygenius. The band was nominated for six, and won Best Alternative Music Album, Best Rock Song, and Best Rock Performance. “We were all delusional enough as kids to think this might happen to us one day," Dacus said when accepting Boygenius' award for Best Rock Performance.

Information retrieved from time.com and grammy.com.