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'Literally a tribute to Satan': Viewers slam Sam Smith over 'demonic' Grammys performance as singer dons devil headgear on fiery stage
- The singers appeared on stage to performed their award-winning single, Unholy
- Viewers flocked to social media to express their outrage and disbelief
- The night saw Petras become the first trans woman to win for Best Pop/Group performance
By Nola Ojomu For Dailymail.Com
Published: 06:00 GMT, 6 February 2023 | Updated: 18:07 GMT, 6 February 2023
Grammy Awards 2023 WINNERS: AT A GLANCE
Album of the Year: Harry Styles - Harry’s House
Record of the Year: Lizzo - About Damn Time
Song of the Year: Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That
Best New Artist: Samara Joy
Best Pop Solo Performance: Adele - Easy on Me
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Sam Smith Kim Petras - Unholy
Best Pop Vocal Album: Harry Styles - Harry’s House
Best Dance/Electronic Recording: Beyoncé - Break My Soul
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album: Beyoncé - Renaissance
Best Rock Performance: Brandi Carlile - Broken Horses
Best Rock Song: Brandi Carlile - Broken Horses
The German singer revealed in her speech that Smith, 30, chose to let her accept the trophy in honor of the fact she had made history with the win.
During the emotional speech, the 30-year-old thanked pop music icon and LGBTQ advocate Madonna, and paid tribute to the late artist SOPHIE for inspiring her.
'I’m the first transgender woman to win this award,' she began. 'I want to thank all the incredible transgender legends before me who kicked these doors open.'
The singer continued: 'SOPHIE especially, my friend who passed away two years ago who told me this would happen and always believed in me. Thank you so much for your inspiration, SOPHIE. I adore you and your inspiration will always be in my music.'
She continued by thanking Madonna 'for fighting for LGBTQ rights' and then turned her attention to her own mother.
'I grew up next to a highway in nowhere Germany and my mother believed me that I was a girl and I wouldn’t be here without her and her support,' the hitmaker added.
The pair beat out other nominees including ABBA for their single, Don’t Shut Me Down, Camila Cabello and Ed Sheeran for their collaboration, Bam Bam, Coldplay and BTS for their track, My Universe, and Post Malone and Doja Cat for their collaboration, I Like You (A Happier Song).
The Grammy award returned for another star-studded celebration honoring the best in music with a slew of big stars up for awards.
For decades, artists have been recognized for their musical contributions with the iconic gold gramophone trophy. A career-defining achievement, the award recognizes exceptional artists in categories ranging from Best Album to Best New Artist.
This year's nominees represent work released from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022
Beyoncé broke the all time record for most wins ever with 32 at the Grammy Awards after arriving fashionably late to a night where Adele and Lizzo also won big but it was Harry Styles who landed the coveted Album of the Year award.
Beyoncé got tearful as she thanked her husband, children, and late gay uncle while accepting her 32nd gold gramophone trophy at the gala event held at the Crypto.com Center in Los Angeles, California.
Grammy Awards 2023 WINNERS
Album of the Year
ABBA - Voyage
Adele - 30
Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti
Beyoncé - Renaissance
Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days
Coldplay - Music of the Spheres
Harry Styles - Harry’s House - WINNER
Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale the Big Steppers
Lizzo - Special
Mary J. Blige - Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe)
Record of the Year
ABBA - Don’t Shut Me Down
Adele - Easy on Me
Beyoncé - Break My Soul
Brandi Carlile Featuring Lucius - You and Me on the Rock
Doja Cat - Woman
Harry Styles - As It Was
Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5
Lizzo - About Damn Time - WINNER
Mary J. Blige - Good Morning Gorgeous
Steve Lacy - Bad Habit
Song of the Year
Adele - Easy on Me
Beyoncé - Break My Soul
Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That - WINNER
DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend Fridayy - God Did
Gayle - ABCDEFU
Harry Styles - As It Was
Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5
Lizzo - About Damn Time
Steve Lacy - Bad Habit
Taylor Swift - All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (The Short Film)
Best New Artist
Anitta
Domi JD Beck
Latto
Måneskin
Molly Tuttle
Muni Long
Omar Apollo
Samara Joy - WINNER
Tobe Nwigwe
Wet Leg
Best Pop Solo Performance
Adele - Easy on Me - WINNER
Bad Bunny - Moscow Mule
Doja Cat - Woman
Harry Styles - As It Was
Lizzo - About Damn Time
Steve Lacy - Bad Habit
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
ABBA - Don’t Shut Me Down
Camila Cabello Featuring Ed Sheeran - Bam Bam
Coldplay BTS - My Universe
Post Malone Doja Cat - I Like You (A Happier Song)
Sam Smith Kim Petras - Unholy - WINNER
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Diana Ross - Thank You
Kelly Clarkson - When Christmas Comes Around...
Michael Bublé - Higher - WINNER
Norah Jones - I Dream of Christmas (Extended)
Pentatonix - Evergreen
Best Pop Vocal Album
ABBA - Voyage
Adele - 30
Coldplay - Music of the Spheres
Harry Styles - Harry’s House - WINNER
Lizzo - Special
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Beyoncé - Break My Soul - WINNER
Bonobo - Rosewood
David Guetta Bebe Rexha - I’m Good (Blue)
Diplo Miguel - Don’t Forget My Love
Kaytranada Featuring H.E.R. - Intimidated
Rüfüs Du Sol - On My Knees
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Beyoncé - Renaissance - WINNER
Bonobo - Fragments
Diplo - Diplo
Odesza - The Last Goodbye
Rüfüs Du Sol - Surrender
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Brad Mehldau - Jacob’s Ladder
Domi JD Beck - Not Tight
Grant Geissman - Blooz
Jeff Coffin - Between Dreaming and Joy
Snarky Puppy - Empire Central - WINNER
Best Rock Performance
Beck - Old Man
The Black Keys - Wild Child
Brandi Carlile - Broken Horses - WINNER
Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts
Idles - Crawl!
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck - Patient Number 9
Turnstile - Holiday
Best Metal Performance
Ghost - Call Me Little Sunshine
Megadeth - We’ll Be Back
Muse - Kill or Be Killed
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi - Degradation Rules - WINNER
Turnstile - Blackout
Best Rock Song
Brandi Carlile - Broken Horses - WINNER
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck - Patient Number 9
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Black Summer
Turnstile - Blackout
The War on Drugs - Harmonia’s Dream
Best Rock Album
The Black Keys - Dropout Boogie
Elvis Costello The Imposters - The Boy Named If
Idles - Crawler
Machine Gun Kelly - Mainstream Sellout
Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9 - WINNER
Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa
Best Alternative Music Performance
Arctic Monkeys - There’d Better Be a Mirrorball
Big Thief - Certainty
Florence and the Machine - King
Wet Leg - Chaise Lounge - WINNER
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Featuring Perfume Genius - Spitting Off the Edge of the World
Best Alternative Music Album
Arcade Fire - WE
Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Björk - Fossora
Wet Leg - Wet Leg - WINNER
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down
Best RB Performance
Beyoncé - Virgo’s Groove
Jazmine Sullivan - Hurt Me So Good
Lucky Daye - Over
Mary J. Blige Featuring Anderson .Paak - Here With Me
Muni Long - Hrs Hrs - WINNER
Best Traditional RB Performance
Adam Blackstone Featuring Jazmine Sullivan - ’Round Midnight
Babyface Featuring Ella Mai - Keeps on Fallin’
Beyoncé - Plastic Off the Sofa - WINNER
Mary J. Blige - Good Morning Gorgeous
Snoh Aalegra - Do 4 Love
Best RB Song
Beyoncé - Cuff It - WINNER
Jazmine Sullivan - Hurt Me So Good
Mary J. Blige - Good Morning Gorgeous
Muni Long - Hrs Hrs
PJ Morton - Please Don’t Walk Away
Best Progressive RB Album
Cory Henry - Operation Funk
Moonchild - Starfuit
Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights - WINNER
Tank and the Bangas - Red Balloon
Terrace Martin - Drones
Best RB Album
Chris Brown - Breezy (Deluxe)
Lucky Daye - Candy Drip
Mary J. Blige - Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe)
PJ Morton - Watch the Sun
Robert Glasper - Black Radio III - WINNER
Best Rap Performance
DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend Fridayy - God Did
Doja Cat - Vegas
Gunna Future Featuring Young Thug - Pushin P
Hitkidd Glorilla - F.N.F. (Let’s Go)
Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5 - WINNER
Best Melodic Rap Performance
DJ Khaled Featuring Future SZA - Beautiful
Future Featuring Drake Tems - Wait for U - WINNER
Jack Harlow - First Class
Kendrick Lamar Featuring Blxst Amanda Reifer - Die Hard
Latto - Big Energy (Live)
Best Rap Song
DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend Fridayy - God Did
Future Featuring Drake Tems - Wait for U
Gunna Future Featuring Young Thug - Pushin P
Jack Harlow Featuring Drake - Churchill Downs
Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5 - WINNER
Best Rap Album
DJ Khaled - God Did
Future - I Never Liked You
Jack Harlow - Come Home the Kids Miss You
Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale the Big Steppers - WINNER
Pusha T - It’s Almost Dry
Best Country Solo Performance
Kelsea Ballerini - Heartfirst
Maren Morris - Circles Around This Town
Miranda Lambert - In His Arms
Willie Nelson - Live Forever - WINNER
Zach Bryan - Something in the Orange
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Brothers Osborne - Midnight Rider’s Prayer
Carly Pearce Ashley McBryde - Never Wanted to Be That Girl - WINNER
Ingrid Andress Sam Hunt - Wishful Drinking
Luke Combs Miranda Lambert - Outrunnin’ Your Memory
Reba McEntire Dolly Parton - Does He Love You (Revisited)
Robert Plant Alison Krauss - Gonig Where the Lonely Go
Best Country Song
Cody Johnson - ’Til You Can’t - WINNER
Luke Combs - Doin’ This
Maren Morris - Circles Around This Town
Miranda Lambert - If I Was a Cowboy
Taylor Swift - I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)
Willie Nelson - I’ll Love You Till the Day I Die
Best Country Album
Ashley McBryde - Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville
Luke Combs - Growin’ Up
Maren Morris - Humble Quest
Miranda Lambert - Palomino
Willie Nelson - A Beautiful Time - WINNER
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Cheryl B. Engelhardt - The Passenger
Madi Das, Dave Stringer Bhakti Without Borders - Mantra Americana
Mystic Mirror - White Sun - WINNER
Paul Avgerinos - Joy
Will Ackerman - Positano Songs
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Ambrose Akinmusire - Rounds (Live)
Gerald Albright - Keep Holding On
John Beasley - Cherokee/Koko
Marcus Baylor - Call of the Drum
Melissa Aldana - Falling
Wayne Shorter Leo Genovese - Endangered Species - WINNER
Best Jazz Vocal Album
The Baylor Project - The Evening : Live At Apparatus
Carmen Lundy - Fade to Black
Cécile McLorin Salvant - Ghost Song
The Manhattan Transfer The WDR Funkhausorchester - Fifty
Samara Joy - Linger Awhile - WINNER
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride Brian Blade - LongGone
Peter Erskine Trio - Live in Italy
Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton Matthew Stevens - New Standards, Vol. 1 - WINNER
Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese Esperanza Spalding - Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival
Yellowjackets - Parallel Motion
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
John Beasley, Magnus Lindgren SWR Big Band - Bird Lives
Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly of Shadows - Architecture of Storms
Ron Carter The Jazzaar Festival Big Band Directed by Christian Jacob - Remembering Bob Freedman
Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber WDR Big Band Conducted by Michael Abene - Center Stage
Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra - Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra - WINNER
Best Latin Jazz Album
Arturo O’Farrill The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Featuring The Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective - Fandango at the Wall in New York - WINNER
Arturo Sandoval - Rhythm Soul
Danilo Pérez Featuring The Global Messengers - Crisálida
Flora Purim - If You Will
Miguel Zenón - Música de las Américas
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Doe - When I Pray
Erica Campbell - Positive
Maverick City Music Kirk Franklin - Kingdom - WINNER
PJ Morton Featuring Zacardi Cortez, Gene Moore, Samoht, Tim Rogers Darrel Walls - The Better Benediction
Tye Tribbett - Get Up
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Chris Tomlin - Holy Forever
Crowder Dante Bowe Featuring Maverick City Music - God Really Loves Us (Radio Version)
Doe - So Good
For King Country Hillary Scott - For God Is With Us
Maverick City Music Kirk Franklin - Fear Is Not My Future - WINNER
Phil Wickham - Hymn of Heaven (Radio Version)
Best Gospel Album
Doe - Clarity
Maranda Curtis - Die to Live
Maverick City Music Kirk Franklin - Kingdom Book One (Deluxe) - WINNER
Ricky Dillard - Breakthrough: The Exodus (Live)
Tye Tribbett - All Things New
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Anne Wilson - My Jesus
Chris Tomlin - Always
Elevation Worship - Lion
Maverick City Music - Breathe - WINNER
TobyMac - Life After Death
Best Roots Gospel Album
Gaither Vocal Band - Let’s Just Praise the Lord
Karen Peck New River - 2:22
Keith Kristyn Getty - Confessio - Irish American Roots
Tennessee State University - The Urban Hymnal - WINNER
Willie Nelson - The Willie Nelson Family
Best Latin Pop Album
Camilo - De Adentro Pa Afuera
Christina Aguilera - Aguilera
Fonseca - Viajante
Rubén Blades Boca Livre - Pasieros - WINNER
Sebastián Yatra - Dharma
Best Música Urbana Album
Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti - WINNER
Daddy Yankee - Legendaddy
Farruko - La 167
Maluma - The Love Sex Tape
Rauw Alejandro - Trap Cake, Vol. 2
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Cimafunk - El Alimento
Fito Paez - Los Años Salvajes
Gaby Moreno - Alegoría
Jorge Drexler - Tinta y Tiempo
Mon Laferte - 1940 Carmen
Rosalía - Motomami - WINNER
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Chiquis - Abeja Reina
Christian Nodal - EP #1 Forajido
Marco Antonio Solís - Qué Ganas de Verte (Deluxe)
Natalia Lafourcade - Un Canto por México - El Musical - WINNER
Los Tigres del Norte - La Reunión (Deluxe)
Best Tropical Latin Album
Carlos Vives - Cumbiana II
Marc Anthony - Pa’lla Voy - WINNER
La Santa Cecilia - Quiero Verte Feliz
Spanish Harlem Orchestra - Imágenes Latinas
Tito Nieves - Legendario
Best American Roots Performance
Aaron Neville The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Stompin’ Ground - WINNER
Aoife O’Donovan Allison Russell - Prodigal Daughter
Bill Anderson Featuring Dolly Parton - Someday It’ll All Make Sense (Bluegrass Version)
Fantastic Negrito - Oh Betty
Madison Cunningham - Life According to Raechel
Best Americana Performance
Asleep at the Wheel Featuring Lyle Lovett - There You Go Again
Blind Boys of Alabama Featuring Black Violin - The Message
Bonnie Raitt - Made Up Mind - WINNER
Brandi Carlile Featuring Lucius - You and Me on the Rock
Eric Alexandrakis - Silver Moon [A Tribute to Michael Nesmith]
Best American Roots Song
Anaïs Mitchell - Bright Star
Aoife O’Donovan Allison Russell - Prodigal Daughter
Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That - WINNER
Brandi Carlile Featuring Lucius - You and Me on the Rock
Robert Plant Alison Krauss - High and Lonesome
Sheryl Crow - Forever
Best Americana Album
Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That...
Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days - WINNER
Dr. John - Things Happen That Way
Keb’ Mo’ - Good to Be...
Robert Plant Alison Krauss - Raise the Roof
Best Bluegrass Album
The Del McCoury Band - Almost Proud
The Infamous Stringdusters - Toward the Fray
Molly Tuttle Golden Highway - Crooked Tree - WINNER
Peter Rowan - Calling You From My Mountain
Yonder Mountain String Band - Get Yourself Outside
Best Traditional Blues Album
Buddy Guy - The Blues Don’t Lie
Charlie Musselwhite - Mississippi Son
Gov’t Mule - Heavy Load Blues
John Mayall - The Sun Is Shining Down
Taj Mahal Ry Cooder - Get on Board - WINNER
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Ben Harper - Bloodline Maintenance
Edgar Winter - Brother Johnny - WINNER
Eric Gales - Crown
North Mississippi Allstars - Set Sail
Shemekia Copeland - Done Come Too Far
Best Folk Album
Aoife O’Donovan - Age of Apathy
Janis Ian - The Light at the End of the Line
Judy Collins - Spellbound
Madison Cunningham - Revealer - WINNER
Punch Brothers - Hell on Church Street
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Halau Hula Keali’i o Nalani - Halau Hula Keali’i o Nalani (Live at the Getty Center)
Natalie Ai Kamauu - Natalie Noelani
Nathan The Zydeco Cha-Chas - Lucky Man
Ranky Tanky - Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival - WINNER
Sean Ardoin Kreole Rock and Soul Featuring The Golden Band From Tigerland - Full Circle
Best Reggae Album
Kabaka Pyramid - The Kalling - WINNER
Koffee - Gifted
Protoje - Third Time’s the Charm
Sean Paul - Scorcha
Shaggy - Com Fly Wid Mi
Best Global Music Performance
Arooj Aftab Anoushka Shankar - Udhero Na
Burna Boy - Last Last
Matt B Eddy Kenzo - Gimme Love
Rocky Dawuni Featuring Blvk H3ro - Neva Bow Down
Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini Nomcebo Zikode - Bayethe - WINNER
Best Global Music Album
Angélique Kidjo Ibrahim Maalouf - Queen of Sheba
Anoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest Jules Buckley Featuring Manu Delago - Between Us... (Live)
Berklee Indian Ensemble - Shuruaat
Burna Boy - Love, Damini
Masa Takumi - Sakura - WINNER
Best Children’s Music Album
Alphabet Rockers - The Movement - WINNER
Divinity Roxx - Ready Set Go!
Justin Roberts - Space Cadet
Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band - Los Fabulosos
Wendy and DB - Into the Little Blue House
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Jamie Foxx - Act Like You Got Some Sense
Lin-Manuel Miranda - Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World
Mel Brooks - All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business
Questlove - Music Is History
Viola Davis - Finding Me - WINNER
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
Amanda Gorman - Call Us What We Carry: Poems
Amir Sulaiman - You Will Be Someone’s Ancestor. Act Accordingly.
Ethelbert Miller - Black Men Are Precious
J. Ivy - The Poet Who Sat by the Door - WINNER
Malcolm-Jamal Warner - Hiding in Plain View
Best Comedy Album
Dave Chappelle - The Closer - WINNER
Jim Gaffigan - Comedy Monster
Louis C.K. - Sorry
Patton Oswalt - We All Scream
Randy Rainbow - A Little Brains, a Little Talent
Best Musical Theater Album
Original Broadway Cast - A Strange Loop
New Broadway Cast - Caroline, or Change
‘Into the Woods’ 2022 Broadway Cast - Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) - WINNER
Original Broadway Cast - MJ the Musical
‘Mr. Saturday Night’ Original Cast - Mr. Saturday Night
Original Broadway Cast - Six: Live on Opening Night
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Various Artists - Elvis
Various Artists - Encanto - WINNER
Various Artists - Stranger Things: Soundtrack From the Netflix Series, Season 4
Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga Hans Zimmer - Top Gun: Maverick
Various Artists - West Side Story
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television)
Germaine Franco - Encanto - WINNER
Hans Zimmer - No Time to Die
Jonny Greenwood - The Power of the Dog
Michael Giacchino - The Batman
Nicholas Britell - Succession: Season 3
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Austin Wintory - Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Bear McCreary - Call of Duty®: Vanguard
Christopher Tin - Old World
Richard Jacques - Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Stephanie Economou - Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök - WINNER
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Beyoncé - Be Alive
Carolina Gaitán - La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz Encanto - Cast - We Don’t Talk About Bruno - WINNER
Jessy Wilson Featuring Angélique Kidjo - Keep Rising (The Woman King)
Lady Gaga - Hold My Hand
Taylor Swift - Carolina
4*Town, Jordan Fisher, Finneas O’Connell, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo Grayson Villanueva - Nobody Like U
Best Instrumental Composition
Danilo Pérez Featuring The Global Messengers - Fronteras (Borders) Suite: Al-Musafir Blues
Geoffrey Keezer - Refuge - WINNER
Miguel Zenón, José Antonio Zayas Cabán, Ryan Smith Casey Rafn - El País Invisible
Tasha Warren Dave Eggar - African Tales
Tasha Warren Dave Eggar - Snapshots
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Armand Hutton Featuring Terrell Hunt Just 6 - As Days Go By (An Arrangement of the Family Matters Theme Song)
Danny Elfman - Main Titles
Kings Return - How Deep Is Your Love
Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley The SWR Big Band Featuring Martin Auer - Scrapple From the Apple - WINNER
Remy Le Boeuf - Minnesota, WI
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Becca Stevens Attacca Quartet - 2 2 = 5 (Arr. Nathan Schram)
Cécile McLorin Salvant - Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying
Christine McVie - Songbird (Orchestral Version) - WINNER
Jacob Collier Featuring Lizzy McAlpine John Mayer - Never Gonna Be Alone
Louis Cole - Let It Happen
Best Recording Package
Fann - Telos
Soporus - Divers
Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful
Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra - Beginningless Beginning - WINNER
Underoath - Voyeurist
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Black Pumas - Black Pumas (Collector’s Edition Box Set)
Danny Elfman - Big Mess
The Grateful Dead - In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81, ’82, ’83 - WINNER
They Might Be Giants - Book
Various Artists - Artists Inspired by Music: Interscope Reimagined
Best Album Notes
Andy Irvine Paul Brady - Andy Irvine / Paul Brady
Astor Piazzolla - The American Clavé Recordings
Doc Watson - Life’s Work: A Retrospective
Harry Partch - Harry Partch, 1942
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) - WINNER
Best Historical Album
Blondie - Against the Odds: 1974 - 1982
Doc Watson - Life’s Work: A Retrospective
Freestyle Fellowship - To Whom It May Concern...
Glenn Gould - The Goldberg Variations: The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) - WINNER
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
Amy Allen
Laura Veltz
Nija Charles
The-Dream
Tobias Jesso Jr. - WINNER
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Baynk - Adolescence
Father John Misty - Chloë and the Next 20th Century
Harry Styles - Harry’s House - WINNER
Robert Glasper - Black Radio III
Wet Leg - Wet Leg
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Boi-1da
Dahi
Dan Auerbach
Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
Jack Antonoff - WINNER
Best Remixed Recording
Beyoncé - Break My Soul (Terry Hunter Remix)
Ellie Goulding - Easy Lover (Four Tet Remix)
The Knocks Dragonette - Slow Song (Paul Woolford Remix)
Lizzo - About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix) - WINNER
Wet Leg - Too Late Now (Soulwax Remix)
Best Immersive Audio Album
Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor Trondheimsolistene - Tuvayhun — Beatitudes for a Wounded World
The Chainsmokers - Memories...Do Not Open
Christina Aguilera - Aguilera
Jane Ira Bloom - Picturing the Invisible: Focus 1
Stewart Copeland Ricky Kej - Divine Tides - WINNER
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor Trondheimsolistene - Tuvayhun — Beatitudes for a Wounded World
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Boston Symphony Orchestra John Williams - Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 Selected Film Themes
Edwin Outwater Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Mason Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra - WINNER
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck - Beethoven Stucky: Orchestral Works
Third Coast Percussion - Perspectives
Producer of the Year, Classical
Christoph Franke
Elaine Martone
James Ginsburg
Jonathan Allen
Judith Sherman - WINNER
Best Orchestral Performance
Berlin Philharmonic John Williams - John Williams: The Berlin Concert
Los Angeles Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel - Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9
New York Youth Symphony - Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman - WINNER
Various Artists - Sila: The Breath of the World
Wild Up Christopher Rountree - Stay on It
Best Opera Recording
Boston Modern Orchestra Project Odyssey Opera Chorus - Anthony Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra The Metropolitan Opera Chorus - Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones - WINNER
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra The Metropolitan Opera Chorus - Eurydice
Best Choral Performance
The Crossing - Born - WINNER
English Baroque Soloists Monteverdi Choir - J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Ailyn Pérez, Michelle DeYoung, Matthew Polenzani Eric Owens - Verdi’s Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Attacca Quartet - Caroline Shaw: Evergreen - WINNER
Dover Quartet - Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2 – The Middle Quartets
Neave Trio - Musical Remembrances
Publiquartet - What Is American
Third Coast Percussion - Perspectives
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Daniil Trifonov - Bach: The Art of Life
Hilary Hahn - Abels: Isolation Variation
Mak Grgić - A Night in Upper Town - The Music of Zoran Krajacic
Mitsuko Uchida - Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Time for Three, The Philadelphia Orchestra Xian Zhang - Letters for the Future - WINNER
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Il Pomo d’Oro - Eden
Nicholas Phan, Brooklyn Rider, The Knights Eric Jacobsen - Stranger - Works for Tenor by Nico Muhly
Renée Fleming Yannick Nézet-Séguin - Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene - WINNER
Sasha Cooke Kirill Kuzmin - How Do I Find You
Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez J’Nai Bridges - Shawn E. Okpebholo: Lord, How Come Me Here?
Best Classical Compendium
Christopher Tin, Voces8, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Barnaby Smith - The Lost Birds
Kitt Wakeley - An Adoption Story - WINNER
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin - A Concert for Ukraine
Seunghee Lee, JP Jofre London Symphony Orchestra - Aspire
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Andris Nelsons Gewandhausorchester - Gubaidulina: The Wrath of God
Carlos Simon, MK Zulu, Marco Pavé Hub New Music - Simon: Requiem for the Enslaved
Ian Rosenbaum Dover Quartet - Akiho: Ligneous Suite
Jack Quartet - Bermel: Intonations
Time for Three, The Philadelphia Orchestra Xian Zhang - Puts: Contact - WINNER
Best Music Video
Adele - Easy on Me
BTS - Yet to Come
Doja Cat - Woman
Harry Styles - As It Was
Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5
Taylor Swift - All Too Well: The Short Film - WINNER
Best Music Film
Adele - Adele One Night Only
Billie Eilish - Billie Eilish Live at the O2
Justin Bieber - Our World
Neil Young Crazy Horse - A Band a Brotherhood a Barn
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Grammy trophies are said to be the “music industry’s highest honor” and the Grammy Awards are said to be “music’s biggest night”. With that being said, the 2023 Grammys centered around an outright Satanic ritual. What does this say about the music industry as a whole?
If it sounds like I’m engaging in “satanic panic” (as the media loves to say), rest assured that I am not panicking at all. That is simply the most factual and objective way of describing what happened during the 2023 Grammy Awards.
As explained in previous articles, modern award ceremonies are highly choreographed affairs where a limited number of actors are used to carry out a specific narrative. This year, the “star” of the show was definitely Sam Smith. Throughout the show, Sam Smith carried out a ritualistic drama that encompasses the occult elite’s favorite obsessions: The gender-blurring agenda mixed with outright satanism. Then, other actors such as Beyonce, Jay-Z, Harry Styles, and Lizzo played their part in the overarching narrative. Here’s a look at the 2023 Grammys.
Promotion for Sam Smith’s tour features a blatant one-eye sign. The message: He’s controlled by the occult elite.
The ritual drama surrounding Sam Smith was timed rather precisely. About ten days prior, the release of his video I’m Not Here to Make Friends caused controversy due to its highly sexual content featuring transgender dancers. Then a slew of mass media articles defended Smith, calling his critics homophobic, transphobic, and even fatphobic (because he took on weight).
With this perfectly timed media attention, the stage was set for Smith’s Grammy ritual which started before the show even started.
Before the show, Smith looked as if he was the “master of ceremonies”, complete with a scepter and a top hat. Everyone was aggressively dressed in ritualistic red.
In my article about the 2009 MTV Awards, I explained that red was the color of sacrifice in occult rituals and this color code was used all over the music industry. Nothing has changed. In fact, it is only more blatant. Smith’s overwhelmingly red attire indicated that he was a “chosen one” to partake in one of the occult elite’s mega-rituals.
At the ceremony, Smith and Kim Petras quickly won an award for the song Unholy.
Kim Petras wears a red wedding gown, complete with a veil. Ritualistically married to the industry.
While accepting the award, Petras announced being the first transgender woman to win a Grammy. This had to happen. The gender-blurring agenda needs to move forward in mass media.
Strange fact: Petras also mentioned a friend named Sophie who died two years ago. She’s referring to Sophie Xeon, a transgender artist who died in strange circumstances (slipped and fell from a balcony) two years ago. Considering the occult context and the red garments (symbolic of blood sacrifice in occult circles), this mention of a dead friend was bizarre. Remember when Kanye said that people close to celebrities die as a sacrifice to allow them to reach a higher level in the industry? It might not be the case in this particular situation, but the overall “energy” remains.
Later, the Sam Smith / Kim Petras ritual was taken to another level.
Later, Madonna came on stage (with her brand new and slightly horrifying face) to present Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ performance.
As stated in previous articles, Madonna is the Grand Priestess of the music industry. The fact that she presented Sam Smith’s Unholy performance was an indication that some occult elite garbage was about to go down. And it did.
The performance began with Sam Smith and his transgender minions forming a “magic circle” on stage.
Then, Smith makes a 666 hand sign.
As a fire burns in the background (it’s hell), Smith puts on a top hat with devil horns. This is officially a tribute to Satan on national television.
Meanwhile, Kim Petras is inside a cage during the entire performance while singing about “wanting a Balenciaga daddy”.
Despite being celebrated as the first transgender woman to win a Grammy, the cage is a strong reminder of Petras’ actual status in the industry: A slave used to push a narrative.
Sam Smith is not in a better situation.
At the end of the performance, Smith is “consumed” by his circle of minions. The message: Selling your soul ends in self-destruction.
Immediately after this satanic performance (I mean IMMEDIATELY after), we’re told that the show was brought to you by Pfizer. The timing of this thing was rather mind-blowing.
As you can see, Sam Smith, Kim Petras, and the song Unholy were the stars of the show. There were other stars, and they’ve all played their parts in pushing agendas.
None of these “fans” gave a crap about music.
One particularly cringy segment of the Grammys was “The Fans”, where some regular people debated on who should win the award for best album of the year. While one would expect these people to say things like “this artist has a great voice” or “I loved the chord progression on this song”, none of their arguments were about the music. It was all about how many “agenda boxes” these artists checked.
For instance, the fan who advocated for Bad Bunny said:
“He dresses up in drag, he kisses his backup dancers of any gender and dismantles machismo. As a queer latino woman, this is so important to me because he’s starting conversations and normalizing inclusivity”.
As she’s talking, we see pictures of Bad Bunny wearing dresses, as if it was the most glorious thing that happened in the history of music.
Then, another woman says that Harry Styles also does this.
Styles definitely continued his trend of wearing feminine clothing (which appears to be custom-made to humiliate him) at the Grammys.
Then, Lizzo’s fan talked about “body image” (Lizzo is fat) and Brandi Carlile’s fan talked about her being LGBTQ . In short, this segment perfectly reflected the sad state of today’s music industry. It is not about talent or innovation, it is about what agenda boxes they check.
The two other major actors at the Grammys were Beyonce and Jay-Z. And, as expected, they were treated as the industry’s royal couple. Every single time Beyonce was mentioned, people lost their minds and came close to losing consciousness. They simply could not believe they were in the presence of this goddess.
Shortly prior to the Grammys, Beyonce gave a private performance in Dubai where she was given the full “goddess” treatment, complete with sun rays around her head.
Appropriately enough, at the 2023 Grammys, Beyonce broke the record for the most Grammy wins of all time. It had to happen.
After basking in Beyonce’s infinite glory, the Grammys ended in a symbolic matter with the song GOD DID which prominently features Jay-Z.
The song begins with DJ Khaled saying that nobody believed in them, but God did. Considering the satanic ritual we’ve just witnessed, the concept of this song is a nice change of pace. While the verses of Rick Ross and Lil Wayne somewhat followed that concept, things change drastically in Jay-Z’s verse which closes up the entire show.
Jay-Z and his acolytes sit on a large table that’s overflowing with food and bottles which represents them being blessed. It is also reminiscent of the Last Supper, with Jay-Z sitting in the middle.
The lyrics of Jay-Z’s verse perfectly fit the general theme of the Grammys. Indeed, throughout his verse, Jay-Z does not say “God did”, he says “Hov did”. And that’s highly symbolic.
Hov is Jay-Z’s nickname, which is short for Jayhova. And Jayhova is a reference to Jehovah which is the proper name of God in the Old Testament. In other words, Jay-Z is saying that he is God himself – a core concept of Luciferian beliefs.
Therefore, in his verse, God did not accomplish anything, he did. Because he’s a god. During his lengthy verse, Jay-Z says:
These ain’t songs, these is hymns ’cause I’m Him
It’s the Psalm 151, this the New Testament
The Book of Hov
Jesus turned water to wine, for Hov, it just took a stove
In these lines, Jay-Z says “I’m Him”, which is a word used to describe God. He talks about creating Psalm 151 (there are actually 150 Psalms in the Bible) and writing the Book of Hov. Finally, he raps about transforming water to crack using a stove, the same way Jesus turned water to wine.
In short, in a song that’s supposed to be about praising God, Jay-Z completely flips its meaning to give it a deeply Luciferian meaning where he becomes God through his own means. It was an appropriate ending to this Satanic celebration called the Grammys.
Throughout the years, I’ve constantly highlighted two of the occult elite’s favorite agendas: Gender-blurring and normalizing satanism. But lots of people do not see (or think I’m imagining things). Well, on “music’s biggest night”, we’ve witnessed a bunch of men dressed as women wearing devil horns and carrying out an all-out satanic ritual as fire burns all around. How can they make this more blatant?
None of this is new, nor a fluke, or a coincidence. Year after year, the themes and the symbols are stubbornly recurrent and are becoming increasingly obvious for all to see. There’s always been a satanic element in the music industry but things are clearly being taken to another level.
Of course, none of this is organic. The events of the Grammys were all scripted to create a specific narrative. The song Unholy HAD to feature a transgender singer. The song HAD to win a Grammy and the performance HAD to be a satanic ritual. That performance HAD to create some controversy which HAD to be dismissed by mass media as the ramblings of crazy people.
In short, the 2023 Grammys perfectly reflected the sad state of the music industry as it is being eaten away by the occult elite’s incurable disease.
