Music’s biggest night! Stars shared a glimpse behind the scenes with fans as they prepared for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, Sunday, April 3.
Dua LipaThe Las Vegas ceremony will be presented by Alicia Keys. Chris AppletonShe offered to help with her coif. The “New Rules” singer, 26, posted a close-up selfie to her Instagram Story ahead of the show, tagging the U.K. native, 38, with a wide-eyed emoji.
The “Levitating” songstress won big at last year’s Grammys, taking home the trophy for Best Pop Vocal Album for Future Nostalgia.
“This is insane. Future Nostalgia means the absolute world to me and it has changed my life in so many ways,” Lipa said in her acceptance speech. “But one thing that I have really come to realize is how much happiness is so important. I felt very dejected after the release of my last album. It was like I needed to make sad music in order to feel worthwhile. And I’m just so grateful and so honored because happiness is something we all deserve and need in our lives.”
Brandi CarlileTwo different nominations for Song of the Year were made by Alicia, and she was glammed up by a hairdresser Gonn KinoshitaMakeup artist Hinako. “Oh happy day!” the “Right on Time” singer wrote in an Instagram Story on Sunday. “Thinking about all my friends.”
The Broken Horses author is up for five awards at Sunday’s show, including Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. When the nominations were announced in November 2021, some fans were confused about why Carlile’s song was moved from the American roots category to the pop field — and so was the artist herself.
“While I’m incredibly flattered to be considered ‘pop’ as a 40 year old crooning lesbian mother, I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a bit surprised and disappointed to learn the Recording Academy decided to move ‘Right On Time’ out of the American Roots genre and into the pop category,” she wrote via Instagram at the time.
Carlile also noted that “Right on Time” was recorded with the same producers that worked on her album By the way, I Forgive YouThe Grammys’ 2019 Best Americana Album Award went to, by. “Being recognized by the Grammys — in any form — is a great honor. I just want folks to know this wasn’t my decision,” she concluded. “Regardless, it doesn’t change who I am or what my Americana community continues to mean to me.”
Keep scrolling to see stars’ behind-the-scenes snaps of their Grammys prep.
