On February 4, 2024, The 66th Annual Grammy Awards took place in Los Angeles. Many artists made history, including Taylor Swift, who became the first artist to win Album of the Year four times. Several other artists won their first Grammys ever, like Miley Cyrus, Victoria Monet, SZA, and more.

Trevor Noah, this year’s Grammys host, started the award show with a hilarious speech where he made quips about the music industry, including a joke about Universal Music Group taking their whole catalog off of TikTok due to unfair pay. Noah said, “So right now, the CEO of TikTok is probably sitting at home watching the show, eating ice cream, crying, seeing all of his exes in one room.” He continued saying, “And you know what, TikTok? Shame on you. Shame on you for ripping off all of these artists. Yeah, shame on you! How dare you do that? That’s Spotify’s job.” 

Other than Producer of the Year and Songwriter of the Year, all of the main categories were won by women. Victoria Monét won Best New Artist and Miley Cyrus won both Record of the Year and Best Pop Song for “Flowers.” SZA won three Grammys, including Best R&B Album, Best Progressive R&B Album, and Best Pop Duo with Phoebe Bridgers for “Ghost of the Machine.” When Taylor Swift won Pop Vocal Album for Midnights, she surprised her fans with the announcement of her upcoming album, The Tortured Poets Department which will come out on April 19th.

Along with the awards, this year’s Grammys was full of a variety of performances. The award show started with Dua Lipa performing a medley of her most recent songs: “Dance The Night,” “Training Season,” and “Houdini.” Other outstanding performances included Olivia Rodrigo’s performance of “Vampire,” Miley Cyrus’ performance of her Record Of the Year song, “Flowers,” Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas singing Song of the Year, “What Was I Made For?” and SZA’s mashup of “Kill Bill” and “Snooze.” Joni Mitchell performed for the first time at the Grammys and sang “Both Sides Now” alongside Brandi Carlile. Closing the show, Billy Joel returned to perform at the Grammys for the first time in twenty-two years to debut a live performance of his first single, “Turn the Lights Back On” and followed with “You May Be Right” as an encore. 

The 2024 Grammys were a historical and unforgettable night highlighting the past and future of music.