Going into the evening, Batiste was the main nominee with 11 noms, together with within the high classes of document of the yr and album of the yr.
Jon Batiste took residence the Grammy for album of the yr for We Are throughout Sunday evening’s 2022 Grammys.
The singer gained over fellow nominees’ albums Love for Sale (Tony Bennett & Woman Gaga), Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe) (Justin Bieber), Planet Her (Deluxe) (Doja Cat), Happier Than Ever (Billie Eilish), Again of My Thoughts (H.E.R.), Montero (Lil Nas X), Bitter (Olivia Rodrigo), Evermore (Taylor Swift) and Donda (Kanye West).
After listening to his title, a shocked Batiste took the stage the place he mirrored on how highly effective music could be for a lot of.
“I consider this to my core, there is no such thing as a greatest musician, greatest artist, greatest dancer, greatest actor … the artistic arts are subjective and so they attain folks at a degree of their lives once they want it most. It’s like a music or an album is made and it virtually has a radar to seek out the individual once they want it essentially the most,” he stated.
Reflecting a bit on how music has all the time performed a outstanding half in his life, Batiste stated the craft of music is “greater than leisure” however moderately a “religious observe” for him.
Along with thanking his group and shouting out the relations featured on his album, Batiste additionally praised his fellow nominees. “I really love and have had an out of physique experiences along with your music. I honor you,” he stated.
“That is for actual artists, actual musicians. Let’s simply preserve going: Be you,” he concluded his speech.
Going into the evening, Batiste was the main nominee with 11 noms, together with within the high classes of document of the yr and album of the yr. Regardless of dominating this yr’s race, Batiste was simply shy a nomination to be a Grammy record-holder for many nominations in a single yr which has included Michael Jackson and Babyface, who every scored 12 nods in a single yr. In the meantime, Kendrick Lamar obtained 11 nominations for the 2016 ceremony however solely gained 5 awards.
Within the nontelevised ceremony earlier within the day, Batiste additionally gained 4 awards: greatest music video for “Freedom,” greatest rating soundtrack for visible media for Soul and greatest American roots efficiency and greatest American roots music
for “Cry.”
Backstage within the Grammys press room, Batiste continued to specific how grateful he felt for the dignity and the way Lenny Kravitz presenting the award proved to be a “full circle second” for him.
“I actually don’t do it for the awards. I actually consider that music is one thing that’s so subjective, however I used to be having such a superb time. We simply carried out, I used to be hanging with my household, and when my title got here and the ‘We Are’ title was stated by Lenny, such a full circle second as a result of we performed collectively after I was 16,” he stated of the “surreal” second.
“It was surreal, simply primarily due to the second and after all the pieces that occurred within the lead as much as it after which seeing Uncle Lenny up there, it’s similar to a complete vibe of like, ‘that is far out. Did that occur simply now?’ After which I used to be like, ‘Oh, nicely yeah, that’s it. Properly, let’s go up.’ So yeah, I actually am so grateful.”
Since 2015, Batiste has been the bandleader and musical director for The Late Present with Stephen Colbert. Colbert congratulated Batiste following his Grammy efficiency and wins on social media. “Good gracious. The person simply lit that room,” Colbert tweeted after Batiste delivered a high-energy efficiency of “Freedom.” In the meantime, after Batiste took residence the evening’s huge album of the yr honor, the late-night host tweeted, “So happy with and blissful for my lovely good friend. @JonBatiste.”
The Grammy Awards aired dwell from the MGM Grand Backyard Area in Las Vegas, with Trevor Noah serving as host.