Awards exhibits have struggled to draw and preserve viewers’ consideration for the final couple of years. The 2023 Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 5, was really capable of do each. The sixty fifth Annual Grammy Awards was the most-watched Grammys since 2020. According to CBS, the Trevor Noah-hosted televised award present loved a 30% enhance in viewership from final yr’s reside ceremony, and the Paramount+ livestream was the most important live-streaming viewers throughout Paramount+ and CBS platforms within the streamer’s historical past.
The Grammys was the most-watched program on Sunday, the community introduced February 6, with over 12.4 million viewers, the most important viewers for the Grammys within the final three years, in line with Nielsen time zone-adjusted quick nationwide rankings for the night. Dubbed Music’s Biggest Night, the yearly occasion continues to be the most-watched music awards present.
On Paramount+, lively subscription households have been at an all-time excessive for the occasion, up 42% in reside viewership. And on social media, the Grammy Awards had an estimated 66 billion potential impressions (the estimated quantity of people that may need seen posts associated to this matter), and #Grammys was trending within the high 10 for 18 hours, peaking at No. 1.
The occasion is now the No. 1 social leisure occasion of 2023, however there are nonetheless main televised occasions like Super Bowl LVII (Sunday, February 12) and the Oscars (Sunday, March 12) to return.
The theme of Music’s Biggest Night have been shock wins. Harry Styles was a serious upset, successful Album of the Year over the presumed winner Beyoncé, who broke the report for many Grammy wins in historical past in the course of the February 5 ceremony. Bonnie Raitt herself was shocked to have gained Song of the Year, and Lizzo was stunned to have snagged Record of the Year. A pleasant shock was 23-year-old jazz singer Samara Joy’s win for Best New Artist.
The night additionally included an epic medley celebrating 50 years of hip-hop, a rousing opening quantity from Bad Bunny, a refreshed In Memoriam efficiency format that viewers beloved, and a particular efficiency from Stevie Wonder with company Smokey Robinson and Chris Stapleton (who will quickly sing the National Anthem on the Super Bowl).
A choose group of superfans was additionally chosen to make the pitch for why their favourite artist ought to win Album of the Year. The group was invited on stage to current the evening’s greatest award by Noah, and the eldest of the group bought to announce that Styles would take house the gold excitedly.
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