It’s official, Trevor Noah, who is also the “Daily Show” host will return as host of the 2022 Grammy Awards.
The tradition continues
The Grammy has its own tradition when it comes to choosing hosts, as they always seem to host two years in a row. This first started with LL Cool J in 2012. James Corden also hosted both the 2017 and 2018 ceremonies, followed by Alicia Keys hosting in 2019 and 2020.
And as Trevor Noah hosted the pandemic-delayed 63rd Grammy Awards in March 2021, it’s only fitting that he host the 64th ceremony too.
The CEO of the Recording Academy, Harvey Mason Jr, calls Noah an “amazing” host that received “praise from the music community, music fans and critics” for his role during the 2021 socially distanced awards ceremony.
“We’re so excited to welcome Trevor back to the Grammys stage and feel fortunate to once again have him hosting what we believe will be an unforgettable evening.”
The Grammy’s announces some changes
Even though the host will stay the same, the Grammy’s did make a few changes to next year’s awards ceremony. The Recording Academy announced last week that they made some changes in the “big four” categories.
For the first time in Grammy history, there are now 10 nominees instead of just 8 in the following categories:
- Record of the Year
- Album of the Year
- Song of the Year
- Best new Artist
“We made the decision to expand to 10 fairly recently. We looked at the voting, which was up 17% this year, and the amount of submissions — almost 22,000, that’s a crazy high number — and we said, ‘This is an incredible opportunity for us to honour more artists and shine a light on more great music.’ Traditionally, the Academy might have studied this for a few years and done a committee, but I think the way music is moving and the industry is evolving, I’m proud to say the Academy is able to move quickly.”