15.4 Million Viewers on CBS

Music’s greatest evening drew 15.4 million viewers on CBS Sunday evening, because the Grammys raised almost $9 million to help wildfire reduction efforts in California.

Final 12 months’s Grammys introduced in a mean 16.9 million viewers, which marked a 34% improve from the 12 months earlier than. That determine included Nielsen’s measurement of linear views on CBS and Paramount International’s personal knowledge concerning streams on Paramount+, CBS.com and the CBS app.

This 12 months’s quantity, courtesy of Nielsen reside + similar day scores, solely accounts for linear viewership on CBS. Paramount International signed a multi-year take care of Nielsen on Monday that features measurement for all Paramount platforms. For the previous few months, Paramount had been utilizing knowledge from VideoAmp after its contract with Nielsen expired in September.

Sunday’s ceremony was the most effective Grammys in years, declared Selection‘s Chris Willman in his evaluation of the telecast. The present featured a wholesome dose of snubs and surprises (Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish have been shut out, Beyoncé lastly gained album of the 12 months and Kendrick Lamar took dwelling each tune and file of the 12 months for the larger-than-life Drake diss “Not Like Us”), in addition to spectacular performances from Doechii, Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and Charli xcx.

The ceremony additionally featured a tribute to Quincy Jones, with Herbie Hancock, Stevie Surprise, Cynthia Erivo, Lainey Wilson and Janelle Monáe (in full Michael Jackson apparel) paying homage to the late music legend. Opening the present, which highlighted the resilience of Los Angeles after the devastating wildfires, have been Dawes with a canopy of Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.” and Billie Eilish performing “Birds of a Feather” in entrance of a display screen displaying the San Gabriel Mountains.

Trevor Noah hosted the Grammys for the fifth 12 months in a row. Fulwell 73 produced the present for the Recording Academy, whereas Ben Winston served as govt producer alongside Raj Kapoor and Jesse Collins.

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