Anticipating The Omicron Variant, The 2022 Grammy Awards Will Be Held In April

Grammy Awards (Recording Academy)

JAKARTA - The Grammy awards ceremony will be held on April 3, 2022 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas. The Recording Academy announced the news on Tuesday, January 18, Los Angeles time.

Initially, the event was scheduled for January 31 in Los Angeles but had to be postponed due to an increase in COVID-19 cases due to the omicron variant.

In addition, comedian Trevor Noah has been appointed as a television and digital host again.

The Recording Academy also explained that there were several events, one of which was MusiCares Person of the Year which was dedicated to Joni Mitchell. The Pre-Grammy Gala is also planned to be held.

In early January, the 2022 Grammy Awards, which were initiated on January 31, were postponed after discussions with all parties.

"After consideration and analysis with city officials, health and safety authorities, the artist community and our partners, the Recording Academy and CBS have postponed the 64th Grammy Awards," the Recording Academy said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the list of Grammy nominations has been announced in November 2021. Musician Jon Batiste leads the list of nominations followed by Justin Bieber.

In addition, there is a change from the number of nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards where Best Song and Best New Artist contain 10 nominations from the previous eight nominations.