The Grammys have been ongoing music awards show for 65 years. Well-known artists and producers come together to celebrate and congratulate all types of music from the year prior. The 2023 Grammys were held on February 5th at the Crypto Center. Many awards were given out and plenty of recognition was given to the nominees. With all this being said, there were a couple of questionable moments that led people to ask, “Who decided this was a good idea?” 

Grammy nominees are selected by a panel of executives, and nominations are sent in via submission by recording academy members and record companies. Other award shows give out awards based on people’s choice or voting, but the Grammys rewards musicians on a higher technical level. 

This year, celebrities like Harry Styles, Lizzo, Adele, Beyoncé, and Steve Lacy expectedly received Grammys for their work and talent. However, there were a couple of awards given out to seemingly the wrong people. For example, Song of the Year was awarded to singer Bonnie Raitt. The announcement of this decision immediately sent confusion amongst the crowd and viewers alike. Although Raitt may have crafted an excellent song, it seems odd that a song that most people have never even heard of could have won. Bonnie Raitt herself seemed shocked by the award, understandably, as she was against artists of the decade, such as Lizzo, Adele, Harry Styles, and the queen herself, Taylor Swift. These are some household names that people of several generations can recognize, so how did someone that seemingly no one knew win?