The period of the awards ceremonies is open in the United States.

After the Oscars last week (marked by the slap of Will Smith, we don't know if you've heard of it?), it's the turn of the biggest evening devoted to American music to roll out the red carpet.

The Grammy Awards are held Sunday night in Las Vegas and could see Olivia Rodrigo and Barack Obama scoop up some awards.

Olivia Rodrigo on her way to a feat, Jon Batiste favorite

The great pop sensation from the Disney

High School Musical

series , Olivia Rodrigo, can repeat the feat achieved by Billie Eilish two years ago, by winning the four most prestigious trophies: album, song, recording and revelation of the year.

In total, she has no less than seven nominations, as many as Billie Eilish, freshly Oscar winner with the song from the last

James Bond

, but one less than Justin Bieber or rapper Doja Cat.

The 19-year-old Californian,

Drivers license

and

Good 4 u

performer is expected on the stage of the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas to sing live, as are the South Korean group BTS, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, HER, Nas, and jazzman Jon Batiste, favorite this year with eleven nominations, the record for this edition.

The Kanye West interrogation

Kanye West released an album last year,

Donda

, and another this year,

Donda 2

.

But it is above all for his personal attacks against comedian Pete Davidson, in a relationship with his ex-wife Kim Kardashian, that he made people talk about him, until he was banned from posting on Instagram for… 24 hours.

A beast of the stage, named this year in five categories, he can still give cold sweats to the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for his unpredictable side.

Reports have circulated that the Academy informed him that he could not perform on stage, but a surprise is still possible.

The rapper and producer competes in particular in the category of best album.

And he finds himself face to face with folk pop star Taylor Swift, the very one he had vehemently interrupted on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009, to come and say that Beyoncé deserved an award in her place.

Awards for the Lady Gaga + Tony Bennett duo?

Another duo of the evening, singer and actress Lady Gaga and crooner Tony Bennett, 95, can believe in their chances with six nominations for their second album together (the 61st in the studio for Bennett anyway),

Love For Sale

.

In 2014, the New Yorker became the oldest album sales number one in history, thanks to his first duet with his accomplice.

After revealing in 2021 that he had Alzheimer's disease, the Queens crooner no longer performs on stage, "by doctor's order", but it is not impossible that he will make an appearance on Sunday with Lady Gaga.

A third potential victory for Barack Obama

The United States Constitution limits the number of terms of office of the American president to two, but it will not prevent Barack Obama from aiming for a third Grammy in the always very eclectic category of the best spoken album.

The former president, already rewarded in 2006 and 2008, returns in 2022 for the audio version of his memoirs,

A promised land

.

In 2020, his wife, Michelle Obama, won with the audiobook

Becoming

.

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