Grammys 2022: Jon Batiste wins album of the year, Silk Sonic takes record, song honours

Jon Batiste poses with his Grammys for Best American Roots Performance for 'Cry', Album of the year for 'We Are', Best American roots song, Best music video and Best score soundtrack for visual media for 'Soul', at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. Photo: Reuters

Jon Batiste ruled on a Grammys night that celebrated young hitmaker Olivia Rodrigo and embraced the funk of Silk Sonic.

Batiste, who went into music's biggest night with a leading 11 nominations, won album of the year – the top prize of the night – for We Are at Sunday's (April 3) 64th Grammy Awards. Silk Sonic, the super duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak, took home record and song of the year for Leave the Door Open while Rodrigo was named best new artist.