Celebs: Batiste wins album honour, Zelenskiy makes appeal at Grammys – Gulf Digital News

Celebs: Batiste wins album honour, Zelenskiy makes appeal at Grammys – Gulf Digital News

Multi-genre artist Jon Batiste won album of the year and R&B duo Silk Sonic took two of the top honours on Sunday at a Grammy awards ceremony that featured a surprise appeal for support from wartime President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine.

Batiste, who leads the band on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,' landed five awards overall, including the night's biggest prize for 'We Are,' a jazz album inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement.

"I believe this to my core - there is no best musician, best artist, best dancer, best actor. The creative arts are subjective," Batiste said. "I just put my head down and I work on the craft every day."

Batiste's other wins included best music video for 'Freedom,' a vibrantly colored tribute to New Orleans, and an award for composing and arranging of songs for animated Pixar movie 'Soul.'

Silk Sonic, featuring Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak, claimed the song and record of the year awards for their 1970's inspired hit 'Leave the Door Open.'

The pair rose from their seats and danced slowly before making their way to the stage.

"We are really trying our hardest to remain humble at this point," joked Paak as the pair accepted the second