The 68th annual Grammys drew a median of 14.4 million viewers on Sunday night time, which marked the ceremony’s final time airing on CBS earlier than its upcoming transfer to ABC.
Measured by Nielsen, that whole represents a 6% lower from the 15.4 million viewers the ceremony drew yr earlier than — which was itself down 9% from 2024 — whereas nonetheless rating because the most-watched awards present since final yr’s Oscars hit 19.7 million viewers.
CBS additionally touts that the Grammys have been the “most social” TV program within the final six months with 74.8 million whole interactions and 302.5 million whole video views.
Airing at 5 p.m. PT, the Grammys have been hosted by Trevor Noah for the sixth consecutive yr. Selection music critic Chris Willman wrote in his evaluate of the present that Noah remained apolitical, “doing the inoffensive reverse of his ‘Day by day Present’ persona” whereas “celebrating who was within the room, with no edge to any of the recognitions”; on the similar time, “there’s one thing candy about his ultra-avuncular cheerleading for the artists which may be missed, relying on who ABC lands as his successor subsequent yr.” General, he wrote, “the stress between the present’s somber and foolish moments felt somewhat tough to navigate, however that’s a mirrored image of how a whole lot of us are torn between the lure of celebratory entertainment-as-usual and a righteous anger, or disappointment, over the chaos being wreaked by the federal authorities in native communities.”
Unhealthy Bunny received the award for album of the yr, making headlines for saying “ICE out” and advocating for Latinos in his speech. Kendrick Lamar was the most important winner of the night time, taking residence 5 trophies together with document of the yr. See the total listing of winners right here.
The Grammys have been produced by Fulwell Leisure for the Recording Academy. Govt producers included Ben Winston, Raj Kapoor, Jesse Collins and Noah.
