Grammy Awards 2022 postponed amid Omicron surge

The Recording Academy and CBS made the announcement in a joint statement on Wednesday, January 5.

A spike in COVID-19 cases, fuelled by the emergence of the Omicron variant has prompted organisers to postpone the 2022 Grammy Awards, an ANI report in the Deccan Chronicle, says.

According to People magazine, the award show, which celebrates the best in music, has been postponed until further notice.

The Recording Academy and CBS made the announcement in a joint statement on Wednesday.

“The health and safety of those in our music community, the live audience, and the hundreds of people who work tirelessly to produce our show remains our top priority,” the statement read.

“Given the uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant, holding the show on Jan. 31 simply contains too many risks. We look forward to celebrating music’s biggest night on a future date, which will be announced soon,” the statement concluded.

This is the second year in a row that the award ceremony has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last year, the show was postponed until March, and shortly after the announcement, Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy told Entertainment Tonight that the decision was made “based on the decline of the health circumstances around Los Angeles 

This year’s award show, hosted by Trevor Noah for his second consecutive year was set to take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. A new date for Grammys 2022 has not been set as yet.

John Batiste is leading this year’s nominations with 11 nominations, — including album of the year, record of the year and best R&B album.

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