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All the 2024 Grammy Performances Ranked

Music’s Biggest Night really soared in 2024.

Singing “Snooze” in oversized clothes next to a flaming dumpster, SZA created a striking visual note before a martial artist (evoking Beatrix Kiddo from Kill Bill) leaped onto a table in the audience and showed off some serious swordplay (Phoebe Bridgers, seated nearby, watched with her mouth agape in delight). As for the country star, this was clearly a major life moment – he looked over to Chapman about a dozen times during the performance as if to prove to himself it was really happening, and when it was her turn to sing, he pulled back from the mic and mouthed the words anyway, unable to contain his excitement. On a stage surrounded by candles, Mitchell sat on a plush white chair, cane in hand, singing her all-timer “Both Sides Now” with Brandi Carlile, Alison Russell, Lucius, Blake Mills and Jacob Collier playing along gently.

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