"I love you even if I don't know you!": Jon Batiste takes home Album of the Year
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"Freedom" artist Jon Batiste started and ended the 2022 Grammy Awards with a bang, taking home the night's biggest award of Album of the Year.
Batiste, who is the bandleader and musical director of the "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" nabbed the golden statue for his work on the 2021 studio album "WE ARE." He was the most nominated artist in 2022, with 11 nods for his many musical projects, including the animated film "Soul."
"I believe this to my core, there is no best musician, best artist, best dancer, best actor," he said, accepting his award in what appeared to be a state of shock. "The creative arts are subjective and they reach people at a point in their lives when they need it most. It's like a song or an album is made and it almost has a radar to find the person when they need it the most."