The 5 best and 5 worst performances at the 2022 Grammys

Eilish delivered a faithful rendition of her pop-rock hit "Happier Than Ever," which was nominated for record of the year.

It was the perfect blend of tender and thrilling. She opened by singing in a warmly lit sitting room, wearing a T-shirt that paid tribute to the late Foo Fighters rocker Taylor Hawkins, and ended up screaming in a rainstorm.

Eilish was joined onstage by her brother Finneas O'Connell, who cowrote and produced the song.

Although Rodrigo didn't have the massive night many critics predicted, she still won three awards, including best pop vocal performance for "Drivers License."

Early in the evening, she sang a rock-infused version of the song for her Grammys debut, hitting every high note and nailing the song's exact flavor of yearning — and proving why she deserved to be on that stage.

The K-pop group's performance of their megahit "Butter" began with a flirty interaction between V and Rodrigo, which ended up becoming one of the night's best memes.

In fact, the entire performance leaned into camp and showmanship, casting the septet as suave secret agents. They even took a break from singing to navigate a field of lasers.

Gaga brought old-Hollywood glamour to the Grammys stage, swooning her way through "Love for Sale" and "Do I Love You."

Although Bennett was not there to complete their duets, Gaga carried the performance with teary-eyed elegance. At one point, she put her hand on her shoulder in an apparent salute to her absent friend.

Lil Nas X kicked off his performance with "Dead Right Now," one of the most poignant tracks on his debut album that honors how far he's come ("If I didn't blow, I would've died tryna be here / If it didn't go, suicide, wouldn't be here").

He then transitioned into a lively, multi-costumed medley of "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" and "Industry Baby," aided by an ever-charming Jack Harlow. 

Not only did Bieber unsuccessfully attempt to make the chorus of "Peaches" sound deep by opening with a slower version on the piano — crooning lyrics like, "I took my chick up to the North, yeah / Badass bitch" — but the rest of the performance was ruined by CBS censoring the singers every few seconds.

Not even Daniel Caesar and Giveon could save this mess.

Reggaetón star J Balvin has rarely been accused of being boring, but it felt like he phoned in his performance of "In da Getto" and "¿Qué Más Pues?"

"Between Balvin's exceptionally boring outfit choice (a trench coat, really?) and oversaturated lighting, he just couldn't seem to match urbano's momentum," Gio Santiago wrote for Pitchfork.

I wish this performance slot had gone to someone like Tyler, the Creator (who won best rap album) or Baby Keem (who won best rap performance).

Instead, the Grammys enlisted Nas, who didn't even perform music from his nominated album "King's Disease II." Instead, he went for the easy nostalgia ploy and strung together a medley of old tracks from 2001's "Stillmatic" and 2002's "God's Son," for whatever reason.

Underwood won a Grammy on Sunday for best roots gospel album, but you wouldn't have known it from her low-energy performance.

She sang "Ghost Story," a pretty yet predictable ballad that was not included on her award-winning album "My Savior." It was exactly what you'd expect.

After album of the year had already been presented, Brothers Osborne took the stage to perform a straightforward rendition of "Dead Man's Curve," but don't worry if you didn't catch it.

Unless there was a show-stopping performance scheduled to close the ceremony — three and a half hours after it began — I can't imagine that many people would've stuck around. I certainly didn't.

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