Joni Mitchellgave another history-making performance at the 2024Grammy Awards.
Joni Mitchell performs onstage during the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 4, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.CBS
CBS
While this was Mitchell’s first time performing at the Grammys, it wasn’t the first time she graced the Grammys red carpet. She is a 10-time Grammy Award winner and has been nominated a total of 18 times.
Mitchell’s 10th Grammy win came Sunday in the best folk album category forJoni Mitchell at Newport [Live]. Other nominees in the category included Paul Simon forSeven Psalms, The Milk Carton Kids forI Only See the Moon, Dom Flemons forTraveling Wildfire, Rufus Wainwright forFolkocracyand Nickel Creek forCelebrants.
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The win capped a spectacular year for the legendary singer-songwriter, who marked her first live performance in 20 years at the Newport Folk Festival in July 2022 (which was recorded and released in the form of the 2023 album). The singer, who had a brain aneurysm in 2015, said it took some time to get back into singing and playing the guitar again.
“I’m learning,” she said. “I’m looking at videos that are on the net to see where I put my fingers, you know. It’s amazing what an aneurysm knocks out – how to get out of chair!… You have to relearn everything.”
Joni Mitchell and Brandi Carlile perform onstage during the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 4, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.JC Olivera/WireImage
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“We are all better artists because of the lines you dared to cross,“Billy Portersaid ahead of a moving performance of “Both Sides Now.” “Joni Mitchell, you are marvelous.”
In June, 2023 she headlined first ticketed show in 20 years called “Joni Jam” at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Washington. She is also set to perform a Hollywood Bowl show on October 19. Due to the large demand for tickets, she even added a second show on October 20. These performances will be her first set of live shows in Los Angeles since 2000.
Joni Mitchell and Brandi Carlile performs onstage during the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 4, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.CBS
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See PEOPLE’s full coverage of the 66th annualGrammy Awardsas they’re broadcasting live on CBS from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
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