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In boxers and socks, Bieber began playing a minimalist version of Yukon on an electric guitar.

His wife, Hailey, looked on from the crowd with a smile.

The Biebs then showed off his silky vocals over his looped guitar.

But Adele has done it twice. In 2012, she claimed album of the year for 21, while her hit single Rolling in the Deep won song of the year and record of the year. She did it again in 2017 with her album 25 and the single Hello. 

Only two people in Grammy history have ever swept the Big Four: the three main awards and best new artist. That was Billie Eilish in 2020, with album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? and single Bad Guy; and Christopher Cross in 1980 for his debut album and title track Sailing. 

The three most coveted Grammys for any artist are album, record and song of the year. Each comes with prestige but different people can claim the honour, not just the artist. 

Here's how they're defined:

Album of the year: Per the Recording Academy, this is for either a collection of at least five different tracks that have a combined playing time of at least 15 minutes; or a recording of at least 30 minutes with no minimum track requirement. It's awarded to the whole team: artists, songwriters, engineers, mixers, etc. €” anyone who contributed to at least 20 per cent of the playing time. 

Record of the year: Like album of the year, this recognizes performance and production contributions, but for just a single track. 

Song of the year: This award is essentially for achievement in songwriting — so it can go to just the artist, if they composed the music and lyrics themselves, or a range of writers. Justin Bieber's 2022 song Peaches holds the record for most people in a nomination in this category, with 11. This year, Kedrick Lamar and SZA's track Luther has 10 people on the nomination, ROSÉ and Bruno Mars's APT. has nine.

Dean extends the streak of women winners in the category — Chappell Roan, Victoria Monét, Samara Joy, Olivia Rodrigo and Megan Thee Stallion were the past five winners of this award.

During her speech, Dean says, "I'm up here as a granddaughter of an immigrant. €¦ I'm a product of bravery and I think those people deserve to be celebrated. 

"We're nothing without each other; thank you so much."

Fun fact about this Grammy-winning song: Man I Need was co-written by North Vancouver’s Tobias Jesso Jr.

The Grammy for best new artist has been awarded to Olivia Dean.

The nominees were:

Bringing pop and disco energy to the showcase finale, sombr spun and swayed while singing his hit 12 to 12 in a silver suit that glittered like a disco ball.

He marched through the crowd, dancing past Jennifer Hudson and Queen Latifah while sparkling under the lights.

Lola Young was next up, performing a stripped down piano version of her track Messy — a song about balancing the desire to be perfect with the realities of life. 

That was followed by Olivia Dean belting out her jazz-pop song Man I Need with a smile. 

Leon Thomas moves into a slick version of Mutt, seamlessly performing the smooth R&B track.

Alex Warren then belted out his hit Ordinary, complete with a choir behind him as he was lifted into the air via a platform.

Katseye was up next in the medley, with their hit song Gnarly.

Notably, they swapped the lyric "Tesla" in the song with "robotics."

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