Tuesday, February 7, 2023
After this relentless week, we don't really know how
Sir Lucian Grainge and the other
UMG folk pictured here are still upright, let alone posing in their finery in the hours AFTER the Grammys ended, but that's what makes them professionals. Don't try this at home, kids.

"I'm hallucinating," confided Global Classics and Jazz and
Verve Label Group chief
Dickon Stainer as Sir Grainge, Best New Artist winner
Samara Joy, UMG EVP
Michele Anthony and Verve President
Jamie Krents figured this probably
wasn't a dream because they were fully dressed and their surroundings looked nothing like eighth-grade homeroom.

Republic chief
Monte Lipman and Grainge flank legend
Stevie Wonder, who wondered if the canapés would be vegan again.

Sir Lucian and
UMPG topper
Jody Gerson quietly prayed that nobody from
HITS would show up.
Interscope Geffen A&M ruler
John Janick confessed to LG that his tux is so comfortable that he sometimes wears it as jammies.
Virgin co-head
Nat Pastor confesses that he suddenly has a hankering for Chex Mix.
Claudia Resnikoff, country superstar
Shania Twain and UMe ruler
Bruce Resnikoff noted that their dreams from 1991-97 have been enjoying a resurgence.

Republic EVP
Danielle Price and Monte Lipman flank artist
Kiana Ledé, who is spearheading a new transparency initiative.

Chart-ruling prior BNA winner
Olivia Rodrigo, who presented the trophy to Samara Joy this year, opines that our publication is an excellent sleep aid.

Universal Music Central Europe and
Deutsche Grammophon Chairman/CEO
Frank Briegmann notes to Sir Grainge that the Grammys are much funnier in the original German.