Trevor Noah will host the 2024 Grammy Awards, which are set for Feb. 4. The comedian made the announcement on his Spotify podcast What Now? With Trevor Noah early on Thursday (Dec. 14).
“I’m hosting the Grammys. I’m excited about that, yeah,” he said on the podcast. “It’s a lot of fun. I enjoy the Grammys because I get to watch the show in person and then experience and comment on it in person while it’s happening.”
This will be the fourth consecutive Grammy telecast that Noah has hosted. As we learned when the nominations were announced on Nov. 10, Noah is also a current Grammy nominee for best comedy album for I Wish You Would. Noah is only the fifth Grammy host who was nominated that same year. And he could become just the second Grammy host to win a Grammy during a show he or she hosted. The first was Kenny Rogers, who won best country vocal performance, male for “The Gambler” on the 1980 telecast.
Noah received his first Grammy nod four years ago for his album Son of Patricia, which was a finalist for best comedy album. But he didn’t host that year; he took over the following year. (Alicia Keys hosted the show where he was a winner.)
Noah will also serve as a producer of the 66th annual Grammy Awards, which will be produced by Fulwell 73 Productions for the Recording Academy for the fourth consecutive year. Ben Winston, Raj Kapoor and Jesse Collins are executive producers.The show will be broadcast live from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on CBS from 8-11:30 p.m. ET/5-8:30 p.m. PT and will be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.
Noah, 40, is best known for hosting Comedy Central’s The Daily Show from 2015-22. He won a Primetime Emmy in 2017 for a hosting a spin-off show, The Daily Show – Behind the Scenes, which was voted outstanding short form variety series.
Here are all the hosts of the live Grammy telecast (which began in 1971) who were nominees that same year.
Kenny Rogers
Telecast date: Feb. 27, 1980
Grammy nods that year: 5 (album of the year for The Gambler; record of the year and best country vocal performance, male for “The Gambler”; best pop vocal performance, male for “She Believes in Me”; best country vocal performance by a duo or group for “All I Ever Need Is You,” a collab with Dottie West)
Grammy wins that year: 1 (best country vocal performance, male for “The Gambler”)
Notes: Rogers is the only person to be nominated in a “Big Four” category during a telecast he or she hosted. Rogers was up for both record and album of the year. He also teamed with Donna Summer to perform a medley of song of the year nominees.
Telecast date: Feb. 25, 1986
Grammy nods that year: 1 (best country performance by a duo or group with vocal for “Real Love,” a collab with Dolly Parton)
Grammy wins that year: none
Notes: These were the only two Grammy telecasts Rogers hosted. Rogers is the only Grammy host who was a nominee both times he or she hosted the show.
Paul Simon
Telecast date: Feb. 25, 1981
Grammy nods that year: 2 (best pop vocal performance, male for “Late in the Evening”; album of original score written for a motion picture or a television special for One Trick Pony)
Grammy wins that year: none
Notes: This was the only Grammy telecast Simon hosted. Early in the show, he said drolly, “I am very happy to be here. It’s not only a great honor to be asked, but I think it’s a very nice career move as well.” Later, he performed the nominated “Late in the Evening.”
John Denver
Telecast date: Feb. 28, 1984
Grammy nods that year: 1 (best recording for children for Rocky Mountain Holiday, a collab with The Muppets)
Grammy wins that year: none
Notes: Denver, hosting for the fifth time, skipped an opening monologue, instead promising “a show so hot it’s going to pop if we don’t get right into it.” He was right about that. This was the highest-rated Grammy telecast of all time, the one where a red-hot Michael Jackson became the first artist to win eight Grammys in one night. Denver teamed with Jerry Nelson (Floyd the Muppet) to perform “Gone Fishin,’” a track from their nominated children’s album. Denver hosted six Grammy telecasts in all. Only one Grammy host has equaled or bettered that mark: Andy Williams hosted the first seven telecasts.
Queen Latifah
Telecast Date: Feb. 13, 2005
Grammy nods that year: 1 (best jazz vocal albumfor The Dana Owens Album)
Grammy wins that year: none
Notes: This was the only Grammy telecast Queen Latifah hosted. She performed a medley of two songs from her nominated album, “Baby Get Lost” and the jazz standard “Lush Life.”
Trevor Noah
Telecast date: Feb. 4, 2024
Grammy nods that year: 1 (best comedy album for I Wish You Would)
Grammy wins that year: To be determined
Notes: This is the fourth consecutive Grammy telecast that Noah has hosted. He is the second comedian to host four times, following Garry Shandling (whose hosting assignments weren’t consecutive).
