Congratulations to Ghost, who took the award for "Favorite Rock Album" for Impera at last night's American Music Awards.

Says Ghost's A Nameless Ghoul: "Children of the World! From the bottom of our hearts we would like to thank ALL OF YOU FANS for all the energy, time and devotion you put into making sure WE WON THE “FAVORITE ROCK ALBUM” AT THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS tonight!
This is entirely thanks to you. You fuckin’ rawk. Thank you."

Ghost - as well as Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, and Red Hot Chili Peppers - are among the nominees for the 2023 Grammy Awards. The statues will be handed out on Sunday, February 5.

Below are the categories that may be of interest to BraveWords readers:

Best Rock Performance:

* For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative rock recordings.

"So Happy It Hurts" - Bryan Adams
"Old Man" - Beck
"Wild Child" - The Black Keys
"Broken Horses" - Brandi Carlile
"Crawl!" - Idles
"Patient Number 9" - Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck
"Holiday" - Turnstile

Best Metal Performance:

* For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative metal recordings.

"Call Me Little Sunshine" - Ghost
"We'll Be Back" - Megadeth
"Kill Or Be Killed" - Muse
"Degradation Rules" - Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi
"Blackout" - Turnstile

Best Rock Song:

* A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal songs. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

"Black Summer" - Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith, songwriters (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
"Blackout" - Brady Ebert, Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory & Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile)
"Broken Horses" - Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
"Harmonia's Dream" - Robbie Bennett & Adam Granduciel, songwriters (The War On Drugs)
"Patient Number 9" - John Osbourne, Chad Smith, Ali Tamposi, Robert Trujillo & Andrew Wotman, songwriters (Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck)

Best Rock Album:

* For albums containing greater than 50% playing time of new rock, hard rock or metal recordings.

Dropout Boogie - The Black Keys
The Boy Named If - Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Crawler - Idles
Mainstream Sellout - Machine Gun Kelly
Patient Number 9 - Ozzy Osbourne
Lucifer On The Sofa - Spoon

The 2023 Grammy's, officially known as the 65th Grammy Awards, will air live on Sunday, February 5, from Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena, and it will broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+ at 8 - 11:30 PM, ET / 5 - 8:30 PM, PT+. The special ceremony's broadcast time, hosts, presenters, and performers will be announced soon.

Find the complete list of nominees here.