Quiz Category: Music Trivia. 10 Latest Pop Questions

The Brits' first-ever genderless award show was on Feb. 8, 2022 - with more women nominated than at any time in the past decade and female artists or female-fronted bands winning two-thirds of the awards. Adele won three out of the four main prizes in the ceremony, including the first-ever gender-neutral Artist of the Year award.

Singer and fashion icon Rihanna had been declared a member of the Barbadian Order of National Heroes by the Barbadian government. President-elect Sandra Mason bestowed her with a title, “the right excellent,” on Nov. 30, 2021, as the island celebrated becoming a republic for the first time in history. That means Queen Elizabeth II is now no longer Barbados’s head of state.

Grammy-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion became a college graduate on Dec. 12, 2021, with a bachelor of science degree in health administration.

Ye was nominated for five Grammys this year: Album of the year and best rap album for Donda, best rap song for "Jail," best melodic rap performance for "Hurricane," and another Album of the Year nomination as producer and songwriter on Lil Nas X's Montero.

Why didn't Kanye West participate in the 2022 Grammys?

On March 18, 2022, about two weeks before the 64th annual Grammy Awards ceremony,  producers told West's team that he would not be allowed to perform. According to a representative of the rapper, the organizers cited West's troubling public behavior in recent weeks. That includes releasing an animated music video that portrayed the kidnapping and burial of a figure who looked a lot like Pete Davidson — the comedian who has been dating Kim Kardashian, West's former wife.

Rapper Megan Thee Stallion made a surprise addition to the Encanto cast's performance of the breakout hit from the movie, "We Don't Talk About Bruno," in the 2022 Oscars, with an original rap verse.

Silk Sonic is the retro soul-funk project of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak (born Brandon Paak Anderson). The group won song of the year for "Leave the Door Open" at the 2022 Grammys. The song, a tribute to smooth '70s soul, also won the record of the year trophy and the best R&B song award. Silk Sonic tied Jazmine Sullivan for best R&B performance.

Which all-time Grammy records does Bruno Mars hold?

The wins in both major categories make Mars the only artist, along with Paul Simon, to win record of the year three times. He also tied the record for most Song of the Year wins with two - an achievement shared with Henry Mancini, U2, and Adele.

Billie Eilish paid homage to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins during her performance at the 2022 Grammys by sporting a black T-shirt with his image. She performed the title track from her album "Happier Than Ever."

"Stefania" by Ukrainian folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra won the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, making it the first song sung entirely in Ukrainian and the first rap song ever to win the competition.

Pop star Lizzo has removed the phrase "I'm a spazz" from her 2022 track "GIRRRLS" and replaced it with "hold me back" - after realizing spaz is a derogatory term for spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy. "I never want to promote derogatory language," she wrote in a public apology on June 13, 2022. "As a fat black woman in America, I have had many hurtful words used against me, so I understand the power words can have." The track will be part of Lizzo's upcoming album Special, released in July.

Jin, the oldest member of BTS, is 29. Under South Korea's military law, he is expected to enlist in 2022 unless he receives an exemption. South Korea revised its military law in 2020 to allow top K-pop stars to defer their 2-year military service until they turn 30 if they've received government medals for heightening the country's cultural reputation. All seven BTS members meet the criteria as recipients of government medals in 2018. On June 14, 2022, BTS said they are taking a time-out to focus on solo projects.