This is the latest edition of the Google Trends newsletter, with a focus today on the Grammy Awards.

Daily Quiz 

Which music video was more searched over the past day in the US:

What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish (winner of Song of the Year) or Flowers by Miley Cyrus (winner of Record of the Year)?

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Grammy Awards Recap

• “paris hilton new album” became the top trending “new album” search after Hilton discussed her upcoming release on the red carpet

• “barbarella” became a breakout search after Miley Cyrus donned a Barbarella-esque outfit on the red carpet

• US Search interest face tattoo nearly tripled after Doja Cat made her debut on the red carpet

• “has miley cyrus ever won a grammy” became the top trending “has…ever” search minutes after Cyrus accepted the award for Best Pop Solo Performance, marking her first Grammy win ever

• “meryl streep son in law” and “mark ronson wife” became breakout searches an hour into the show

• Searches for “kill bill movie” spiked as SZA was performing

• “tortured poets department” became the top trending pre-order search after Taylor Swift announced the upcoming release during her acceptance speech

• “the sphere u2 tickets: became a breakout search as U2 was performing their set from the arena

• “tina turner dress” became a breakout search in the US as Fantasia was performing the Tina Turner in a gold fringe dress

• “joni mitchell spotify” is the top trending Spotify search over the past day in the US following Mitchell’s first Grammy performance

• “most grammys never won album of the year” is the top top trending “most grammys” search after Jay-Z’s acceptance speech; Kansas City is the top metro area searching it

• “tracy chapman” and “joni mitchell” were the top trending standing ovations of the evening

MAP: Top US metro areas searching the Grammy Awards over the past day

Top searched red carpet looks

during the red carpet show, US

1. Taylor Swift

2. Boygenius

3. Billy Joel

4. Gracie Abrams

5. Dua Lipa

6. Victoria Monét

7. Jelly Roll

8. Kylie Minogue

9. Olivia Rodrigo

10. Miley Cyrus

Top searched artists of the night

during the show, US

1. Taylor Swift

2. Joni Mitchell

3. Tracy Chapman

4. Miley Cyrus

5. Billie Eilish

6. SZA

7. Olivia Rodrigo

8. Beyoncé

9. Jay Z

10. Dua Lipa

Top searched performer of the night

during the show, US

1. Tracy Chapman

2. SZA

3. Joni Mitchell

4. Dua Lipa

5. Miley Cyrus

6. Olivia Rodrigo

7. Billie Eilish

8. Travis Scott

9. Luke Combs

10. Billy Joel

Top searched winner of the night

during the show, US

1. Taylor Swift

2. Miley Cyrus

3. Billie Eilish

4. SZA

5. Jay-Z

6. Victoria Monét

7. Mark Ronson

8. Lainey Wilson

9. Jack Antonoff

10. Boygenius

Top metro areas searching Grammy Awards

during the show, US

1. Kansas City, MO

2. Boston MA-Manchester, NH

3. Burlington VT-Plattsburgh, NY

4. Pittsburgh, PA

5. Nashville, TN

6. Providence RI-New Bedford, MA

7. Philadelphia, PA

8. Hartford & New Haven, CT

9. Charlottesville, VA

10. Madison, WI

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Daily Quiz Answer

% of both topics search interest combined

 

Simon Rogers

Data Editor, Google

@smfrogers

with Katie Seaton and Sabrina Elfarra