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Olivia Rodrigo won multiple awards at the 2022 Grammys for her debut album Sour. The 19-year-old was so laden with trophies that she accidentally dropped and broke one while being photographed. Here’s what happened and what fans are saying about it. 

Olivia Rodrigo holds three trophies at the 2022 Grammy Awards.
Olivia Rodrigo | Mindy Small/Getty Images

Olivia Rodrigo won 3 awards at the 2022 Grammys

Pop star Olivia Rodrigo was one of the most-nominated musicians at the 2022 Grammy Awards. She was up for awards in seven categories: best new artist, record of the year, best music video for her song “good 4 u,” song of the year and best pop solo performance for the hit “drivers license,” and pest pop vocal album and album of the year for Sour.

She ended up taking home three trophies after winning the awards for best new artist, best pop vocal album, and best pop solo performance. 

Rodrigo also performed at the show, taking the stage to sing “drivers license,” which won the musician her first trophy of the night. 

The teenage star wore a ruffled white dress paired with black fishnets and boots as she sang her award-winning song. She started the performance inside a white Mercedes-Benz before exiting the car to join an all-woman band. Animatronic butterflies in the background matched the theme of Rodrigo’s Sour album

While accepting the award for best new artist, Rodrigo gave a tearful speech in which she said that it was her “biggest dream come true.”

Olivia Rodrigo won so many Grammy awards that she accidentally dropped and broke 1

Teenage singer Olivia Rodrigo won so many awards at the 2022 Grammys that it was difficult for her to carry them all. The pop star tried to balance three trophies in her arms while being photographed. But she accidentally dropped one of the golden gramophones, breaking it into two pieces on the ground. 

Photographers gasped in shock but also comforted Rodrigo. “That’s alright!” joked one photographer. “We’ll just put it on your bill!” Rodrigo recovered quickly as an assistant helped her balance the awards and finish getting photographed. 

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Fans are reacting to the ‘good 4 u’ singer dropping and breaking her trophy

Olivia Rodrigo’s fans found out that she dropped and broke one of her Grammys, and they shared their opinions about it on social media. 

“Do you get deja vu?😭,” one fan tweeted, referencing the title of one of Rodrigo’s hit songs before comparing her to her idol, Taylor Swift. “Olivia Rodrigo’s one of her grammys fell off and broke just like what happened to Taylor Swift in Grammy 2009, like mother like daughter i guess HAHAHHAH.”

Another fan commented on how relatable the clumsy moment was by tweeting, “Olivia rodrigo just broke a grammy, she’s just like me fr.”

And another fan praised Rodrigo by tweeting, “Breaking her Grammy like she broke the charts .. what a queen.”