RECAP: The Grammy Awards

RECAP

Red Carpet

  

 

 

  

The Show

7:01 PM: Bruce Springsteen is on stage now, performing his single "We Take Care Of Our Own."

7:05 PM: LL Cool J starts with a prayer for Whitney Houston.
7:07 PM: They're showing footage of Whitney Houston performing "I Will Always Love You" on the Grammy awards several years ago.
7:11 PM: Bruno Mars performs "Runaway Baby"

7:20 PM: Alicia Keys and Bonnie presenting the first grammy of the night, honouring Etta James with a performance of "I Need A Sunday Kind Of Love"

7:24 PM: Best Pop Vocal Performance goes to Adele's "Someone Like You"
7:26 PM: Chris Brown performs "Turn Up The Music" and "Beautiful People," the whole performance is lip synced, only the first few words of "Turn Up The Music" were live but those sounded very nasally. The horns in "Beautiful People" did it for me, that sounded so hot!

7:35 PM: Marc Anthony and Fergie are presenting "Best Rap Performance"
7:36 PM: Best Rap Performance goes to Jay-Z and Kanye West for "Otis"
7:38 PM: Kelly Clarkson performs her duet together with Jason Aldean "Don't You Wanna Stay." They deliver a very good vocal performance.

7:47 PM: The Foo Fighters perform "Walk" outside the Staples Center.

7:51 PM: Rihanna and Coldplay will be perfoming after the break.
7:58 PM: Rihanna performs "We Found Love" and brings out Coldplay for an acoustic performance of "Princess of China." AMAZING. Rihanna did some choreography and she looked stunning. The whole arrangement was nice and they've made a good choice to do an acoustic version of POC. Coldplay takes over and perform "Paradise," which was very off key.

8:12 PM: Best Rock Performance goes to "Walk" by the Foo Fighters
8:17 PM: Maroon 5 performing "Surfer Girl" by The Beach Boys.
8:19 PM: Foster The People perform "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by The Beach Boys.
8:22 PM: The Beach Boys are perfoming "Good Vibrations" with Maroon 5 and Foster The People

8:32 PM: Stevie Wonders welcomes Paul McCartney on stage.

8:36 PM: Common presents Best R&B album
8:38 PM: Best R&B album goes to Chris Brown for his album "F.A.M.E." ...
8:40 PM: Taylor Swift is performing "Mean." Very cute.

8:50 PM: Song of the Year goes to "Rolling In The Deep" by Adele
8:53 PM: Katy Perry is performing "E.T." and "Part Of Me" for the very first time while rocking a blue wig. Based on her "Part Of Me" performance, her "E.T." performance was definitely pre-recorded...

8:48 PM: Lady Antebellum wins Best Country Album
9:05 PM: Gwyneth Paltrow welcomes Adele to the Grammy stage
9:10 PM: Adele was amazing on the Grammy stage with a performance of Song of the Year "Rolling In The Deep" but at the same time, it was kinda boring as well...

9:17 PM: Glenn Campbell performs on stage with Blake Sheldon and more artists... not here for them

9:31 PM: Carrie Underwood performs with Tony Bennett
9:33 PM: Carrie Underwood and Tony Bennett present Best New Artist award
9:34 PM: Best New Artist goes to Bon Iver

 9:42 PM: Jennifer Hudson performs "I Will Always Love You" as tribute to Whitney Houston, pretty underwhelming. Why did they gave her 2 minutes?! And where was the famous breakdown?!

9:51 PM: David Guetta, deadmau5, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Dave Grohl on stage now. "I Can Only Imagine" is such a smash! 

10:05 PM: Drake introduces Nicki Minaj to stage.
10:06 PM: Nicki Minaj premieres new song "Roman Holiday" on the Grammy stage. This was by far the performance of the NIGHT! The whole concept >>>

10:11 PM: Adele wins Record of the Year for "Rolling In The Deep"
10:19 PM: LL Cool J welcomes Diana Ross to stage
10:20 PM: Diana Ross announces Album of the Year
10:21 PM: Adele wins Album Of The Year for "21" ... 6th award for Adele tonight. Now she's tied with Beyonce with 6 Grammys in one night!
10:23 PM: Paul McCartney performs the last song of the evening.

WINNERS

Album Of The Year: 21, Adele

Country Album: Own the Night, Lady Antebellum

Song of the Year: “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth, songwriters

R&B Album: F.A.M.E., Chris Brown

Rock Performance: “Walk,” Foo Fighters

Rap Performance: “Otis,” Jay-Z and Kanye West

Pop Solo Performance: “Someone Like You,” Adele Pop Vocal Album: 21, Adele

Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Duets Ii, Tony Bennett and Various Artists

Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Body and Soul,” Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse

Short Form Music Video: “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele

Long Form Music Video: “Foo Fighters: Back and Forth,” Foo Fighters

Rap/Sung Collaboration: “All of the Lights,” Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie

Rap Song: “All of the Lights,” Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter and Kanye West

Rap Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West

R&B Performance: “Is This Love,” Corinne Bailey Rae

Traditional R&B Performance: “Fool for You,” Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona

R&B Song: ”Fool for You,” Cee Lo Green and Jack Splash

Pop Instrumental Album: The Road From Memphis, Booker T. Jones

Country Solo Performance: “Mean,” Taylor Swift

Country Duo/Group Performance: “Barton Hollow,” The Civil Wars

Country Song: “Mean,” Taylor Swift

Folk Album: Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars

Hard Rock/Metal Performance: “White Limo,” Foo Fighters

Rock Song:  “Walk,” Foo Fighters, Songwriters (Foo Fighters)

Rock Album: Wasting Light, Foo Fighters

Alternative Music Album: Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Paul Epworth