A somber mood lurked over every head at the Grammy’s as the audience prepared to celebrate wins in music as well as music’s’ sad lost. Host LL Cool J told the crowd that there were very few ways to get around it and with the participation of the audience, he poured out a prayer in honor of the late Whitney Houston.
The show continued on a lighter note full of celebrations and comebacks. Adele won the first award of the night, which was record of the year for ‘Rolling In The Deep.’ Throughout the night, she picked up several other awards including Album of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance for ‘Someone Like You’ and Best Pop Vocal Album. She later performed her Grammy winning single ‘Rolling In The Deep’ and did a great job as it was her first live performance since recovering from her vocal cord microsurgery to stop some reoccurring bleeding in her throat.
Another comeback for the night was Chris Brown. It was a celebratory night for Brown, as he hasn’t performed on the Grammys since since 2008. During his electric performance with some revised Michael Jackson moves, Brown performed on a city-like foundation on what seemed to be building blocks possibly representing the hurdles he’s had to overcome these past couple of years. Along with his hit ‘Beautiful People,’ Brown performed ‘Turn up the music’ which is a single from his new album, Fortune.
In a surprise during the show, the infamous Beatles reunited and performed a collage of their hits. Paul McCartney decided to sit out the Beatles reunion and performed a solo twice during the show.
A nervous Chris Brown took home an award for best R&B for F.A.M.E. “I’m nervous I don’t know what to say….Team Breezy…We got one,” Brown said in his speech.
The identity of the man who recently hurt Taylor Swifts heart last is unknown for now, but whoever that man is was put on blast tonight as Taylor performed her song ‘Mean’.
Other performances of the night included Rihanna’s performance of her hit single, “We Found Love,” Coldplay, the legendary Tony Benett, Carrie Underwood, and a blue haired Katy Perry, who shocked audiences when the sound stopped during her performance (which turned out to be part of her performance). Nicki Minaj gave a more theatrical performance as she included a Catholic feel to the stage.
As the night was closing to wraps, Jennifer Hudson sang a snippet of Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ while homage was being paid to Houston and a couple of others who lost their lives this year.
Overall, it was a great show, I feel like those who received awards really deserved them. It was a night full of well rounded performances and features and I’m definitely looking forward to next year’s awards!
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