9 Of The Most Iconic Grammys Moments Of All Time

The 2023 Grammy Awards are underway in Los Angeles with Adele, Beyoncé, Harry Kinds, Lizzo, Kendrick Lamar and extra all up for the gig one: Document Of The 12 months.

Definitely the most effective and most entertaining Grammy moments have been these of yesteryear the place stars of the music trade mingled, jingled and took slightly public swipes at each other. Sure, the largest evening in music all the time has one thing to say on the political, vogue and wonder frontiers so let’s check out an edit of the most effective.

JENNIFER LOPEZ IN THAT DRESS IN 2000

Donatella Versace’s iconic sheer inexperienced costume, as worn to the Grammy Awards on the flip of the millennium by Jennifer Lopez was every little thing. The plunging design was described as a watershed second for the designer’s profession after the death of her brother Gianni three years earlier. So well-known was this piece of silk chiffon that it was quickly immortalised with its personal Wikipedia web page. (Nineteen years after its inception, Versace closed its pre-fall 2019 runway in New York City with the return of the silhouette. It was given a contemporary replace with a vibrant coronary heart sample and was modelled by Amber Valletta. In 2019, Lopez wore an iteration of the dress down the SS20 Versace runway in Milan to mark its iconic anniversary.)

MICHAEL JACKSON INTRODUCES THE SEQUINNED GLOVE

Profitable a report eight Grammys in 1984, Jackson not solely took Elizabeth Taylor as his date however revealed his now-iconic sequinned glove to the world.

TAYLOR SWIFT’S 2014 SCORNED PERFORMANCE

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It wasn’t the head-banging in the course of the bridge of the track a lot because it was the pensive-and-somewhat-bitter stare on the finish of it that had the media in overdrive. Was “All Too Nicely” directed at past-love Jake Gyllenhaal? This editor says sure.

EMINEM AND ELTON JOHN PERFORM TOGETHER IN 2001

When Eminem dropped his 2000 providing, The Marshall Mather LP, he was immediately criticised for his “homophobic” lyrics, most prominently by the Homosexual and Lesbian Alliance Towards Defamation (GLAAD). Come Grammy time, Elton John carried out alongside the rapper in Dido’s place silencing critics and hate. His candy-coloured printed go well with was the actual star of the present.

MARVIN GAY [FINALLY] WINS A GRAMOPHONE IN 1983

After years of slim misses, Marvin Gaye received two Grammys for his hit “Sexual Therapeutic” on the 1983 Awards. Tragically a 12 months later, his father, Marvin Gaye Senior, fatally shot his son at their house in Los Angeles. The singer was honoured with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the academy in 1996.

JOHN LENNON IS REMEMBERED BY YOKO ONO IN 1982

In 1982, two years after his loss of life, Yoko Ono accepted the award for Album of the 12 months for her and Lennon’s Double Fantasy. Strolling as much as the stage with six-year-old son, Sean, and producer, Jack Douglas, the viewers erupted into applause. “I actually don’t know what to say. I believe John is right here with us at present. Each John and I have been all the time actually proud and comfortable that we have been a part of the human race. He made good music for the earth and for the universe.”

ADELE ECLIPSES BEYONCÉ IN 2012

The Queen held the report for many wins by a feminine artist for all of two years till the UK’s main girl, Adele, took to the scene. On this evening in 2012, she took away six awards, tying with Beyoncé. Might Beyoncé make up floor this 12 months?

JENNIFER HUDSON’S TRIBUTE TO WHITNEY HOUSTON IN 2012

Simply sooner or later earlier than the 54^th Grammy Awards, Whitney Houston was discovered useless in her Beverly Hilton Lodge room.  Jennifer Hudson emotionally carried out Houston’s most famed track, “I Will At all times Love You” to a grieving music trade.

BRITNEY SPEARS INTOXICATES US ALL WITH PERFORMANCE IN 2000

The sixty fifth GRAMMYs Awards will happen on Sunday, february 5 2023 (Monday February 6 AEST).