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Harry Styles Gets Sensual
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Grammys night began with Harry Styles opening the ceremony with a performance of his nominated track, "Watermelon Sugar."
Styles took the stage wearing a leather suit sans shirt and a green feather boa that would make Mick Jagger chartreuse with envy.
The singer got viewers all feeling ~a certain kind of way~ when he cast the boa aside revealing his shirtlessness. Hashtag: hot and bothered.
Later in the show, Styles won his first Grammy ever for "Watermelon Sugar."
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Megan Thee Stallion Wins Best New Artist of the Year
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Megan Thee Stallion was feeling the Grammys love on Sunday night, taking home three trophies, among them the highly coveted Best New Artist Award. Megan was in a state of shock and disbelief when her name was announced from the podium.
Megan beat out Doja Cat, Noah Cyrus, Phoebe Bridgers, Ingrid Andress, Chika, D Smoke, and Kaytranada for the award.
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Dua Lipa Is Pretty In Pink
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The British singer wowed viewers with performances of "Don't Start Now" and "Levitating" which also featured an assist from DaBaby.
Lipa took the stage in three exquisite pink sequin costumes that got more revealing as the performance went on. As one person on Twitter put it, when planning her performance, Dua Lipa must have asked herself, "What Would Britney Do?"
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Beyoncé Is The Grammys GOAT
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The 2021 Grammys saw two historic moments for Beyoncé. First, she tied the record for most Grammys ever won at 27 when she and Megan Thee Stallion took home the trophy for Best Rap Song for "Savage Remix." Only minutes later, she broke that record, snagging the award for Best R&B Performance for "Black Parade." thus becoming the first singer to win 28 Grammys.
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Taylor Swift Performs 'FolkMore' Live
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Taylor Swift made her return to the Grammy stage for the first time since 2016 and also gave the first live performance of three songs from the 'FolkMore' (i.e. Folklore and Evermore) era: "Cardigan," "Willow," and "August."
Set in a cabin in the woods -- the very aesthetic of Swift's two surprise albums -- Swift joined her collaborators Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff to perform the medley.
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Bruno Mars *Is* Little Richard
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In a stunning tribute to the late great Little Richard, Bruno Mars performed a medley of his most iconic hits -- "Tutti Frutti,” “Good Golly Miss Molly,” “Lucille” and “Long Tall Sally" -- as only Bruno Mars could.
Delivering the soul and powerful vocals Richard himself was known for, it's hard to imagine Mars' performance not bringing a smile to the face of The Architect of Rock and Roll.
Little Richard passed away in May 2020 after a battle with bone cancer.
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DaBaby and Roddy Ricch Rock The Grammys
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DaBaby and Roddy Ricch gave a 10/10 performance of their collab "Rockstar" that could modestly be described as over the top -- in all the right ways.
DaBaby was accompanied by Anthony Hamilton, violinist MAPY, and a choir of female judges in robes which he conducted. Unexpected? Yes. Riveting? Also yes.
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Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B Perform "WAP" Live
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It was the first live performance of the hit track "WAP" and it did not disappoint. Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B joined forces on the Grammy stage to deliver a heavily redacted version of their song -- which isn't Grammy eligible until next year, for what it's worth.
The duo performed on a giant bed the size of the stage and also with a massive stiletto, the heel of which functioned as a stripper pole.
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Return of the Queen
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Taylor Swift has once again won Grammy glory. The singer-songwriter took home the prize for Album of the Year for her album folklore, making her the only female artist to have won Album of the Year three times.
It was Swift's first Album of the Year win since her acclaimed 1989 took home the prize in 2016.
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Billie's Back
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After winning four Grammys at last year's ceremony, Billie Eilish came back in 2021 to take the coveted prize for Record of the Year with her song "everything i wanted."
But Billie spent much of her speech praising another nominee, Megan Thee Stallion, whom she felt deserved the award. "Genuinely, this goes to her," Billie said. "Can we just cheer for Megan Thee Stallion, please.”
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