Beyonce makes history, Aaron Carter snubbed
We laughed, we cried, we winced — the 65th Annual Grammy Awards turned out to be a twisting cycle of ups and downs of entertainment.
Led by veteran host Trevor Noah, 39, of Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena, the Recording Academy’s star-studded celebration of music’s top hitmakers took audiences on a wild ride, complete with a high-energy show of Bad Bunny began and ended with a commendable ending performance by Jay-Z.
And though the LA traffic was sick of stopping Beyonce, no force could stop Queen Bey from making history as the artist who has won the most Grammy Awards of all time.
Her triumph, however, was celebrated alongside some pretty big blunders that scathing Twitter critics couldn’t help but notice, among other record-breaking moments of the night.
Here’s a list of the best and worst moments from the 2023 Grammy Awards.
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Beyoncé breaks the record
Beyonce becomes the highest-grossing Grammy Award-winning artist of all time.
Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z was in attendance as the Queen made history at the Grammy Awards.
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The title “Greatest of All Time” or “GOAT” now officially belongs to Beyonce, 41, who broke all Grammys records by becoming the artist to win the most golden gramophones in history. On Sunday, the “Break My Soul” songbird dethroned the late classical conductor Georg Solti, who had previously held the title with 31 wins since 1997, by taking home four awards for her recent musical endeavors. An emotional Queen Bey fought back tears as she thanked her family, fans and the queer community for their love and support.
Lizzo loves Bey
The show was barely underway when Lizzo, 34, almost jumped out of her skin for a glimpse of the queen herself, Beyonce, 41. In his opening monologue, Noah mentioned that Beyonce was “in the room,” causing the singer’s “About Damn Time” to have her head spinning with excitement. Cameras caught her looking around anxiously for a glimpse of the royal majesty of music. And of course, social media jokers eagerly turned Lizzo’s fan-girl moment into a trending meme.
But online columns didn’t stop Lizzo from shouting out her idol as she was presented with the song of the year trophy. During her acceptance speech, she took time to thank Bey, tearfully saying, “Beyonce, in 5th grade I skipped school to see you… You changed my life. The way you made me feel — I was like, ‘I want my music to make people feel this way. I love you.'”
,Unholy‘ Honors
“Unholy” singers Sam Smith and Kim Petras made Grammys history on Sunday.
Sam Smith and Kim Petras make Grammys history as the first non-binary and transgender duo in the Best Duo category.
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Sam Smith and Kim Petras, both 30, broke the glass ceiling by becoming the first non-binary and transgender artists to win in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category on Sunday. Upon receiving the trophy, Petras celebrated being the first transgender woman to receive the honor and thanked trans heroes and LGBTQ+ advocate Madonna, 64, for paving the way.
Hip, hip, hooray for hip hop
Hip-hop greats rocked the Grammys in honor of the music genre’s 50th anniversary.
Rap greats from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s presented their skills to an audience of enthusiastic music lovers.
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Salt ‘N Pepa (pictured), Queen Latifah, Missy Elliot and GloRilla were some of hip-hop’s ladies who represented the genre.
Nelly and others performed a medley of their greatest hits as a tribute to hip-hop’s enduring influence.
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Hip-hop luminaries took fans on a lyrical journey through music history to celebrate the genre’s 50th anniversary. The tribute, curated by Questlove and presented by Queens’ LL Cool J, came complete with performances from rap mammoths like Big Boi, Busta Rhymes with Spliff Star, De La Soul, DJ Drama, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Missy Elliott, Future, GloRilla , Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Mele Mel & Scorpio/Ethiopian King, Ice-T, Lil Baby, Lil Wayne, The Lox, Method Man, Nelly, Public Enemy, Queen Latifah, Rahiem, Rakim, RUN-DMC, Salt-N-Pepa and Spinderella, Scarface, Swizz Beatz, and Too $hort.
‘God blessed
DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend and Fridayy closed out the Grammys with a performance of “God Did.”
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Lil Wayne joined his staff for the highly anticipated performance of their Grammy-nominated song.
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Do God’s Work on a Sunday Rap giants Jay-Z, 53, Rick Ross, 47, Lil Wayne, 40, and Fridayy lifted the spirits with their highly anticipated on-air performance of “God Did.” Accompanied by 12-time Grammy winner John Legend, 44, the musicians on DJ Khaled’s track moved the crowd with a show-closing extravaganza.
The showcase marked Jay-Z’s long-awaited resurgence as headlining the awards gala, where he last performed “Drunk in Love” with his wife Beyoncé, 41, in 2014.
WORST
Trevor’s panty play
Trevor Noah, 39, faced backlash online after making a salacious remark about Harry Styles.
Noah teased Styles about his unique taste in clothing and joked that he wore women’s panties.
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Styles defenders on Twitter slammed Noah for the joke, calling it weird.
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Twitter has been in a frenzy over Noah’s joke about Harry Styles’ eclectic style.
Opening the night with a cheeky monologue laced with sly jokes, Noah delivered a light slap to Styles, 29, to tease the British heartthrob wear women’s underwear.
“Women throw their panties at this man and then he puts them on and he looks better in them than they do,” Noah said, before cleaning up his messy remark by calling Styles “the sex symbol of the world.”
people on the web called the joke “strange”. and saying it shouldn’t have made Noah’s final draft. He later mentioned James Corden’s “frostbitten penis,” which was also bitterly received.
Mad madness
Madonna’s critics were extremely vocal about their disdain for her look during her surprise performance at the Grammys.
Madonna presented the much-hyped rendition of Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy.”
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Let’s face it — Madonna’s look at the Grammys rubbed people the wrong way. Though the 64-year-old pop icon took center stage to celebrate rule breakers and troublemakers, social media buggers focused more on her looks than her words of empowerment. “What the hell happened to Madonna’s face?” tweeted a shocked viewer, noting the “Holiday” singer’s new cheeks and nose.
“Madonna scares me‘ confessed another. “I try to ignore the fact that Madonna has a whole new face‘ said another viewer.
Dre pull
Although dr Dre, 57, who won the first-ever Global Impact Award at this year’s Grammys, People Online protested against the honornoting the fact that the West Coast legend has been accused of domestic violence.
“I’m sorry, Dr. dr beats women BYE,” claimed one Twitter user. “Everyone forgot about that time, Dr. dr spank that lady I think,” said another.
Dre has yet to publicly respond to his Grammys backlash.
RIP Aaron Carter
Aaron Carter fans were ready to be bound after noting the late “I Want Candy” singer, who died on November 5 at the age of 34, skipped the “In Memoriam” tribute at the Grammys had been. “I really don’t understand why Aaron Carter was like this omitted from the in memoriam. He completely changed the game of teen pop music, broke so many records and truly paved the way for so many young pop stars to follow him,” moaned one fan on Twitter.
Since {Recording Academy} didn’t do it, I will: In memory of Aaron Carter – you deserve better. more recognition, love & time. thank you for that Music that got me through my childhood, shaped me as a person & why I wanted to work in music. I love you forever.
So far, the Recording Academy has not released a statement regarding the snub.
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