With the 2014 Grammy Award Ceremony around the corner, we count down the 10 most epic moments in Grammy history!
1. Peekaboo! Way before Miley’s fishnets, pasties, and bikini bottoms, there was Jennifer Lopez’s controversial plunging sheer Versace gown she wore to accompany P Diddy to the 2000 Grammy Awards.
2. The following year in 2001, Toni Braxton left little to the imagination in this white satin dress cloth held together by a few strips of sparkly fabric and double-sided tape. One wrong move and hello, birthday suit!
3. In 2008 Tina Turner and Beyoncé got the crowd shimmying and shaking with an exuberant performance of “Proud Mary,” for which Tina Turner won a Grammy in 1972. Can you believe she is 74 years old?
4. The 1993 Grammy Awards should be renamed, “The Eric Clapton Awards.” The guitar legend performed a beautiful unplugged rendition of “Tears in Heaven” and walked away with six statuettes!
5. Never one to disappoint when it comes to the outrageous, Lady Gaga arrived at the 2011 Grammy Awards in a giant egg and then hatched onstage during her performance of “Born this Way.” I dunno, it’s a little literal, no?
6. The King of Pop kicked off his 1988 Grammy performance with a slowed down version of “The Way You Make Me Feel” before delivering an inspiring rendition of, “Man in the Mirror.”
7. Yo Kanye, I’m really happy for you, Ima let you finish but you weren’t the first rapper to interrupt an artist’s acceptance speech. In 2004 50 Cent interjected Evanescence’s Grammy speech when they beat him in the “Best New Artist” category.
8. Despite numerous counts of douchebag behavior and speeches, Kanye West made a pretty dope speech when he won Best Album at the 2005 Grammy Awards.
9. Fans were stunned when Breezy assaulted Riri on the eve of the 2009 Grammy’s and Rihanna, who was scheduled to make an appearance at the awards, had to cancel. Things escalated quickly when an officer from the LAPD leaked graphic photos of Rihanna’s beaten and bloody face.
10. On the eve of the 2012 Grammy Awards ceremony, music legend Whitney Houston was found dead in her hotel room. At the award ceremony Jennifer Hudson sang the Whitney Houston classic “I Will Always Love You” for what’s been considered one of the most emotional Grammy ceremonies to date.
The 2014 Grammy Awards will take place on Sunday, 26 January at 8PM ET at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Performers include John Legend, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Jay-Z.
