Showcasing a shorter hairstyle and full blue glitter outfit, Taylor Swift rocked the opening performance with her 1989 hit, “Out of the Woods”.
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Swift will kick off the televised show in Los Angeles, hosted by LL Cool J, with a song from her album “1989”, followed by performances by Lamar, The Weeknd and a tribute to David Bowie performed by Lady Gaga.
“Taylor swift looks so stupid I wonder if she knows”, one fan wrote.
Kendrick Lamar, the rapper who has emerged as a voice of the Black Lives Matter movement, took an early lead Monday at the Grammys over pop superstar Taylor Swift, picking up five awards. Lamar will compete against her for album (“Butterfly”) and song (“Alright”); The Weeknd is also up for album (“Beauty Behind the Madness”) as well as record (“Can’t Feel My Face”). We will find out soon when the Grammy Awards begin!
“Hip-hop, Ice Cube, this for hip-hop, this for Snoop Dogg…this for Nas”.
The lightsaber may have brought him some good luck – he won a Grammy for rap-sung collaboration with Lamar for “These Walls”. “We won! We won pop vocal album!”
The singer is also up for record of the year for “Blank Space”, album of the year for “1989”, and song of the year for “Blank Space”.
Skrillex and Diplo also won the dance/electronic album category with “Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack U”.
All About That Bass singer Trainor burst into tears and embraced her father as she was announced best new artist by last year’s victor Sam Smith.
Swift and The Weeknd will be competing for the night’s top prize, record of the year, against Ed Sheeran, D’Angelo and the Vanguard and the Uptown Funk duo of Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars.
The 58th Grammy Awards at Staples Center didn’t disappoint red carpet watchers starved for the sight of their favorite musicians dressed to the nines.
Australia picked up an award early in the evening thanks to Grammy regular Tim Munro, graduate of the University of Queensland and flautist in the Chicago-based group Filament.
The night also featured touching tributes: The Eagles’ Glenn Frey and Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire were honored by their longtime friends, while Rihanna pulled out of the awards show.
Bowie died on January 10 from a publicly undisclosed battle with cancer, two days after he turned 69 and released his final album, “Blackstar”.
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Chris Stapleton won the Grammy for best country solo performance for his song, “Traveller”.
