

Justin Bieber started “Love Yourself" on guitar in good form, but ended with a vocal struggle. “(Expletive) happens."Ī spokesperson for CBS, where the Grammys aired, said “there was a brief 5-8 second technical issue that was out of our control." It made it sound out of tune," Adele tweeted. “The piano mics fell onto the piano strings, that’s what the guitar sound was. Mars introduced Adele, who sang “All I Ask," which they wrote together for her new album “25." She was accompanied with a piano behind her, but the audio sounded off and appeared to throw off her performance. “This is dedicated to the fans right here," Mars added. Ronson gave a shout-out to Prince, James Brown and George Clinton for being leaders in funk. Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars won two awards for “Uptown Funk," including record of the year. We will live forever, believe that," said Lamar onstage when he won best rap album. “Hip-hop, Ice Cube, this for hip-hop, this for Snoop Dogg.

He ended with a map of Africa, and the city of Compton imprinted in it. He went on to fuse rap, jazz, reggae and African sounds for a commanding performance as he rapped “The Blacker the Berry" and the Grammy-nominated “Alright" passionately. He started as he appeared beaten, in handcuffs, with chains around his hands and a bruise on his eyes. Along with his wins, Lamar also had a show-stopping moment when he took the stage. He won best rap album for “To Pimp a Butterfly" as well as rap performance, rap song, rap/sung performance and music video. Swift, who won the album of the year Grammy for “Fearless" in 2009, walked away Monday with three awards, including best pop vocal album and music video for “Bad Blood," at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.Īlabama Shakes also won three awards, though Lamar was the night’s big winner with five. And some will be moved," she said, seeming to speak to those who were critical of her Super Bowl performance of the anthem, “Formation." It can impact people in a variety of ways for different reasons at different times. “Art is the unapologetic celebration of culture through self-expression. Her speech could be directed partly to Kanye West, who recently said in a new song that he made Swift famous after he stole her microphone at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.īeyonce also seemed to make a statement when she presented the final award for the night, record of the year.
