Stars
come out for annual Grammy Awards
By
Brittni Cox, Staff Writer
Published 2/4/2010
What do Elton John, Bon Jovi and Beyonce’ all have on common?
They were a part of the star-studded performers at the 52nd Annual
Grammy’s Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Beyonce’ showed that she was a diva on Grammy night as she
was the talk of the town with ten nominations and setting a record
with six wins in one year, her awards included Song of the Year,
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and four other awards in the R&B
category.
Country-Pop female, Taylor Swift trailed behind the diva on Grammy
night winning four awards at the age of 20 becoming the youngest
to take home Album of the Year for “Fearless”.
Newfound group Kings of Leon took home the award for Record of the
Year for their song “Use Somebody.”
The highlight of the night was an enteric performance from Jamie
Foxx including rapper T-Pain, Slash and Dougie E. Fresh performed
the hit song “Blame It” of off Foxx album, “Intuition.”
A tribute to the King of Pop Michael Jackson, 3-D video “Earth
Song” was lead by Celine Dion, Smokey Robinson, Carrie Underwood,
Jennifer Hudson and Usher with Jackson vocals playing in the background.
After the performance Jackson’s children, Paris and Prince
came and accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award on behave of their
father.
History was made that night as Bon Jovi performed for the first
time ever on the Grammy’s. The group performed three songs,
one of which was selected by fan at CBS.com -- their No. 1 Hit “Living
on A Prayer.”
Grammy night ended on a high note with a performance from Lil Wayne,
Eminem and the new hottest rapper in the game Drake also with Travis
Barker on the drums performing the song “Forever” off
of the soundtrack for Lebron James’, “More Than A Game.”
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