Prince honoured at 2020 GRAMMYs with performances of some of his biggest hits

It's ahead of a Let's Go Crazy: The GRAMMY Salute to Prince

Prince
Author: Anna Sky MagliolaPublished 27th Jan 2020

Last night (26th January) we saw singers and music legends from around the world gather in downtown Los Angeles for the annual GRAMMYs, taking place in the Staples Center. The 62nd GRAMMYs was hosted by Alicia Keys, starting with a tribute to basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, who were killed just hours before the ceremony in a helicopter crash.

Although tinged with sadness, the event also saw some spectacular performances from host Alicia Keys, GRAMMY Award winner Lil Nas X and American singer Usher honoured Prince with some performances of the late musician's songs, ahead of the GRAMMYs Special - Let's Go Crazy: The GRAMMY Salute to Prince, which will take place tomorrow night (28th January).

Usher started his performance with an amazing rendition of 'Little Red Corvette', joined on stage by master drummer and Prince’s former protege, Sheila E. Continuing with two other iconic hits from Prince, 'When Doves Cry' and 'Kiss,' Usher wowed the audience with his dance skills, also joined by singer and dancer FKA Twigs.

During the night, fans were also treated to a fantastic performance from Aerosmith who were given the MusiCares Person Of The Year award. The band performed 'Living On The Edge', before bringing out Run-DMC to perform their 1986 collaboration, 'Walk This Way'.

The 'I Don't Want to Miss a Thing' band later took to Twitter to thank everyone for their award saying, 'The @MusiCares 2020 Person of the Year Award show! #Aerosmith and friends rocked the LA Convention Center last night! Thank you for all the love and support!'

The GRAMMYs saw 18-year-old singer Billie Eillish win five awards including, Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best New Artist, Song of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. She also made history by becoming the youngest artist to make a clean sweep of the four big categories.

Now take a look at some of the best looks on the 2020 GRAMMYs red carpet:

Ardrienne Warren in Brandon Maxwell


Alexandra Ambrosio in Balmain


Ariana Grande in Giambattista Valli


Alicia Keys wearing Atelier Versace


Ali Tamposi in Tom Ford


Bebe Rexha wearing Christian Cowan


Camila Cabello wearing Versace


Billy Porter wearing Baja East


Billie Eilish wearing Gucci


Cynthia Erivo wearing Valentino


Dreezy


Dua Lipa wearing Alexander Wang


Chrissy Teigen wearing Yanina Couture


Ella Mai wearing Armani


Gloria Gaynor


FKA Twigs wearing Ed Marler


Grace Elizabeth wearing Giuseppe Di Morabito


H.E.R. wearing DSquared


Gwen Stefani wearing Dolce & Gabbana


Iggy Pop


Heidi Klum wearing Dundas


Jessie Reyez wearing Romona Keveza


Labrinth wearing Balmain


Jameela Jamil wearing Dennis Basso


Lana Del Rey


Lil Nas X wearing Versace


Lucky Daye wearing Grayscale


Lizzo wearing Versace


Maggie Rogers wearing Chanel


Nathalie Joachim


Mereba wearing Pamella Roland


Priyanka Chopra wearing Ralph & Russo


Rosalia wearing Alexander Wang


Shania Twain


Sophie Turner wearing Louis Vuitton


Yola wearing Christian Siriano


Tyler, The Creator


Shawn Mendes wearing Louis Vuitton


Cardi B wearing Mugler


The Let's Go Crazy: The GRAMMY Salute to Prince event will showcase many of Prince's hits with several of his musical friends and collaborators - including the Revolution, Sheila E., and legendary funk band Morris Day And The Time all doing an historic joint performance on the night.

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