Get it, girl.
As expected, the evening was owned by Adele, who swept her six categories including Record, Song, and Album of the Year, as well as Whitney Houston, a legendary singer and one of the most famous women in America, who died less than 24 hours before the Red Carpet began. After an opening number by all-American rock star Bruce Springsteen, ceremony host LL Cool J began the 54th Annual Grammys with a prayer for Whitney and a clip of her 1994 Grammy performance of "I Will Always Love You," for which she won both Record and Female Pop Vocal Performance of the Year. (And which, I just learned on Wikipedia, was originally released by Dolly Parton in 1974 and covered by Whitney for the 1992 Bodyguard soundtrack. Factoid!)
There were a few surprises throughout the evening, including a win for anti-award show Best New Artist Bon Iver, as well as adorably endearing performances from the re-formed and 50-years'-more-handsome Beach Boys, who were joined on stage by Maroon 5 and Foster the People, and the "Rhinestone Cowboy" himself, Glen Campbell, who was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's but showed no signs of it while singing with the Band Perry and Blake Shelton.
Tune in tomorrow for the full list of winners and more on the evening's performances, which also featured the five-win Foo Fighters; duets between Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt, Tony Bennett and Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson, and Chris Martin and Rihanna; as well as a stitched-up and strong-as-ever Adele, an energetically retro and fleet-footed Bruno Mars, a mostly lip-sycned but dancin' Chris Brown, a plain-dressed and banjo-laden Taylor Swift, a stoic and bluesy Sir Paul McCartney, a metallic and newly single Katy Perry, an ever-creepy but head-bang-worthy deadmau5, a possessed and even creepier Nicki Minaj, a Whitney tribute by a teary-eyed Jennifer Hudson, and a full-on guitar superstar orgy led by Sir Paul himself.
UPDATE: Check out the full recap here!
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