Grammy Awards: Adele Receives First Award

The 54th Grammy Awards are taking place at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, USA (ie 8pm, February 12 local time), broadcast live on CBS.

The first award for solo Pop performance was given to Adele for the songOne like youShe beat out Lady Gaga with You and I, Bruno Mars with Grenade, Katy Perry with Firework and Pink withF***In's Perfectin the same category.

The award for best rap performance went to Jay-Z and Kanye West for the song Otis from the album Watch the Throne. However, both male singers were not present at the awards ceremony.

The award for best rock performance went to Foo Fighters for their songWalkexcerpt from albumWasting Light. Speaking when receiving the award, Foo Fighters said this is a very special song because it was not recorded in a famous studio with a modern sound system but was recorded in a garage with just a simple tape recorder.

At the Grammy Awards, singer Rihanna and the band Coldplay also performed the songPrincess Of ChinaLast year, this song sparked controversy because it had many similarities to the songGo out to chant(composed by Tran Tien) performed by female singer Tran Thu Ha.

Some awards were given before the official Grammy ceremony:

Best Pop Album: 21 - Adele
Pop Duo/Group Performance: Body and Soul - Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse
Rap Song: All of the Lights - Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter and Kanye West
Rap Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
R&B Performance: Is This Love - Corinne Bailey Rae
R&B Song: Fool for You - Cee Lo Green and Jack Splash
Country Solo Performance: Mean, Taylor Swift
Country Music Duo/Group: Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars
Country Song: Mean - Taylor Swift
Hard Rock/Metal Show: White Limo - Foo Fighters
Rock Song: Walk - Foo Fighters
Album Rock: Wasting Light - Foo Fighters
Jazz Album: The Mosaic Project, Terri Lyne Carrington and more

Taking on the role of host this year's awards ceremony is singer and actor LL Cool J, who has twice won the Grammy for best rap solo performance in 1992 and 1997. LL Cool J is known for his sweet ballads and is also one of the pioneers of hip hop.

The Grammy Awards marked many special performances such as Adele's first return after surgery, the first reunion of The Beach Boys after 20 years, Katy Perry's first return after divorce, the duet between Tony Bennett and Carrie Underwood, special electronic dance performances by Skrillex, Foo Fighters, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, David Guetta and Deadmau5...

In addition, the awards ceremony also featured a series of famous stars such as Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Rihanna, Bruno Mars, Chris Brown, Paul McCartney,...

The day before the Grammy Awards, the legendary singer Whitney Houston suddenly passed away, leaving many fans around the world in mourning. The Grammy Awards organizers announced on their official website that the show would include a tribute to Whitney Houston through a song performed by Jennifer Hudson. This reminded people of the BET Awards in 2009, which had to be completely redesigned after Michael Jackson passed away just a few days before.

At the pre-Grammy party, Academy President Neil Portnow said: “The Grammys are huge, with three stages, thousands of microphones and costumes, so it's very difficult to move them in 11 hours.”

However, he promised to be creative and appropriate, doing everything possible to remember Whitney Houston. “She will certainly be in our hearts,” he said.

Leading the nominations this year is rapper Kanye West with 7 nominations, followed by British singer Adele with 6 nominations. Lil Wayne, Skrillex and Radiohead each received 5 nominations. Bon Iver received 4 nominations. Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift received 3 nominations.

The pre-Grammy show took place at 1 p.m. on February 12 (early morning of February 13, Vietnam time).Male) and announced awards for 70 out of 78 categories.

According to Tuoi Tre