{"id":32398,"date":"2023-02-06T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T20:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=187894"},"modified":"2023-02-06T11:42:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T07:42:39","slug":"grammys-iconic-moments","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/grammys-iconic-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Of The Greatest Moments In Grammy&#8217;s History"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_187904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187904\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-187904 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/grammys-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Grammys 2021\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1932\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 2023 Grammy Awards are underway in Los Angeles with Adele, Beyonc\u00e9, Harry Styles, Lizzo, Kendrick Lamar and more all up for the gig one: Record Of The Year.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly the best and most entertaining Grammy moments were those of yesteryear where stars of the music industry mingled, jingled and took rather public swipes at one another. Yes, the biggest night in music always has something to say on the political, fashion and beauty frontiers so let\u2019s take a look at an edit of the best.<\/p>\n<h5>JENNIFER LOPEZ IN<em> THAT<\/em> DRESS IN 2000<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_187895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187895\" style=\"width: 703px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-187895 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-2654938.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"703\" height=\"1181\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American actress\/pop star Jennifer Lopez and American Sean &#8220;Puff Daddy&#8221; Coombes arrive at the 42nd annual Grammy Awards on February 24, 2000 in Los Angeles, United States. Credit: Dave Hogan\/Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Donatella Versace\u2019s iconic sheer green dress, as worn to the Grammy Awards at the turn of the millennium by <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/jennifer-lopez-exercise-diet-regime\/\">Jennifer Lopez<\/a> was everything. The plunging design was described as a watershed moment for the designer\u2019s career after the <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/donatella-versace-interview\/\">death of her brother Gianni<\/a> three years earlier. So famous was this piece of silk chiffon that it was soon immortalised with its own Wikipedia page. (Nineteen years after its inception, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/versaces-pin-up-girls\/\">Versace closed its pre-fall 2019 runway in New York City<\/a> with the return of the silhouette. It was given a modern update with a colourful heart pattern and was modelled by Amber Valletta. In 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/jennifer-lopez-is-ageless\/\">Lopez wore an iteration of the dress down the SS20 Versace runway in Milan<\/a> to mark its iconic anniversary.)<\/p>\n<h5>MICHAEL JACKSON INTRODUCES THE SEQUINNED GLOVE<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_187903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187903\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-187903 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/grammys-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Grammys 2021\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1526\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Winning a record eight Grammys in 1984, Jackson not only took Elizabeth Taylor as his date but revealed his now-iconic sequinned glove to the world.<\/p>\n<h5>TAYLOR SWIFT\u2019S 2014 SCORNED PERFORMANCE<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_187902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187902\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-187902 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/grammys-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"Grammys 2021\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1721\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taylor Swift- All Too Well (Grammys)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XB7noMnaGO8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t the head-banging during the bridge of the song so much as it was the pensive-and-somewhat-bitter stare at the end of it that had the media in overdrive. Was &#8220;All Too Well&#8221;\u00a0directed at past-love Jake Gyllenhaal? This editor says yes.<\/p>\n<h5>EMINEM AND ELTON JOHN PERFORM TOGETHER IN 2001<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_187901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187901\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-187901 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/grammys-8-11.jpg\" alt=\"Grammys 2021\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"(Eminem Vs Elton John) Grammy Awards 2001.mpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lP4DmEmMreY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">When Eminem dropped his 2000 offering, <\/span><em style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">The Marshall Mather LP<\/em><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">, he was instantly criticised for his \u201chomophobic\u201d lyrics, most prominently by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). Come Grammy time, Elton John performed alongside the rapper in Dido\u2019s place silencing critics and hate. His candy-coloured printed suit was the real star of the show.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>MARVIN GAY [FINALLY] WINS A GRAMOPHONE IN 1983<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_187900\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187900\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-187900 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/grammys-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"Grammys 2021\" width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">After years of narrow misses, Marvin Gaye won two Grammys for his hit &#8220;<\/span>Sexual Healing&#8221;<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"> at the 1983 Awards. Tragically a year later, his father, Marvin Gaye Senior, fatally shot his son at their home in Los Angeles. The singer was honoured with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the academy in 1996.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>JOHN LENNON IS REMEMBERED BY YOKO ONO IN 1982<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_187899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187899\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-187899 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/grammys-5-1.jpg\" alt=\"Grammys 2021\" width=\"1280\" height=\"882\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1982, two years after his death, Yoko Ono accepted the award for Album of the Year for her and Lennon\u2019s <em>Double Fantasy<\/em>. Walking up to the stage with six-year-old son, Sean, and producer, Jack Douglas, the audience erupted into applause. \u201cI really don\u2019t know what to say. I think John is here with us today. Both John and I were always really proud and happy that we were part of the human race. He made good music for the earth and for the universe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h5>ADELE ECLIPSES BEYONC\u00c9 IN 2012<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_187898\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187898\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-187898 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/grammys-6-1.jpg\" alt=\"Grammys 2021\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1579\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Queen held the record for most wins by a female artist for all of two years until the UK\u2019s leading lady, Adele, took to the scene. On this night in 2012, she took away six awards, tying with Beyonc\u00e9. Could Beyonc\u00e9 make up ground this year?<\/p>\n<h5>JENNIFER HUDSON\u2019S TRIBUTE TO WHITNEY HOUSTON IN 2012<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_187897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187897\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-187897 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/grammys-7-1.jpg\" alt=\"Grammys 2021\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1775\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just one day before the 54<sup>th<\/sup> Grammy Awards, Whitney Houston was found dead in her Beverly Hilton Hotel room.\u00a0 Jennifer Hudson emotionally performed Houston\u2019s most famed song, &#8220;I Will Always Love You&#8221; to a grieving music industry.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jennifer Hudson performs tribute to Whitney Houston (2012) | ABC News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qgUbYqFv37E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>BRITNEY SPEARS INTOXICATES US ALL WITH PERFORMANCE IN 2000<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_187906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187906\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-187906 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-3107004.jpg\" alt=\"Grammys 2021\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American pop star Britney Spears performs on stage at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on February 23, 2000 in Los Angeles, United States. Credit: Dave Hogan\/Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<article class=\"c-gallery-vertical-featured-image\">\n<div class=\"c-gallery-vertical-featured-image__description\">\n<p>The 2000 Grammy Awards saw <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/britney-spears-conservatorship-case\/\">Britney Spears<\/a> perform a medley of her biggest tracks beginning with &#8220;From the Bottom of My Broken Heart&#8221;. In a striking red cut-out embellished jumpsuit, she morphed into an iconic rendition of &#8220;\u2026Baby One More Time&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><span class=\"price-style\">The 65th GRAMMYs Awards will take place on <strong>Sunday, february 5 2023 (Monday February 6 AEST).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":32399,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[36,35],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>9 Of The Most Iconic Grammys Moments Of All Time<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The best Grammy moments undoubtedly happened pre-pandemic. 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