The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards

Los Angeles, CA – Quite possibly the biggest award show in music history, literally the Oscars of music, was aired last night (January 31) live from Los Angeles to an audience of millions. The Staples Center was packed with celebrities and musicians from all over the industry representing different musical genres. The Grammy committee has always been able to come up with the greatest ideas in providing the best show in an effort of trying to top their show from the year before.

The live performances this year were amazing right down to the incredible Michael Jackson Tribute that was given by talented artists from different genres. Alongside that, the Grammy’s also provided Hip-Hop a respectable servitude with the performances that they lined up for the show, this is literally the first time we saw Eminem and Lil Wayne on the same stage. And definitely a major congrats goes out to Beyonce for winning 6 awards breaking the record of most wins by a female artist in one night. Taylor Swift followed right behind her with 4 wins.

The tribute to Michael Jackson can only be summed up in one word, phenomenal. Artists chosen to perform during the tribute included: Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood, Celine Dion, and Smokey Robinson. The Grammy committee was able to secure the 3D mini movie that was designed originally for ‘This Is It’ for the track ‘Earth Song.’ The piece was seen for the first time at the Grammy’s. The artists performed the famous track during the airing of the 3D segment with the audience wearing 3D glasses. And just like the slogan for this year’s Grammy’s ‘We’re All Fans,’ everyone in that building, around the world, artist or not, was a major fan of the music and works of the King of Pop Michael Jackson. After the performance, the Recording Academy awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award to the late great Michael Jackson. His children Prince and Paris Jackson accepted the award in their father’s honor.

Many Grammy Award shows have always provided excellent performances from artists with mega hits of that year. We’ve seen the best grace the Grammy stage performing songs that will eventually go down in history. 2010 Grammy’s gave us yet another. For the first time, Eminem and Lil Wayne performed on the same stage together twice as a matter of fact with two records both under the Young Money camp, ‘Drop the World’ off of the Wayne’s pushed back ‘Rebirth’ album and Forever off of Drake’s debut album and the Lebron James documentary. Lil Wayne stormed on stage providing his lyrically flare while Eminem came on stage calmly before transitioning into a vicious flow. Celebrity drummer Travis Barker also made a cameo appearance playing his drums through both records as Drake stepped onto the stage. Hip-Hop was on top of its game at the Grammy’s this year.

Here is the list of Grammy winners by Genre:

General

Record of the Year

Use Somebody – Kings of Leon

Album of the Year

Fearless – Taylor Swift

Song of the Year

Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) – Beyoncé

Best New Artist

Zac Brown Band

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Halo – Beyoncé

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Make It Mine – Jason Mraz

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

Lucky – Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Throw Down Your Heart – Béla Fleck

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Potato Hole – Booker T. Jones

Best Pop Vocal Album

The E.N.D. – Black Eyed Peas

Dance

Best Dance Recording

Poker Face – Lady Gaga

Best Electronic/Dance Album

The Fame – Lady Gaga

Traditional Pop

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden – Michael Bublé

Rock

Best Rock Solo Vocal Performance

Working On a Dream – Bruce Springsteen

Best Rock Performance by a Duo/Group w/ Vocals

Use Somebody – Kings of Leon

Best Hard Rock Performance

War Machine – AC/DC

Best Metal Performance

Dissident Aggressor – Judas Priest

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

A Day in the Life – Jeff Beck

Best Rock Song

Use Somebody – Kings of Leon

Best Rock Album

21st Century Breakdown – Green Day

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Phoenix

R&B

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) – Beyoncé

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

Pretty Wings – Maxwell

Best R&B Performance by a Duo/Group W/ Vocals

Blame It – Jamie Foxx and T-Pain

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

At Last – Beyoncé

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

Pearls – India Arie and Dobet Gnahore

Best R&B Song

Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) – Beyoncé

Best R&B Album

BLACKsummers’night – Maxwell

Best Contemporary R&B Album

I Am… Sasha Fierce – Beyoncé

Rap

Best Rap Solo Performance

D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune) – Jay-Z

Best Rap Performance by a Duo/Group

Crack A Bottle – Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Run This Town – Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West

Best Rap Song

Run This Town – Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West

Best Rap Album

Relapse – Eminem

Congratulations to every artist and band that won a Grammy for 2010. It was evident that both Eminem and Jay-Z would dominate the entire Rap section, as they were relevant throughout much of 2009.

Drake Discusses Debut Album & Possible Second Eminem Collaboration

Los Angeles, CA – Drake is another artist that had a fantastic year in 2009 practically being the most sought out artist for a feature, let alone pushing his own singles. At this year’s Grammy’s, the Young Money signee was dominated for two awards even without an album under his belt as yet, however seemed to be carrying his own quite well. Drake performed his own hit single ‘Forever’ alongside heavyweights Eminem and Lil Wayne.

Before the show, during the red carpet of Grammy’s, MTV News caught up with Drake and briefly interviewed him with some relevant questions. It is quite obvious that his debut album will not see the light of day any time soon since we are already in February, but when questioned if the album was complete, these were his comments:

“Not yet. I got a couple more things.”

His record ‘Forever’ is a blazing hit all across the industry, when MTV asked him the structure behind the song and his thoughts on it being nominated, this was his answer:

“That song is a real honest song, it connected with a lot of women — my moms likes it. For it to be Grammy-nominated is an honor, man. It’s always good when the words in your music are something that you live by and you get to hear it every day on the radio and you’re not ashamed of it.”

When questioned about a follow up or second collaboration with Eminem, this is what he said:

“Me and Em talked about something today. We might need that to happen.”

At press time, Drake was beat out by Jay-Z on both nominated awards. His debut album ‘Thank Me Later’ has been re-scheduled to be released sometime in March of this year.

I’m actually looking forward to hearing their next collaboration, it seems promising. Lately everything that Eminem has featured on, he’s literally killed. Let’s see what’s next on the plate for Drake and Eminem.

Video of ‘Drop the World’ & ‘Forever’ Grammy Performance