It is the biggest night of the year for the music industry, with entertainers keen to grab attention (as well as awards) for their daring outfits and raucous antics.
The Grammy Awards has never been short on shocking moments, with wardrobe malfunctions, on-stage gaffes, stage storming and controversial attendees often taking the spotlight off the winners.
Last year’s ceremony served up an array of surprise moments – including IT couple Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck exchanging terse words, unaware they were on camera.
Elsewhere, Bonnie Raitt’s shocked face became a meme after the music legend beat artists including Taylor Swift and Beyonce to Song of the Year at the 2023 Grammys for her track Just Like That
Making their mark in awards show history, Milli Vanilli won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1990 – but it was later revoked after it emerged they didn’t actually sing on their songs.
Fashion moments that took the ceremony by storm include Lopez’s iconic plunging green Versace silk chiffon dress at the 2000 ceremony, while Madonna flashed her posterior at the 2015 awards.
As we look ahead to a glittering ceremony, DailyMail.com reflects on the most attention-grabbing Grammy moments that shocked the world…
JENNIFER LOPEZ SNAPS AT BEN AFFLECK IN VIRAL MOMENT – 2023
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck shocked fans worldwide when they were inadvertently captured having a very tense chat during the 2023 Grammys
The tense moment begins with Affleck whispering into his wife’s ear, only for her to seemingly snap at him in response
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck shocked fans worldwide when they were inadvertently captured having a very tense chat during the 2023 Grammys.
In a viral clip J-Lo was seen seemingly berating her husband – before realizing the camera was on them and quickly smiling for the camera.
DailyMail.com’sreader revealed Lopez was ordering Affleck to make more of an effort during the Grammy Awards – snapping at the actor and demanding he pretend to be enjoying himself.
Lopez and Affleck, who frequently looks strained and angry when in public, were seen exchanging tense words during the ceremony, right as host Trevor Noah sat down next to them.
‘Stop,’ Lopez tells him. ‘Look more friendly. Look motivated.’ Affleck replies: ‘I might.’
Lopez looks on serenely as a red-faced Affleck challenges her. She refuses to respond to his aggressive posturing, which seems to irritate him further.
The tense exchange began with Affleck whispering into his wife of six months’ ear – only for her to jerk away and seemingly snap at him in response.
He frowns, straightens up his vest and his posture, before it quickly dawns on them it was caught on camera.
Affleck looks furious, as Lopez tries to keep her calm in the clip filmed at the Grammys
Their expressions turn blank once they realize their interactions were on cameraFrosty-faced Lopez tried to cover up the moment, though her husband had a vacant expression throughout the evening.
TikTok users watching the moment on the platform immediately flooded the comments section with their observations.
‘Jennifer Garner at home eating popcorn like …. ‘Girlllllll he’s your problem now,” one said.
‘The Grammy producers are so messy for this but I love it,’ another wrote.
‘HER FACE WHEH SHE SAW THE CAMERA LOL,’ another chimed in.
BONNIE RAITT LEFT IN SHOCK OVER SONG OF THE YEAR WIN – 2023
Bonnie Raitt was a surprise winner of the Song of the Year award at the Grammys – prevailing in a star-studded field of nominees that included Taylor Swift, Lizzo, Harry Styles, Beyonce and Adele
Her victory marked the first time a song penned by a solo songwriter had been victorious since the classic Rehab from the late Amy Winehouse won in 2008
Raitt had her hands full with the Grammys for Best Americana Performance, Best American Roots Song and Song of the Year at the event
Bonnie Raitt was a surprise winner of the Song of the Year award at the Grammys – prevailing in a star-studded field of nominees that included Taylor Swift, Lizzo, Harry Styles, Beyonce and Adele.
The singer’s Just Like That staved off competition from Taylor Swift (All Too Well (10 Minute Version), Lizzo (About Damn Time), Harry Styles (As It Was), Steve Lacy (Bad Habit), GAYLE (abcdefu), Beyonce (Break My Soul), Adele (Easy On Me), DJ Khaled (God Did), and Kendrick Lamar (The Heart Part 5) to take home the prize.
The Burbank, California-born performer stunned when she was named the winner and made her way out on stage.
‘I’m so surprised, I don’t know what to say,’ she said. ‘I don’t write a lot of songs but I’m so proud that you appreciate this one. I’m totally humbled.’
Raitt was presented the award at the show by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden.
Her victory marked the first time a song penned by a solo songwriter had been victorious since the classic Rehab from the late Amy Winehouse won in 2008.
Raitt was pictured with Taylor Swift at the ceremony in LA on Sunday
She also paid tribute to the late singer-songwriter John Prine, who died of coronavirus in April of 2020.
Raitt described her victory in the loaded category as an ‘unreal moment’ in honor of the track, which she said was inspired by organ donors, and the late singer-songwriter Prine.
Raitt also cited songwriters in her speech, describing them as the ‘soul-digging, hard-working people who put these ideas to music.’
Raitt, during the Grammy Premiere ceremony earlier in the evening, also won the Best Americana Performance for Made Up Mind and Best American Roots Song for Just Like That.
LADY GAGA ARRIVING IN AN EGG – 2011
Say what? The Born This Way singer, now 36, made one of her most bizarre red carpet entrances yet as she arrived at the Grammys concealed in a giant egg in 2011
Born: She later ‘hatched’ in a spectacular way for her performance of Born This Way
The Born This Way singer, now 36, made one of her most bizarre red carpet entrances yet as she arrived at the Grammys concealed in a giant egg.
The star had been barely visible through an opaque shell as she was carried on a sedan chair by four scantily-clad attendees at the event.
‘She’s in an embryonic state and won’t be born until the performance,’ explained one of her assistants. The egg was fitted with an oxygen tank and a fan.
Ryan Seacrest told E! viewers that the singer has been inside the egg for three hours getting into character ahead of her performance of the track tonight with only her Blackberry for company.
She later ‘hatched’ in a spectacular way for her performance of Born This Way.
Wearing a sheer gold colored skirt and cropped top, with her hair tied up in a style reminiscent of Madonna‘s Blonde Ambition tour era, the singer danced her way through the number.
At one point, she played on a dramatic organ with disembodied heads balanced on top.
Gaga bagged three awards and was nominated for a total of six gongs.
The year before, Gaga had caused controversy by turning up to the MTV Video Music Awards in a dress made out of meat.
ADELE FLUBS HER LYRICS AND HAS TO RESTART GEORGE MICHAEL TRIBUTE – 2017
Not again! Disaster struck for Adele when she sang a pared-down version of the late singer’s hit, Fast Love – but was forced to restart on live TV
Disaster struck for Adele when she sang a pared-down version of the late singer’s hit, Fast Love – but was forced to restart on live TV,
After a wobbly start Adele accidentally sang the uncensored version of the line ‘all this bulls**t conversation,’, which completely threw her off, and she called for a re-do.
As a close up of her face was shown on screen, the distraught singer then clearly muttered the word ‘f***.’
But, with rousing support from the crowd, she gathered herself and started from the top, this time acing the dissonant, slowed-down version of the Wham legends disco track.
Tears welled in her eyes as she finished, in a mirror of last year’s performance which was plagued with technical difficulties.
Oh dear: After singing the line ‘all this bulls**t conversation,’ the Brit appeared to suddenly realise she hadn’t censored herself, which completely threw her off… and she called for a re-do
A production source told People magazine that Adele was ‘super nervous’ before the show even began.
‘She was super nervous going into tonight. She cleared out the stadium for her rehearsal but it went really well,’ they told the publication.
Her worry was understandable – at last year’s ceremony, her rendition of All I Ask was embarrassingly hit by sound issues, through no fault of her own.
During the performance, a microphone fell on the strings of the piano which caused the sound to briefly cut out and as a result a distraught Adele’s voice drifted out of tune during the rest of the song.
The Recording Academy, which organizes the music industry’s premier awards night, took responsibility for the snafu.
JENNIFER LOPEZ MAKES FASHION HISTORY IN VERSACE DRESS – 2000
Wow: J-Lo cemented her place as a pop culture icon when she donned the very racy green silk and chiffon gown, which flaunted her cleavage, as she attended the ceremony alongside then-beau Diddy
J-Lo cemented her place as a pop culture icon when she donned the very racy green silk and chiffon gown, which flaunted her cleavage, as she attended the ceremony alongside then-beau Diddy.
The plunging gown caused such a stir at the time that it inspired the launch of Google Images.
Jennifer recently reminisced about her famous jungle gown in a video posted to her Youtube Channel, saying: ‘All of a sudden you start hearing a little murmur. I’m thinking, it’s the Grammys.
‘It has to be somebody famous behind us. It was a frenzy. The flashes started going in a way that it’s not usually. There was an extra kinetic energy there. I was like what the hell is going on? I had no idea it was about this dress.’
Referencing her arrival on-stage to present an award with David Duchovny, she added: ‘Me totally unsuspecting, walk out and as I walk out my dress, the wind hits it. It blows open slightly, so now I am like bare here and bare here! All of a sudden, again, a slow murmur and everybody starts clapping.
‘We get an ovation for just standing there! In that moment, that dress became something that people still reference.’
RIHANNA AND CHRIS BROWN REUNITE AT 2013 CEREMONY – FOUR YEARS AFTER HE ASSAULTED HER
Shocking: The musicians sent shockwaves around the world as they happily posed up together inside the awards ceremony in 2013 – four years after he brutally attacked the pop star, leaving her bloodied and bruised after a pre-Grammys party
The musicians sent shockwaves around the world as they happily posed up together inside the awards ceremony – four years after he brutally attacked the pop star, leaving her bloodied and bruised after a pre-Grammys party.
The pair embraced one another in the audience, with Rihanna wearing what appeared to be a diamond ‘engagement ring’ on her wedding finger.
The appearance came after a fight erupted between the pair when he came clean about his sexual past with a woman who once worked for him.
Chris claimed that the confession came as a shock to the Barbadian singer after he had previously told her they were never romantically involved – causing their relationship to turn violent
The infamous night started after the woman Chris confessed about appeared at a Clive Davis party, where both he and Rihanna were attending.
He claimed he had asked the woman prior to the party to stop going to places he would be at.
‘That changed my life,’ he said as he looked back at the night.
‘Sh*t, I’m not ever trying to put my hands on any female,’ Chris continued.
‘I felt like a f**king monster,’ he said in the clip.
Doomed: Rihanna found it hard to move on from her first love, breaking in tears when quizzed about their volatile relationship on Oprah’s Next Chapter in 2012 (pictured 2008)
‘She starts going off, she throws the phone, “I hate you!”, whatever, whatever, she starts hitting me, we’re in a little Lamborghini, you know she’s fighting me.’
He says he pleaded with her that he was telling the truth but claimed she continued to hit him
‘Like I remember she tried to kick me, just like her beating sh*t, but then I really hit her. With a closed fist, like I punched her, and it busted her lip, and when I saw it I was in shock, I was “f**k, why did I hit her like that?”
‘So from there she’s…spitting blood in my face, it raised me even more. It’s a real fight in the car, and we driving in the street.
Following the incident, Chris plead guilty to one count of felony assault and served probation for the crime.
Rihanna found it hard to move on from her first love, breaking in tears when quizzed about their volatile relationship on Oprah’s Next Chapter in 2012.
She said: ‘I lost my best friend – like everything I knew switched in a night, and I couldn’t control that.
‘So, I had to deal with that and that’s not easy for me to understand, interpret and it’s not easy to interpret on camera, not with the world watching.’
The pair would split again for good in 2013.
MADONNA FLASHES HER POSTERIOR ON THE RED CARPET – 2015
Interesting look: Madonna did her best to grab attention on the red carpet when she cheekily lifted up her dress and revealed her naked derriere in 2015
Madonna did her best to grab attention on the red carpet when she cheekily lifted up her dress and revealed her naked derriere.
However, the singer – then 56 – insisted it wasn’t a deliberate move to be provocative, but an ‘inspired wardrobe malfunction’ and quipped it was no big deal as people have seen her naked before.
She said: ‘I had an inspired wardrobe malfunction moment. As I was walking away, I wasn’t mooning – I just lifted my dress up. Mooning is like naked butt. Everyone’s seen my naked butt already.’
Indeed Madonna is not shy about showing off her booty and has flashed it on and off stage many times before.
The Like a Virgin hitmaker – who donned a Givenchy leather bodice, gloves and thigh-high boots for the ceremony – insisted she was just ‘having fun’ and making the most of the current ‘age of ass’.
She told KIIS-FM radio host Ryan Seacrest: ‘It’s the age of ass, isn’t it? It was me having fun and being cheeky, no pun intended.’
ELTON JOHN AND EMINEM PERFORM STAN TOGETHER – 2001
