June 18, 2013

Jay-Z, Miguel, Frank Ocean, Keys, Rihanna Grammy Sets (Watch)

   
Singers Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z onstage during the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 10, 2013 in Los Angeles

Singers Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z onstage during the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 10, 2013 in Los Angeles

*As previously reported, the Jay-Z and Kanye West collabo “Watch the Throne” picked up three Grammys on Sunday.  Their track “No Church in the Wild” earned best rap/sung collaboration, and “Ni**as in Paris” won for best rap performance and best rap song.

The duo lost to Drake’s “Take Care” in the best rap album category.

Elsewhere, two of 2012’s breakthrough stars in R&B went home with hardware. Although Frank Ocean missed out on best new artist to the rock band Fun., he pocketed best urban contemporary album for his debut “Channel Orange.”  He also hit the stage with just his keyboard and a video screen to perform the track “Forrest Gump.”

Miguel, meanwhile, earned  best R&B song for “Adorn” and had the Staples Center on swoon during his performance of the track with Wiz Khalifa.

Rapper Wiz Khalifa (L) and singer Miguel perform onstage at the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2013 in Los Angeles

Rapper Wiz Khalifa (L) and singer Miguel perform onstage at the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2013 in Los Angeles

Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine took to the stage with his band to perform “Daylight” before Alicia Keys joined them and the duo launched into a duet of “Girl on Fire,” with keys on the drums.

Justin Timberlake returned to the Grammy stage for the first time since 2009 with a retro-soul performance of “Suit & Tie” (Jay-Z took the stage directly from his seat in the audience to drop his verse) and “Pusher Love Girl,” both from his upcoming album, “The 20/20 Experience.”

Rihanna – who came to the show with Chris Brown just four years after he gave her a pre-Grammy beat down – delivered her stripped-down ballad “Stay,” and then later teamed with Bruno Mars, Sting and two of Bob Marley’s sons for a spirited Bob Marley tribute.

Later, Mavis Staples joined Elton John, Zac Brown and Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes for “The Weight,” in memory of The Band’s Levon Helm, who died last year.

Watch all of the above-mentioned Grammy performances below. (“The Weight” clip is rehearsal footage.) View the complete list of winners here.


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  1. I thoroughly enjoyed the performances I saw. The less rap the better. People sung live and played instruments (Gasp! What a concept!) Based on last year’s show and this year’s show, I like this new live performance/ collaboration direction. Music lovers love stuff like this.

    P.S. I will go ahead and nominate Bruno Mars and his band for the Superbowl halftime show next year. I’ve NEVER seen them do a poor job. They always bring it on stage. Family friendly and entertaining to boot.

  2. Alicia Keys was screaming thru her song/duet with Maroon 5, Miguel was good, Justin T was okay and Jay Z Frank Ocean – I do not get his music but congrats Rihanna with Sting and Bruno and Marley brothes- she was practically drowned out by the others considering she cannot carry a note is a good thing. LOL!!

  3. Huh? We must have been watching different shows. I didn’t see Alicia Keys “screaming,” the song required her to sing “big” and did (and I don’t even like her song, lol, but she performed it well). And Rihanna was not drowned out. Most people gave her really high marks. I’m not a fan of hers in general, but I thought she sounded great. Not sure why you think she cannot carry a note. Oh well, everyone sees differently I suppose.

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