At last nights Grammy awards Kelly Clarkson took on the very big task of paying tribute to Patti Page and Carol King and she completely slayed her performance. I had goosebumps everywhere and tears in my eyes. It's not often an artist can do that for me, but good lord that girl can sing!
Less than 24 hours before the 2012 Grammys producers learned the devastating news that the legendary Whitney Houston passed away. Tomorrow night (Saturday Feb. 9th) marks the night before the Grammys and CBS is going to air a special with a behind the scenes look at how the superstars death affected musics biggest night.
Not only is country music star Miranda Lambert nominated for a Grammy award she just announced Tuesday (Jan 21) that she will also be performing at the upcoming award show.
Hunter Hayes is doing pretty well for himself - a couple of hit singles, opening for Carrie Underwood on her most recent tour, and most recently, three Grammy nominations (he's up for Best New Artist, Best Country Solo Performance, and Best Country Album) all at the age of 21! Crazy, right?! Hunter just released the video for his latest single Somebody's Heartbreak, check it out.
Looking resplendent in a black and gold strapless gown, Carrie Underwood welcomed her duet partner, Tony Bennett, to the 2012 Grammy Awards stage with quite an intro. She called him “the best new artist of all time,” since he continues to reach a new generation of fans year after year with his music.
As Glen Campbell took the stage at the 2012 Grammy Awards on Sunday night, more than a few fans and friends in the audience looked nervous, not sure how the country legend would do during a celebration of his life and career. Halfway through his song ‘Rhinestone Cowboy’ however, everyone breathed more than a sigh of relief. In fact, they were dancing in the aisles — literally.
The 2012 Grammy Awards continue to be good to Lady Antebellum. The country trio scored big again on Sunday night, ousting five other country stars to win the Best Country Album award for their latest album, ‘Own the Night.’
Taylor Swift has performed ‘Mean’ at award shows before, but Sunday night’s performance at the 2012 Grammy Awards felt a little more personal. The country superstar was soaring with confidence after winning two awards for the third single from ‘Speak Now’ earlier in the night.
Maybe someone forgot to put fresh batteries in Jason Aldean‘s microphone, because the singer’s voice went silent during his duet performance of ‘Don’t You Wanna Stay’ at the 2012 Grammy Awards on Sunday night. What started as a wonderful collaboration became an awkward moment that Aldean and Kelly Clarkson managed to make the most of.
Alison Krauss and Union Station accepted the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album for ‘Paper Airplane.’ This particular award was not televised on CBS — the actual prime time broadcast begins at 8PM ET. Instead, Krauss and the band accepted the award during the pre-telecast, which streamed online. The bulk of the awards are handed out during the online stream, so this segment is more about the awards than the performances.
The 2012 Grammy Awards, like every year prior, were held to pay tribute to accredited artists of all genres at what is considered music’s biggest night. Country music wasn’t left out in the cold, of course, and many big names came out to Los Angeles on Feb. 12 to represent with big belt buckles, big hair and big voices.
Impressively enough it's not as terrible as I thought it would be, no it's not great, but hey, she tried. I'm talking about Taylor Swift beatboxing in a recent ad promoting the upcoming Grammy awards by the way - check it out.
