When “Weird Al” Yankovic’s award was announced for his album Mandatory Fun during the pre-telecast portion of the evening, he sprinted down the aisles to the podium. Rosanne Cash, who last night won three Grammys for her album The River & the Thread, joked that she was last a winner at the ceremony “during the Reagan Administration.” Like, who are we?”Ī couple of veteran artists of wildly disparate styles and visions returned for the Grammys after first winning in the 1980s. Band singer-keyboardist Ian Axel looked mildly stunned behind his white-framed glasses as he described meeting the pop superstar the first time: “We were really scared to meet her and work with her. “Say Something,” the collaboration between Christina Aguilera and A Great Big World, won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Miranda Lambert, who won Best Country Album for Platinum and said “I love every album in this category,” explained, “That’s why we make music, to move people. Like Smith, many winners were surprised to prevail in categories crowded with heavy hitters.

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