And the Grammy goes to..

This year’s 2008 Grammy awards opened up with a past and present performance of Alicia Keyes singing in a duet with Frank Sinatra on a screen behind her. I believe this set the theme of the 50th annual award ceremony. Another exciting past/ present performance that made history this year was R&B queen and princess Tina Turner and Beyonce Knowles singing a rendition of Turner’s hit “Proud Mary.” But the performance of Kanye West was what had everyone raving over at the awards. He had sang his hit song “Stronger” with the help of Daft Punk (who made their first televised appearance ever!) mixing in their glow suits. But Kanye had taken off his glowing glasses and vest to sing a touching song “Hey Mama” to his mother who passed away in 2007, which had most tearing up in the audience. As usual at the Grammy’s the awards go to most of the performers, so it was not a shock to see that whoever hit the stage to sing got up once again to grab an award. Yet, many were surprised to see that Amy Winehouse went home with some of the most important awards, including record of the year, best new artist and song of the year. She was not present at the actual award ceremony but she made her appearance via satellite all the way from London. Until next year!