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Grammy Awards/51st Grammy Awards
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| 51st Grammy Awards | |
| Airdate | February 8, 2009 |
| Duration | 3 and 1/2 hours |
| Network | CBS |
| Host(s) | No Overall Host |
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| Grammy Awards | |
- This article is only about the awards show, the nominees and winners are beyond the scope of the wiki. Please see Wikipedia for that information.
The 51st Grammy Awards aired on February 8, 2009. Like the previous year's ceremony, the awards show was not given a general host. Instead, that time is filled with musical performances rather than digressions by a host. The show was presented at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Presenters
- Whitney Houston - Best R&B Album
- Dwayne Johnson - Introduced Justin Timberlake
- Simon Baker - Introduced Coldplay
- Keith Urban - Lifetime Achievement Award
- Keith Urban - Introduced Carrie Underwood
- Sheryl Crowe & LeAnn Rimes - Lifetime Achievement Award:
- Sheryl Crowe & LeAnn Rimes - Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
- Duffy & Al Green - Song of the Year
- Miley Cyrus & Taylor Swift - Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
- Emily Procter & Jason Mraz - Introduced Jonas Brothers
- Blink-182 - Best Rock Album
- Craig Ferguson - Introduced Katy Perry
- Kanye West & Estelle - Best New Artist
- Morgan Freeman - Introduced Kenny Chesney
- P. Diddy - Record of the Year
- Queen Latifah - Lifetime Achievement Award: Dean Martin
- Queen Latifah - Introduced M.I.A., T.I., Jay-Z, Lil Wayne & Kanye West
- Kate Beckinsale - Introduced Paul McCartney
- Jack Black & Charlie Hayden - Lifetime Achievement Award: Hank Jones
- Jack Black & Charlie Hayden - Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- Jay Mohr & LL Cool J - Introduced Sugarland and Adele
- ? - Introduced Radiohead
- Samuel L. Jackson - Introduced T.I. and Justin Timberlake
- Neil Portnow - Speech about the Music Cares Foundation
- Neil Portnow - Introduced Smokey Robinson
- Smokey Robinson - Lifetime Achievement Award: The Four Tops
- Gary Sinise - Introduced Lil Wayne
- will.i.am & T-Pain - Best Rap Album
- Katy Perry - Introduced Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
- Green Day - Album of the Year
- Billie Joe Armstrong - Introduced Stevie Wonder
Musical Performances
- U2 - Get On Your Boots
- Al Green, Justin Timberlake, Keith Urban, & Boyz II Men: Let's Stay Together
- Coldplay & Jay-Z - Lost!
- Coldplay - Viva La Vida
- Carrie Underwood - Last Name
- Kid Rock - (Medley) Amen/All Summer Long/Rock N Roll Jesus
- Taylor Swift & Miley Cyrus: Fifteen
- Jennifer Hudson: You Pulled Me Through
- Stevie Wonder & Jonas Brothers - Burnin' Up/Superstition
- Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl
- Kanye West & Estelle - American Boy
- Kenny Chesney - Better as a Memory
- M.I.A., T.I., Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, & Kanye West - Paper Planes/Swagga Like Us
- Paul McCartney with Dave Grohl - I Saw Her Standing There
- Sugarland - Stay
- Adele & Sugarland: Chasing Pavements
- Radiohead & University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band - 15 Step
- T.I & Justin Timberlake - Dead and Gone
- Ne-Yo, Jamie Foxx, Smokey Robinson & Duke Fakir - Four Tops Medley
- Neal Diamond - Sweet Caroline
- B.B. King, Buddy Guy, John Mayer and Keith Urban - Bo Diddley
- Lil Wayne, Robin Thicke, Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Tie My Hands
- Robert Plant, Alison Krauss & T-Bone Burnett - Rich Woman/Gone Gone Gone!"
- Stevie Wonder
In Memoriam
Trivia
- Chris Brown and Rihanna were scheduled to perform at the Grammy Awards but their performance was cancelled when Brown was arrested earlier in the day for domestic violence and battery. Their performance was replaced with the performance by Justin Timberlake and Al Green early in the show.
