Lady Gaga never half-steps her awards show performances, and Sunday night’s (Feb. 1) outré run through her hit 2025 smash “Abracadabra” at the Grammy Awards was no exception. Shouting, “Grammy Awards, put your paws up!” in a call to arms to Little Monsters in the house at L.A.’s Crypto.com Arena and at home, Gaga kicked things off with peak energy while wearing one of her one-of-a-kind costumes, this one consisting of a black, basketlike helmet with red strings shooting out of the caged opening in front.

Positioned at a set of keyboards, Gaga sang from beneath the woven headdress, looking down into the camera while holding a black cane, her torso wrapped in black and red feathers above a long black leather skirt. “Like a poem said by a lady in red/ You hear the last few words of your life/ With a haunting dance, now you’re both in a trance/ It’s time to case your spell on the night,” she sang ominously as she tossed the cane away, attacked the keyboard and recited the song’s refrain, “Abracadabra/ Amor oo na na/ Abra ca da bra/ Morta oo gaga.”

Halfway through, she stumbled out from behind the keys and pointed the cane at the audience, then did a series of excited, stabby hand gestures as she repeated the chorus and a plume of smoke filled the stage behind her while she busted into an operatic wail.

The spirited, strobe-lit performance ended with Gaga yowling “death or love tonight” as the song lurched to a chaotic, gunshot-like conclusion.

The single from her MAYHEM LP peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 20 weeks on the chart. In addition, MAYHEM peaked at the top of the Billboard 200 following its March release, becoming her fifth solo album to top the tally; it also spent 37 weeks at No. 1 on the Top Dance Albums chart.

Gaga came into Sunday night’s 2026 Grammy Awards with seven nominations for MAYHEM — her highest one-year total to date — including album of the year and best pop vocal album, record/song of the year and best dance pop recording for “Abracadabra,” and best pop solo performance (“Disease) as well as best traditional pop vocal album (Harlequin); she took home the best pop vocal album award shortly after her performance.

She won earlier in the evening, with a Grammy for best dance pop recording for “Abracadabra,” which brought her win total to date up to 15 on an eye-popping 45 nominations.

Jelly Roll took the Grammys audience to church during his acceptance speech on Sunday (Feb. 1), while accepting this third win of the evening, with his Billboard 200 chart-topping project Beautifully Broken winning for best contemporary country album.

Taking the stage, Jelly Roll said, “Jesus, I hear you, and I am listening, Lord, I am listening, Lord.” He then also thanked his wife, Bunnie Xo, who was seated in the audience. “I would have never changed my life without you. I would have been dead or in jail. I would have killed myself if it wasn’t for you and Jesus.” Jelly Roll went on to thank his label, BBR Music Group, and country radio.

“There was a time in my life, y’all, where I was broken. That was why I wrote this album. I didn’t think I had a chance,” Jelly Roll continued. “There was a moment in my life that I thought all I had was a Bible this big and a radio the same size in a six-by-eight foot cell and I believed that those two things could change my life. I believed that music had the power to change my life and God had the power to change my life. I want to tell y’all right now that Jesus is for everybody. Jesus is not owned by one political party. Jesus is not owned by any music label. Jesus is Jesus, and anybody can have a relationship with Him. I love you, Lord.”

Earlier in the evening, the country artist picked up his first two Grammy wins, for best country duo/group performance (for “Amen” with Shaboozey) and best contemporary Christian music performance/song, for his collaboration with Brandon Lake on “Hard Fought Hallelujah.”

Jelly Roll’s fellow nominees in the best contemporary country album were Kelsea Ballerini (Patterns), Tyler Childers (Snipe Hunter), Eric Church (Evangeline Vs. The Machine) and Miranda Lambert (Postcards From Texas). Jelly Roll’s Beautifully Broken album included the No. 1 Country Airplay hits “I Am Not Okay,” “Liar” and “Heart of Stone.”

Other country category Grammys winners this year included Zach Top for best traditional country album (Ain’t in It for My Health), Chris Stapleton taking best country solo performance (“Bad As I Used to Be” from the F1 movie soundtrack) and Tyler Childers nabbing best country song (“Bitin’ List”).

As music’s biggest night unfolded with the 2026 Grammys on Sunday night (Feb. 1), a number of stars in attendance made sure to call attention to the tensions happening at the same time all over the country due to ICE’s ongoing immigration enforcement operations.

While walking the red carpet leading up to the ceremony at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, a number of stars sported “ICE Out” pins to protest the agency’s presence in immigrant communities across the United States under the Donald Trump administration. Both Justin Bieber – whose Swag is up for album of the year and best pop vocal album – and Hailey Bieber wore the accessory, as did Billie Eilish and Finneas, both of whom have been vocal in their opposition to ICE in recent weeks.

Kehlani – who declared “F–k ICE” while accepting best R&B performance for “Folded” during the Grammys pre-show – also wore an “ICE Out” pin, along with Jimmy Jam, Brandi Carlile and more.

The award show comes amid peak political tensions regarding ICE, with outrage reaching a fever pitch in January after not one, but two civilians were shot and killed by immigration enforcement officers in Minneapolis, where the department has been stationed for several weeks. The Trump administration has maintained that both shootings were acts of self-defense on the part of the officers who pulled the trigger, but many believe footage captured by eyewitnesses contradicts that argument.

After the “ICE Out” pins on the red carpet, ICE was a recurring topic at the ceremony itself. When Bad Bunny accepted the prize for best música urbana album for Debí Tirar Más Fotos, he used his time on stage to say, “ICE out … We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens, we are humans and we are Americans.”

Below, see photos of the stars who took a stand by wearing “ICE Out” pins at the 2026 Grammys.

Bad Bunny‘s Debí Tirar Más Fotos nabbed the best música urbana album award at the 2026 Grammys on Sunday (Feb. 1), beating out releases by J Balvin, Feid, Nicki Nicole, Trueno, and Feid. He received the award from Karol G and Saturday Night Live cast member and comedian Marcello Hérnandez, and began his heartfelt speech by slamming ICE.

“Before I say thanks to God, I’m gonna say ICE out!” he declared as the room gave him a standing ovation, including J Balvin and Rauw Alejandro. “We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are not aliens, we are humans and we are Americans. I know it’s tough not to hate on these days and I was thinking sometime we get contaminados [contaminated]. The hate gets more powerful with more hate. The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love. So please, we need to be different. If we fight, we have to do it with love. We don’t hate them. We love our people, we love our family, and that’s the way to do it. We love. That’s the way to do it. Thank God, and thanks to the academy.”

Debí Tirar Más Fotos debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top Latin Albums chart and peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in January 2025. 

This marks the third time that the artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio won in the best música urbana album category, following El Último Tour del Mundo in 2022 and Un Verano Sin Ti in 2023. Prior to that, his sophomore studio album, YHLQMDLG, won for best Latin pop or urban album in 2021. 

Overall, Bad Bunny — who will headline the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show a week from today on Feb. 8 — has won three Grammy awards and 17 Latin Grammys, including last year’s album of the year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos.

With six noms this year, the “Baile Inolvidable” singer was one of the most nominated acts, following Kendrick Lamar with nine nods and Lady Gaga with seven.

Notably, he was recognized in three of the coveted Big Four categories: album of the year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos, and both record and song of the year for “DtMF.” In addition to winning best música urbana album and best global music performance, Bunny was nominated for best album cover.