The Grammy Awards paid tribute to late heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne on Sunday (Feb. 1) in fitting fashion, with a hard-rocking performance fronted by some of his late-in-life collaborators, led by Post Malone and Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash.

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With the stage bathed in blood red lights, the homage opened with a doomy instrumental that dove right into 1970s iconic “War Pigs,” with Malone taking on vocal duties, his quavering voice belting out the pointed Vietnam-era lyrics about politicians who start wars for profit and send young soldiers to die in service to their greed and avarice.

As he sang the lines, “Evil minds that plot destruction/ Sorcerer of death’s construction,” the camera panned to the late metal god’s family, showing widow Sharon Osbourne, as well as daughter Kelly and son Jack tearing up in the audience. The homage that took place during the second half of the evening’s In Memoriam segment also included Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan and producer Andrew Watt, who helmed Osbourne’s final two studio albums, 2020’s Ordinary Man and 2022’s Patient Number 9.

Slash and McKagan appeared on Ordinary Man, while Smith and McKagan also appeared on Patient Number 9 and Malone sang a duet with Ozzy on the Ordinary Man track “It’s a Raid.”

Midway through the song, Slash and Watt faced off for a guitar duel as Malone took a knee behind them, a red Solo cup in hand, before he hopped up and tapped out a series of notes on the neck of Watt’s instrument. The pyro-filled performance thundered to a close with Smith hitting the track’s thundering final drum roll in perfect time as the screen behind him filled with a youthful image of Osbourne.

During his lifetime, Osbourne — who died on July 22, 2025, at age 76‚ was nominated for 12 Grammys and won five, including for best rock album (Patient Number 9) and best metal performance for that album’s “Degradation Rules,” as well as best metal performance in 2014 for “God Is Dead?” and best metal performance for Black Sabbath’s live version of “Iron Man” at the 2000 awards.


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The 2026 Grammys delivered plenty of unforgettable moments on Sunday (Feb. 1) — such as the riveting medley by the best new artist nominees, and a bevy of stars such as Justin Bieber, Joni Mitchell and Billie Eilish wearing “ICE OUT” pins in protest of the agency’s ongoing and violent immigration crackdown. Bad Bunny himself made an impassioned statement during his acceptance speech for best música urbana album, declaring, “Before I say thanks to God, I’m gonna say ICE out!”

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But amid the powerful displays of solidarity and pro-immigration resistance, there were lighthearted moments, too, including a seemingly unrehearsed and hilarious musical exchange between Bad Bunny and host Trevor Noah.

Acknowledging the impact of Bunny’s bold speech, host Noah first told the singer, “Hey, by the way, that was beautiful. I saw you up there, I heard what you said. It was really impactful.” The host then jokingly asked, “I know you can’t contractually sing, but we’re gonna see you at the Super Bowl, and you can’t perform anywhere else before? Don’t you get jealous seeing everyone else?”

Smiling, Bad Bunny responded, “Maybe a little bit.”

“Whenever I get drunk, I just hope someone helps me,” Noah unassumingly quoted Bunny’s Grammy-nominated “DtMF” in English.

Quick to capitalize on the moment, Bad Bunny quipped, “That’s how my song sounds in English?” before transitioning into the actual lyrics: “Y si hoy me emborracho, pues, que me ayuden.” The moment became even more endearing when a big brass band backed the pair from Bunny’s table.

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


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After making his feature film debut in Marty Supreme, Tyler, The Creator brought his dynamic visual performance skills to the Grammys stage on Sunday night (Feb. 1).

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Tyler popped out in his Chromakopia uniform, sporting the shamrock-green military suit and face prosthetics while performing the album cuts “Thought I Was Dead” and “Like Him.” For the broadcast audience, there were flickers of black-and-white and back to color as he danced across the stage in front of a “Lot 4 Sale” sign.

The Grammy-winning artist switched gears and pulled up in an exotic red sports car, matching his cherry leather top and pants, while moving into his Don’t Tap the Glass era.

Tyler headed inside the gas station, where he was greeted by a motivational store clerk played by Regina King. “And one more thing: If you ever find yourself going back to them old places, you destroy them or they gonna destroy you,” the Academy Award-winning actress said, a sign of things to come.

Leaning into the electro-hip-hop pivot, Tyler performed DTTG standout “Sugar on My Tongue.” In the midst of the chaos, workers throw his lifeless Chromakopia body on a stretcher, which appeared to represent the final gasp of the 2024 album’s now-dead era.

That wasn’t it, as Tyler lit the fuse on some dynamite and went back inside the store to blow it up for good. He stumbled out with holes in his shirt and smoke emanating from his head as he choked a few steps and collapsed, marking the end of Don’t Tap the Glass, and a close to two chapters of very different worlds from his decorated discography.

The “Sticky” rapper boasts 11 nominations to date, including six at the 2026 Grammy Awards. He took home honors for the first-ever best album cover for Chromakopia and earned nominations for album of the year (Chromakopia), best rap song (“Sticky”), best rap performance (“Darling, I”) and best alternative music album for Don’t Tap the Glass.

Chromakopia arrived in late 2024 and debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 299,000 total album-equivalent units earned. Tyler made a sharp, creative pivot in his world-building and returned with Don’t Tap the Glass in July, which also went No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 197,000 album-equivalent units earned.

Before the 2026 ceremony, Tyler’s two previous victories at the Grammys came in the best rap album category for IGOR in 2020 and Call Me If You Get Lost in 2022.


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Billie Eilish was not one of the leading nominees going into the Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 1), but when she came out on top in the song of the year category for “Wildflower” from her 2024 album Hit Me Hard and Soft, the 24-year-old singer added an 11th golden gramophone to her already groaning prize shelf, as well as launching another pointed dart at the Trump administration.

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She had way more to say than the usual thank yous to her producer, label, the Recording Academy and God. Taking the stage with her writing partner and musical foil, brother Finneas, Eilish humbly accepted the award from songwriting legend Carole King.

Giving props to the other nominees in the category, Eilish, who has been a loud and frequent critic of the Trump administration’s anti-immigration tactics, said, “As grateful as I feel, I honestly don’t feel like I need to say anything but that … no one is illegal on stolen land,” as fellow nominees Sabrina Carpenter and the members of KPop Demon Hunters band HUNTR/X clapped in support of Eilish’s message of unity.

“And, yeah it’s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now,” continued Eilish, who, like many in the audience at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, was wearing an “ICE Out” pin as part of a protest against Trump’s immigration enforcement surge, which in January resulted in the killing of two American citizens by immigration enforcement agents.

“I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting. Our voices really do matter and the people matter,” Eilish continued. “And f–k ICE is all I wanna say, sorry,” she added.

The singer-songwriter has spent the past month and a half speaking out loudly about the Trump administration’s immigration actions, calling ICE a “terrorist group” after its killing of 37-year-old poet and mother of three Renée Nicole Good, and blasting the organization’s Minnesota operation while accepting the MLK Jr. Environmental Justice award in January.

While Eilish has been on an unbeatable Grammy run over the past few years, she came into Sunday night’s show with just two nominations, winning the songwriter-centered song of the year award over a stacked deck that included Lady Gaga’s “Abracadabra,” ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.,” Doechii’s “Anxiety,” Bad Bunny’s “DtMF,” HUNTR/X’s “Golden,” Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” and Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild.”

“Wildflower” was also up for record of the year.


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“POSSESSION,” the surprise new single from Melanie Martinez, tops this week’s fan-voted music poll.

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Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Jan. 30) on Billboard, choosing the artist’s latest arrival as their favorite new release.

“POSSESSION” debuted in a week that also saw new music streaming in from Bruce Springsteen, Cannons, Noah Kahan and Labrinth. Martinez’s track swooped in with a landslide victory, with 80% of the vote going her way.

A press release issued for “POSSESSION” described the song as one that “peels back the ways power can masquerade as love,” and said it’s “haunting, satirical and spotlights Melanie’s trademark blend of charm, mischief and bite.”

Lyrically it addresses an abusive relationship, with Martinez singing in the chorus: “Baby, I’m your possession, handle me like a weapon/ Gaslight me right, tell me, ‘Keep quiet’/ I’ll go along, di-di-dum/ Put me up like a prize, I’ll be a good housewife/ You won’t see me cry when women come by.”

“POSSESSION” — the first taste of an upcoming new LP from Martinez — follows her 2023 album Portals, which spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart and reached No. 2 on the all-genre Billboard 200.

2024 brought an arena tour for Martinez, The Trilogy Tour, and a set at Lollapalooza.

Among the new releases trailing behind “POSSESSION” are Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis,” with 8% of the vote; Cannons’ “Starlight,” with 6% of the vote, and Noah Kahan’s “The Great Divide,” with 3% of the vote.

See the final results of this week’s poll below.

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.

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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.


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Chappell Roan was draped in a custom maroon Mugler dress on the 2026 Grammys red carpet, a conversation-starting, archive-inspired look held together via nipple piercings.

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Roan made the carpet walk with her shoulders and torso partially covered by a deep garnet cape constructed in a romantic georgette fabric, with her hair styled in waves cascading down her chest. For her main shot, the sheer drapery was pulled away, leaving just an airy negligee. The uppermost part of the dress was affixed to silver nipple rings, creating a delicate, swooping drape suspended below her bare chest. (The full reveal can be seen in a video clip captured by The Hollywood Reporter.)

The dress was inspired by Manfred Thierry Mugler’s “Jeu de Paume” line circa spring/summer 1998, when model Erica Vanbriel walked the runway in a version in black. The look is revisited for the Mugler spring/summer 2026 collection by Miguel Castro Freitas.

“He wanted it to come off very elegant, goddess-like, and classy,” Vanbriel recalled in 2023 of Mugler’s original vision for the nipple ring dress that debuted in the late ’90s.

Said Vanbriel, “I distinctly remember the silence when I stepped out on the runway. It was very serene, and you could hear people talking about it as copious cameras flashed in my eyes. It was a little bit nerve racking, and I remember thinking, ‘Oh my goodness, here I am with my boobs out.’ But on the other hand, it is Mugler, it’s sexy, it’s hot, it’s daring, and it’s out the

Genesis Webb styled the Roan for the Grammy Awards, where the pop star — named best new artist at last year’s ceremony — was nominated for record of the year and best pop solo performance for “The Subway.”

By the time she graced the stage to present the 2026 best new artist award Sunday night at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Roan had a wardrobe change. She wore a draped one-shoulder gown in a neutral colorway as she handed the award to recipient Olivia Dean.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 01: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Chappell Roan attends the 68th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Brianna Bryson/WireImage)

Chappell Roan attends the 68th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.

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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.

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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”).


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After helping to kick off the CBS Grammys broadcast on Sunday night (Feb. 1) alongside ROSÉ with their smash collab “APT.,” Bruno Mars retook the stage for a second performance — this time on his own, for new single “I Just Might.”

Performing with his backup band the Hooligans in red-and-white ensembles in front of a giant light-up heart, Mars delivered a ripping rendition of the current Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit, which had not only his recent collaborators ROSÉ and Lady Gaga boogieing and singing along in the audience, but also fellow stars Sabrina Carpenter, Addison Rae and Sombr. “Brandi Carlile, I saw you shaking it,” said host Trevor Noah after the performance, before joking about Joni Mitchell eyeing the performer.

Mars is one of the most decorated among current pop stars when it comes to the Grammys, having won 16 Grammys in his career, including multiple trophies for both song and record of the year, and an album of the year win in 2018 for 24K Magic. At the 2026 awards, he’s nominated three times with “APT.,” including for record and song of the year. (In the pre-telecast awards, the song lost best pop duo/group performance to Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande’s “Defying Gravity.”)

“I Just Might” became Mars’ 10th No. 1 on the Hot 100 in January, as well as his first to debut at No. 1, and spends a second week atop the listing on the most recent chart dated Jan. 31. The song is the lead single from Mars’ upcoming album The Romantic, which is due for release on Feb. 27.


  

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.

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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 Fotoshe 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.