After Post Malone & Friends paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, Lauryn Hill hit the stage in a black gown to sing a medley of hits belonging to two R&B titans who passed away in 2025.

First, she paid tribute to D’Angelo by starting with their duet “Nothing Even Matters.” She then brought out Lucky Daye to sing “Brown Sugar,” Raphael Saadiq and Anthony Hamilton did “Lady,” Leon Thomas performed “Devils Pie,” Anthony Hamilton stuck around to sing “Another Life,” fellow Soulaquarian Bilal did “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” and Jon Batiste hopped on the keys to play “Africa.”

Ms. Hill then led a medley for the legendary Roberta Flack.

Batiste stayed on to perform “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” Leon Bridges took the stage with Alexia Jayy to do “Compared to What,” Lalah Hathaway and October London played “Closer I Get to You,” and John Legend and Chaka Khan performed “Where Is the Love.”

Lauryn then finished things off with “Feel Like Makin’ Love” and, of course, she had to do “Killing Me Softly With His Song” alongside fellow Fugee Wyclef Jean. He surprised the crowd when he started walking toward the stage with an electric guitar to perform their version of the classic record from their Grammy-winning album The Score, which helped make Lauryn a household name back in 1996.

There are 47 Grammy nominations and 16 wins between Hill, Flack and D’Angelo. Roberta has four wins with 14 nominations, as does D’Angelo, while Lauryn has eight Grammys and 19 nominations, respectively.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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

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.

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.

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.