A Grammy Award (originally called Gramophone Award) –or Grammy– is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and some of the awards of more popular interest are presented in a widely viewed televised ceremony. It is the music equivalent to the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Award for stage and the Academy Awards for film.
Influence
Although Gaga had a major 2009, following the chart-topping success of her debut album, The Fame, her earlier nod for "Best Dance Recording" for "Just Dance" barred her from being considered for "Best New Artist" at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. In light of the "Gaga situation", the Recording Academy has announced that artists who have received previous nominations may still be eligible for the "Best New Artist" award.
- "If an artist/group is nominated (but does not win) for the release of a single or as a featured artist or collaborator on a compilation or other artist's album before the artist/group has released an entire album (and becomes eligible in this category for the first time), the artist/group may enter this category in the eligibility year during which his/her/their first album is released".
51st Grammy Award Ceremony
The 51st Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA on February 8, 2009. Lady Gaga received her first Grammy nomination in the category of "Best Dance Recording" for her single, "Just Dance".
May 4th, 2009: Grammy Celebration Tour: The Fame Ball
Red Carpet
Lady Gaga appeared at the Grammy Celebration Tour on May 4, 2009.
Performance
Lady Gaga performed her The Fame Ball Tour set list for the concert. There were no changes fashion wise between this Fame Ball concert and the previous one at KISS 95.7 Summer Kick Off. Gaga did wear a new shoulder length fringe wig for this occasion though.
52nd Grammy Award Ceremony
The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night
Nominations were announced on December 2, 2009 on prime-time television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night", a one-hour special broadcast live on CBS from Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live. During the telecast, George Lopez and Smokey Robinson presented the nominations for "Song of the Year" and "Record of the Year", respectively, and it was announced that "Poker Face" received nominations in both categories. Also, Ringo Starr presented the nominations for "Album of the Year" and it was announced that The Fame received a nomination.
Award show
The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards took place on January 31, 2010, at Staples Center in L.A., CA. Only ten of the 109 awards were received during the broadcast. The remaining awards were given during the un-televised portion of the ceremony which preceded the broadcast. Lady Gaga's nominations were for "Album of the Year" and "Best Electronic/Dance Album" for The Fame and "Song of the Year", Record of the Year", and "Best Dance Recording" for "Poker Face". Of these, she won in the categories of "Best Electronic/Dance Album" and "Best Dance Recording".
Red Carpet
Lady Gaga arrived on the red carpet wearing a dress that resembled an orbit and carrying a star. All of her outfits that night were space themed, as Giorgio Armani, the designer, had recently released a spaced theme collection.
- Lady Gaga: Dress and Bodysuit by Armani Privé, Hair by Bob Recine, Make Up by Billy B
Performance
The performance was opened with a monologue by Elijah Kelly, describing the wants to have a perfect pop star and singling Lady Gaga out as one. Lady Gaga then appears out of the "Fame Factory" and begins singing "Poker Face". She began singing the song acoustically, and then jumped off her platform and is caught by her dancers. At which point, the album version of the song begins playing. During the performance, Lady Gaga is swept up and dropped in a pit of flames into the Fame Factory. She soon reemerges from the Fame Factory with Elton John on both sides of the dual monster claw piano. They then being to perform a mash up of "Speechless" and "Your Song" An audio file of the performance was released online via iTunes, along with a video, under the title, "Poker Face / Speechless / Your Song (feat. Elton John) [Live from the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards] - Single". Lady Gaga and Elton John wear custom outfits by Armani Privé.
[Elijah Kelly]
Excuse me
Excuse me
I have returned
I bought a Lady Gaga
But she sold me a fake
All my money looks great
Hahahahahahaha
I want the real Gaga
Can't fake it, gotta make it the real Gaga
I want the Poker Face
Won't fake it, gotta make want the real Gaga
You see the real Gaga comes complete with 5 #1 singles
And the best part is she has her own disco stick
Hahahaha
And she has no soul
Hahahahahahahaha
I'll take it
[Lady Gaga]
I just wanna hold em' like they do in Texas plays
Fold em' let em' hit me raise it baby stay with me, oh yeah
LoveGame intuition play the cards with spades to start
And after he's been hooked, I'll play the one that's on his heart
Mum mum mum mah
Mum mum mum mah
Mum mum mum mah
Mum mum mum mah
I wanna hold em' like they do in Texas plays (ay)
Fold em' let em' hit me raise it baby stay with me (I love it)
LoveGame intuition play the cards with spades to start
And after he's been hooked, I'll play the one that's on his heart
Oh oh-oh-oh oh oh, oh-oh-e-oh-oh-oh
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
Can't read my
Can't read my
No, he can't read my poker face
(She's got me like nobody)
Can't read my
Can't read my
No, he can't read my poker face
(She's got me like nobody)
Po-po-po-poker face, po-po-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
Po-po-po-poker face, po-po-poker face
[Dancers]
What's going on?
[Elijah Kelly]
Everyone is going goo goo for Gaga
[Lady Gaga]
No, stop, no
[Elijah Kelly]
Her mind controlling pop music is ruining my business
[Lady Gaga]
No
[Elijah Kelly]
Take her aways
She's a monster
She's a monster
She's a monster
She's turnin' on you to the monster
She's a monster
She's a monster
She's a monster
[Lady Gaga]
Take my picture Hollywood
I wanna be a star
I can't believe what you said to me
Last night when we were alone
[Elton John]
You threw your hands up
Baby you gave up, you gave up
[Lady Gaga]
I can't believe how you looked at me
With your James Dean glossy eyes
[Elton John]
Oh, in your tight jeans with your long hair
Your cigarette stained lies
That I know that it's complicated
[Lady Gaga]
But I'm a loser in love, so baby
[Elton John]
Raise a glass to mend
[Lady Gaga]
All the broken hearts of all my wrecked up friends
[Elton John]
Oh, I'll never talk again
Oh, boy you've left me speechless
You've left me speechless, so speechless
[Lady Gaga]
And I'll never love again
Oh, friend you've left me speechless
You've left me speechless, so speechless
And you can tell everybody
[Elton John]
Oh, this is your song
[Lady Gaga]
I hope you don't mind
[Elton John]
I hope you don't mind
[Lady Gaga]
Yeah
[Elton John]
And after all the boys and girls that we've been through
[Lady Gaga]
Would you give it all up?
[Elton John]
Could you give it all up?
[Lady Gaga]
If I promise boy, to you
You, yeah
Oh
[Elton John]
And you can tell everybody
This is your song
[Lady Gaga]
It may be quite simple but
Now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
[Elton John]
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words, yeah
How wonderful life is with Gaga in the world
[Lady Gaga]
Oh, I'll never write a song
Wo-wo-won't even sing along
Thank you, love you Sir Elton John
So speechless, eh eh eh-he
- Set list:
- "Poker Face"
- "Speechless" / "Your Song" (with Elton John)
- Lady Gaga: Dress, Bodysuit, and Sunglasses by Armani Privé, Hair by Bob Recine, Make Up by Billy B
- Elton John: Suit, Glasses, and Earring by Armani Privé
Backstage and Audience
Lady Gaga was seen backstage and in the audience with Elton John, her father Joe Germanotta, Terence Koh, and Céline Dion. During Press Room, Lady Gaga gave some interviews, and was interviewed by Alecia Davis from TV Guide network. Lady Gaga wore a bodysuit, dress, and jacket combo custom made by Armani Privé and hat by Philip Treacy.
Alecia Davis: "Hi Lady Gaga. Great opening performance. How did it come to be that you would open with Elton John?"
Lady Gaga: "Well, the Grammys asked me too. He and I were speaking collaborating and he said, well I said first, "We have to do your song", and then "We have to do speechless". So we had to come to a compromise, so we created that lovely melody. And he's truly an inspiration and I love him so much."
Alecia Davis: "Is there a highlight point for you, tonight, other than performing with Elton?"
Lady Gaga: Well, we found out we won two Grammys right before we went onstage. And I cried and ruined all my make up, so my make up artist was screaming at me. And it was really memorable and I'll never forget about it."
Alecia Davis: "You're so creative. Where do you get your inspiration from?"
Lady Gaga: God and the Gays.
- Lady Gaga: Jacket and Bodysuit by Armani Privé, Hat by Philip Treacy, Hair by Bob Recine, Make Up by Billy B
Press Room
Lady Gaga posed with her awards in the press room after the awards ceremony finished. She also stepped aside to pose for a photoshoot with Danny Clinch. Lady Gaga wore a dress and bodysuit by Armani Privé and hat by Philip Treacy.
- Lady Gaga: Dress and Bodysuit by Armani Privé, Hat by Philip Treacy
After Party
Lady Gaga appeared at a Grammy after party with her manager, Troy Carter. Lady Gaga wore a bodysuit made by Armani Privé and hat by Philip Treacy.
- Lady Gaga: Bodysuit by Armani Privé, Hat by Philip Treacy
53rd Grammy Award Ceremony
The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night
Nominations were announced on December 1, 2010 on prime-time television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night", a one-hour special broadcast live on CBS from Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live. During the telecast, Stevie Wonder presented the nominations for "Album of the Year" and it was announced that The Fame Monster received a nomination.
Award show
The 53rd annual Grammy Awards were held on February 13, 2011, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. They were broadcast on CBS with a rating of 26.6 million viewers. Nominations were announced on December 1, 2010 and a total of 109 awards were presented. Most of the awards were presented during the pre-telecast, which took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center next to the Staples Center, where the main telecast took place.
Red Carpet
Lady Gaga famously arrived on the red carpet encased in a vessel. She was carried by a troop of dancers and remained in the vessel for the entire period in which she was on the red carpet. The purpose of the vessel was to implement her philosophy of beginning a performance on the red carpet an continuing it on stage and for the remainder of the show. So, when she would eventually leave the vessel, it would be the beginning of her "Rebirth". Lady Gaga has stated that she considers this vessel as a fashion piece, and it was custom designed by Hussein Chalayan. The outfits of the dancers and the supermodel nurse were custom designed by MUGLER.
- Lady Gaga: Vessel by Hussein Chalayan
- Entourage: Outfits by MUGLER
Performance
Lady Gaga performed at the Grammy Awards Ceremony with the debut performance of the single, "Born This Way", from her upcoming album of the same name. Her performance was introduced by Ricky Martin. The performance consisted of her leaving the vessel and beginning a heavily choreographed dance sequence with her dancers. During the performance, she also debuted the boudoir organ by playing the opening of Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach.
- Set list:
- Lady Gaga: Outfit by MUGLER, hair by Sam McKnight, makeup by Val Garland
- Dancers: Outfits by MUGLER
Best Pop Vocal Album
Selena Gomez and Donnie Wahlberg presented the award for "Best Pop Vocal Album". Lady Gaga won this category, and it marked the first occasion in which Lady Gaga won a Grammy during the telecast. While receiving an award, Gaga thanked Whitney Houston as an inspiration, and during an on-air radio interview with 103.5 KTU, Gaga mentioned that she had heard back positively from Houston's people.
- Acceptance speech
Holy shit! Thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart, to all my fans, to all the monsters watching. Thank you to my father, my mother, my beautiful sister Natali. I love you. To Vincent and Troy for standing by me, for being the best manager and the most amazing A&R partner a girl could ever have. Thank you Jimmy Iovine. Thank you so much to Doug Maurice and Lucius. Thank you to the whole team at Interscope. I had this dream, when I was really young, that I could be whoever I wanted to be, and no matter what I visioned for myself, that I would do it, no matter who didn't believe in me. Thank you so much. And thank you, I need to say thank you tonight to Whitney Houston. I wanted to thank Whitney because when I wrote Born This Way, I imagined she was singing it because I wasn't secure enough in myself to imagine I was a superstar. So Whitney, I imagined you were singing Born This Way when I wrote it. Thank you.
- Lady Gaga: Bodysuit by MUGLER, Sunglasses by Gianfranco Ferré, Hair by Sam McKnight, Make Up by Val Garland
Backstage and Audience
Lady Gaga was seen backstage and in the audience socializing with Troy Carter, Vincent Herbert, her father Joe Germanotta, Beyoncé Knowles, Usher, Willow Smith, Perez Hilton, and Jennifer Lopez.
- Lady Gaga: Bodysuit by MUGLER, Hat by Franc Fernandez, Hair by Sam McKnight, Make Up by Val Garland
After Party
Lady Gaga performed at an after party following the awards ceremony. Prior to performing "Yoü and I", she became heavily intoxicated.
54th Grammy Award Ceremony
The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night
Nominations were announced on November 30, 2011 on prime-time television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night", a one-hour special broadcast live on CBS from Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live. Lady Gaga opened and closed the concert with performances of "Marry the Night" and a duet of "Yoü and I" with Sugarland, respectively. During the telecast, Katy Perry presented the nominations for "Album of the Year" and it was announced that Born This Way received a nomination. This marked the first time an artist received at least 3 consecutive "Album of the Year" nominations since the Beatles accomplished a record 5 consecutive nominations between 1966 and 1970, and the first female since Barbra Streisand had 4 consecutive nominations between 1964 and 1967.
Opening Performance
Lady Gaga opened the ceremony with a performance of "Marry the Night". Gaga and her dancers were made up to appear as skeletons, a reference to the "Born This Way" music video and Rick Genest.
- Set list:
- Lady Gaga: Outfit by In-House Atelier
Closing Performance
Lady Gaga ended the ceremony with a duet performance of "Yoü and I" with Sugarland.
- Set list:
- Lady Gaga: Outfit by Carolina Herrera
The GRAMMY Museum's Educational Initiatives
Lady Gaga performed at the GRAMMY Museum's "Educational Initiatives", after the Grammy nominations concert. The set list for this event remains unknown.
- Lady Gaga: Outfit by Hogan McLaughlin
Backstage
Award show
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 12, 2012, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles being broadcast on CBS. LL Cool J hosted the show. It was the first time in seven years that the event had an official host. The event also served as a memorial to music icon Whitney Houston, who passed away the evening prior to the awards ceremony.
Audience
Lady Gaga spent her entire time of the event in the audience. She was seen socializing with Paul McCartney, Neil Patrick Harris, Kelly Rowland, Tony Bennett, Miranda Lambert, Steve van Zandt, John Legend, and others.
- Lady Gaga: Outfit by Versace
57th Grammy Award Ceremony
February 5, 2015: REHEARSALS
The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 8, 2015, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles being broadcast on CBS.
Award show
Red Carpet
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- Lady Gaga: Dress by Brandon Maxwell, Jewelry by Lorraine Schwartz, Shoes by Stuart Weitzman
Performance
- Set list:
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Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Black Carpet
- Related article: Danny Clinch
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- Lady Gaga: Dress by Brandon Maxwell, Jewelry by Lorraine Schwartz
Backstage and Audience
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Awards and Nominations
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. Gaga has been nominated for an award twelve times, and has won six times.
| Nominated Work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | ||
| "Just Dance" (featuring Colby O'Donis) | Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording | Nominated |
| 2010 | ||
| The Fame | Grammy Award for Album of the Year | Nominated |
| Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album | Won | |
| "Poker Face" | Grammy Award for Song of the Year | Nominated |
| Grammy Award for Record of the Year | Nominated | |
| Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording | Won | |
| 2011 | ||
| The Fame Monster | Grammy Award for Album of the Year | Nominated |
| Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album | Won | |
| "Bad Romance" | Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | Won |
| Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video | Won | |
| "Telephone" (featuring Beyoncé) | Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | Nominated |
| "Dance in the Dark" | Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording | Nominated |
| 2012 | ||
| Born This Way | Grammy Award for Album of the Year | Nominated |
| Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated | |
| "Yoü and I" | Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance | Nominated |
| 2015 | ||
| Cheek To Cheek | Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | Won |