ON THE RED CARPET: Rita Ora

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Grammy Awards, Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Party

Evelyn Bakon Wheeler

Music's hottest stars were out in LA on Saturday, February 17, 2015 for Clive Davis's annual Pre-Grammy Gala honoring the music industries Icons. I watched from the sidelines as the top stars in the Industry filed into the Beverly Hilton Hotel for the party of the year. Miley Cyrus and boyfriend Patrick Schwarzenegger were in attendance. I was nearly run over in the lobby by Rita Ora as she made her way to the red carpet only to suffer another near miss by Jennifer Hudson a few minutes later. It was a parade of stars from Taylor Swift, John Legend (who also performed), Pharrell Williams, Ciara, Iggy Azalea, bad boy Chris Brown, Nikki Minaj, and Sam Smith (also a performer) stepped out for the fun night.

Sunday night February 8, 2015 was the 57th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The show was broadcast live by CBS and hosted for the fourth consecutive time by LL Cool J.

Sam Smith won four awards, including Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year for "Stay with Me" and Best Pop Vocal Album for In the Lonely Hour. Beck's album Morning Phase was named Album of the Year. This prompted Kanye West, who later said he thought Beyoncé should have won, to leap onstage to interrupt Beck, but West left the stage without saying anything. Both Pharrell Williams and Beyoncé took three awards, making Beyoncé the second-most-honored female musician in Grammy history following Alison Krauss. Lifetime Achievement awards were given to the Bee Gees, George Harrison, Pierre Boulez, Buddy Guy, and Flaco Jiménez.

In all, 83 Grammy Awards were presented.

The show aired simultaneously on Fox8 in Australia, Sky TV in New Zealand, and on Channel O in South Africa.

For more on the Grammy and to see more pictures follow the link below:

http://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/Celebrities-Pre-Grammy-Awards-Parties-2015-Pictures-36808746?stream_view=1&r=1#photo-36809119