1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:03,880 [MUSIC]. 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:09,600 PRESENTER: Everybody [APPLAUSE] makes a noise for the host of the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:11,745 Fifteen-time Grammy Award winner, 4 00:00:11,745 --> 00:00:14,817 musical superwoman, Alicia Keys. [APPLAUSE]. 5 00:00:14,817 --> 00:00:15,917 [MUSIC]. 6 00:00:30,950 --> 00:00:33,525 ALICIA KEYS: Thank y'all so much. 7 00:00:33,525 --> 00:00:35,410 Thank y'all so much for the love. 8 00:00:35,410 --> 00:00:37,930 We are in here. We're having an incredible night. 9 00:00:37,930 --> 00:00:40,290 That was so much fun. I was decked there. 10 00:00:40,290 --> 00:00:43,095 I was like, I was part of it. 11 00:00:43,095 --> 00:00:48,360 Welcome to the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. 12 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:54,140 [APPLAUSE] Do you feel that love in the building? 13 00:00:54,140 --> 00:00:56,080 This is love. This is life. 14 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,010 This is living. This is light. 15 00:00:58,010 --> 00:00:59,900 And all because of music. 16 00:00:59,900 --> 00:01:01,440 Music is so powerful. 17 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,120 So I want everybody to see 18 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:04,350 we're going to have an incredible 19 00:01:04,350 --> 00:01:05,800 time tonight. This is just the beginning. 20 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,240 I want everybody in here who might be feeling a little nervous, 21 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,580 might be feeling a little a lot of energy, 22 00:01:11,580 --> 00:01:13,320 just let your shoulders drop, 23 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:15,105 just know that I got you. 24 00:01:15,105 --> 00:01:16,660 I'm going to take care of you tonight. 25 00:01:16,660 --> 00:01:19,000 I got you tonight. Yes, I do. 26 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,900 [APPLAUSE] The audience is so sparkly and gorgeous. 27 00:01:21,900 --> 00:01:23,440 I'm loving it. First of all, 28 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,490 my sister Tracy is right here. 29 00:01:25,490 --> 00:01:28,400 [APPLAUSE] We're honoring her mama, Diana tonight. 30 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,260 That's going to be so amazing. 31 00:01:30,260 --> 00:01:35,370 The magnificent Dolly Parton is right here [APPLAUSE]. 32 00:01:35,700 --> 00:01:38,950 I will always love you, Dolly. 33 00:01:38,950 --> 00:01:40,510 I mean, it's magnificent. 34 00:01:40,510 --> 00:01:43,770 Chloe and Halle are out here, my sisters. 35 00:01:43,770 --> 00:01:45,630 My mama's right here, 36 00:01:45,630 --> 00:01:46,950 my husband's right here. 37 00:01:46,950 --> 00:01:48,740 There's love in the building so 38 00:01:48,740 --> 00:01:50,930 it is about that time. 39 00:01:50,930 --> 00:01:56,770 It is so exciting to be here because music is what we all love. 40 00:01:56,770 --> 00:01:59,245 Music is what it's all about. 41 00:01:59,245 --> 00:02:01,090 Everybody is out here shining, 42 00:02:01,090 --> 00:02:05,130 and I'm so proud to bring us together to honor this moment, 43 00:02:05,130 --> 00:02:07,365 because music is what we cry to. 44 00:02:07,365 --> 00:02:09,030 It's what we march to. 45 00:02:09,030 --> 00:02:10,730 It's what we rock to. 46 00:02:10,730 --> 00:02:12,710 It's what we make love to. 47 00:02:12,710 --> 00:02:18,940 [APPLAUSE] It's our shared global language. 48 00:02:18,940 --> 00:02:22,200 When you really want to say something, you say it with a song. 49 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:23,740 Am I right? Or am I right? 50 00:02:23,740 --> 00:02:29,680 [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] Let's just be honest. 51 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:35,230 This is a celebration and y'all didn't think I was coming out here by myself, did you? 52 00:02:35,230 --> 00:02:39,980 [APPLAUSE] Please. 53 00:02:39,980 --> 00:02:43,038 Can I bring some of my sisters out here tonight? [APPLAUSE]. 54 00:02:43,038 --> 00:02:44,138 [MUSIC]. 55 00:03:09,060 --> 00:03:10,450 Wow. 56 00:03:10,450 --> 00:03:11,550 [APPLAUSE] 57 00:03:20,570 --> 00:03:24,310 Tell them what it is, Gaga. 58 00:03:25,310 --> 00:03:30,210 LADY GAGA: They said I was weird. 59 00:03:30,210 --> 00:03:34,180 That my look, my choices, 60 00:03:34,180 --> 00:03:38,185 my sound, that it wouldn't work. 61 00:03:38,185 --> 00:03:43,110 But music told me not to listen to them. 62 00:03:43,110 --> 00:03:50,955 [APPLAUSE] Music took my ears, 63 00:03:50,955 --> 00:03:55,035 took my hands, my voice, 64 00:03:55,035 --> 00:03:58,640 and my soul and it led me 65 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:03,880 to all of you and to my little monsters who I love so much. [APPLAUSE]. 66 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:11,805 JENNIFER LOPEZ: Back in the Bronx [APPLAUSE] music 67 00:04:11,805 --> 00:04:15,240 gave me a reason to dance from hip hop to freestyle, 68 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,880 pop, soul and salsa. 69 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:22,160 It kept me moving from the block to the big stages and even bigger screens. 70 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,740 It reminds me where I come from, 71 00:04:24,740 --> 00:04:28,620 but it also reminds me of all the places that I can go. 72 00:04:28,620 --> 00:04:34,080 [BACKGROUND] Music has always been the one place we can all feel truly free. 73 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:39,930 ALICIA KEYS: Yes. [APPLAUSE]. 74 00:04:39,930 --> 00:04:42,190 JADA PINKETT SMITH: We express our pain, power, 75 00:04:42,190 --> 00:04:44,090 and progress through music, 76 00:04:44,090 --> 00:04:48,090 whether we're creating it or just appreciating it. 77 00:04:48,090 --> 00:04:54,605 But here's what I know. Every voice we hear deserves to be honored and respected. 78 00:04:54,605 --> 00:05:02,390 MICHELLE OBAMA: Amen. From the Motown Records [APPLAUSE] I 79 00:05:02,390 --> 00:05:21,810 wore out on the south side. Alright, we got a show to do. [APPLAUSE]. 80 00:05:26,150 --> 00:05:28,785 From the Motown Records, 81 00:05:28,785 --> 00:05:31,830 I wore out on the south side to the "Who Run 82 00:05:31,830 --> 00:05:35,760 the World" songs that fueled me through this last decade, 83 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,860 music has always helped me tell my story, 84 00:05:39,860 --> 00:05:42,440 and I know that's true for everybody here. 85 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:46,280 Whether we like country or rap or rock, 86 00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:49,840 music helps us share ourselves, 87 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:52,180 our dignity and sorrows, 88 00:05:52,180 --> 00:05:54,440 our hopes and joys. 89 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,220 It allows us to hear one another, 90 00:05:57,220 --> 00:05:59,415 to invite each other in. 91 00:05:59,415 --> 00:06:03,090 Music shows us that all of it matters. 92 00:06:03,090 --> 00:06:06,110 Every story within every voice, 93 00:06:06,110 --> 00:06:09,820 every note, within every song. Is that right, ladies? 94 00:06:09,820 --> 00:06:10,230 LADIES ON STAGE: [OVERLAPPING] Yes. 95 00:06:10,230 --> 00:06:10,980 Yes, ladies. 96 00:06:10,980 --> 00:06:11,310 It's right Michelle. 97 00:06:11,310 --> 00:06:13,290 Yes, it is [APPLAUSE]. 98 00:06:13,290 --> 00:06:15,890 ALICIA KEYS: What is better than this? 99 00:06:15,890 --> 00:06:17,430 There's nothing better than this. 100 00:06:17,430 --> 00:06:23,940 Tonight, we celebrate the greatness in each other all of us through music [APPLAUSE]. 101 00:06:32,230 --> 00:06:33,685 JADA PINKETT SMITH: Take it in, soak it up. 102 00:06:33,685 --> 00:06:36,100 ALICIA KEYS: I'm taking it in. Excuse me. 103 00:06:36,100 --> 00:06:39,460 [LAUGHTER] Who runs the world? 104 00:06:39,910 --> 00:06:42,590 [APPLAUSE] Thank you so much, ladies, 105 00:06:42,590 --> 00:06:44,130 for your light, your message, 106 00:06:44,130 --> 00:06:45,570 your love, your sisterhood. 107 00:06:45,570 --> 00:06:48,255 I love y'all so much. 108 00:06:48,255 --> 00:06:48,720 LADY GAGA: We love you. 109 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:50,790 ALICIA KEYS: Give it up for these magnificent goddesses [APPLAUSE] 110 00:06:50,790 --> 00:07:04,290 Enjoy the show. 111 00:07:04,290 --> 00:07:05,715 BOB: What's up, y'all? This is BOB. 112 00:07:05,715 --> 00:07:06,780 GEZ: This is GEZ. 113 00:07:06,780 --> 00:07:07,440 MO: I'm Mo. 114 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:08,565 JULIA: This is Julia Michaels. 115 00:07:08,565 --> 00:07:13,590 LOGIC: This is Logic. Make sure you subscribe to the Recording Academy channel. Flex.