WEBVTT 00:00:01.520 --> 00:00:03.880 [MUSIC]. 00:00:03.880 --> 00:00:09.600 PRESENTER: Everybody [APPLAUSE] makes a noise for the host of the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. 00:00:09.600 --> 00:00:11.745 Fifteen-time Grammy Award winner, 00:00:11.745 --> 00:00:14.817 musical superwoman, Alicia Keys. [APPLAUSE]. 00:00:14.817 --> 00:00:15.917 [MUSIC]. 00:00:30.950 --> 00:00:33.525 ALICIA KEYS: Thank y'all so much. 00:00:33.525 --> 00:00:35.410 Thank y'all so much for the love. 00:00:35.410 --> 00:00:37.930 We are in here. We're having an incredible night. 00:00:37.930 --> 00:00:40.290 That was so much fun. I was decked there. 00:00:40.290 --> 00:00:43.095 I was like, I was part of it. 00:00:43.095 --> 00:00:48.360 Welcome to the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. 00:00:48.360 --> 00:00:54.140 [APPLAUSE] Do you feel that love in the building? 00:00:54.140 --> 00:00:56.080 This is love. This is life. 00:00:56.080 --> 00:00:58.010 This is living. This is light. 00:00:58.010 --> 00:00:59.900 And all because of music. 00:00:59.900 --> 00:01:01.440 Music is so powerful. 00:01:01.440 --> 00:01:03.120 So I want everybody to see 00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:04.350 we're going to have an incredible 00:01:04.350 --> 00:01:05.800 time tonight. This is just the beginning. 00:01:05.800 --> 00:01:09.240 I want everybody in here who might be feeling a little nervous, 00:01:09.240 --> 00:01:11.580 might be feeling a little a lot of energy, 00:01:11.580 --> 00:01:13.320 just let your shoulders drop, 00:01:13.320 --> 00:01:15.105 just know that I got you. 00:01:15.105 --> 00:01:16.660 I'm going to take care of you tonight. 00:01:16.660 --> 00:01:19.000 I got you tonight. Yes, I do. 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:21.900 [APPLAUSE] The audience is so sparkly and gorgeous. 00:01:21.900 --> 00:01:23.440 I'm loving it. First of all, 00:01:23.440 --> 00:01:25.490 my sister Tracy is right here. 00:01:25.490 --> 00:01:28.400 [APPLAUSE] We're honoring her mama, Diana tonight. 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:30.260 That's going to be so amazing. 00:01:30.260 --> 00:01:35.370 The magnificent Dolly Parton is right here [APPLAUSE]. 00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:38.950 I will always love you, Dolly. 00:01:38.950 --> 00:01:40.510 I mean, it's magnificent. 00:01:40.510 --> 00:01:43.770 Chloe and Halle are out here, my sisters. 00:01:43.770 --> 00:01:45.630 My mama's right here, 00:01:45.630 --> 00:01:46.950 my husband's right here. 00:01:46.950 --> 00:01:48.740 There's love in the building so 00:01:48.740 --> 00:01:50.930 it is about that time. 00:01:50.930 --> 00:01:56.770 It is so exciting to be here because music is what we all love. 00:01:56.770 --> 00:01:59.245 Music is what it's all about. 00:01:59.245 --> 00:02:01.090 Everybody is out here shining, 00:02:01.090 --> 00:02:05.130 and I'm so proud to bring us together to honor this moment, 00:02:05.130 --> 00:02:07.365 because music is what we cry to. 00:02:07.365 --> 00:02:09.030 It's what we march to. 00:02:09.030 --> 00:02:10.730 It's what we rock to. 00:02:10.730 --> 00:02:12.710 It's what we make love to. 00:02:12.710 --> 00:02:18.940 [APPLAUSE] It's our shared global language. 00:02:18.940 --> 00:02:22.200 When you really want to say something, you say it with a song. 00:02:22.200 --> 00:02:23.740 Am I right? Or am I right? 00:02:23.740 --> 00:02:29.680 [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] Let's just be honest. 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? 00:02:35.230 --> 00:02:39.980 [APPLAUSE] Please. 00:02:39.980 --> 00:02:43.038 Can I bring some of my sisters out here tonight? [APPLAUSE]. 00:02:43.038 --> 00:02:44.138 [MUSIC]. 00:03:09.060 --> 00:03:10.450 Wow. 00:03:10.450 --> 00:03:11.550 [APPLAUSE] 00:03:20.570 --> 00:03:24.310 Tell them what it is, Gaga. 00:03:25.310 --> 00:03:30.210 LADY GAGA: They said I was weird. 00:03:30.210 --> 00:03:34.180 That my look, my choices, 00:03:34.180 --> 00:03:38.185 my sound, that it wouldn't work. 00:03:38.185 --> 00:03:43.110 But music told me not to listen to them. 00:03:43.110 --> 00:03:50.955 [APPLAUSE] Music took my ears, 00:03:50.955 --> 00:03:55.035 took my hands, my voice, 00:03:55.035 --> 00:03:58.640 and my soul and it led me 00:03:58.640 --> 00:04:03.880 to all of you and to my little monsters who I love so much. [APPLAUSE]. 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:11.805 JENNIFER LOPEZ: Back in the Bronx [APPLAUSE] music 00:04:11.805 --> 00:04:15.240 gave me a reason to dance from hip hop to freestyle, 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:17.880 pop, soul and salsa. 00:04:17.880 --> 00:04:22.160 It kept me moving from the block to the big stages and even bigger screens. 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:24.740 It reminds me where I come from, 00:04:24.740 --> 00:04:28.620 but it also reminds me of all the places that I can go. 00:04:28.620 --> 00:04:34.080 [BACKGROUND] Music has always been the one place we can all feel truly free. 00:04:34.080 --> 00:04:39.930 ALICIA KEYS: Yes. [APPLAUSE]. 00:04:39.930 --> 00:04:42.190 JADA PINKETT SMITH: We express our pain, power, 00:04:42.190 --> 00:04:44.090 and progress through music, 00:04:44.090 --> 00:04:48.090 whether we're creating it or just appreciating it. 00:04:48.090 --> 00:04:54.605 But here's what I know. Every voice we hear deserves to be honored and respected. 00:04:54.605 --> 00:05:02.390 MICHELLE OBAMA: Amen. From the Motown Records [APPLAUSE] I 00:05:02.390 --> 00:05:21.810 wore out on the south side. Alright, we got a show to do. [APPLAUSE]. 00:05:26.150 --> 00:05:28.785 From the Motown Records, 00:05:28.785 --> 00:05:31.830 I wore out on the south side to the "Who Run 00:05:31.830 --> 00:05:35.760 the World" songs that fueled me through this last decade, 00:05:35.760 --> 00:05:39.860 music has always helped me tell my story, 00:05:39.860 --> 00:05:42.440 and I know that's true for everybody here. 00:05:42.440 --> 00:05:46.280 Whether we like country or rap or rock, 00:05:46.280 --> 00:05:49.840 music helps us share ourselves, 00:05:49.840 --> 00:05:52.180 our dignity and sorrows, 00:05:52.180 --> 00:05:54.440 our hopes and joys. 00:05:54.440 --> 00:05:57.220 It allows us to hear one another, 00:05:57.220 --> 00:05:59.415 to invite each other in. 00:05:59.415 --> 00:06:03.090 Music shows us that all of it matters. 00:06:03.090 --> 00:06:06.110 Every story within every voice, 00:06:06.110 --> 00:06:09.820 every note, within every song. Is that right, ladies? 00:06:09.820 --> 00:06:10.230 LADIES ON STAGE: [OVERLAPPING] Yes. 00:06:10.230 --> 00:06:10.980 Yes, ladies. 00:06:10.980 --> 00:06:11.310 It's right Michelle. 00:06:11.310 --> 00:06:13.290 Yes, it is [APPLAUSE]. 00:06:13.290 --> 00:06:15.890 ALICIA KEYS: What is better than this? 00:06:15.890 --> 00:06:17.430 There's nothing better than this. 00:06:17.430 --> 00:06:23.940 Tonight, we celebrate the greatness in each other all of us through music [APPLAUSE]. 00:06:32.230 --> 00:06:33.685 JADA PINKETT SMITH: Take it in, soak it up. 00:06:33.685 --> 00:06:36.100 ALICIA KEYS: I'm taking it in. Excuse me. 00:06:36.100 --> 00:06:39.460 [LAUGHTER] Who runs the world? 00:06:39.910 --> 00:06:42.590 [APPLAUSE] Thank you so much, ladies, 00:06:42.590 --> 00:06:44.130 for your light, your message, 00:06:44.130 --> 00:06:45.570 your love, your sisterhood. 00:06:45.570 --> 00:06:48.255 I love y'all so much. 00:06:48.255 --> 00:06:48.720 LADY GAGA: We love you. 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:50.790 ALICIA KEYS: Give it up for these magnificent goddesses [APPLAUSE] 00:06:50.790 --> 00:07:04.290 Enjoy the show. 00:07:04.290 --> 00:07:05.715 BOB: What's up, y'all? This is BOB. 00:07:05.715 --> 00:07:06.780 GEZ: This is GEZ. 00:07:06.780 --> 00:07:07.440 MO: I'm Mo. 00:07:07.440 --> 00:07:08.565 JULIA: This is Julia Michaels. 00:07:08.565 --> 00:07:13.590 LOGIC: This is Logic. Make sure you subscribe to the Recording Academy channel. Flex.