Details on the 54th Grammy Awards Red Carpet & Performances

DETAILS ON THE 54TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS!

RED CARPET FABULOSITY!

See the FAB celebs who was on the red carper for last night’s 2012 Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in LA.

Rih brought her daddy and little bro Rajad as her dates for the carpet....Courtesy of the YBF!

The "Cheers" singer shook things up on the red carpet in this revealing Armani gown that she designed with Mr. Armani himself. She said on the red carpet that he's starting to trust her designs more.

Rihanna's dress is simple but it simply screams sex!

She caught up with the "Super Bass" girls Sophia Grace & Rosie on the red carpet too. Cute!

I love Taraji P. Henson, but she should have chosen a more flattering dress because she can pull off a hot dress. Her Boobs are sagging! UGH!

Her frock is a halter pink and cheetah mermaid gown by Brian Rennie for Basler. Not loving this one though.Taraji also said she's working on a music project but wants to make sure it's authentic so it won't turn off her fans.

Kelly Rowland and this big hair....which she has been rocking all weekend.

And I love it. She wore an Alberta Ferreti gown with Lorraine Schwartz jewels. One of my fave looks of the night.

She posed with DJ Khaled and Rick Ross on the red carpet.

Alicia Keys (who did a tribute to Etta James alongside Bonnie Rait) Totally underwhelmed by Alicia's Alexandre Vauthier and Louboutin look.

Ice T was with wife CoCo who revealed SHE has a kissing scene coming up on his "Law And Order" show and it's not with Ice!

John Legend arrive with his fiance Chrissy Teigen.

Common kept it regular with his look.....which is what we love about him.

Young Money is in the building!.....Ewww!

LL Cool J, who is handling hosting duties, looked great.

LL Cool J arrived with his wife Simone.

Gospel duo Mary Mary rocked sisterly variations of black and silver....HATE IT!

Marsha Ambrosius tweeted about Whitney saying, It was a hard day for everyone yesterday.

Celebrating and mourning "all at once..." On my way to The Grammys. Surreal. So real!

Wiz Khalifa walked the red carpet with Amber Rose who wore a Versace fake me out gown

Melanie Fiona also rocked black and yellow. She also picked up the Best Traditional R&B Performance award and Best R&B Sing award (both for her single with Cee-Lo Green “Fool For You”) in the pre-show.

Kirk Franklin looked mighty shiny on the red carpet. He arrived with wife Tammy Collins.

And J. Cole tweeted this pic of himself with his mom on the red carpet.

Charlie Wilson.....was on the red carpet

My British Bish Corrine Bailey Rae went ALL THE WAY in this dress by Christian Siriano.

Ledisi worked a sliver gown with sequins. Looks like I seen her wear this before

Bruno Mars wore Thom Browne. And his usual bouffant 'do.

AJ Calloway broke out the white leather loafers.

And Miss Ross walked the red carpet with son Evan.

WERK MISS ROSS. And daughter I meant son! *snickers*

2012 Grammy Awards THE WINNERS & PERFORMANCES:

Adele won six Grammys last night. As anyone and their mother could have (and, ahem, did) predicted, it was Adele's show at last night's 54th Grammy Awards. The singer, who absolutely swept the awards, took home six Grammys -- meaning she won in every category in which she was nominated, including the big three: Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Album of the Year. 

Other notable winners included Bon Iver, who scored an upset as Best New Artist over Nicki Minaj; Foo Fighters, for all of the rock-related awards; and Kanye West, who nabbed all the rap Grammys.

The awards show itself, though, wasn't about the awards. It was about the performance, the (few) acceptance speeches and the absence of past members of "the Grammy family," as host LL Cool J dubbed it -- namely Whitney Houston and Etta James, both of whom saw some form of tribute within the first half hour of the show.

Following Bruce Springsteen's forgetful opening performance of his new song, "We Take Care Of Our Own," LL Cool J began his master of ceremonies duties with a prayer: "Heavenly Father, we thank you for sharing our sister Whitney with us... Although she is gone too soon, we remain truly blessed to have been touched by her beautiful spirit..."Touching yes, but you can't help but wonder what the Grammys had to cut to fit in air time to honor Houston's sudden death on Saturday.

 
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It was Jennifer Hudson's beautiful performance of "I Will Always Love You" that won over the most hearts, though. Dressed in full Whitney garb -- a gown and a Whitney 'do, both done in tasteful tribute, intentionally or not --

Hudson reminded us that Whitney Houston's voice will go unrivaled, but also that if Hudson plays her cards right, her own singing career could follow a similar path of success. Hudson was an excellent choice to pay tribute to the late singer.

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Too bad the same can't be said for the Etta James tribute by Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt, who performed James's "Sunday Kinda Love" that was merely average. The pair's stage chemistry was palpable, but the mismatched voices and stylings were too polarized to come together in the name of Etta.

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Bruno Mars's early performance of "Runaway Baby" was a nice change of pace, upbeat and fun -- not colored by death or any form of tribute.

It was doo-wop and '60s-style stage antics, as if The Drifters had met up with The Time and formed a super group led by Mars.

The campiness was forgivable if only because Mars and company looked too good in their gold-accented suits -- that, and because it wasn't "Grenade."

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Other performers included a teleporting Katy Perry ("Part Of Me"), a weird-ass Nicki Minaj ("Roman's Holiday"), Maroon 5/Foster The People/The Beach Boys ("Surfer Girl/Wouldn't It Be Nice/Good Vibrations"), Foo Fighters ("Walk"), Foo Fighters + David Guetta/deadmau5/Chris Brown ("Random Dance Music Tribute"), Paul McCartney and Paul McCartney and old-guy friends (Joe Walsh, Springsteen and others).

Chris Brown made a triumphant return to the Grammy stage performing 'Turn Up the Music' and 'Beautiful People.' And that was just his first performance.

With the stage lit up like the boxes of a 1980s arcade game, Chris Brown showed off some stellar footwork as he jumped, kicked and danced it up for his big comeback.And even copped the award for Best R&B album for Fame.

He followed it up, in his smedium pants we are NOT mad at and letterman's jacket, with a performance of "Beautiful People."

Watch the performance here: 

Yet the performance of the evening was Adele's "Rolling In The Deep." Proving that her vocal surgery had been successful, the woman who is on top of the world gave us four minutes of proof as to why. Her confidence went unmatched by any of the performers last night, and it was that sort of openly playful but emotionally bruised swagger that made Adele so successful in the first place. She reminded us that while Mars's gold suits, Minaj's Catholic imagery and even Perry's stage pyrotechnics may be nice gimmicks, at the end of the day, the Grammys should be about the music. And for four beautiful minutes, that's exactly what they were.

Adele's acceptance speeches were similarly enjoyable, but it was her tear-stained speech for Record Of The Year that saw her really soak it all in, and let us in, too. Why the Grammy producers did not end the show on that note will forever be a mystery, because the following performance, the final one of the night, saw Paul McCartney and other rocker dudes indulge in what could be considered an on-stage mid-life crisis a la the TV show Men Of A Certain Age -- all the while playing a medley, which made it all the more awkward. That's not say the music didn't sound good -- it did -- but watching them create it was just uncomfortable….LOL!

Equal awkwardness came from Bon Iver, who collected the Best New Artist Grammy. His acceptance speech, in which he said he did not on the stage -- a self-deprecating pot-shot to his refusal to perform during the show -- was overshadowed by his burly beard and hideous tie, causing many a music fan to wonder whom exactly "Bonny Bear" is and why the guy deserved the award in the first place. Side note: When Bon Iver mentioned the acts that weren't there, while we're sure he wasn't, he just as easily could've been talking about...

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Kanye West, who collected a total of four awards, one for "Otis" with Jay-Z from Watch The Throne and two for "All Of The Lights" and one for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, was oddly absent from the awards show, giving Taylor Swift much room to breathe and enjoy her win for Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song for "Mean." Swift also performed "Mean" last night live, charmingly changing the lyrics of the song from "Some day I'll be living in a big old city" to "Some day I'll be singing this at the Grammys" -- wherever West was, you know Swift was directing that to him (and any other guy who broke her heart or crushed her dreams in the past 20 years).

Here is a list of winners for the major categories (and a full list can be found at the Grammys website)

Record Of The Year
"Rolling in The Deep" by Adele

Album Of The Year
21 by Adele

Song Of The Year
"Rolling In The Deep" by Adele

Best New Artist
Bon Iver

Best Pop Solo Performance
"Someone Like You" by Adele

Best Pop Vocal Album
21 by Adele

Best Dance Recording
"Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites" by Skrillex

Best Dance/Electronica Album
Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites

Best Rock Performance
"Walk" by Foo Fighters

Best Rock Song
"Walk" by Foo Fighters

Best Rock Album
Wasting Light by Foo Fighters

Best R&B Album
F.A.M.E. by Chris Brown

Best Rap Performance
"Otis" by Jay-Z & Kanye West

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
"All Of The Lights" by Kanye West feat. Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie

Best Rap Song
"All Of The Lights" by Kanye West

Best Rap Album
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

FUN TIMES HAD BY ALL!