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2020’s Grammy Awards opened with tears with guests and performers inside Los Angeles’ Staples Center mourning the death of NBA player Kobe Bryant who had died the same morning in a helicopter crash along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna. (Photo credit: Twitter)
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The award opened with an emotional monologue from host Alicia Keys who encouraged the room to join together to heal through the night's celebration of music. ‘’We're going to dance together, we're gonna cry together,” Keys said. (Photo credit: Instagram)
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Kirk Franklin, DJ Khaled, John Legend, Meek Mill, Roddy Ricch and YG honoured red late rapper Nipsey Hussle by delivering a hair-raising mashup performance of "Higher." (Photo credit: Twitter)
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Demi Lovato graced the stage to deliver an anticipated performance of her new song Anyone, which was written and recorded before she suffered a near-fatal overdose at her Californian home in July 2018. (Photo credit: Twitter)
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Making dad proud, Camila Cabello performed track, ‘First Man’ for dad. "You don't even know how much it means to me now / That you were the first man that really loved me’’ she sings in her piano ballad. (Photo credit: Twitter)
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Remembering Prince, the Grammys included an on-air tribute to The Purple One from Usher, Sheila E, and FKA twigs. (Photo credit: Twitter)