{"id":405278,"date":"2022-02-12T17:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/remembering-the-record-breaking-2012-grammy-awards\/"},"modified":"2022-02-12T17:00:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T14:00:24","slug":"remembering-the-record-breaking-2012-grammy-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/remembering-the-record-breaking-2012-grammy-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"#Remembering the Record-Breaking 2012 Grammy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28ce7ea41e8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28ce7ea41e8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/remembering-the-record-breaking-2012-grammy-awards\/#Remembering_Whitney\" >Remembering Whitney<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/remembering-the-record-breaking-2012-grammy-awards\/#Tributes_to_Musical_Legends\" >Tributes to Musical Legends<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/remembering-the-record-breaking-2012-grammy-awards\/#Adeles_Supremacy\" >Adele\u2019s Supremacy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/remembering-the-record-breaking-2012-grammy-awards\/#Kanyes_No-Show\" >Kanye\u2019s No-Show<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Remembering the Record-Breaking 2012 Grammy Awards<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div> Award show ratings have been on the decline for years now, with one former network president telling the <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2021-04-13\/oscars-grammys-awards-shows-ratings-struggling\">Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/em> last April that the televised award-fests \u201chave got a patina like a candlestick that is 100 years old, and all the polish in the world is not going to bring it back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But one gleaming exception is the 2012 Grammy Awards, which still ranks as the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grammy_Awards#Viewership_by_year\">second most-watched Grammys broadcast ever<\/a>, with 39 million viewers, second only to the 1984 show. In fact, no other Grammy broadcast has even passed the 30-million mark since the \u201980s.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as we hit the 10-year anniversary of that ceremony\u2014which aired on CBS on February 12, 2012\u2014we\u2019re looking back on what made the 54th Annual Grammy Awards so memorable.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Remembering_Whitney\"><\/span>Remembering Whitney<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1031509\" style=\"width: 2038px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1031509\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1031509 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grammys-2012-whitney-houston-jennifer-hudson.jpg\" alt=\"Grammys 2012 Whitney Houston Jennifer Hudson\" width=\"2028\" height=\"1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grammys-2012-whitney-houston-jennifer-hudson.jpg 2028w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grammys-2012-whitney-houston-jennifer-hudson-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grammys-2012-whitney-houston-jennifer-hudson-1014x570.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grammys-2012-whitney-houston-jennifer-hudson-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grammys-2012-whitney-houston-jennifer-hudson-1420x798.jpg 1420w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grammys-2012-whitney-houston-jennifer-hudson-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grammys-2012-whitney-houston-jennifer-hudson-570x320.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2028px) 100vw, 2028px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1031509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Winter\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Whitney Houston died the day before the 2012 Grammys, and her legacy loomed large over the ceremony. LL Cool J\u2014the first Grammys host in seven years\u2014opened the show with a prayer for Houston. Alicia Keys and Rihanna gave the singer known as \u201cThe Voice\u201d shout-outs during their performances. And, perhaps most heartbreakingly, Jennifer Hudson battled through tears in a performance of \u201cI Will Always Love You.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tributes_to_Musical_Legends\"><\/span>Tributes to Musical Legends<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1031503\" style=\"width: 2038px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1031503\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1031503 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grammys-2012-band-perry-glen-campbell-blake-shelton.jpg\" alt=\"Grammys 2012 Band Perry Glen Campbell Blake Shelton\" width=\"2028\" height=\"1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grammys-2012-band-perry-glen-campbell-blake-shelton.jpg 2028w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grammys-2012-band-perry-glen-campbell-blake-shelton-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grammys-2012-band-perry-glen-campbell-blake-shelton-1014x570.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grammys-2012-band-perry-glen-campbell-blake-shelton-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grammys-2012-band-perry-glen-campbell-blake-shelton-1420x798.jpg 1420w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grammys-2012-band-perry-glen-campbell-blake-shelton-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/grammys-2012-band-perry-glen-campbell-blake-shelton-570x320.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2028px) 100vw, 2028px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1031503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Winter\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Whitney wasn\u2019t the only music superstar who got an on-stage tribute at the 2012 Grammys. Keys joined blues singer Bonnie Raitt to perform \u201cA Sunday Kind of Love\u201d in a tribute to Etta James, who had died that January. Maroon 5 and Foster the People sang a medley of Beach Boys songs, alongside the Boys themselves, in honor of the surf-rock band\u2019s 50th anniversary. And\u2014as seen above\u2014Blake Shelton and The Band Perry joined Glen Campbell on the Grammys stage to perform three of the country singer\u2019s biggest hits, the homage coming months after Campbell revealed his Alzheimer\u2019s diagnosis.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Adeles_Supremacy\"><\/span>Adele\u2019s Supremacy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With the success and acclaim of her album <em>21<\/em>, Adele won all six of the categories in which she was nominated, tying Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s record for most Grammys won by a female artist in one night. The Brit also became the first artist in more than three decades to win the \u201cBig Four\u201d categories: Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;Rumor Has It&#039; Adele&#039;s Rolling in the Grammys\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jj4n54jM8H4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Better yet, Adele performed her hit \u201cRolling in the Deep\u201d at the ceremony, making a comeback in her first performance since undergoing throat surgery months prior. And the singer, who was pregnant with son Angelo at the time, was wearing a custom Giorgio Armani dress that she would later call <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/544DTGHIBM0?t=405\">her most iconic style moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kanyes_No-Show\"><\/span>Kanye\u2019s No-Show<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Kanye West, the most-nominated artist of the 2012 Grammys, skipped the ceremony\u2014perhaps because his album <em>My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy<\/em> was shut out of the Album of the Year category, despite rave reviews from critics. West ended up winning four awards that night, but he still <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/kanye-west-grammys-rant-atlantic-city_n_2385785\">called out Recording Academy voters<\/a> that December, telling fans not to expect him to attend the next Grammys ceremony either. 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