Taylor Swift Beat-Boxes & Other Notable Moments From Grammy Noms TV Special
The Grammy nominations concert, an hour-long TV special aired live from Nashville, just wrapped up and this year's show tipped its cowboy hat to the host city's country roots: "Honky-tonk, here I come," LL Cool J joked in his opening monologue. "You have no idea how excited I am to have you in Nashville," Taylor Swift told her co-host. "This is my town!"
All in all, it was a decent watch: Country had a strong showing with a Johnny Cash tribute from Dierks Bentley and The Band Perry, plus performances from country-pop acts Luke Bryan and Hunter Hayes. Maroon 5, fun. and Ne-Yo also took the stage, while Jay-Z, Kanye, fun., Mumford & Sons and Frank Ocean topped the nominees with six each--see the complete list here. And perhaps best of all: Adam Levine kept his shirt on!
Below are the most notable moments. Be sure to check out photos of the event, too!
Taylor Swift Beat-Boxes!
In her opening segment with LL, Swift reprised her role as T-Swizzle, beat-boxing her song "Mean" from her hit album Red (which wasn't released in time to be eligible for any awards this year). "I'm 100% sure we're not going to be nominated for that collaboration," said Swift. Yeah, probably not. Watch below.
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