Grammy Award ceremonies have been televised live since 1971. The Staples Center has hosted the most Grammy Award telecasts, having hosted nineteen times. The Shrine Auditorium which hosted sixteen times was surpassed by the Staples Center in 2017. Los Angeles has held a total of 38 Grammy Award telecasts, with New York having hosted ten times and Nashville serving as host once.

The weddings of 33 couples during the Grammy Awards were legally presided over by Queen Latifah. The rapper-actress-talk show host had to be sworn in as a commissioner by the state of California to perform the ceremony. "You can call me Queen Commish for a little longer," she joked backstage Sunday night. Jennifer Hudson arrives at the 56th annual GRAMMY awards - salute to industry icons with Clive Davis, on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP) The 56th Annual Grammy Awards certainly provided many a notable moment courtesy of the host of stars who took to the stage. Now, following show-stopping showings from the likes of Beyonce, Madonna Grammy Awards host Frank Sinatra in 1963 honored Bing Crosby with the Recording Academy’s first-ever Lifetime Ryan Lewis, and Queen Latifa embrace on stage at the 56th Grammy Awards]. 56th Annual Grammy Awards which saw Daft Punk earn top awards for Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Carole King was the recipient of MusiCares Person of the Year two days prior to the awards ceremony. Trivia. Best Metal Performance became a stand-alone category after branching off from the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category. Jan 27, 2014 · Miley Cyrus performs during the 56th annual GRAMMY Awards Pre-GRAMMY Gala and Salute to Industry Icons honoring Lucian Grainge at The Beverly Hilton on January 25, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA Kevin Jan 26, 2014 · 56th GRAMMY Awards - Show LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 26: Singer Kacey Musgraves performs onstage during the 56th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California

It almost seemed like the producers of the 56th annual Grammy Awards went out of their way to ensure the show would be uneventful. In that regard, the broadcast was a resounding success.

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Jan 26, 2014 · 56th GRAMMY Awards - Show LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 26: Singer Kacey Musgraves performs onstage during the 56th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California Leonie Koch - German TV Host - July 2020 by nedd75 The 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards 01/26/14 [Re: shortgnomemage] Kyuubi Katherine McNamara Registered: 07/21/08 Adding something new to his resume was this year’s Grammy host James Corden, who brought a new flavor of hilarity and fun to the party. Taking over hosting duties from LL Cool J, Corden kept the