The 2021 Grammys' most memorable moments

Though “music’s biggest night” often takes place in the Staples Center, this year Trevor Noah hosted from the plaza outside downtown Los Angeles’ massive stadium, with a mix of pre-taped and live performances taking place on a series of stages set up in the nearby Los Angeles Convention Center.

Donning a leather jacket and floor-length green boa but sans shirt, Harry Styles opened the show with a jazzy rendition of “Watermelon Sugar” with Dev Hynes as a member of his band.

Before performing during the televised ceremony, Billie Eilish won the 2021 Grammy for Best Song Written For Visual Media for her song “No Time to Die,” which was released last year before the Jame Bond film of the same name was delayed multiple times. If the film comes out as currently planned (in November 2021), Eilish could win an Oscar for the song two full years after it was released as a single.

During an ad for wireless service Visible, Kevin Bacon reunited with his Tremors costar Michael Gross.

It took almost 30 minutes to get to the first award of the evening, and then a few seconds longer for us to find out that Megan Thee Stallion won Best New Artist as last year’s winner, Lizzo, struggled with the envelope.

Best New Artist nominee Noah Cyrus wore this and we thought she’d want you to see.

While DaBaby was center stage during his performance of “Rockstar,” it was his backup dancers of over-the-hill “Baby Boomers” that had people asking, “Is that Margaret Atwood?”

How many eyes to you see in this frame from Bad Bunny and Jay Cortez’s performance of “Dákiti”?

After an opening string of lower-energy performances, Dua Lipa gave us a medley of her hits (including “Levitating” feat. DaBaby) accompanied by three different looks.

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak were a last-minute addition to the Grammys lineup, performing as their first song as Silk Sonic, “Leave the Door Open.”

Taking home the second trophy of the telecast, Miranda Lambert won Best Country Album for Wildcard.

Taylor Swift went barefoot and ethereal to performing a medley of songs off folklore with the help of Jack Antonoff.

To accept his Best Pop Solo Performance award for “Watermelon Sugar,” Harry Styles switched out green for purple...and a whole lot of plaid.

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, Brandi Carlile, and Lionel Richie, paid tribute to Little Richard, John Prine, and Kenny Rogers respectively. Brittany Howard and Chris Martin closed things out with a rendition of “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” Icky points to Johnnie Walker for airing their commercial of Howard singing that same song in the subsequent commercial break.

Trevor Noah made a point to introduce Mickey Guyton as the first Black woman to be nominated for a Grammy in a country category...only to have her serve as opening act for Miranda Lambert and Marren Morris (and John Mayer).

Anderson .Paak used his Best Melodic Rap Performance win for “Lockdown” to ask everyone to use their “voice.”

Benito Martínez Ocasio released three records last year, with each being a game-changer in Latin trap. But the album that earned the nomination—and won Best Latin Pop Or Urban Album—at the 2021 Grammys is his best yet, YHLQMDLG (Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana). This marks his first time winning a Grammy that isn’t a Latin Grammy. [Tatiana Tenreyro]

“I Can’t Breathe,” Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.) won Song of the Year, which is awarded to the writers of the winning tune.

Ahead of Sunday’s telecast, there were lots of questions about how Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion would perform their explicit song of 2020, “WAP.” But nature finds a way.

After Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion accepted the Best Rap Performance award for “Savage,” Trevor Noah terrified Queen Bey by stopping her mid stage exit to inform her and the audience that the Best Rap Performance win left her tied for the most Grammy wins by any woman in history. (More on that later.)

Post Malone’s performance of “Hollywood’s Bleeding” appeared to end with him releasing his coven out into the world to do his bidding.

Dua Lipa accepted the Best Pop Vocal Album award for her album Future Nostalgia with a few hair tosses that had us saying, “Woah!” (Sorry, it’s late and the time change was this morning. We’re getting loopy.)

Lil Baby’s performance of “The Bigger Picture” included activist and Insecure actor Kendrick Sampson at the center of a scene similar to the tragic murder of Rayshard Brooks, activist Tamika Mallory speaking at a stage Black Lives Matter event, and a verse by Killer Mike.

With her Best R&B Performance win for “Black Parade,” Beyoncé broke the record for the most Grammy wins by any female, as well as any artist period. (The late Hungarian-British conductor Georg Solti holds the all-time record with 31 Grammy Awards. Beyoncé now has 29.)

Nominee Doja Cat slipped into latex for her performance of “Say So.”

Taylor Swift’s folklore wins Best Album of the Year, making Swift the first woman to win the prize three times.

Trevor Noah was very excited to tell viewers that BTS’ perforamnce of “Dynamite” was filmed in Seoul on a stage that waas a re-creation of the Grammys’ Los Angeles stage.

Roddy Ricch performed “Heartless” on the piano before moving on to “The Box.”

Shrug. At least the HFPA came out on stage to do the very least. We don’t think this will do anythng to get The Weeknd back.

As the show ran long, Ringo Starr enderingly rambled on before presenting the final award of the evening.

Reminicent of Adele’s acceptance speech a few years back that honored Beyoncé, Billie Eilish used her acceptance speech for Record of the Year to tell everyone that it should have gone to Megan Thee Stallion.

Also check out our full list of 2021 Grammys winners.