Jennifer Lopez, 2000

No 1 could ever person guessed the bid of events that would travel the uncover of this dress. J. Lo rather virtually shocked the satellite with this present iconic plunging Versace jungle-print gown. People searched it connected the Internet truthful overmuch that Google was inspired to make the Google Images hunt engine.

Eminem & Elton John, 2001

Jaws literally dropped erstwhile the improbable duo took the signifier to execute unneurotic for the Grammy Awards. It's a spot much astonishing erstwhile you recognize that their show spawned a relationship that has endured implicit the years. Both musicians person said that they bonded implicit their shared sobriety.

50 Cent & Evanescence, 2004

After the stone set bushed the rapper successful the Best New Artist category, 50 Cent took to the signifier during the band's speech, which confused the full audience. He smoothly walked backmost down to his spot moments aboriginal to a circular of applause, and was adjacent fixed a shout-out from the band. It's harmless to accidental helium was a spot upset to spell location empty-handed that night.

M.I.A., 2009

While it isn't a large woody for a large instrumentalist to perform, it's a beauteous large woody to rap and sing onstage on your owed date. This is precisely what the "Paper Planes" rapper did successful 2009, erstwhile she took to the signifier to execute "Swagga Like Us" with T.I., Lil Wayne, Jay-Z and Kanye West. Luckily, the babe waited a fewer days earlier yet arriving. 

Lady Gaga, 2011

The Star Is Born actress had a genuinely out-of-this-world acquisition erstwhile she arrived on the reddish carpet successful an ovum pod. Models successful golden ensembles lifted the vas done the hordes of radical to the signifier area, wherever she crawled to perform.

Macklemore & Kendrick Lamar, 2014

When The Heist won for Album of the Year, adjacent Macklemore was surprised. He was truthful surprised, successful fact, that helium texted Kendrick Lamar to apologize. "You got robbed. I wanted you to win," the prima told his competitor. "You should have. It's weird and it sucks that I robbed you." While Macklemore person been a sincere apology, Drake called the public apology "wack arsenic f--k."

Beck & Kanye West, 2015

After the rapper interrupted Taylor Swift astatine the MTV Video Music Awards successful 2009, helium got a batch of criticism. Perhaps this is wherefore the prima changed his caput erstwhile helium went onstage to instrumentality the mic retired of Album of the Year victor Beck. Beck welcomed Kanye to talk his mind, but the rapper simply returned to his spot arsenic radical looked connected successful shock.

Beyoncé, 2017

It was a show to behold erstwhile the Lemonade performer ascended the signifier successful a shimmering golden formal and crown. At the time, she was heavy large with twins Sir and Rumi arsenic she danced and sang to "Sandcastles" and "Love Drought." While each performances by Queen B are amazing, this 1 is decidedly 1 of her astir memorable. 

Adele, 2017

It was a pugnacious prime to ballot betwixt Adele and Beyoncé, but the votes were formed and Adele won. "I'm precise humbled and I'm precise grateful and gracious. But my creator of my beingness is Beyoncé. And this medium to me, the Lemonade album, is conscionable truthful monumental," the British vocalist tearfully revealed during her acceptance code for Album of the Year, which was mostly devoted to praising Bey. 

Adele, 2017

George Michael's decease deed adjacent to location for the star, who got choked up during her tribute to the precocious singer. As she began to sing his song "Fastlove," she swore and asked to commencement implicit wholly adjacent though the amusement was being broadcast live. "I'm atrocious for swearing and I'm atrocious for starting again," Adele said. "Can we delight commencement it again? I'm sorry, I can't messiness this up for him. I'm sorry. I can't. I'm atrocious for swearing. I'm truly sorry."

Michelle Obama, 2019

When it came clip to commencement the show, host Alicia Keys surprised the assemblage by bringing a fewer acquainted pistillate faces to the stage, including the erstwhile archetypal lady.

Alicia Keys, 2019

Leave it to the modern queen of the keys to perform a medley of hits arsenic the night's big utilizing not one, but 2 pianos. 

Demi Lovato, 2020

Nearly 2 years aft surviving a near-fatal overdose, Demi Lovato took the signifier astatine the 2020 Grammys for a almighty show of "Anyone," marking her archetypal clip singing unrecorded since being hospitalized. The infinitesimal was truthful affectional that Lovato had to commencement the opus implicit again. 

Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion, 2021

Stripper bottommost props, neon graphics and a full batch of twerking made this NSWF performance of "WAP" a must-see lawsuit astatine the 2021 Grammys. "If you person tiny children successful the room, conscionable archer them it's a opus astir giving a feline a bath," big Trevor Noah jokingly warned earlier the duo took the stage. 

Olivia Rodrigo and BTS' V, 2022

The K-pop radical started disconnected their 2022 Grammys performance of "Butter" with Jungkook descending from the MGM Grand Garden Arena ceiling. Then, the remainder of the group—J-Hope, RM, Suga, Jin, V and Park Ji-min—slowly appeared passim the audience, with V cozying up to popular prima Olivia Rodrigo.