Fellow headliners Aretha Franklin and Jeff Beck, along with guests like Mick Jagger and Ozzy Ozbourne, celebrate night two of Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary.

By Saimon Kos

<P><b>NEW YORK</b> — For the second night in a row, Tom Hanks walked onstage at Madison Square Garden to do the introduction for the <a href="/news/articles/1625163/bruce-springsteen-stevie-wonder-steal-rock-hall-of-fame-show.jhtml">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concert</a>, and for the second night in a row some of the greatest rock acts of all time shared the stage. Performances varied from classic hits to once-in-a-lifetime collaborations as Aretha Franklin, Jeff Beck, Metallica and U2 all brought out big-name guests.
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</P><P>Jerry Lee Lewis got things started again, this time performing "Great Balls Fire" and literally kicking down his seat before exiting to make way for the rest of the acts.
</P><P>Franklin took the stage in a red dress that was outshined only by the sound of her voice as she opened the night with "A Natural Woman." Her set included a collaboration with Annie Lennox and one with Lenny Kravitz, who added his voice to her classic hit "Think." When asked afterward how her duet with Lenny came about, she said it was due to his friendship with her son, who also happened to play lead guitar for her band that night.
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</P><P>Next, one of the all-time great guitar players performed as a replacement for a reportedly ailing Eric Clapton. This seemed fitting, since in the 1960s, Jeff Beck was Eric's bandmate in the Yardbirds with Jimmy Page. Jeff was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame this year, and on Friday night he reminded everyone why it was an honor that was well deserved. Sting, Buddy Guy and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top each took a shot at matching their voice to Jeff's guitar, and each felt like a an experiment in music that went terribly right, especially when Beck and Gibbons recreated Jimmy Hendrix's masterpiece "Foxy Lady." No voice was needed for Jeff's final performance of the night, as he paid tribute to the Beatles with an instrumental version of "A Day in the Life." It was one worthy of the highest allowable score on "Beatles Rock Band."
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</P><P>Metallica brought more than just metal when they hit the stage. Starting off with "For Whom the Bell Tolls," the boys were then joined by Lou Reed, before succumbing to the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne. Together they paid tribute to Black Sabbath by performing "Iron Man" and "Paranoid." Then things took an unexpected turn when Metallica teamed up with the Kinks frontman Ray Davies, giving a metal edge to the punk classic "You Really Got Me." Before calling it a night, the boys ended the show with one of their biggest hits of all time, "Enter Sandman." This had its own unexpected twist, as Yankee footage began to play on the monitors above them for no apparent reason. Then again, this is New York during the World Series.
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</P><P>The final and maybe biggest act of the second night at MSG was U2. First, they shared the stage with Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith, performing "Because the Night," a song Bono said his band only wishes they could have written. His passion for the track became even more apparent when he decided to do it a second time because it was clean on the first take. Bruce stayed on for one more song, lending his voice to the classic U2 song "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." The next collaboration was one that included a much younger act, by Hall of Fame standards, when the Black Eyed Peas came out to sing "Where is the Love." Fergie stuck around when Mick Jagger came out to perform "Gimme Shelter." Mick and Bono kept the energy high, turning "Stuck in a Moment" into a duet. And finally, U2 performed "Beautiful Day," bringing the night to a beautiful end.</p>

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‘There was so much love surrounding the making of the song,’ she says about Roman Reloaded track.

By Jocelyn Vena

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<P><a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/minaj__nicki/artist.jhtml">Nicki Minaj</a> channels her inner pop princess for her just-released single "Starships." The fist-pumping song dropped on Tuesday (February 14), and it's club-ready and poised for crossover success.

Thanks to its bouncy beat, Minaj's sing-songy chorus and producer RedOne's eye for Euro house-influenced pop music, Minaj may have a new "Super Bass." It's a blast of pop goodness in which Nicki raps and sings about partying and doing what feels good for you. The song is also full of signature Minaj sass and bravado.

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"Starships were meant to fly/ Hands up and touch the sky/ Can't stop 'cause we're so high/ Let's do this one more time," she declares on the feel-good chorus, before it repeats and evolves to a smashing, dance-floor-busting grind of beats, shouts and noises that are certain to get her Barbz on the floor.

Minaj shines like a pop star the likes of Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Jennifer Lopez on the genre-busting track. But the song is also signature RedOne thanks to his keen ear for world music. That influence is felt on the song's breakdowns, which recall smashes he's made for J.Lo and Enrique Iglesias.

"There was so much love surrounding the making of the song, because RedOne is just so sweet to work with," Minaj told <a href="http://ryanseacrest.com/2012/02/14/world-premiere-listen-to-nicki-minajs-new-single-starships-audio/" target="_blank">Ryan Seacrest</a>. "He just sent me that one day and he said, 'Hey, I got something for you!' I was like 'You got to be kidding me, right?' I went to the studio and started writing … scratch that … I didn't even write the first verse! That was just me mumbling and just saying the first thing that came to my head, and we recorded it, because I just felt like, let's go to the beach … let's go get away. It was just so good. It feels good!"

"Starship" is the latest track to get a preview before Nicki drops <a href="/news/articles/1677676/nicki-minaj-pink-friday-roman-reloaded-album-delay.jhtml"><i>Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded</i></a> on April 1. On Sunday, she gave fans an over-the-top taste of "Roman Holiday" when she <a href="/news/articles/1679164/nicki-minaj-grammys-2012-performance.jhtml">performed it during the Grammy Awards</a>.

During the interview with Seacrest, Minaj shared that <i>Reloaded</i> will focus on the many sides of Nicki — and it's clear "Starships" shows her pop side. "I've never had this much fun recording music in my life. My first album, I was very guarded," she said. "I felt like I was making music to please everyone else. I had to be politically correct, but this album I am just creating music, and there's such a big difference. Literally, in the studio we were cracking up laughing, having fun and enjoying ourselves. The music itself, you're going to get every side that I've ever shown and then a little bit extra. I've tried to make it very, very balanced, because I don't ever want to be boxed in, and that's always what drives me. So I made a very diverse album."</p>

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Don’t be misguided. Plan Check is just testing out friends and family service. This Sawtelle addition opens to the public on February 22 so plan accordingly.

From the shots above once can see that Plan Check is built to foster diner-to-diner interaction via communal tables and a long bar which claim most of the dining real estate. Four-seater booths span one wall, meanwhile a smaller dimly-lit alcove offers a tv option for sports-minded patrons.

The food, beer, wine, and cocktail menus are posted overhead at the bar. Remember, plates like veggie chips and pastrami nosh were conceived by former Umami corporate chef Ernesto Uchimura, with alky offerings curated and created by Steve Livigni and Pablo Moix of La Descarga, Harvard & Stone, and that lot. Signature cocktails come with fun names like Spaghetti Western (mezcal, hot sauce, red bell pepper, lime, agave, beer) and Bento Box (rum, Licor 43, sake, bitters). Hours of operation run Sunday to Thursday, 11AM to midnight; Friday and Saturday 11AM to 2AM. Finally a better bar open late on the westside.
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• Artist: Christina Aguilera
• Label: RCA
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‘Two turntables and a microphone, that’s all it took to change the world,’ Em says of his heroes.

By Gil Kaufman

Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

<P>On the night when <a href="/music/artist/run_dmc/artist.jhtml">Run-DMC</a> became only the second hip-hop act to be inducted into the <a href="/news/articles/1608425/run-dmc-metallica-lead-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-inductees.jhtml">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>, it was fitting that the group that blazed the trail between rock and rap in the 1980s was invited into the rarified club by a hip-hop icon of the modern era whose career is built on their bedrock: <a href="/music/artist/eminem/artist.jhtml">Eminem</a>.

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His sartorial style inspired by his heroes, from the black leather jacket, shirt and pants, to the black fedora tilted on his head, <a href="/news/articles/1607474/eminem-to-induct-run-dmc-into-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame.jhtml">Eminem</a> bounded onto the stage with a pimping swagger and crossed his arms in a Run-DMC style as he leaned into the microphone.

"Two turntables and a microphone, that's all it took to change the world," the reclusive Detroit MC began. "Three kings from Queens made rap music in the b-boy stance a global phenomenon," he said of the group's members, rappers Joseph "Reverend Run" Simmons and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, and late DJ Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell. (Head to the MTV Newsroom to read the <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/04/05/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-jmjs-friend-reports-from-the-show/">e-mail JMJ's close friend Eric "Shake" James sent to MTV News</a> while he witnessed the ceremony.)

After the first time he heard the group's "hard beats and bold rhymes," at age 11, Eminem recalled that "something about the big drums and the strong raps that grabbed hold of my ears and changed my life." Clearly humbled by the honor, Slim Shady's speech had a lyrical groove as he added, "Something fresh, something tough. Something dangerous. Something beautiful and something unique. Two turntables and a microphone," staring out at the crowd and rubbing his hands together as if savoring the treat of setting up his heroes for the glory they so richly deserve.

Recalling how their 1985 video for "King of Rock" had them crashing a fictional Rock and Roll Museum and being told they didn't belong in such a museum, Eminem said, "And 25 years later, man, here we are. They didn't take no for an answer, much the same way as they didn't give up when much of the world refused to recognize rap as real music. They were the first rock stars of rap. They were the first movie stars of rap. They were the first rap group played on MTV. … They were the baddest of the bad, the coolest of the cool. Two turntables and a microphone."

Em talked about not knowing what he wanted to do in life while growing up in Detroit and then hearing Run-DMC and realizing "that you could write your own rules, which is something that still inspires me, as well as every rap other artist, constantly." And then the crowd finally caught on to the rhythm of Slim's callback refrain and repeated along with him, "Two turntables and a microphone."

"I remember being in ninth grade when <i>Raising Hell</i> came out," he recalled, and wryly added, "Two years later, I still remember being in ninth grade when <i>Tougher Than Leather</i> came out. I had skipped school, if you can believe that, to go buy <i>Tougher Than Leather</i> on cassette the day it came out. As soon as I heard 'Run's House,' man, it was pretty much a rap for me. Marshall Mathers became Eminem. It was the first time Run-DMC had changed my life, but it wouldn't be the last. Two turntables and a microphone."

Bringing the group's indelible career into the present, Em paid tribute to late DJ Mizell's mentorship of Slim's protégé, 50 Cent. "Jay shaped the way 50 wrote, the way he rapped and the way he thought," Em said of Fif, whose early works were overseen by Mizell. "Again, Run-DMC changed my life. Without them I wouldn't have met one of my closest friends."

Eminem closed by saying that the group's impact can be felt everywhere. Echoing one of the group's most famous couplets from "King of Rock," Em concluded, "There's three of them, and if you grew up on hip-hop like I did, they <i>are</i> the Beatles."

With their friends and family surrounding them onstage, Rev Run first thanked Mizell's mother for always allowing the young trio to practice at her home and never asking them to turn down the volume. He also thanked his brother, hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons, who convinced the group to change their name from the Sure Shot Three and to mash rock with their rap.

Paying touching homage to his adoptive parents, DMC urged the crowd to give love to foster children. "If my birth mother never gave me up, my real mother would have never came and got me," he said, hitting on one of the topics that has become his abiding passion since the group broke up in 2002 following <a href="/news/articles/1458435/run-dmcs-jam-master-jay-murdered.jhtml">Jay's still unsolved murder</a>. "There would be no Run-DMC; there would be no rap music the way it is today. … But forget about all that celebrity stuff, y'all. This little boy, Darryl McDaniels, wouldn't be standing here tonight telling y'all that. The best thing y'all can do is give love to a kid, because that kid may grow up and be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame one day."

Mizell's mother, Connie Mizell, also reminisced lovingly about how her late son tore up every one of her turntables learning how to scratch, and she didn't mind. And how "the boys" would be tearing it up in the next room as she studied in the adjoining room, and she didn't mind. "Nothing happens before time," she said. "It wasn't time when Jason was living. It was time after he'd gone. Because you see the blessings is still going on. He is not forgotten."

The group did not perform at the ceremony, in keeping with their pledge not to play live again following Mizell's death. </p>

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‘Jojo is all right. It’s working itself out,” Run tells MTV News.

By Gil Kaufman

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<P>You probably didn't want to be at <MTVNLINK type="url" id="/ontv/dyn/runs_house_season_05/series.jhtml">"Run's House"</MTVNLINK> on Saturday morning. That's because on Friday night, Joseph Simmons Jr., 19, known to millions as "Jojo," was arrested on Manhattan's Upper West Side after allegedly buying marijuana and trying to run away from the cops, according to a spokesperson for the New York Police Department.

After being spotted by police allegedly purchasing marijuana and then rolling it into a joint, the aspiring rapper attempted to evade arrest by throwing his BMW in reverse, almost backing into a police cruiser. The younger Simmons, who is the leader of a rap crew called Team Blackout, struggled with police attempting to apprehend him.

The NYPD spokesperson said Simmons was booked on a felony charge of attempted reckless endangerment (for backing into the police car), two misdemeanor charges of criminal use of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest and a violation for marijuana possession.

Reverend Run, Simmons' father and the legendary co-founder of of <a href="/news/articles/1608562/metallica-run-dmc-join-legends-in-hall-of-fame.jhtml">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame trio</a> Run-DMC, called MTV News on Monday morning (May 11) with an exclusive comment on the incident. "I didn't always have this collar around my neck," Run explained. "I come from a rap, rock and roll background. Jojo is all right. It's working itself out. We're pulling together as a family going forward. You live and learn." Run also said his son was released without bail on Saturday.

The younger Simmons could not be reached for comment at press time, but <a href="http://twitter.com/YoungSimmons" target="_blank">he Tweeted</a> around 3:55 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, "I'm alright everybody!" His <a href="http://twitter.com/RevRunWisdom" target="_blank">dad Tweeted</a> early Saturday morning, "you can learn many things from your Children … (Patience for instance)."

New York's <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/05/10/2009-05-10_rappers_son_springs_joint_after_pot_bust.html" target="_blank"><i>Daily News</i></a> reported on Sunday that Simmons was released on his own recognizance after a Manhattan judge dismissed the felony charge of attempted reckless endangerment.</p>

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‘When you see R&B and pop and house, as well as electronic, come together, that’s the reality of what music is,’ Usher tells MTV News.

By Jocelyn Vena, with additional reporting by Jim Cantiello

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<P>When <a href="/music/artist/usher/artist.jhtml">Usher</a> and <a href="/music/artist/guetta_david/artist.jhtml">David Guetta</a> hooked up for the French DJ's latest album, <i>Nothing but the Beat,</i> the two superstars created a chart-topping smash, <a href="/news/articles/1670301/usher-david-guetta-without-you.jhtml">"Without You,"</a> that combines Guetta's ear for house beats and Usher's ability to convey a range of emotions with his voice. It's a song that has really stuck with fans of all genres of music.

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The track — a swirling pop ode to not giving up on love in the face of adversity — struck Usher with its emotional core.

"David Guetta is an amazing artist," he told MTV News last week at a <a href="/news/articles/1674705/justin-bieber-usher-advice.jhtml">Pencils of Promise charity event</a>. "We talked for many years about working together, and we found a record that was incredible."

Usher said it was a song that resonated with him personally. "I think the world wanted a record like that. That [song] really spoke to the journey that I've actually been on in the last three years," he said. "Traveling all around the world, music sounds different. There's many different genres, and when you see R&B and pop and house, as well as electronic, come together, that's the reality of what music is."

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When MTV News talked to Guetta on the <a href="/news/articles/1674728/ama-taylor-swift-nicki-minaj-katy-perry.jhtml">American Music Awards</a> red carpet Sunday, he said "Without You" is a standout track on the album. The LP dropped earlier this year and also includes <a href="/news/articles/1674756/american-music-awards-nicki-minaj-david-guetta.jhtml">Nicki Minaj, who performed with Guetta at the AMAs</a>.

"It's one of my favorite songs," he said. "It's just, I'm a DJ, so I want to make people dance always, but I also want to give emotions. When it comes to that, 'Without You' is probably one of the most emotional songs that I've done, and yes, I'm very proud of that record."

<i>What do you think about "Without You"? Share your reviews in the comments!</i></p>

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‘Of course we can get together, he got hot beats and I got dope rhymes,’ T.I. tells MTV News.

By Rob Markman, with reporting by FLX

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<P>No matter your stature in rap, working with <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/dr_dre/artist.jhtml">Dr. Dre</a> is a pretty big deal. Newcomers like Kendrick Lamar and Slim the Mobster have seen their careers grow considerably after working with the good doctor, while veterans like Busta Rhymes and 50 Cent have marveled at Dre's in-studio work ethic. For <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/t_i_/artist.jhtml">T.I.</a>, however, simply working with the West Coast production king isn't enough. He wants to develop a tighter musical bond.

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On Tuesday (December 28), Tip leaked a trailer for the <a href="http://rapfix.mtv.com/2011/12/27/ti-gets-studio-time-with-dr-dre-mixtape-trailer">mixtape <i>F— da City Up</i></a> that showed him and Dre working together in the studio.

"Dre was here. He sent for me over to the spot. We really just turned up more than anything else. It was about creating chemistry," T.I. told MTV News while he was in Atlanta preparing for the New Year's Day release of the mixtape.

This isn't the first time that the King of the South has collaborated with the California legend. A few years ago, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVatLdGfIkM" target="_blank">"Topless,"</a> a song that was said to be recorded for <a href="http://rapfix.mtv.com/2011/11/14/dr-dre-wants-a-break-from-music-no-update-on-detox/">Dre's oft-delayed <i>Detox</i></a>, leaked onto the Internet. According to T.I., their most recent session was a fruitful one.

"Of course we can get together, he got hot beats and I got dope rhymes, so we can always get together and make music," Tip said. "But for people to feel what we're sayin' and for it to sound like a party comin' through your speakers, you gonna have to create some chemistry. So that's what we spent more time doin' than anything else; developing that chemistry."</p>

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Rest of the panel is also signed on to return.

By Gil Kaufman

Photo: NBC

<P>Unlike the typical <a href="/news/articles/1666686/american-idol-jennifer-lopez.jhtml">judges'-panel drama unfolding over at "American Idol,"</a> it looks like NBC newcomer "The Voice" has locked down its diva for a second season: <a href="/music/artist/aguilera_christina/artist.jhtml">Christina Aguilera</a> will be back on the small screen in the spring.

According to <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/voice-christina-aguilera-return-as-207301" target="_blank"><I>The Hollywood Reporter,</I></a> despite rumors to the contrary, an unnamed source said Aguilera actually agreed to give it another go on the reality singing competition "weeks ago."

The good news for fans of the upstart show is that Aguilera will be seated in the tall-backed chairs next to all her homeboys, as Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine, country star Blake Shelton and Cee Lo Green have also officially re-inked.

Citing an unnamed source, <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/moviestvmusic/news/all-4-coaches-from-the-voice-have-signed-on-for-season-2-2011306" target="_blank"><I>Us Weekly</I></a> reported Thursday (June 30) that the entire quartet have signed on for a second season.

Shelton recently told a <a href="http://www.wivk.com/Article.asp?id=2212759&spid=" target="_blank">Knoxville, Tennessee, radio station</a> that he'd love to come back for another run. "The reality of it is, you've got four different artists who are doing completely different things and a network that has a time schedule that they want things to happen in," he said. "Who knows what'll happen, but I'd hate to miss it."

Levine — who mentored <a href="/news/articles/1666647/javier-colon-the-voice-winner.jhtml">Javier Colon to a win</a> on Wednesday night — also seemed eager to make a return engagement. "Yeah, that's the question that everyone's asking me," he told the <I>Reporter</I> earlier this week about the constant questions about whether he'll be back. "I'd hate to say for sure, but I think so. If they'll have me, I'd be delighted to be back."

The show has been renewed for another season and is expected to make its second bow after the Super Bowl in the spring.

The <I>Reporter</I> also revealed that the pay scale on the show has Aguilera far out-earning her fellow coaches, raking in a reported $225,000 per episode to the men's $75,000 each.

The quick re-sign of Aguilera is in contrast to the drama at the granddaddy of hit TV reality singing shows, "Idol." While veteran judge <a href="/news/articles/1666649/american-idol-judges-randy-jackson-steven-tyler.jhtml">Randy Jackson and newbie Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler</a> are onboard for the upcoming 11th season, it remains unclear if the other new face of the series, Jennifer Lopez, will be back.

With her music career revived, thanks to the exposure of "Idol," Lopez has been coy about whether she's willing to give it another shot.

"You know, this is the question of the hour," she said earlier this month in an interview with BBC's Radio 1. "I don't know. I haven't been forced to make a decision, and I'm glad about that because, honestly, I'm very on the fence about it. I had an amazing time doing it and I loved it, but I have a lot of other things happening, and it's going to come down to me making a choice of what I want to do for the next year, and we're not really at the breaking point of, 'You have to make a decision right now!' I'm just really enjoying the time of just waiting and seeing."

<i>Are you happy the panel will be back on "The Voice"? Let us know in the comments!</i></p>

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British songstress joins a list of big winners with heavy Grammy armloads, including Beyoncé, Norah Jones and U2.

By Gil Kaufman

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<P>It's always exciting to see an artist have a huge night at the <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/grammys">Grammys</a>. And no one had a bigger one Sunday than <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/adele/artist.jhtml">Adele</a>, who <a href="/news/articles/1679111/grammy-2012-adele-wins.jhtml">went home six for six</a>, sweeping the top categories and cementing her name in the record books alongside Beyoncé as the most celebrated single-night female Grammy winner in history.

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There's always a feeling of inevitability when an album that goes into the night with a lot of nominations starts racking up a slew of wins in the major categories on the way to the (usually) inevitable crowning achievement: Album of the Year.

But in some ways, it's hard to really put those historic nights into full frame until you can, literally, see the whole metal haul in one shot. Hence, the obligatory armload-of-Grammys money shot. From Michael Jackson to Santana, Beyoncé, Lauryn Hill, U2, Foo Fighters, Norah Jones and Alicia Keys, the night never really comes into focus until the beaming winner gets up on the stage in the press room and struggles to hold all that gold in two arms.

Which led us to wonder, just how heavy was Adele's Grammy haul Sunday night? We asked the Recording Academy, which kindly let us know that each gilded gramophone weighs 5 pounds and 4 ounces, which means Adele was holding up exactly 31 pounds and 8 ounces of Grammy glory.

She was a bit shy of the all-time heavyweight record, which belongs to the late Michael Jackson and Santana, who each won eight awards on their big nights in, respectively, 1984 and 2000, and just behind Paul Simon, who took seven in 1971.

So, just to put it into perspective, here are a few other things that weigh around 31 pounds:

<b>»</b> 20 dozen eggs<br>
<b>»</b> Four gallons of water<br>
<b>»</b> A young emperor penguin<br>
<b>»</b> An average two-and-a-half-year-old boy or four newborns<br>
<b>»</b> A healthy female beagle<br>
<b>»</b> A child's bike<br>
<b>»</b> The average amount of cheese an American eats every year<br>
<b>»</b> A very heavy broadsword<br>
<b>»</b> A bit less than what the average woman should gain during a healthy pregnancy<br>

<i>What did you think of the 54th Grammy Awards? Leave your comment below!</i></p>

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Adele, Nicki Minaj, Dave Grohl and more make Bigger Than The Sound‘s look back on music’s biggest night.

By James Montgomery

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<P>How you felt about Sunday night's 54th <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/grammys/">Grammy Awards</a> probably had a lot to do with whether or not you were <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/adele/artist.jhtml">Adele</a>. Or Dave Grohl. Or <a href="/music/artist/minaj__nicki/artist.jhtml">Nicki Minaj</a>. For different reasons, of course.

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If you were Ms. Adkins, you undoubtedly loved the show, because you <a href="/news/articles/1679111/grammy-2012-adele-wins.jhtml">won darn-near everything</a> (and <i>slayed</i> in your <a href="/news/articles/1679097/grammys-2012-adele-performance.jhtml">comeback performance</a>). If you were the <a href="/news/articles/1679115/2012-grammys-foo-fighters.jhtml">Foo Fighters' frontman</a>, you also undoubtedly loved it, not just because you won darn-near everything, but also because you appeared to be having a thoroughly awesome time whilst doing so. Grohl was the secret-MVP of the telecast, thanks to his Slayer T-shirt, rambling acceptance speech, that shot of him totally feeling Deadmau5's performance, and everything that happened in the last three minutes of Paul McCartney's night-closing jam, especially the 45-second stretch where he stood directly behind McCartney during "The End," grinning like a new enrollee at Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp.

If you were Minaj, well, let's just say that eventually, after spending years convincing yourself it wasn't <i>that</i> bad, you'll end up watching the footage on YouTube and discover it was actually worse. From arriving on the Grammy carpet with a dude dressed like the pope to an odd, over-the-top, obtuse-to-the-point-of-self-parody performance of "Roman Holiday" (your move, Gaga) — with a Best New Artist loss to a guy dressed like a social-studies teacher thrown in at some point in-between — it was not a great night for you.

Nor was it much fun for <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/lady_gaga/artist.jhtml">Lady Gaga</a>, who, despite bringing a scepter to the show (inspired!), was essentially an afterthought. Or Katy Perry, whose performance never truly seemed to get on track. Or Mumford &amp; Sons, who went winless in four categories on Sunday night, meaning they didn't get to leave their seats once during the three-and-a-half hour show.

There were, of course, artists who managed to shine from beneath Adele's and the Foos' respective shadows. Jennifer Hudson, whose tribute to the <a href="/news/articles/1679029/whitney-houston-dead.jhtml">late Whitney Houston</a> was both nuanced and emotional (a tricky thing to pull off), surely only added to her ever-growing legend. Taylor Swift displayed class and sass — and maybe grew up a little bit before our very eyes — with her performance of "Mean." The Civil Wars appeared to be genuinely likeable people. Shoot, even David Guetta, Chris Brown and Lil Wayne managed to make it out of that whole "EDM Tribute" debacle relatively unscathed.

But what about the viewers at home? Well, I'm sure the folks who were outraged last year when Arcade Fire beat Eminem for Album of the Year — folks like Steve Stoute, the marketing exec/music vet who was so upset by incident that he <a href="/news/articles/1658385/steve-stoute-grammys-new-york-times.jhtml">penned an open letter</a> to the Grammy governing body that compared Em to Bob Dylan — really liked the show a lot. So, too, one can assume, did dudes who like Dubstep (more often than not, these are the same people). It was, after all, the first Grammy telecast in recent memory that went almost entirely by the books, giving the year's best-selling artist three-quarters of the year's biggest awards (Album, Record and Song of the Year). Was that a result of Grammy voters bowing to public pressure to make the show more representative of the <i>actual</i> whims of music-buying community, or was Adele's <i>21</i> the rare album that so seized the collective conscience that anything less would seem outrageous? I'm inclined to think it was the latter. But still, at the end of the day, peering up and down the winner's list … these were very much the people's Grammys.

On the other hand, if you were someone who was slightly inspired by Arcade Fire's AOTY win (even though you'd never admit to your kickball team/artesian cheese monger/barista girlfriend), well, there's a pretty good chance you're feeling conflicted about the Grammys. On one hand, you love everything Adele stands for — and in opposition to — and you're happy she won. On the other, well, dude, you were sort of rooting for Bon Iver … especially if his wins might have symbolized <a href="/news/articles/1678745/2012-grammy-winner-predictions.jhtml">some profound change</a> in the minds of Grammy voters. Alas, we ended up with more of the same … though, in a pinch, we'll take Best New Artist.

In short, the 54th Grammys were the show we're always complaining about whenever we're complaining about the Grammys. Predictable. Poorly paced. Pandering. By the same token, they were perfectly representative of the year in music, which is all the Steve Stoutes of the world were asking for in the first place. And so, once again, the awards remain caught between those two extremes. And in a year where both sides could at least agree on Adele, that doesn't exactly bode well for the future. Then again, I suppose that no matter what happens, there will be some segment of music fans who will be upset. If the 54th Grammys taught us anything, perhaps it's that you really <i>can't</i> win. But you most certainly can lose. Just ask Nicki Minaj.

<i>What did you think of the 54th Grammy Awards? Leave your comment below!</i></p>

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‘A lot of times there’s a lot of artists that didn’t end up winning that became huge,’ Joe tells MTV News of this year’s Best New Artist class.

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<P>Three years ago, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/adele/artist.jhtml">Adele</a> was an up-and-coming singer who was just beginning bubble on the American pop scene thanks to her <i>19</i> single "Chasing Pavements." In 2009, a year after the release of her debut, the still-somewhat-unknown <a href="/news/articles/1604571/who-is-best-new-artist-grammy-winner-adele.jhtml">Brit won the Best New Artist Grammy</a>. She was well on her way to becoming one of the biggest voices in pop.

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This year, she'll head into Sunday's <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/grammys">Grammys</a> with six nominations for her <a href="/news/articles/1678825/grammy-2012-album-of-year-adele-profile.jhtml">heartbreaking <i>21.</i></a> But back in '09, Adele — who had yet to build up a big Stateside fanbase — managed beat the likes of the <a href="/music/artist/jonas_brothers/artist.jhtml">Jonas Brothers</a> and fellow Brit Duffy in the category. Three years later, the JoBros can laugh off the loss.

"We lost," Kevin joked to MTV News when we caught up with the guys this week. Asked if he had any 2012 Grammy advice for the "Rolling in the Deep" singer, he could only say, "To Adele … she's only like one of the best artists ever. It's cool."

Joe also had some words of wisdom for this year's crop of Best New Artist nominees, including the Band Perry, Bon Iver, J. Cole, Nicki Minaj and Skrillex.

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"I think, go in knowing that you're a winner already. You got that far, you should feel like a champion," Joe said. "I believe Norah Jones said it: Sometimes it can be a curse. You get scared if you're gonna win. I'm not saying there's a curse on Adele — she's amazing! — but a lot of times there's a lot of artists that didn't end up winning that became huge, so you're a winner [regardless]."

And as the JoBros dished, if you do lose, there's always a consolation prize. "You do get a really cool necklace, gold metal thing," Kevin revealed.

<b>Chaos! Profanity! Wardrobe malfunctions! Don't miss our <a href="/news/articles/1678706/grammy-awards-red-carpet-live-stream.jhtml">Grammy red-carpet live stream</a> this Sunday, February 12, for a full three hours of mayhem, starting at 5 p.m. ET on MTV.com. And the fun doesn't end Sunday: MTV News has you covered for all the <a href="http://style.mtv.com/category/awards-shows/">Grammy red-carpet fashion</a>, <a href="/news/articles/1678701/grammy-winners-list.jhtml">Grammy winners</a> and Grammy news until the hangover wears off!</b></p>

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