The 53rd Grammy Awards | The show

Trombone Shorty performs during the pre-telecast ceremony.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Little Joe of the Tejano group Little Joe y La Familia accepts his Grammy for Tejano album.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

The scene at the pre-telecast ceremony.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Bobby McFerrin and Esperanza Spaulding.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

An excited Tia Carrera advances to the stage to accept the Grammy for Hawaiian music album.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger accepts the long-form music video Grammy.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Art director Rob Jones accepts a Grammy for best boxed or special limited edition package.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Billy Childs pulls out his notes for thanks on his way to accepting the Grammy for instrumental composition.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

The Zydeco Junkie Band hits the stage to accept their award for best zydeco or Cajun album.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

T Bone Burnett accepts a Grammy for his work on the motion picture “Crazy Heart.”  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Kathy Griffin at the Grammy pre-telecast.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Ali Farka Toure advances to accept the Grammy for traditional world music album.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Herbie Hancock accepts the Grammy for improvised jazz solo.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

The Zac Brown Band accepts the Grammy for country collaboration with vocal.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Jeff Beck, left, accepts the Grammy for rock instrumental performance from presenters Esperanza Spalding and Bobby McFerrin.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Mavis Staples performs during the pre-show.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Cyndi Lauper performs onstage during the pre-telecast ceremony.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Neil Young accepts his Grammy for best rock song.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Buddy Guy with his Grammy for contemporary blues album.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Willie “Big Eyes” Smith with his Grammy for best traditional blues album at the pre-telecast ceremony.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

LL Cool J presents singers who perform a tribute to Aretha Franklin.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Singer Christina Aguilera performs during a tribute to Aretha Franklin.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Singer Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine performs as one of the chosen songstresses giving tribute to Aretha Franklin.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Oscar winner and “American Idol” contestant Jennifer Hudson performs during a tribute to Aretha Franklin.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Gospel singer Yolanda Adams is one of the singers tapped to sing an Aretha Franklin tune.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Ricky Martin introduces Lady Gaga on stage at the 53rd Grammy Awards.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Lady Gaga hatches onstage and performs at the 53rd Grammy Awards.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Lady Gaga performs her newly released single, “Born This Way,” at the Grammys.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Lady Gaga performs an alien-style piece.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Miranda Lambert, winner of the female country vocal performance award, performs at the Staples Center show.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Arcade Fire performs at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Janelle Monae performs a crowd-pleasing set at the Grammys.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Jaden Smith and Justin Bieber perform a song inspired by Smith’s “Karate Kid” film at the Grammys.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Usher, following his protégé Justin Bieber, performs his hit song “OMG!”  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Muse performs at the 53rd Grammy Awards before winning best rock album.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Yolanda Adams, Martina McBride, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson and Florence Welch present the pop performance by a duo or group with vocals category.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Bob Dylan, second from right, performs at the 53rd Grammy Awards.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Rolling Stones frontman, and wild man, Mick Jagger performs at the 53rd Grammy Awards.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

A very colorful Cee Lo and Gwyneth Paltrow perform his hit “... You” during the 53rd Grammy Awards.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

“Teenage Dream” singer Katy Perry takes to the stage to perform at the Grammys.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

MusiCares honoree Barbra Streisand performs at the 53rd Grammy Awards.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Bruno Mars and his backup singers put their all into a performance during the 53rd Grammys.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Presenter and fashionable rapper Nicki Minaj presents the award for rap album.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Rihanna and Eminem make a dynamic pair while performing their collaborative hit “Love the Way You Lie.”  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Flames frame pop star Rihanna as she performs duringthe Grammys.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Janelle Monae, B.o.B and Bruno Mars perform together at the Grammys.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Singers John Mayer, left, Norah Jones and Keith Urban perform together at the 53rd Grammy Awards.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Eminem and his mentor-producer Dr. Dre perform “I Need a Doctor” at the 53rd Grammy Awards.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Katy Perry has a swinging performance during the Grammys.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Country group Mumford & Sons cranks it up at the 53rd Grammy Awards.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Record and song of the year winners Lady Antebellum accept a Grammy at the 53rd Grammy Awards.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Charles Kelley, left, of Lady Antebellum, is congratulated after the band won a Grammy.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Win Butler of Arcade Fire accepts their Grammy for album of the year at the 53rd Grammy Awards.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Arcade Fire reacts after winning the Grammy for album of the year.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)