Grammy Awards: The 6 Biggest Controversies Of All Time

The 60th Edition of the Annual Grammy Awards will be held on January 28, 2018. The ceremony will be hosted by popular late-night show host James Corden. The event will be broadcasted live from the Madison Square Garden, New York City and it will start from 6 AM, Monday as per IST. It will be for the first time since 2003 when the Awards will happen outside of Los Angeles.

The Recording Academy recognizes and awards the best singers, artists, performances and albums every year. Almost every edition of the popular awards is full of glitz, glamour, surprises and controversies. The biggest names in the music industry will mark their presence on the 28th and will cheer for the winners. The Awards have a huge fan-following and are said to be the Oscars of the music industry. Here are 6 biggest controversies of all time:

Macklemore apologizing to Kendrick Lamar (2013): After surprisingly winning the Grammy for Best Rap Album, Macklemore ended up apologizing for his win. He personally texted Kendrick Lamar who was also nominated and told him that he deserved to win and even posted a screenshot of his apology on Instagram.

Elton John performing with Eminem (2001): Eminem was accused by the LGBTQ community of using homophobic lyrics in his 2000 album, The Marshall Mathers LP. It came as a shock to many when Elton John, one of the leading voices from the community, teamed with Eminem for an onstage performance at 2001 Grammy Awards.

Jeniffer Lopez's Controversial Gown (2001): The singer-actress made an appearance with rapper P. Diddy in a see-through Versace gown that made the channel officials introduce a strict wardrobe policy for the ceremony in the future editions.

Adele beating Beyonce for Album of the Year (2017): The British singer swept the 59th Grammy awards winning a total of 5 awards but surprised everyone when she said on stage that she didn't deserve to win for the Best Album as Beyonce's Lemonade was abetter Album than her's.

Milli Vanilli stripped off their Grammies (1990): The German duo won Grammy trophies for the Best New Artists for their hit 'Blame it on the rain'. Later, they confessed that neither of them contributed vocals to the song and were stripped-off their Grammies the next year.

Nicky Minaj arrives at the Grammies with fake Pope (2012): Niki Minaj turned heads and controversies towards her when she appeared with an actor dressed as the pope. Her performance of Roman Holiday also included a Priest performing an exorcism.