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It's not typical for an award's presenter to be the story, but after being diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder last year, in too much pain to tour now, Céline Dion, clearly emotional at being back on stage again.

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When I say that I'm happy to be here, I really mean it from my heart.

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But of course, the singer had a job to do.

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Taylor Swift.

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Winning the big one, Album of the Year, Swift is now the only the artist ever to have lifted the prestigious award four times.

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I would love to tell you that this is the best moment of my life, but I feel this happy when I finish a song. All I want to do is keep being able to do this.

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A headline grabbing ceremony this year for much more than the music. From rapper Jay-Z calling out the Grammys on how his wife, Beyoncé, can have won more of the awards than anyone but never best album.

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So even by your own metrics, that doesn't work.

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Then there was Billy Eilish's unfiltered reaction to picking up best song. Yikes. Oh, my goodness. Damn, that's stupid, guys. Not to mention the strange turn of events which saw rapper and activist, Killer Mike, go from walking away with three awards.

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I'm a black man in America, and as a kid, I had a dream to become a part of music.

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To being led away in handcuffs, his arrest on a minor charge, apparently unrelated to the night's events. Nothing compared Annie Lennix's tearful Shanne O'Connor tribute ended with this reference to Gaza. Artists with ceasefire. Peace. I really don't know life. After suffering a near fatal brain aneurysm in 2015, Joni Mitchell delivered a movingly nostalgic performance. Now 80, her resilience as an artist laying the groundwork for female songwriters today to bear their souls. Step forward, Miley Cyrus. I just won my first Grammy. Breaker Banff and flowers winning record of the year, a rebellious performance from the singer, which pretty much summed up the somewhat anarchic tone to this year's show. It has show. It's your Spencer Sky news.