Usher’s sloppy Prince tribute bombed at Grammys 2020

January 26, 2020

If Prince could see Usher’s Grammys 2020 tribute to him from his purple throne in the hereafter, he surely wasn’t so delirious about it.

After all, the last time Prince played the Grammy stage in 2004, he absolutely murdered it with Beyoncé in one of the all-time best opening performances on music’s biggest night. Suffice to say, this was not that.

The year after Prince died, Bruno Mars and the Time did a tribute to the Purple One at the 2017 Grammys that had us all going crazy.

Three years later, the latest Prince salute basically served to promote the upcoming Grammy tribute concert to the late legend that will be taped Tuesday for broadcast on CBS later this year.

But going through a meh medley of “Little Red Corvette,” “When Doves Cry” and “Kiss,” 41-year-old Usher — as talented as a performer as he is — came off more like a Vegas showman than a Minneapolis funkster.

And Prince protégée Sheila E., backing Usher up on the skins — and a pole-dancing FKA Twigs — didn’t have enough to do to really help.

FKA twigs, foreground, and Usher perform during a Prince tribute at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
FKA twigs, foreground, and Usher perform during the Prince tribute.Matt Sayles/Invision/AP

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