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First performer/presenter to appear to nod off onstage: Gorillaz drummer Russel
Minutes into the program that this happened: less than 2
Grammy nominations for American Idol champ Fantasia Barrino: 4
Grammy nominations for American Idol champ Kelly Clarkson: 2
Grammy nominations for American Idol champ Ruben Studdard: Um
Grammy wins for Barrino: 0
Grammy wins for Clarkson: 2
Words spoken by Clarkson in accepting those two awards: 400 (approximately–she talks really fast)
Number of times Clarkson mentioned American Idol: 0 (not that fast)
Ratio of Americans watching American Idol auditions to Americans watching the Grammys: roughly 2-to-1
Minutes into the program before the inevitable performance by Madonna, who was not nominated for a Grammy: 1
Minutes into the program before the inevitable appearance of a church choir behind a Mariah Carey: 90
Minutes into the program before the inevitable Bonnie Raitt nomination: 12
Second performer/presenter to appear to nod off onstage: Actor Matt Dillon
Award Dillon was assigned to present: Best Rap Album
Wait, seriously?: Yes
Winner of the Grammy for Best Rap Album: Kanye West
Length, in seconds, of West’s acceptance speech: 74
Number of times West used the words “I,” “me” or “my”: 16
Seconds Paul McCartney spent onstage singing “Yesterday” with Jay-Z and Linkin Park: 45
Lyrics that McCartney actually pantomimed as he sang them: 9
Worst offense: Hiding behind his shirt on “Now I need a place to hide away”
Third performer/presenter to appear to nod off onstage: Sly Stone
Seconds Stone spent jamming onstage before walking off in the middle of “I Want to Take You Higher”: 136
