Sheila E., Maya Rudolph, and Susanna Hoffs all paid tribute to the Purple One.
The focus for 2020?
The late, greatPrince, whose songs and style continue to reverberate across our culture.
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Below, we run down the show’s best moments.
Although this single from1999made it all the way to No.
8, its slinky synths and unabashed innuendo still feel undersung in Princes repertoire.
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Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberums loose-limbed performance helped bump its visibility back up.
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The Beautiful Ones H.E.R.
7 on the Hot 100 in 1984).
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She capped it all off by tossing her cymbal to the ground.
The song reached No.
2 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the strength of its Paisley sparkle and the bands pristine harmonies.
Hoffs and Martin intertwined their voices, stripping the sweet lament to a gorgeously elegiac place.
An impressive and worthy performance for one of Prince’s best songs.
It was a bracing and welcome shot of rock.
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“The Cross” Gary Clark, Jr.
It was hard not to get goosebumps watching it.
