Kendrick Lamar and SZA won record of the year at an electric 2026 Grammy Awards Sunday night for “Luther.” Cher presented the award and mistakenly said it goes to “Luther Vandross” instead of Kendrick Lamar and SZA for their single “Luther.

One of the most memorable moments of Sunday's Grammy Awards was when Cher, who was supposed to announce the record of the year award, walked offstage before doing so and had to be called back by host Trevor Noah — only to then mistakenly announce the winner of the award as "Luther Vandross,

Cher was "happy" with her Grammys presentation despite the snafu, the show's executive producer said in a new interview.

Cher may have wanted to turn back time on her rather chaotic Grammys presenting experience. But the pop legend’s obvious good humor made her flubs one of the most meme-worthy moments of the night.

Cher suffered quite the blunder at the Grammys while presenting Record of the Year to Kendrick Lamar on Sunday (1 February)

Host Trevor Noah presented Cher, 79, with the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award during the Sunday, Feb. 1, ceremony. After delivering her acceptance speech, Cher walked off stage prematurely, forgetting that she was slated to announce Record of the Year.

While Cher didn't appear in-person at the event, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 Grammys the next day, which created confusion

For the first time since 2022, Justin Bieber returned to the Grammys stage. He celebrated Swag ’s Album of the Year nomination with a stripped back, intimate performance of “Yukon” that got to the core of what made that album work so well.