Watch Madonna's Hypotonic GRAMMY Opener In 1999 | GRAMMY Great Performances
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- Опубліковано 27 гру 2023
- Madonna opened the 41st GRAMMYs with a Japanese-inspired performance of "Nothing Really Matters," drawing inspiration from its music video. The song's parent album, 'Ray of Light,' won Madonna three GRAMMYs that night: Best Pop Album, and Best Dance Recording and Best Short Form Music Video for the title track.
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I watched this live in 1999. An iconic performance and till now , ',Ray of Light " is still her best record ever.
I agree and the concert tour for it was awesome! The best concert I have been to. The crowds just screamed leaving the arena I never experienced anything like it!
I agree.
Ray of Light album was huge in 1998. Frozen was the only song that could beat My Heart Will Go On in the charts lol. At least in my country. I mean MHWGO was the number one song of that year, but it was such a juggernut with the movie supporting it, that any song that came second, had to be really amazing an unique. And Frozen was, such as this song and many others from that album.
i used to feel the same way about the album back then, but it hasnt really aged as well i think now. I prefer Erotica or Bedtime stories
its aged amazingly@@greggel Bedtime Stories and Erotica are very 90s R&B coded.
Seeing her open her Celebration Tour with this song live was incredible!!!!!
Sameeee i loved the opening. Where did you see her?
Strange how it’s so much more in tune now than it was in 1997! 😂
I saw her at the Toronto shows Jan 11/12 and was facing her right side of the stage. So when she came out with this opening song, I got a close look of her and was blown away. So mesmerizing, I cried.😊
She’s looking so gorgeous on tour right now, too. I couldn’t stop staring at her in awe.
@@hazell5457 i was there too! astonishing😁
She finally opened the Grammys after 16 years of being overlooked for all that amazing work before Ray of Light.
She was occasionally nominated before ROL, but never showed up to perform or present. She got back to back Best Pop Vocal nominations in the 80s, which is pretty impressive, since the category is based solely on singing ability/vocal performance
@@MartinSmith156she’s a great singer and vocalist, so she fully deserved nominations.
Watching that performance I can see why.
@@TheGARCKshe was obviously nervous here.
@@TheGARCK that's the thing this is OK but it's hardly her best Grammy performance, she's performed 5 times. Her 2006 performance is her best and it was groundbreaking at the time
And she WON A GRAMMY right AFTER THIS PERFORMANCE ❤
for the album, not for this horrid vocal performance
@@miguelberrios3445 Horrid? Not at all. Shaky at times, but okay nonetheless.
I appreciate how you can really hear her voice. One mistake and it’s gonna be super obvious. Hats off to her
My ears are still recovering
@@pjesfat least it’s better than Taylor
@@spilledbeans7000 Well you certainly won’t get an argument from me on that one 😂
well, she always had a good vibrato, but the error she made was to always want to make some live performances sound 100% like the album CDs which nearly zero artists are capable of. Guess what? she can't, because her vocal talent is great for ballads (high and low notes, deep voice) but not that much for live performances in which she needs to move and dance (she could when she was in her 20s and was one of the rare artists doing it with this willpower), which is the case here, besides the fact that this rollercoaster song is very hard to sing.
Her sincerity and her die-hard attitude taking so muck risk is just astonishing!
@@pjesf here's a treatment for you :) 2 other live performances that suit better to her voice ua-cam.com/video/ddqS91mpqXQ/v-deo.htmlsi=sWHZh1BI_VECZJPm ua-cam.com/video/ogCbtabiU_c/v-deo.htmlsi=1mXcdcTOYDRkgptY
Madonna has the career with the most iconic moments in the music industry. Her Legacy is incredible. ❤
Shut up
Wait till the pedo shit comes out 😂
She IS pop music. So yeah that would be an understatement
I really like this performance, no filter, no superfluous, no vocal editing, just raw, magnificent talent, like a Diamond that the world is rediscovering.
I'm sorry, but Ray Of Light was the real record of the year and not just the pop album. M would have fully deserved it.❤
Iconic performance ❤
ROL is simply one of the most important albums in pop music history. It's her magnum opus.
@@AriaArah Ray of Light is a pop album just like any other. There's absolutely nothing special about it.
She sounds flat
As a big fan of Madonna and of this song, she sounded off key and flat for most of the performance lol.😅
@@materiaisdeestudos9219what
Late 90's Madonna with the Ray of Light album was just too iconic. What a great live performance.
From Marie Antoinette to Evita to Geisha, what a woman, what an art !
Yes ! I agree. This was in her “ Memoirs of a Geisha “ era. I love that she opens her Celebration concert with her singing this song! Love it!
100% live vocals.
Do u have a dude? Haha
Unfortunately
I thought that the only amazing shoes in the industry were Lady Gaga's, but seeing Madonna's shoes in this performance, it is more than confirmed that she was the pioneer in everything that exists today.
Totally and if you notice the stage was curved…and yet here she was dancing and singing live in 10 inch heels 👠 #iconic btw she was 41 in this performance
She actually is UNORIGINAL, and steals all her ideas from other women and cultures... and this is marketed as 'reinvention'... it's all such a farce.
Gaga has copied several Madonna's stuff.
@@helgafever768 They all seem to want to embody several archetypes, both modern and historical, because they know they can 'tap' into those energies swimming all around us, and harness those energies, for their own wicked purposes.
You have to credit fashion designers for such things - not Madonna or Gaga. In this case, Jean-Paul Gaultier for these boots and for many of Gaga's - Alexander McQueen.
Hard to believe this is 1999. The performance seems very contemporary, like it hasn't aged a day, also the music. She was 25 years ahead of time here.
yes! i think she's always been a few decades ahead of her time... ever since 1985 & her mtv days
Y’all can’t realize this performance would get someone cancelled today??
She would be accused of cultural appropriation if that was nowdays
@@Zzz2x I was looking for that comment in the comment section. Something like that would never be possible today
She has real songs. With depth. She is one of a kind. In her own league.
I don’t doubt that she IS in a ‘league of her own’, but not in the manner you intended!
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Finally this legendary performance is in HD! I'm glad this song is getting the recognize it deserves and I think it was perfect as the opening of The Celebration Tour! That's why Madonna is the one and only queen of pop! Love it! ❤❤❤❤
O don't know why it didnt go to number one on charts. Totatlly deserved so the top spot
Madonna needs to do at least one show on the Celebration tour with Donna and Nickki. Their voices blend together so beautifully.
A truly bad decision to not include them
@@taintedlife2618 I couldn't agree more.
Wowww,,,,would be an amazing and iconic performance and reunion ❤❤❤
Her vocals here are so much better than the version on The Celebration Tour. And no auto tune needed.
Both Niki and Donna have been doing the podcast circuit lately talking a lot about the decades they spent recording and touring with Madonna. They spoke about Madonna using their back up vocals for the Celebration tour version of 'Rain.' Fun fact, at least according to Niki.... she was the one who choreographed The Girlie Show version of Holiday. For me that's the best version of Holiday Madonna has ever done.
You can ACTUALLY hear her becoming more relaxed in her vocals throughout the song despite all the dancing, I feel like the physical effort during the performance actually puts her more in a flow state rather than winding her (since dance was her first, and therefore probably more instinctual, discipline as a performer)
The one and only MADONNA 👑 The Queen of Pop! Why a magnificent album Ray of Light is totally deserving of it's rave reviews and commercials success 👏👏👏👏
Madonna was in her Padam-Padam mood 😂
YEAH she was......the video for this song was, ummmmm, "inventive".....yeah, that's it! "Inventive"!!
I wish they would post the full past Grammy's over the years. There's so many great moments/performances on the show
It's a piece of Art, a masterpiece, a great spectacle . Only the Queen of Pop can do that & combine all of it in one amazing performance. 👏👏👏👏
Oh please! It is an awful performance!!!
Not really, literally everyone else does it too
This is definitely 100% live...❤
you can bet it not so in tune
Ray of Light will always be my favorite album of Madonna. This was really a magnificent performance of hers
Like a Prayer and Bedtime Stories are great albums as well
Madonna understands high style and performance. When she's on point, she's a performance artist. Love this Art Direction and Costumes! Fabulous!
If she did this now people would be screaming 'cultural appropriation.'
she was so nervous at the beggining (her voice shaked). it is really interesting to watch a legend to shake on stage. she is so vulnerable after all
That is how her voice works, it is shaky at the beginning and then when it warms up sounds awesome!
There will never be anyone like her. Queen.
Madonna wrote the mother fucking book, honey. Legend
The inspiration was Hatsumumoto, The Geisha from " Memoirs of a Geisha. The Ray of Light, album was definitely a total game game changer. 1999 also brought in Cher with Believe. But Madonna's reincarnation totally made her the Queen of Reinvention around this time. Nothing Really Matters is my favorite song from Ray of Light, followed by the Power of Goodbye. Madonna totally pulled of the Geisha look flawlessly executed :)❤
I give her props for singing this song LIVE AS HELL. she knows she's not a great singer but she gave it her all
No concuerdo contigo! Ella es la Reina del pop y lo seguirá siendo. Excelente cantante! Y si comparas (aunque no me gusta comparar) hoy no se escucha música, solo ruido que las compañías disqueras hacen plata a costillas de jóvenes ignorantes. Desde Argentina. Saludos!
Not a great singer... Perhaps you are better than the best????
But she has the best pop songs ever 😊
She's a great singer. Better than Kate Bush, Billie Eilish or Taylor Swift. Interesting nobody care about their voices.
@@francesopintore2073 Madonna is a hitmaker. Several singers have a great voice, but don't have 38 singles top 10 on Billboard like Madge.
And 25 years later she open her celebration tour with this song! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Those who support this Queen 👑 Madonna since her Inception report here!❤🔝
Finally, I get to see this performance again. Nothing Really Matters with her music video is simply iconic! And this performance is flawless! It's simplicity plus elements from Japanese culture makes it so good.
Grammys should make a tribute to her 40 year career. Please do it while she's alive.
This is the year the Grammys started honoring Madonna's years of hard work as an iconic musician, singer, songwriter, producer. It was long overdue but Ray of Light finally gave her the credits where credits were long overdue.
And 24 years later she will open her show with this song again.
I was 7 and did not even know about pop music at this age. It is so interesting seeing these performances now. I always liked Madonna's songs. So spheric.
Beautiful staging here. Her vocals are incredible.. here..especially with all that movement..you can tell she's definitely live here. Beautiful piece of " theatre". X
I'm amazed with the quality, her make up. Wow
Performance icônica de uma das eras mais lendárias da música. Viva a rainha do pop! ❤
It's amazing how crystal clear her voice is here.
So glad to finally see this performance in HD! I’ve been watching the video for years in poor quality, but this is awesome! Thanks for that.
Bravo, they got the sound mix perfect! You can clearly hear Donna and Niki's background vocals.
Iconic! And now this is the opening song on Celebration Tour by her
It isn't easy performing. It ain't easy having a craft. You must give props where props are due.
Ok!!!! Now! I would like an explanation as to who sabotaged her sound during the original live broadcast!!!!! Because her vocals are PHENOMENAL! but they did not sound like this on the original live broadcast…it was muffled and not so beautiful and clear! I demand an apology to QUEEN MADONNA IMMEDIATELY!
That was just your tv. 😂
@@universalsoulhealing😹
Ya…so hilarious you are 🙄🙄
Go watch the UA-cam clips of this performance and then get back to me about how her vocal sound was not like this on the broadcast…someone manipulated it.
One of her best singles! And absolute standout performance!
Ray of Light is her best album period.. it was a breakthrough for Madonna.. her voice is at its best, her songwriting with William Orbit was terrific. She was very open and introspective on that album. She became a mom and I think that changed a lot for her personally and professionally.
Like a Prayer is her best album
@@helgafever768100%
And yet you forget Erotica. Her bravest and most daring
Queen of Pop FORVER.
No one could ever compare.
AMEN
This performance is absolutely stunning. From her iconic beauty to the memorable outfit and captivating stage design, the performance is a visual masterpiece. Her passionate delivery of the song not only showcases her exceptional talent but also demonstrates her ability to captivate the audience with both class and style. Ps. I love this song it's so cool!
Queen Madonna doesn't get the flowers she deserves she is amazing.. All Hail the Queen!!
25 years later 🤨 but thank you grrrramys 😤 I needed for a long time this perfomance in HD and now I´m in peace 😌
One of my favorite songs from Ray Of Light. I was so excited when I went to see her Drowned World Tour, wishing so much that she’d perform this. What an amazing show, but she didn’t perform it. Now, I’m a couple months away from seeing her Celebration Tour, and she *opens* with this song. I absolutely love Madonna, and “Nothing Really Matters” is a perfect song.
This song helped me went through the dark times when I was in the university. The local tv station NTV7 played the music video of this song everyday during the time. The lyrics, the image Madonna portrayed and everything in this song somehow soothed, calmed and motivated me. I love this live performance. Most of the elements in the music video remained there. ❤💃
Breathtaking. So clear and crisp. I appreciate Madonna. She and her musical genius have been a constant in my life ever since the 80's when I was a teenager. Icon. Living legend. No other artist can touch her.
No other fucking artist can touch her. That is a fact.
@@acnyc4601 Thanks!!
True. Madonna is a legend!🙏
I remember this and it was so amazing and props to her singing live 👍🏾
Una de las mejores performances de los Grammys, realizada por la única e inigualable REINA DEL POP. Felicitaciones por esta actualización muy merecida.
La palabra "performance" es un anglicismo. Usemos en buen español "la actuación". Cuidemos nuestro idioma el español. Y sí la reina luego de ser vetada, tengo entendido por los Grammys por 10 años. Regresa triunfante. A su haber, tiene 7 Grammys. Y probablemente que tendría más. Viva la reina. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@jorgearias3940 Y performance esta bien escrito, dejemos de querer corregir a las personas con tonterías.
@@SachielSkandia No es tontería, está reailzando un comentario en español usandos términos anglófilos.
Venga, voy a defender al caballero de la "performance" y a reprender al que critica el uso de anglicismos para referirse a la Reina. "Performance" es una palabra de origen anglosajón, si. Pero plenamente aceptada por la RAE. Es decir que ya es castellano. dle.rae.es/performance . Personalmente prefiero "la actuación" , pero por poder decirse, puede decirse "performance". Ahora bien, lo importante es lo que diga Madonna. Mado, si lees esto, dinos que opinas.
@@Sadako888 y que?
This is one of the most interesting and artistic performance in the Grammys and of course it had to be by the Queen of Pop her magesty MADONNA! 👑
I miss Donna and Nickki😢
The voice, the look, the energy, the stare, the character, the performance. All of it, no one like her. There’s only one Queen, and that’s Madonna. 👑
I love that this is the now the opening to her celebration tour. It’s perfect to start off the story of her life. This woman has such a huge back catalogue of music it’s unreal. She’s the queen for a reason.
One of my favorite song/video/performance of Madonna of all time!
One of the best Grammy performances ever ❤
Everything about this performance , album , styling was amazing ! I’m not being ageist , but what a shame that she felt the need to change her body and face so much, when she was aging so wonderfully ! This outfit is elegant , and ethereal , I lament the loss of this part of her 🙏
She was criticized for being “old” at this time. I remember
@@basil33 how sad 😔
Madonna was art
Raw artistry. Brilliant. Real emotion.
One of the best perfomances of her, so raw. just raw vocals, love it.
Miss these days where people could embrace other cultures and no one would scream “culture appropriation!”. Art is everything we see and get inspired by. Now a days that is a crime.
Madonna might not be the most gifted vocalist ever but she can deliver a show. See how she gave us an iconic stage performance without even leaving the wooden bridge?
Respectfully, you must be hard of hearing or live in the most tiny of boxes. Maonna is way more than just a vocalist, its beyond anything you could probably comprehend. She's also the story-book to millions of people's life LOL😂
when you preface a compliment with an insult you neuter the point…
@@heyoletsgo9 she isn't a vocalist though, she's a performer.
I remember the first time I watched live in 1999, I was in shock, the video on MTV, the performance, her. Everything was perfect in the Ray of light era...!
Not just a performance
This is also an arts and wow
Amazing
Finally this performance in high quality on UA-cam thanks🥺❤
Such an amazing performance of one of her best songs. So happy to see her performing it live again on celebration tour. LONG LIVE THE QUEEN OF POP 👑
Madonna como sempre, icônica e impecável ❤
Finally on UA-cam. Thank you!
Please post the 2001 performance of Music, I’ve been waiting for that one in HQ for so long!
She has an incredible stage fright and you can hear it from her voice. Whenshe is more relaxed she can sing much better, and I am not delusional. The pressure that has had being on this woman you could not imagine.
Es increíble lo que Madonna ha hecho por las comunidades lgbt y por las minorías sociales arriesgando su propia carrera se pasó 16 años siendo ignorada por Los Grammys por su afán defender a minoría sociales eso es algo que nosotros deberíamos valorar un poco más❤ Pro activistas que han verdaderamente luchado y no de estar alabando a cantantes que hoy en día dicen defender a la comunidad y sólo lo que hacen es agitar una banderita si tuvieran que pasar por lo que ya pasó todos estuvieron rendidos
No digas tonterias, su carrera esta basada en shock value, y su logro es que le han beneficiado en vez de haberla cancelado. Escucha que horrible suena, y eso que suena decente a sus propios estandares. Ya ni te digo Frozen como la destroza en vivo.
@@rabt5926claro que no, ella canta hermoso Frozen, te recomiendo que veas si actuacion en el Madame X Tour.
she sounds amazing and the whole performance is perfection.
Are you deaf? She sounds appalling. She looks amazing
😂😂😂
@@jamieconiam760 she sounds great.
Damn she already had those shoes, waaaaaay before everybody discovered them with Gaga 😮
The best Madonna era! love it
YES !!! Now we need her ICONIC performance of MUSIC !!!
É bizarro saber que, antes disso, ela sequer foi indicada na era Erotica, e teve apenas uma mísera indicação na era Like a Prayer (por vídeo). Só Like a Prayer (canção) já era digna de Song of the Year/Record of the Year. Sorte que a Madonna é maior do que tudo isso.
mas sabemos o pq disso né? a bancada do grammy nos anos 90s era basicamente composta por homens conservadores e o gênero pop dance ainda era visto como um gênero fútil pelos críticos... inclusive foi a própria madonna que fez essa percepção da indústria mudar e tbm com o boom de cantoras pop surgindo no final dos anos 90s que a academia começou a indicar mais trabalhos pops/dance... pq o antes disso se vc cantasse pop e quisesse indicações, sua musica pop tinha q seguir o padrão barbra streisand.
Madonna bem dizer deixou tudo pronto pra que todas que vinhesse depois dela sufarsse numa maré mais "tranquila", pena que muitos hoje em dia não reconheça isso principalmente a minha geração 😢
Bedtime stories estuvo nominado como mejor álbum pop
@@will_games20Madonna tem 40 milhões de ouvintes no Spotify, 7 milhões de inscritos no UA-cam. Sua turnê mundial Celebration tem esgotado 80 shows em 14 países. A rainha está bem d++++ 😅
@@helgafever768 q bom que a Rainha conseguiu alguém que saiba cuida dessa parte digital profissionalmente, a tendência é só aumentar 💢
¡¡¡Por fin está la versión en HD de esta legendaria presentación!!! Me pareció un muy bien acierto por parte de Madonna incluirla como apertura en el Celebration Tour ya que precisamente desde esta ocasión no la habíamos podido escuchar en vivo y mucho menos en una gira mundial. No puedo esperar para verla en sus 5 shows de México 😍🏳🌈❤
Ahora son 6 shows
What an amazing performance. The song itself is a yes already.
The shrine behind her reads “愛がすべて” (pronounced: eye gah sue bay tay) which translates to “love is everything” ❤
This is how you put on a show!
Its Lunar New Year 2024, and Madonna, although out of the limelight, is still very relevant. Madonna is an excellent artist.
Great performance. She sounds so much better with Donna & Nikki. She oughta be singing with them still today!
Artistic and classy
Best vocals. Hard song to sing. THE QUEEN OF POP ❤
Hard to sing? For Madonna every song is hard to sing live!!
You’re tone deaf
@@GLopezMadNot true, have you seen Evita? She sang her but off throughout the movie. She's done many many live performances.
@@GLopezMadYou're just jealous because no one likes the way you sing.
@@GLopezMad shut up. She is a far more capable vocalist than people give her credit for, and her songs are incredibly difficult to sing. Her songwriting style focuses heavily on melody and vocal melody, and singers with big voices frequently have problems with elaborate melodies. Too big and sloppy.
It should have never taken The Grammys 17 long years to recognize Madonna’s music. She should have started winning Grammys with the True Blue album. It was only the best-selling album on the planet in 1986. Hell, even “Borderline” and “Into the Groove” deserved Grammys before that. Y’all did The Queen of Pop DIRTY. But thank you for uploading this exquisite performance in HD, finally.
Como eu nunca vi essa performance!!?? Que perfeição, a voz da Madonna, a banda, a cantoras de fundo, o cenário.. INCRÍVEL!
Também tô assistindo pela primeira vez! hahahaha
Voz trêmula e desafinada... Mais do que incrível, é inacreditável mesmo! 😂
Également la première fois pour moi
@@materiaisdeestudos9219Por que não vais lá fazer melhor?
@@williamsouzadacosta118 Porque eu nunca me intitulei cantor. Quem diz que é cantora é ela. Ela que aprenda a cantar, então. Afinal, é a profissão dela, não a minha. O que se ouve neste vídeo é uma voz trêmula, inconsistente e desafinada. Se não gostou da minha opinião, lamento. Feliz ano novo.
I remember watching this on TV live. It gave me goosebumps then, even up to now❤
Love it! It's the best NRM live version 😊. The song just like the background and the custom are dramatic (also Frozen in DWT). The simplicity and the crystal voice gives me chill. Good job the group, William Orbit and the backup singers.
Never seen this performance, now it all make sense she opens her new tour with "Nothing Really Matters" 🤩
Madonna deserves all the Grammy awards…the music industry has always been jealous of her career…
La estética ufff parece que solo fue ayer, es tan de tendencia hoy en día ❤ pasaron 24 años , tenía 12 🥲
The way the line "Love is all we need" was written in Japanese on those shrine gates 😭
The woman deserves to be called "Queen of Pop". She's totally committed to her art.
That shoes!!!
Thank goodness for Niki Haris and Donna DeLory ❤
What a wonderful art moment. And everybody is wearing clothes, something almost obsolete according to the present standards. Hats off!