Why is ll cool j hosting the grammys

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The albums are now available for pre-order here. A few days later on Feb. It peaked at No. This musically captivating list already raises a thirst to be there, and more details on BETX are yet to be released, including additional performers. Convention Center on June 22— When LL Cool J took over Grammy-hosting duties in , it had been seven years since the awards had featured an official host. That, combined with his nine career Grammy nominations and two wins , made LL Cool J a natural choice to helm the ceremony, which had grown stagnant in its ratings.

And it worked. The ceremony did see a ratings spike, with nearly 40 million viewers tuning in, making it the second-most-watched Grammys in history. Corden, like Ellen DeGeneres and Neil Patrick Harris before him, is well on his way to becoming the go-to awards show host. See the most-read stories in Entertainment this hour ».

Twitter: midwestspitfire. The Grammys showed LL Cool J taking a step back, which was a good call considering how many major performances occurred during the show. Between Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr performing together, Macklemore and Queen Latifah's live multi-wedding ceremony, Daft Punk's dominating performance, and Robin Thicke still being culturally relevant, there was more than enough going on that all LL Cool J really had to do was introduce acts, which he did.

Good job, Cool J! His fourth time around, LL Cool J acted more as a collected and confident curator of acts than as an entertainer. It seems his desires to get on stage and truly perform were satisfied on his second go-round, and Cool J has mostly taken a back seat in all ceremonies since.

LL Cool J's second year hosting seemed to feature him having the most fun onstage, but it was also the ceremony that led to him getting lightly made fun of on television.

Since then, LL Cool J hasn't done any big stunts or said anything that was intended to "go viral. That quality may be what makes LL Cool J one of the best Grammy hosts of all time, but we'll have to wait to see if his fifth time hosting will keep with that trend, or if he has something big planned for Monday night.