It was a major night for women, both those who attended and those who didn't.

As always, a strong source of Grammys excitement was <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/beauty/get-the-look-lady-gaga-golden-globes-2019-marc-jacobs-blue-makeup">Lady Gaga</a>. She stepped&nbsp;out on the red carpet in a custom gown&nbsp;from <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/lady-gaga-gives-us-our-first-look-at-c%C3%A9line-by-hedi-slimane">Hedi Slimane&#39;s Celine</a>, and while it seems&nbsp;tame&nbsp;when one thinks back to her <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/best-celebrity-red-carpet-looks-golden-globe-2019">Golden Globes Valentino</a> look,&nbsp;the silver gown and undone beauty&nbsp;created a&nbsp;picture of modern glamour. What&#39;s more, Gaga&#39;s&nbsp;minimal makeup connected to the emotion she felt&nbsp;about the show: she&nbsp;apparently already cried about the two awards she won pre-red carpet, and she got just as emotional&nbsp;for the third (&quot;Shallow&quot;&#39;s on-air&nbsp;win for Pop Duo/Group Performance), giving a shoutout to Bradley Cooper and sharing a message of mental health awareness. With how excited the artist&nbsp;got at a&nbsp;ceremony where she&#39;s already won many times, her potential Oscars acceptance speech will surely be memorable.

Lady Gaga Wore Celine (and Cried a Lot)

With the Oscars going host-free this year, Alicia Keys was awards season&#39;s&nbsp;final major showrunner. She wore&nbsp;a series of killer jumpsuits, played two pianos at once during her medley, and humorously recounted when John Mayer won Song of the Year but broke the Grammy to split it with her. Keys&nbsp;highlighted the night&#39;s celebratory mood and female empowerment, refreshing amidst continued controversy in the entertainment industry.

Alicia Keys Hosted

Diana Ross turns&nbsp;75 next month, so she used the&nbsp;Grammys for an over-the-top birthday celebration&nbsp;by performing some of her greatest hits.&nbsp;Raif-Henok Kendrick, Ross&#39; 9-year-old grandson, introduced her, and the following medley was a reminder of the musician&#39;s legendary status, energizing&nbsp;the entire audience,&nbsp;especially&nbsp;daughter Tracee Ellis Ross. Not to mention, her scarlet gown was stunning.

Diana Ross Performed a Medley

The entertainment industry often underrepresents women, but last night&#39;s Grammys seemed to hint that the future is much more female. H.E.R. showed she&#39;s a real force in the making, taking away two awards (R&amp;B Performance and R&amp;B Album) on the strength of her first EP. Best New Artist went to Dua Lipa, celebrating her&nbsp;rising dance-floor reign that began with hit &quot;New Rules.&quot; It was also a big night for women behind the scenes: Nija Charles, who is writing major hits at just 21, was behind multiple songs on&nbsp;two winning albums, Cardi B&#39;s&nbsp;Invasion of Privacy&nbsp;and Beyonce &amp; Jay Z&#39;s&nbsp;Everything is Love.&nbsp;

 Rising Female Artists Ruled the Night

Cardi B was turning heads from the moment she walked on the red carpet, wearing archival Mugler couture from Fall 1995 and exchanging tongue affection with Offset, but her biggest moments would prove to be on the Grammys stage. She turned &quot;Money&quot; into a jazz club number with a piano intro, velvet seats, and an army of backup dancers, then proceeded to become the first solo female artist to win Best Rap Album. With such a major night, Cardi is definitely here to stay as the world awaits her next move.

Cardi B Makes History

The Grammys had a major absence, as Ariana Grande stayed home for unclear reasons. Still, as one of today&#39;s biggest artists, she kept a major presence all night. Grande won Best Pop Vocal Album, tweeted (and later deleted) about Mac Miller&#39;s Grammy loss, had a Memoji video premiere of &quot;7 Rings,&quot; and posed on Instagram in the Zac Posen dress she would have worn if she attended. Talk about basically being at the awards show you avoided.

Ariana Grande Wasn't There But Was

Michelle Obama has been in the public eye lately as she promotes her book&nbsp;Becoming, but her Grammys appearance showed the world still can&#39;t get enough. The former first lady spoke&nbsp;alongside a female crew including Gaga, Keys, Jennifer Lopez, and Jada Pinkett Smith, and her surprise appearance led to deafening applause from the moment she opened her mouth.

Michelle Obama Made an Appearance

Ross wasn&#39;t the only legend&nbsp;on stage:&nbsp;Dolly Parton was the center of a tribute honoring her&nbsp;status as the 2019 MusiCares Person of the Year. Parton was on stage for most of it, performing hits with Kacey Musgraves, Katy Perry, and of course, goddaughter Miley Cyrus. The familial duo sang &quot;Jolene,&quot; fitting&nbsp;since Cyrus has covered it&nbsp;multiple times and recently released &quot;Nothing Breaks Like a Heart,&quot; which sounds a lot like the classic&nbsp;hit.

 Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton Performed

Olivier Rousteing debuted Balmain&#39;s return to couture after 16 years just the other week, but awards season means it&#39;s already appeared on the red carpet via both Katy Perry and Kylie Jenner. While these moments were more &quot;Most Interesting&quot; than &quot;Best Dressed,&quot; the night showed that Rousteing&#39;s couture work is getting a lot of attention.

The New Balmain Couture Made its Mark

Kacey Musgraves has been quietly taking over since the release of&nbsp;Golden Hour,&nbsp;thanks to hits like &quot;Butterflies&quot; and &quot;Space Cowboy&quot; as well as a fashion sense that&#39;s captured unexpected audiences&#39; attention. This year&#39;s Grammys turned out to be her big night, as the&nbsp;artist (who also&nbsp;provided the night&#39;s Valentino moment) took home four awards, including Album of the Year. It definitely seems people far beyond the world of country will be watching Musgraves from now on.

The Highlights of the 2019 Grammy Awards

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