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22 Grammy Performances: The Best and Worst

22 Grammy Performances: The Best and Worst

From U2 to Jennifer Hudson to Paul McCartney to Miley Cyrus to Stevie Wonder to Kid Rock, we grade the 22 performance segments on the Grammy broadcast

By Leah Greenblatt and Simon Vozick-Levinson

Updated February 09, 2009 at 07:00 AM EST

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