The Recording Academy paid tribute to numerous late artists in its annual in memoriam segment at the 2025 Grammy Awards. Chris Martin played Coldplay’s ballad “All My Love” on piano while accompanied by a string section. The segment honored Marianne Faithfull, Steve Albini, Sergio Mendes, Liam Payne, Frankie Beverly, Eric Carmen, Rich Homie Quan, Kris Kristofferson, the Band’s Garth Hudson, and many others. Watch it happen below.
The in memoriam tribute also paid respects to Angela Alvarez, Phil Lesh of Grateful Dead, Bob Newhart, Seiji Ozawa, Ella Jenkins, Wayne Osmond, Alfa Anderson, Richard Perry, JD Souther, Roy Haynes, John Titta, Rico Wade, Cissy Houston, John Mayall, Dickey Betts from Allman Brothers, Angela Bofill, Joe Bonsall, Fatman Scoop, Sandra Crouch, Richard Sherman, Joe Chambers, Jack Jones, Duane Eddy, Henry “Hank” Cicalo, Abdul Kareem Fakir, Will Jennings, Kinky Friedman, Egidio Cuadrado, David Sanborn, Steve Lawrence, DJ Clark Kent, Mary Martin, Sam Moore, Tito Jackson of the Jackson 5, Toby Keith, and more.
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