Tina Turner Wins Record and Song of the Year; Lionel Richie's Can't Slow Down Takes Album

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Shrine Auditorium, 665, West Jefferson Boulevard, University Park, Historic South-Central, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90007, United States

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…Vocal Performance, Female, and Best Rock Vocal Performance, ~~Female,~~ Female (for Better Be Good to Me), as her Private Dancer comeback was crowned PopMatters' Christian John Wikane says the song was nominated for three awards and won all three, that Better Be Good to Me brought the fourth win, and that Private Dancer was nominated for Album of the Year but lost. His text also speaks of 'three Grammy wins for Private Dancer', a phrase that conflicts with its own four-win count, which the other sources match. The Current confirms the song won both Record and Song of the Year, and TIME's Top 10 Grammy Moments slide 'Tina Turner's Comeback is Complete' says she gave an intense performance of the hit at the ceremony (the TIME page carries no publication date) Lionel Richie's Can't Slow Down won Album of … Leonard Bernstein received the Lifetime Achievement Award mid-show Moment: Stacker's retrospective says Prince performed Baby I'm a Star with complex dance routines and then stormed off when audience members joined him onstage (Stacker's account only; no second source was opened) Chart effect of the wins and television ratings were not found in the pages opened, so none is claimed. Previous ceremony: 26th Grammys, 1984. Next: 28th Grammys, 1986
- Jewels for the Queen: Tina Turner's Lifetime of Grammy Goldpopmatters.com75% CONFIDENCE
- Today in Music History: Tina Turner won big at the Grammysthecurrent.org65% CONFIDENCE
- Tina Turner's Comeback is Complete (TIME Top 10 Grammy Moments)content.time.com65% CONFIDENCE
- Memorable moments from every year in Grammy historykvia.com65% CONFIDENCE
- 27th annual grammy awards • 1985 Telecastgrammy.com85% CONFIDENCE

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27th annual grammy awards • 1985 Telecast
grammy.com· Posted Nov 8, 2026· Starts Feb 26, 1985 ✓· 26% of score
Grammy.com^[3][5][7]: 'Tina Turner accepts the GRAMMY for Record Of The Year at the 27th GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 26, 1985, in Los Angeles.' No start time^[2] is given, so the pin is the all-day date.
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Tina Turner's Comeback is Complete - Top 10 Grammy Moments - TIME
content.time.com· Added Nov 8, 2026· 26% of score
Turner's performance at the ceremony; page undated.^[1]
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Tina Turner Wins Record Of The Year
grammy.com· Added Oct 10, 2026· Starts Feb 26, 1985· 24% of score
Grammy.com^[1][5][7]: 'Tina Turner accepts the GRAMMY for Record Of The Year at the 27th GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 26, 1985, in Los Angeles.'
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27th Annual Grammy Awards
en.wikipedia.org· Added Oct 10, 2026· Starts Feb 26, 1985· 24% of score
Gives the date, Shrine Auditorium, host John Denver, CBS, the performers (Prince & Sheila E., Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper, Stevie Wonder), presenters and the winners.^[1]
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GRAMMY Rewind: Watch Cyndi Lauper Win Her First GRAMMY For Best New Artist In 1985
grammy.com· Published Mar 11, 2022· 0% of score
Grammy.com^[1][3][7]: Laurie Anderson and Ray Davies presented Lauper her first GRAMMY, Best New Artist, at the 27th GRAMMY Awards; Hulk Hogan flanked her.

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