Cher Makes Luther Vandross Blunder at Grammys

Cher made a mix-up while announcing the record of the year winner at the Grammys, seemingly confusing the name of the record “Luther” with the late R&B artist Luther Vandross.

The name “Luther” in the envelope she was holding referred to the name of the song by Kendrick Lamar and SZA, but Cher read it and announced “Luther Vandross,” who died more than 20 years ago.

But once she realized her mistake, she announced the correct winner.

Just before that, Cher seemed to almost forget to announce the award at all. She initially came onstage to accept a lifetime achievement award and started walking offstage after delivering her acceptance speech.

Host Trevor Noah got her to return when he said: “Before you go, before you go, Cher, before you go, could, could we get you to announce the nominees? I could do it, but it’s not the same.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.