20+ Pictures From The 2009 Grammys That Proves A Lot Has Changed (2024)

It is still very hard to come to grips with the fact that The Black Eyed Peas are no longer together. Let's just take a trip down memory lane, shall we?

"Where Is The Love?", "I Gotta Feeling", "Don't Lie", the list goes on!

I can't lie, I really liked these two together.

But Mariah Carey is living her best life these days, being the best version of herself, and we're all happy for her!

"Burnin' Up" was at the top of our playlists back in the day.

The bros ended up taking some time away from each other and working on some solo projects but thankfully they're back, and arguably better than ever.

There have been some hiccups along the way, especially between Taylor Swift and Katy Perry. (Good news, they're friends again!).

But there was a time when these three were all good friends, and had no drama going on in their girl-gang.

Nowadays, Kim K is a major style icon. But back in 2009, she wore stuff like this and nobody batted an eye.

But then she got rich as hell, married Kanye West, and now she's setting trends left, right, and center.

I'm not really sure what to make of this outfit. The train conductor hat is the real kicker.

Thank goodness he's come to his senses since then.

As most of us know, Alicia Keys has been waging war on makeup for the last several years. But back in 2009, she still shamelessly dolled up.

Either way, she looks stunning.

In 2009, Drake had just recently released "So Far Gone", his breakthrough mixtape that launched his career, and made him insanely popular.

He also hadn't grown out his beard, so he hadn't quite stolen our hearts just yet.

This was also the era of Riri's pixie cut hair-do, just after she released Take A Bow, and Disturbia. Great tracks.

Very glad this relationship is over, though. Riri only deserves the best!

We haven't heard much of T-Pain since 2009, but for a short while, he was on all of our iPod playlists!

And while I appreciate many of his old hits, this photo begs the question, why was he always wearing a top hat? I just don't get it.

I loved the days when Taylor Swift was still a curly haired country girl, singing about high school romances and break-ups that we all related to on a deep level.

It was at the 2009 Grammys where Taylor and Miley sang "Fifteen" as a duet!

This is a weird one.

In 2009, Brooke Hogan was actually invited to, and was considered to be one of the stars to attend The Grammys.

If you say you didn't used to listen to "Bleeding Love" on your pink iPod Nano, and cry about your middle-school crush rejecting you, then you're probably lying. Or maybe I was just a weird, overly-emotional kid.

Either way, this was an absolute jam back in the day.

In 2009, every person I knew was singing along to "Paper Planes". It was a big deal.

M.I.A has fallen off since then, but for a little while she was relevant AF.

It's also just a bit strange to see these two in a photo together.

It seems awkward, but hey, that's 2009 for ya!