Grammys 2019: Alicia Keys plays medley with 2 pianos at the Grammys

From the very first moment she took the Grammys stage, host Alicia Keys made it clear the night would be about paying tribute to music. The pair are longtime friends Glamorous: The singing sensation joined her longtime pal Michelle on the stage for an empowering speech Standing tall: The crowd was on their feet as Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, Alicia Keys, former first lady Michelle Obama, and Jennifer Lopez hit the stage Loving life: Later Keys wowed the audience with her singing chops again as she crooned with Smokey Robinson before the Motown tribute began Keys also got back on stage to sing and dance with Jennifer Lopez during the tribute 'Hats off to Alicia Keys.What a magnificent performance at #GRAMMYs both as a presenter and singer and piano player,' another added. Cardi B, Kacey Musgraves, and Lady Gaga - pictured left to right - led the women's empowerment push as they were some of the biggest winners at the 2019 Grammy Awards on Sunday night Queen: Cardi, 26, made history as she became the first ever solo woman to take home Best Rap Album for Invasion Of Privacy at the gala event held in Staples Center in Los Angeles Taken aback: She seemingly couldn't believe that she won as she was the fifth woman ever nominated for the award and the first to ever capture the Best Rap Album crown Wow factor: Earlier in the night Cardi performed her hit Money and put on a very raunchy performance Keys was the first woman to host the Grammys since Queen Latifah was given the honor in 2005. New Rules: Dua Lipa kept the night of 'girl power' going as she earned the coveted Best New Artist trophy and covered her face in shock backstage as she was announced as the winner Going for the jugular: The 23-year-old London-born singer was teary-eyed as she hit the stage but still managed to take a jab at the Recording Academy president Neil Portnow and his declaration at least year's show that women 'need to step up' Talented: Dua was joined on the stage by St. Vincent AKA Annie Clark who began with her hit Masseducation Eye-catching: Another big winner on the night was H.E.R. Childish Gambino AKA Donald Glover was not in attendance at the event but he did earn one of the highest honors of the night: Song Of The Year For This Is America en route to tying Musgraves for most on the night with four Dazzling: One of the most talked about performances of the night came from Jennifer Lopez who did a 60th anniversary tribute to Motown Pulling out all the stops: She even did an assisted cartwheel during the high-energy performance Triple threat: Katy Perry and Kacy Musgraves joined Dolly Parton for a tribute to the 73-year-old country legend The big win was quickly followed by 30-year-old Musgraves who won the biggest award of the night; Album Of The Year for Golden Hour.