What 25 musicians looked like at their first Grammys awards

Collectively, Drake has been nominated over 40 times. His first appearance was at the 2010 Grammys where he received two nominations for his hit single "Best I Ever Had."

In 2008, Rihanna had her first Grammys experience, scoring four overall nominations and one win: she scored the award for best rap/song collaboration for "Umbrella."

In total, she has nine Grammys.

Back in 2000, Spears' career was just getting started and she received two big Grammy nominations, including one for best new artist.

In the coming years, she'd be nominated for a Grammy six more times and win once.

Timberlake and Spears both attended the 2000 Grammys separately even though they were dating at the time. Timberlake made his Grammys debut with NSYNC and the group scored two nominations.

Now, Timberlake has won 10 Grammys and he's been nominated 39 times.

Beyoncé's first few Grammy Awards weren't as a solo artist, but as a member of Destiny's Child. In 2000, the group got two nominations for the single "Bills, Bills, Bills."

Now, she's been nominated 79 times and she's won 28 Grammys.

Lady Gaga made one of many eccentric appearances at the 2010 Grammy Awards, where she was nominated for five awards for "Poker Face." She won two of them.

Currently, she has 12 Grammys.

In 2002, Pink made her Grammy Awards debut, where she won best pop collaboration with vocals for the song "Lady Marmalade," alongside Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, and Mya.

Swift kept her look simple for her first Grammys show in 2008.

She was nominated for best new artist and she's since been nominated 42 times total, winning 11 of those Grammys.

Minaj showed up on the red carpet in head-to-toe leopard print in 2011, when she was nominated for one award for her feature on Ludacris' "My Chick Bad."

She would later be nominated 10 more times.

It seems 2000 was a big year for pop music at the Grammys.

Aguilera appeared on the Grammys red carpet for the first time and that night she won the best new artist award and was nominated for best female pop vocal performance for "Genie in a Bottle."

The country music star looked a lot different at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards back in 2001, where he was nominated for best country instrumental performance for "Rollercoaster."

He would go on to win four Grammys.

Braxton walked the carpet at the 1994 Grammy Awards show, where she scored two big wins for best new artist and best female R&B vocal performance.

Currently, she has seven Grammys.

In 2009, Perry was nominated for an award for her hit first single "I Kissed A Girl." She would later be nominated 13 more times but she has yet to be awarded a Grammy.

Mars was a huge hit at his very first Grammys: he got seven nominations overall. He ended up winning one award, best male pop vocal performance, for the single "Just The Way You Are."

He's since won 11 Grammys and has been nominated 30 times.

It almost seems like a lifetime ago that Clarkson made her first Grammys appearance. In 2004, she was nominated for one award for her single "Miss Independent."

She would later be nominated 15 times total and win three times.

For his first appearance, Sheeran was nominated for song of the year for "The A Team." He'd later go on to win four Grammys.

The rock band has a long history with this awards show. In 1996, they were nominated for best alternative music performance for their self-titled album.

Over the years, they've been nominated 31 times and they've won 12 Grammys.

For her first Grammys, Lambert showed up with her then-husband Blake Shelton on her arm as her date.

Currently, Lambert has three Grammys.

In 2004, Chesney walked the red carpet with one nomination under his belt for his song "Hey Good Lookin'." He's yet to win a Grammy.

In 2005, West made his first Grammys appearance.

He was nominated for 10 awards that year and he ended up winning three of them. As of now, he's been nominated over 70 times and he's won 22 Grammys.

Lopez made her Grammy awards debut in 1999, which was also the year she was nominated for the first time.

Overall, she's been nominated twice but has never won.

It's been a long history for Celine Dion and the Grammys.

In 1993, she was nominated for three awards and won one of them. She'd go on to win five Grammys total.

Underwood received two nominations at her first Grammys show, and she won both of the awards, including the one for best new artist.

Her wins didn't stop there, in the next few years she'd go on to win more.

At his first Grammys show, John Legend received eight nominations and won three awards, including best new artist. He'd later go on to win 12 total.

Back in 1998, Usher received one Grammy nomination for "You Make Me Wanna." He'd later go on to win eight Grammys.

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