Cher Announces Wrong Record of the Year Winner at Grammys

1 sourceUpdated Feb 2, 2026

Music legend Cher made a legendary blunder when she announced Luther Vandross as the winner of Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards. There are a couple of issues with Vandross’ win Sunday night — he died in 2005 and…

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