"I would like to thank the swap meet for his hat," Jay-Z jokingly said to singer The-Dream at the end of their acceptance speech for Best Rap Collaboration at the 55th Grammy Awards.
Jay-Z's remark about The-Dream's hat was the highest tweets-per-minute moment of Sunday night's ceremony for east coast viewers from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. ET â€" with the show attracting 13.2 million total tweets during that time span, Twitter told Mashable.
A swap meet is like a flea market â€" a place where people sell merchandise at low prices.
Top Tweets-Per-Minute Moments
Jay-Z, Kanye West, Frank Ocean and The-Dream win Best Rap Collaboration: 116,400
Prince announce’s Gotye winning Record of the Year: 109,400
Fun. wins best new artist: 100,600
Most-Mentioned Artists
1. Rihanna, who performed "Stay" with Mikky Ekko and then was part of a Bob Marley tribute with Bruno Mars and Sting
2. Frank Ocean, who performed and won Best Urban Contemporary Album and Best Rap Collaboration
3. Taylor Swift, who opened the show with "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
4. Beyonce, who along with Ellen Degeneres introduced Justin Timberlake's performance
5. Justin Timberlake, who performed at the Grammys for the first time in four years
6. Ed Sheeran, who teamed up with Elton John for a performance
Notable Tweets from Celebrities
Miguel responded via Twitter after Kelly Clarkson mentioned his performance during her acceptance speech for Best Pop Vocal Album: "Miguel, I don't know who the hell you are, but we need to sing together. I mean, good God. That was the sexiest dancing I've ever seen."
Zac Brown Band thanked fans by tweeting a photo of the inside of the winner's envelope after the band won Best Country Album:
First lady Michelle Obama gave a shout-out to Janis Ian:
And the winners are ...
For a full list of winners, click here.
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