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Behind the MuzakWhat do you mean you didn't keep score while watching the Grammys? We did.By Dan ReinesPublished on February 15, 2006First performer/presenter to appear to nod off onstage: Gorillaz drummer Russel Minutes into the program that this happened: Less than 2 Grammy nominations for American Idol champ Fantasia Barrino: 4 Grammy nominations for American Idol champ Kelly Clarkson: 2 Grammy nominations for American Idolchamp Ruben Studdard: Um ... Grammy wins for Barrino: 0 Grammy wins for Clarkson: 2 Words spoken by Clarkson in accepting those two awards: 400 (approximately -- she talks really fast) Number of times Clarkson mentioned American Idol: 0 (notthat fast) Ratio of Americans watching American Idol auditions to Americans watching the Grammys: Roughly 2-to-1 Minutes into the program before the inevitable performance by Madonna, who was not nominated for a Grammy: 1 Minutes into the program before the inevitable appearance of a church choir behind a Mariah Carey: 90 Minutes into the program before the inevitable Bonnie Raitt nomination: 12 Second performer/presenter to appear to nod off onstage: Actor Matt Dillon Award Dillon was assigned to present: Best Rap Album Wait, seriously?: Yes Winner of the Grammy for Best Rap Album: Kanye West Length, in seconds, of West's acceptance speech: 74 Number of times West used the words "I," "me," or "my": 16 Seconds Paul McCartney spent onstage singing "Yesterday" with Jay-Z and Linkin Park: 45 Number of lyrics that McCartney actually pantomimed as he sang them: 9 Worst offense: Hiding behind his shirt on "Now I need a place to hide away" Third performer/presenter to appear to nod off onstage: Sly Stone Seconds Stone spent jamming onstage before walking off in the middle of "I Want to Take You Higher": 136
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