I watched this live in 1999. An iconic performance and till now , ',Ray of Light " is still her best record ever.

@QbnAmCan

5 ай бұрын

I agree and the concert tour for it was awesome! The best concert I have been to. The crowds just screamed leaving the arena I never experienced anything like it!

@SkyePhoenix

5 ай бұрын

I agree.

@oscarfun100

5 ай бұрын

Ray of Light album was huge in 1998. Frozen was the only song that could beat My Heart Will Go On in the charts lol. At least in my country. I mean MHWGO was the number one song of that year, but it was such a juggernut with the movie supporting it, that any song that came second, had to be really amazing an unique. And Frozen was, such as this song and many others from that album.

@greggel

5 ай бұрын

i used to feel the same way about the album back then, but it hasnt really aged as well i think now. I prefer Erotica or Bedtime stories

@skurinski

5 ай бұрын

its aged amazingly@@greggel Bedtime Stories and Erotica are very 90s R&B coded.

Seeing her open her Celebration Tour with this song live was incredible!!!!!

@harrypotterbulgaria8233

5 ай бұрын

Sameeee i loved the opening. Where did you see her?

@jamieconiam760

5 ай бұрын

Strange how it’s so much more in tune now than it was in 1997! 😂

@hazell5457

4 ай бұрын

I saw her at the Toronto shows Jan 11/12 and was facing her right side of the stage. So when she came out with this opening song, I got a close look of her and was blown away. So mesmerizing, I cried.😊

@billybee9659

4 ай бұрын

She’s looking so gorgeous on tour right now, too. I couldn’t stop staring at her in awe.

@paradisenotforme

4 ай бұрын

@@hazell5457 i was there too! astonishing😁

She finally opened the Grammys after 16 years of being overlooked for all that amazing work before Ray of Light.

@MartinSmith156

5 ай бұрын

She was occasionally nominated before ROL, but never showed up to perform or present. She got back to back Best Pop Vocal nominations in the 80s, which is pretty impressive, since the category is based solely on singing ability/vocal performance

@ZacharyJPearse

5 ай бұрын

@@MartinSmith156she’s a great singer and vocalist, so she fully deserved nominations.

@TheGARCK

5 ай бұрын

Watching that performance I can see why.

@AlexeBriand2002

5 ай бұрын

@@TheGARCKshe was obviously nervous here.

@MartinSmith156

5 ай бұрын

@@TheGARCK that's the thing this is OK but it's hardly her best Grammy performance, she's performed 5 times. Her 2006 performance is her best and it was groundbreaking at the time

And she WON A GRAMMY right AFTER THIS PERFORMANCE ❤

@miguelberrios3445

28 күн бұрын

for the album, not for this horrid vocal performance

@fajarzakri5542

27 күн бұрын

@@miguelberrios3445 Horrid? Not at all. Shaky at times, but okay nonetheless.

@user-hd5bh7uj6t

Күн бұрын

I wonder whether they regret it after watching this off key performance.

I appreciate how you can really hear her voice. One mistake and it’s gonna be super obvious. Hats off to her

@pjesf

5 ай бұрын

My ears are still recovering

@spilledbeans7000

5 ай бұрын

@@pjesfat least it’s better than Taylor

@pjesf

5 ай бұрын

@@spilledbeans7000 Well you certainly won’t get an argument from me on that one 😂

@ArnaudLeGentil

5 ай бұрын

well, she always had a good vibrato, but the error she made was to always want to make some live performances sound 100% like the album CDs which nearly zero artists are capable of. Guess what? she can't, because her vocal talent is great for ballads (high and low notes, deep voice) but not that much for live performances in which she needs to move and dance (she could when she was in her 20s and was one of the rare artists doing it with this willpower), which is the case here, besides the fact that this rollercoaster song is very hard to sing. Her sincerity and her die-hard attitude taking so muck risk is just astonishing!

@ArnaudLeGentil

5 ай бұрын

@@pjesf here's a treatment for you :) 2 other live performances that suit better to her voice kzread.info/dash/bejne/lpiltZtqndPXiLQ.htmlsi=sWHZh1BI_VECZJPm kzread.info/dash/bejne/oZt3xNaaksy7j8Y.htmlsi=1mXcdcTOYDRkgptY

Madonna has the career with the most iconic moments in the music industry. Her Legacy is incredible. ❤

@GLopezMad

5 ай бұрын

Shut up

@rhaven50

5 ай бұрын

Wait till the pedo shit comes out 😂

@nataliemusic__

4 ай бұрын

She IS pop music. So yeah that would be an understatement

@vertbeke7977

3 күн бұрын

Yeah ..

@vertbeke7977

3 күн бұрын

​@@nataliemusic__👍

I really like this performance, no filter, no superfluous, no vocal editing, just raw, magnificent talent, like a Diamond that the world is rediscovering. I'm sorry, but Ray Of Light was the real record of the year and not just the pop album. M would have fully deserved it.❤ Iconic performance ❤

@AriaArah

5 ай бұрын

ROL is simply one of the most important albums in pop music history. It's her magnum opus.

@materiaisdeestudos9219

5 ай бұрын

​@@AriaArah Ray of Light is a pop album just like any other. There's absolutely nothing special about it.

@jayg6138

5 ай бұрын

She sounds flat

@ozyvillanueva9277

5 ай бұрын

As a big fan of Madonna and of this song, she sounded off key and flat for most of the performance lol.😅

@portisheadthird3

5 ай бұрын

@@materiaisdeestudos9219what

From Marie Antoinette to Evita to Geisha, what a woman, what an art !

@bobbyantonelli7978

2 ай бұрын

Yes ! I agree. This was in her “ Memoirs of a Geisha “ era. I love that she opens her Celebration concert with her singing this song! Love it!

Grammys should make a tribute to her 40 year career. Please do it while she's alive.

Late 90's Madonna with the Ray of Light album was just too iconic. What a great live performance.

100% live vocals.

@a.2807

2 ай бұрын

Do u have a dude? Haha

@donalddarko7386

23 күн бұрын

Unfortunately

@saraybelle6713

19 күн бұрын

Bad live vocals😂😂😂😂😂😂

@MP-uq8ki

17 күн бұрын

@@saraybelle6713 she's singing very well, i don't think you can sing any better! :)

@oliverlegrand5290

9 күн бұрын

@@MP-uq8kiwhat a dumb comment

She has real songs. With depth. She is one of a kind. In her own league.

@elainemeyer5062

5 ай бұрын

I don’t doubt that she IS in a ‘league of her own’, but not in the manner you intended!

@ronaldrodriguez9601

5 ай бұрын

Stream Madonna

You can ACTUALLY hear her becoming more relaxed in her vocals throughout the song despite all the dancing, I feel like the physical effort during the performance actually puts her more in a flow state rather than winding her (since dance was her first, and therefore probably more instinctual, discipline as a performer)

I thought that the only amazing shoes in the industry were Lady Gaga's, but seeing Madonna's shoes in this performance, it is more than confirmed that she was the pioneer in everything that exists today.

@wanderlustmaverick6360

5 ай бұрын

Totally and if you notice the stage was curved…and yet here she was dancing and singing live in 10 inch heels 👠 #iconic btw she was 41 in this performance

@Indianinthemachine

5 ай бұрын

She actually is UNORIGINAL, and steals all her ideas from other women and cultures... and this is marketed as 'reinvention'... it's all such a farce.

@helgafever768

4 ай бұрын

Gaga has copied several Madonna's stuff.

@Indianinthemachine

4 ай бұрын

@@helgafever768 They all seem to want to embody several archetypes, both modern and historical, because they know they can 'tap' into those energies swimming all around us, and harness those energies, for their own wicked purposes.

@Volvican

27 күн бұрын

You have to credit fashion designers for such things - not Madonna or Gaga. In this case, Jean-Paul Gaultier for these boots and for many of Gaga's - Alexander McQueen.

Hard to believe this is 1999. The performance seems very contemporary, like it hasn't aged a day, also the music. She was 25 years ahead of time here.

@jmsl_910

4 ай бұрын

yes! i think she's always been a few decades ahead of her time... ever since 1985 & her mtv days

@Zzz2x

3 ай бұрын

Y’all can’t realize this performance would get someone cancelled today??

@anned9696

3 ай бұрын

She would be accused of cultural appropriation if that was nowdays

@kosmoran

2 ай бұрын

@@Zzz2x I was looking for that comment in the comment section. Something like that would never be possible today

@abeloliveira6250

18 күн бұрын

In this era she introduced electronica to the mainstream

she was so nervous at the beggining (her voice shaked). it is really interesting to watch a legend to shake on stage. she is so vulnerable after all

@rol_rob2603

5 ай бұрын

That is how her voice works, it is shaky at the beginning and then when it warms up sounds awesome!

Madonna needs to do at least one show on the Celebration tour with Donna and Nickki. Their voices blend together so beautifully.

@taintedlife2618

5 ай бұрын

A truly bad decision to not include them

@jeffbrown4256

5 ай бұрын

@@taintedlife2618 I couldn't agree more.

@ivonnejamaica1403

5 ай бұрын

Wowww,,,,would be an amazing and iconic performance and reunion ❤❤❤

@teralmiles

5 ай бұрын

Her vocals here are so much better than the version on The Celebration Tour. And no auto tune needed.

@justinm2697

5 ай бұрын

Both Niki and Donna have been doing the podcast circuit lately talking a lot about the decades they spent recording and touring with Madonna. They spoke about Madonna using their back up vocals for the Celebration tour version of 'Rain.' Fun fact, at least according to Niki.... she was the one who choreographed The Girlie Show version of Holiday. For me that's the best version of Holiday Madonna has ever done.

Madonna was in her Padam-Padam mood 😂

@greeneyedwarlock882

29 күн бұрын

YEAH she was......the video for this song was, ummmmm, "inventive".....yeah, that's it! "Inventive"!!

@reddingmalik

17 күн бұрын

CRYING 😂😂😂

Finally this legendary performance is in HD! I'm glad this song is getting the recognize it deserves and I think it was perfect as the opening of The Celebration Tour! That's why Madonna is the one and only queen of pop! Love it! ❤❤❤❤

@cowboystyle4513

4 ай бұрын

O don't know why it didnt go to number one on charts. Totatlly deserved so the top spot

There will never be anyone like her. Queen.

@acnyc4601

4 ай бұрын

Madonna wrote the mother fucking book, honey. Legend

This is definitely 100% live...❤

@giuseppel7502

Ай бұрын

you can bet it not so in tune

It's a piece of Art, a masterpiece, a great spectacle . Only the Queen of Pop can do that & combine all of it in one amazing performance. 👏👏👏👏

@GLopezMad

5 ай бұрын

Oh please! It is an awful performance!!!

@nebo2073

5 ай бұрын

Not really, literally everyone else does it too

The one and only MADONNA 👑 The Queen of Pop! Why a magnificent album Ray of Light is totally deserving of it's rave reviews and commercials success 👏👏👏👏

Madonna understands high style and performance. When she's on point, she's a performance artist. Love this Art Direction and Costumes! Fabulous!

@justinm2697

3 ай бұрын

If she did this now people would be screaming 'cultural appropriation.'

Ray of Light will always be my favorite album of Madonna. This was really a magnificent performance of hers

@helgafever768

4 ай бұрын

Like a Prayer and Bedtime Stories are great albums as well

I wish they would post the full past Grammy's over the years. There's so many great moments/performances on the show

What Madonna left for generations will not die. America's first icon, every time I watch her, I am amazed at her genius in performance and choice of melody and clips, which are considered antique masterpieces.❤ ✨️ مادونا

This is the year the Grammys started honoring Madonna's years of hard work as an iconic musician, singer, songwriter, producer. It was long overdue but Ray of Light finally gave her the credits where credits were long overdue.

The inspiration was Hatsumumoto, The Geisha from " Memoirs of a Geisha. The Ray of Light, album was definitely a total game game changer. 1999 also brought in Cher with Believe. But Madonna's reincarnation totally made her the Queen of Reinvention around this time. Nothing Really Matters is my favorite song from Ray of Light, followed by the Power of Goodbye. Madonna totally pulled of the Geisha look flawlessly executed :)❤

And 25 years later she open her celebration tour with this song! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I give her props for singing this song LIVE AS HELL. she knows she's not a great singer but she gave it her all

@aliciadure8322

5 ай бұрын

No concuerdo contigo! Ella es la Reina del pop y lo seguirá siendo. Excelente cantante! Y si comparas (aunque no me gusta comparar) hoy no se escucha música, solo ruido que las compañías disqueras hacen plata a costillas de jóvenes ignorantes. Desde Argentina. Saludos!

@amug3536

4 ай бұрын

Not a great singer... Perhaps you are better than the best????

@helgafever768

4 ай бұрын

But she has the best pop songs ever 😊

@francesopintore2073

4 ай бұрын

She's a great singer. Better than Kate Bush, Billie Eilish or Taylor Swift. Interesting nobody care about their voices.

@helgafever768

4 ай бұрын

@@francesopintore2073 Madonna is a hitmaker. Several singers have a great voice, but don't have 38 singles top 10 on Billboard like Madge.

It's amazing how crystal clear her voice is here.

Finally, I get to see this performance again. Nothing Really Matters with her music video is simply iconic! And this performance is flawless! It's simplicity plus elements from Japanese culture makes it so good.

Those who support this Queen 👑 Madonna since her Inception report here!❤🔝

Beautiful staging here. Her vocals are incredible.. here..especially with all that movement..you can tell she's definitely live here. Beautiful piece of " theatre". X

I was 7 and did not even know about pop music at this age. It is so interesting seeing these performances now. I always liked Madonna's songs. So spheric.

Ray of Light is her best album period.. it was a breakthrough for Madonna.. her voice is at its best, her songwriting with William Orbit was terrific. She was very open and introspective on that album. She became a mom and I think that changed a lot for her personally and professionally.

@helgafever768

4 ай бұрын

Like a Prayer is her best album

@schan4713

4 ай бұрын

@@helgafever768100%

@jartober

4 ай бұрын

And yet you forget Erotica. Her bravest and most daring

The best Madonna era! love it

And 24 years later she will open her show with this song again.

I'm amazed with the quality, her make up. Wow

Queen of Pop FORVER. No one could ever compare.

@ITHINKDAFUCKNOTYOUTRICKASSBITC

5 ай бұрын

AMEN

This song helped me went through the dark times when I was in the university. The local tv station NTV7 played the music video of this song everyday during the time. The lyrics, the image Madonna portrayed and everything in this song somehow soothed, calmed and motivated me. I love this live performance. Most of the elements in the music video remained there. ❤💃

One of her best singles! And absolute standout performance!

Bravo, they got the sound mix perfect! You can clearly hear Donna and Niki's background vocals.

It isn't easy performing. It ain't easy having a craft. You must give props where props are due.

This performance is absolutely stunning. From her iconic beauty to the memorable outfit and captivating stage design, the performance is a visual masterpiece. Her passionate delivery of the song not only showcases her exceptional talent but also demonstrates her ability to captivate the audience with both class and style. Ps. I love this song it's so cool!

The voice, the look, the energy, the stare, the character, the performance. All of it, no one like her. There’s only one Queen, and that’s Madonna. 👑

Queen Madonna doesn't get the flowers she deserves she is amazing.. All Hail the Queen!!

So glad to finally see this performance in HD! I’ve been watching the video for years in poor quality, but this is awesome! Thanks for that.

Artistic and classy

Breathtaking. So clear and crisp. I appreciate Madonna. She and her musical genius have been a constant in my life ever since the 80's when I was a teenager. Icon. Living legend. No other artist can touch her.

@acnyc4601

4 ай бұрын

No other fucking artist can touch her. That is a fact.

@LisaBrown-wy9hi

4 ай бұрын

@@acnyc4601 Thanks!!

@Susan-zl5uk

3 ай бұрын

True. Madonna is a legend!🙏

Iconic! And now this is the opening song on Celebration Tour by her

I miss Donna and Nickki😢

Such a fabulous performance!

Damn she already had those shoes, waaaaaay before everybody discovered them with Gaga 😮

One of my favorite song/video/performance of Madonna of all time!

I remember this and it was so amazing and props to her singing live 👍🏾

Raw artistry. Brilliant. Real emotion.

Its Lunar New Year 2024, and Madonna, although out of the limelight, is still very relevant. Madonna is an excellent artist.

Performance icônica de uma das eras mais lendárias da música. Viva a rainha do pop! ❤

YES !!! Now we need her ICONIC performance of MUSIC !!!

She has an incredible stage fright and you can hear it from her voice. Whenshe is more relaxed she can sing much better, and I am not delusional. The pressure that has had being on this woman you could not imagine.

Best vocals. Hard song to sing. THE QUEEN OF POP ❤

@GLopezMad

5 ай бұрын

Hard to sing? For Madonna every song is hard to sing live!!

@jamieconiam760

5 ай бұрын

You’re tone deaf

@eternalgemini

5 ай бұрын

​@@GLopezMadNot true, have you seen Evita? She sang her but off throughout the movie. She's done many many live performances.

@miguelus.81

5 ай бұрын

​@@GLopezMadYou're just jealous because no one likes the way you sing.

@PDC1987

5 ай бұрын

@@GLopezMad shut up. She is a far more capable vocalist than people give her credit for, and her songs are incredibly difficult to sing. Her songwriting style focuses heavily on melody and vocal melody, and singers with big voices frequently have problems with elaborate melodies. Too big and sloppy.

Miss these days where people could embrace other cultures and no one would scream “culture appropriation!”. Art is everything we see and get inspired by. Now a days that is a crime.

Ok!!!! Now! I would like an explanation as to who sabotaged her sound during the original live broadcast!!!!! Because her vocals are PHENOMENAL! but they did not sound like this on the original live broadcast…it was muffled and not so beautiful and clear! I demand an apology to QUEEN MADONNA IMMEDIATELY!

@universalsoulhealing

5 ай бұрын

That was just your tv. 😂

@pauscleanliving839

5 ай бұрын

@@universalsoulhealing😹

@mlvc82

5 ай бұрын

Ya…so hilarious you are 🙄🙄 Go watch the KZread clips of this performance and then get back to me about how her vocal sound was not like this on the broadcast…someone manipulated it.

@Tangerinedream-yh9cq

5 күн бұрын

​@@mlvc82I can't find

Madonna was art

I love that this is the now the opening to her celebration tour. It’s perfect to start off the story of her life. This woman has such a huge back catalogue of music it’s unreal. She’s the queen for a reason.

What an amazing performance. The song itself is a yes already.

Such an amazing performance of one of her best songs. So happy to see her performing it live again on celebration tour. LONG LIVE THE QUEEN OF POP 👑

This song is on my top 5 fave Madonna songs…and when she opened The Celebration Tour with this song…I was a mess! Love❤

Not just a performance This is also an arts and wow Amazing

Una de las mejores performances de los Grammys, realizada por la única e inigualable REINA DEL POP. Felicitaciones por esta actualización muy merecida.

@jorgearias3940

5 ай бұрын

La palabra "performance" es un anglicismo. Usemos en buen español "la actuación". Cuidemos nuestro idioma el español. Y sí la reina luego de ser vetada, tengo entendido por los Grammys por 10 años. Regresa triunfante. A su haber, tiene 7 Grammys. Y probablemente que tendría más. Viva la reina. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@SachielSkandia

5 ай бұрын

​@@jorgearias3940 Y performance esta bien escrito, dejemos de querer corregir a las personas con tonterías.

@Sadako888

5 ай бұрын

@@SachielSkandia No es tontería, está reailzando un comentario en español usandos términos anglófilos.

@asturiasrobocop1341

5 ай бұрын

Venga, voy a defender al caballero de la "performance" y a reprender al que critica el uso de anglicismos para referirse a la Reina. "Performance" es una palabra de origen anglosajón, si. Pero plenamente aceptada por la RAE. Es decir que ya es castellano. dle.rae.es/performance . Personalmente prefiero "la actuación" , pero por poder decirse, puede decirse "performance". Ahora bien, lo importante es lo que diga Madonna. Mado, si lees esto, dinos que opinas.

@PonchoSaGo

5 ай бұрын

​@@Sadako888 y que?

Finally on KZread. Thank you!

25 years later 🤨 but thank you grrrramys 😤 I needed for a long time this perfomance in HD and now I´m in peace 😌

One of the best Grammy performances ever ❤

she sounds amazing and the whole performance is perfection.

@jamieconiam760

5 ай бұрын

Are you deaf? She sounds appalling. She looks amazing

@Coconutshavebadhair

5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@PDC1987

4 ай бұрын

@@jamieconiam760 she sounds great.

This is one of the most interesting and artistic performance in the Grammys and of course it had to be by the Queen of Pop her magesty MADONNA! 👑

Never seen this performance, now it all make sense she opens her new tour with "Nothing Really Matters" 🤩

One of my favorite songs from Ray Of Light. I was so excited when I went to see her Drowned World Tour, wishing so much that she’d perform this. What an amazing show, but she didn’t perform it. Now, I’m a couple months away from seeing her Celebration Tour, and she *opens* with this song. I absolutely love Madonna, and “Nothing Really Matters” is a perfect song.

The shrine behind her reads “愛がすべて” (pronounced: eye gah sue bay tay) which translates to “love is everything” ❤

Great song, music video and whole album! God save the Queen! ❤

Love her vocals here.

This is how you put on a show!

One of the best perfomances of her, so raw. just raw vocals, love it.

Everything about this performance , album , styling was amazing ! I’m not being ageist , but what a shame that she felt the need to change her body and face so much, when she was aging so wonderfully ! This outfit is elegant , and ethereal , I lament the loss of this part of her 🙏

@basil33

4 ай бұрын

She was criticized for being “old” at this time. I remember

@lovedaybebe5881

3 ай бұрын

@@basil33 how sad 😔

2024. She's still around. She's still the best. Love her too much!

Madonna might not be the most gifted vocalist ever but she can deliver a show. See how she gave us an iconic stage performance without even leaving the wooden bridge?

@EvanWhite-lc5wv

2 ай бұрын

Respectfully, you must be hard of hearing or live in the most tiny of boxes. Maonna is way more than just a vocalist, its beyond anything you could probably comprehend. She's also the story-book to millions of people's life LOL😂

@heyoletsgo9

2 ай бұрын

when you preface a compliment with an insult you neuter the point…

@a.ran_blvd

2 ай бұрын

@@heyoletsgo9 she isn't a vocalist though, she's a performer.

I remember the first time I watched live in 1999, I was in shock, the video on MTV, the performance, her. Everything was perfect in the Ray of light era...!

The Queen of Pop 👑

@LidiaPeralta-iw6ge

5 ай бұрын

THE ONE AND ONLY!

Great performance. She sounds so much better with Donna & Nikki. She oughta be singing with them still today!

This was a tricky one. The shoes alone - she had to keep her balance. No effects to hide behind. So, she had to sing on key while balancing on her platform shoes without heels and controlling her diaphragm. She was not used to this AND she was nervous. She pulled it off, but not without stressing herself (and some of her hopeful fans) out. A more conventional shoe alone might have increased her performance outcome, but who can say for sure.

Finally this performance in high quality on KZread thanks🥺❤

Love it! It's the best NRM live version 😊. The song just like the background and the custom are dramatic (also Frozen in DWT). The simplicity and the crystal voice gives me chill. Good job the group, William Orbit and the backup singers.

"Nothing takes the past away like the future. Nothing makes the darkness go like the light." True and profound. Still some of my favorite lines from any song ever.

Finally we have an official version of the video in high quality!!! 😍❤️🙏🏻🔥

It should have never taken The Grammys 17 long years to recognize Madonna’s music. She should have started winning Grammys with the True Blue album. It was only the best-selling album on the planet in 1986. Hell, even “Borderline” and “Into the Groove” deserved Grammys before that. Y’all did The Queen of Pop DIRTY. But thank you for uploading this exquisite performance in HD, finally.

NO ONE compares to MADONNA! The queen! ❤❤❤

QUEEN OF POP. NOBODY COMES CLOSE

@elainemeyer5062

5 ай бұрын

SHE doesn’t come close - there are MANY others around today who sing much better IMHO!

One of my fav Madonna eras

¡¡¡Por fin está la versión en HD de esta legendaria presentación!!! Me pareció un muy bien acierto por parte de Madonna incluirla como apertura en el Celebration Tour ya que precisamente desde esta ocasión no la habíamos podido escuchar en vivo y mucho menos en una gira mundial. No puedo esperar para verla en sus 5 shows de México 😍🏳‍🌈❤

@totohg7382

5 ай бұрын

Ahora son 6 shows