Before TikTok and Instagram, if you wanted to watch your favorite musicians perform on a screen, that happened at an awards show. And throughout the years, awards shows like the Grammys, MTV's VMAs, and the infamous 1995 Source Awards have brought some of music's most iconic moments.
From Diana Ross and Lionel Richie at the 1982 Grammy Awards to Britney Spears's star turn on the 1999 VMAs, flip through the slideshow for 20 of the 20th century's greatest awards show performances.
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