Top Grammy moments

When singer Chris Brown took a wrong turn on the way to the 51st Grammy Awards — instead going to jail in the wake of an alleged domestic dispute — it was just the latest in a long line of offbeat incidents surrounding the annual music awards.

Previously, Bob Dylan endured a very “special” guest. Jennifer Lopez showed up half-naked. Michael Jackson brought Elizabeth Taylor as a date and went home with eight statuettes. Norah Jones upstaged The Boss, and Milli Vanilli ushered in the age of the lip-synch.

And, of course, when you think heavy metal, you think…Jethro Tull?

The Grammys have their good moments, but the event has spawned its share of weird ones as well. Time looked back on some of the more peculiar episodes and pared them down to a list of 10:

1. Soy Bomb

2. Marvin Gaye

3. J. Lo

4. Ol’ Dirty Bastard

5. Michael Jackson

6. Norah Jones

7. Eminem and Elton

8. Milli Vanilli

9. Tina Turner

10. Jethro Tull/Metallica

To read about what made those moments special, and to catch a slideshow, visit Time.

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