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Clive Davis Talks What (and Who) to Expect at This Year’s Pre-Grammy Party; Taylor Swift, SZA and Victoria Monet’s Success; and Much More

Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy Gala is a party like no other - here he talks about what (and who) we can expect, and talks Taylor Swift, SZA and more.

It is truly fete like no other, a place where you can see Bey and Jay at one table and Barbra Streisand and Nancy Pelosi at the next, where you’re seeing completely unique performances by some of the biggest stars in the world: Highlights we’ve witnessed over the years include seeing Brandi Carlile sing “A Case of You” to Joni Mitchell, Beck perform “The Man Who Sold the World” with the surviving members of Nirvana, and Lionel Richie blow the roof off the Beverly Hilton with a double shot of “All Night Long” and “Dancing on the Ceiling.” But in the audience will be [Motown founder] Berry Gordy and Diana Ross and Jay-Z and Beyonce and Bon Jovi, and newer artists will be there, like SZA, Ice Spice, Noah Kahan and [basketball great] Scottie Pippen and [tennis superstars] Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams, I think it will be Nancy Pelosi’s 24th or 25th consecutive year. [Pause] I very much like Victoria Monet and what she’s done — I reach out to a few [newer artists] to at least be [at the party], like her and Ice Spice, Noah Kahan, I like Maluma I like Karol G.

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