The 66th Grammy Awards will kick off in Los Angeles on Sunday night, with many of the music industry’s top talent set to be recognized for their work.
Ahead of music’s biggest night, Clive Davis and The Recording Academy hosted its Pre-GRAMMY Gala at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday.
Among the A-list stars was 16-time Grammy winner David Foster, who hit the red carpet with his lovely wife, Katharine McPhee on his arm.
Foster and McPhee were dressed to the nines for the annual occasion.
McPhee, 39, showed off her fab figure in a skintight blue gown with jewels along the trim of the strapless bodice.
Katharine McPhee, 39, and husband David Foster, 74, were among the celebrities to attend Clive Davis and The Recording Academy’s Pre-GRAMMY Gala on Saturday night
She strutted her stuff in a pair of open-toe heels and she carried a sparkly clutch.
The American Idol alum’s silky light brown hair were pulled back in a loose bun with several pieces left out to frame her face.
As for Foster, 74, the acclaimed musician rocked a classic black double-breasted suit with a white dress shirt, matching black tie and dress shoes.
Foster has been a mainstay at the Grammy Award ceremonies and its many pre-Grammy parties over the years, considering has won 16 awards from 47 nominations.
His first three nominations came from his work with Earth, Wind & Fire back in 1980, which included his win for Best Rhythm & Blues Song as the co-writer of their song After The Love Has Gone with Jay Graydon.
Foster has also won Grammys as a producer, such as Best Cast Show Album (1983) for the Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album, among others, and as an arranger, winning Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for Barbara Steisand song Somewhere (1987).
McPhee, 39, showed off her fab figure in a skintight blue gown with jewels along the trim of the strapless bodice
Foster and McPhee were dressed to the nines for the annual occasion
She strutted her stuff in a pair of open-toe heels and she carried a sparkly clutch. The American Idol alum’s silky light brown hair were pulled back in a loose bun with several pieces left out to frame her face
As for Foster, 74, the acclaimed musician rocked a classic black double-breasted suit with a white dress shirt, matching black tie and dress shoes
Clive Davis has served as the host of the coveted Pre-Grammy Gala since 1976
His most recent Grammy nomination and win was for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album as a producer for Michael Bublé’s Crazy Love.
The couple met back in 2006, when Foster mentored McPhee on American Idol, for which she placed second to Taylor Hicks, but their friendship didn’t turn romantic until they decided to start dating in 2017.
Ultimately, they went on to tie-the-knot at the St. Yeghiche Armenian Apostolic Church in Kensington, London, England in June 2019.
The pair, who will be celebrating five years of marriage this summer, ended up welcoming the birth of their first child together, a son Rennie, who turns three in February.
While Rennie is the first child for McPhee, this is child number six for Foster, but the first son for the music composer and producer.
He is already a father to five adult daughters: Sara, 42, Erin, 41, and Jordan, 37, whom he shared with second wife Rebecca Dyer.
Foster also has daughters Allison, 53, and Amy, 50, from previous relationships.
Foster has won 16 Grammys out of 47 nominations over the years, which dates back to his win for Best Rhythm & Blues Song as the co-writer of the Earth Wind & Fire song After The Love Has Gone with Jay Graydon; the musician is pictured when he won in 1987 as an arranger for Barbara Streisand’s Somewhere
Foster also scored two Grammys working with Whitney Houston as a producer for Record Of The Year for I Will Always Love You and Album Of The Year for The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album; they are seen celebrating in March 1994
While Clive Davis, 91, served as the host of his annual Pre-Grammy bash, his special VIP guest list included such musical stars as Kylie Minogue, Green Day’s Mike Dirnt, Billie Joe Armstrong and Tre Cool, Dua Lipa, Megan Thee Stallion, Machine Gun Kelly, Cher, Janelle Monae, Bebe Rexha, Lana Del Rey, Charli XCX, Smokey Robinson, Jon Bon Jovi, Flavor Flav, Shania Twain, Lainey Wilson, Desmond Child, Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey and Mark Ronson.
Some of the other high-profile celebs included the likes of Noah Kahan, Tom Hanks, Edgar Barrera, Niecy Nash, Meg Donnelly, Jelly Roll, Bunnie XO, Justin Trante, Keke Palmer, Serena Williams, Julia Lemigova, Martina Navratilova, Keyshia Cole, Coi Leray, Grace Gummer, Meryl Streep, Andra Day, Troye Sivan, Tyla, Nancy Pelosi, Julia Garner, Tyrese Gibson, Jeezy, Michael Rubin, Robert Kraft, Jesse Jo Stark, Gayle King, Journey Montana.
Many of those artists will also be attending Sunday’s big night in music that will honor the best recordings, compositions, and artists from October 1, 2022, to September 15, 2023.
The 66th annual Grammy Awards, hosted by comedian Trevor Noah for a fourth time, will be broadcast on CBS and available to stream on Paramount + from the Crypto.com Arena in Downtown Los Angeles.
