Every year, the Grammys dishes out awards to the year’s biggest artists, and heralds the most important musical offerings of the past 12 months.

However, what get us most excited are the A-list performances, as huge names from the world of music grace the stage to deliver memorable, impactful and, at times, outrageous renditions of their hits, in the hopes of being the stand-out star of the evening.

With a plethora to choose from, we’ve picked 30 of the performances that have stuck with us over the years, and here they are from the earliest to the most recent…

The 2018 Grammys will take place on Sunday 28 January at New York’s Madison Square Garden. They’ll be shown on 29 January on 4Music here in the UK.