Cher baffled the crowd at the Grammy Awards by mistakenly announcing Luther Vandross as the winner of Record of the Year.

The 79-year-old pop superstar took to the stage at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday night (02.02.26) to present the coveted prize but she fumbled the announcement and called Luther Vandross' name before swiftly correcting herself and giving the prize to real winner Kendrick Lamar, who won Record of the Year for his SZA collaboration Luther.

Cher said: "And the Grammy goes to … Oh! They told me it was going to be on a prompter. Oh, the Grammy goes to Luther Vandross. Oh Kendrick, no Kendrick Lamar!"

The singer then appeared to mouth: "I'm so sorry" as Kendrick and SZA walked to the stage to collect their trophy.

The track is inspired by music veteran Luther Vandross - who died in 2005 - and features a sample of the singer's 1982 song with Cheryl Lynn If This World Were Mine.

After picking up the prize, Kendrick shared his admiration for the late star in his acceptance speech.

He said: "This is what music is about. Luther Vandross, this, this is special for me. I gotta take my time. It's one of my favorite artists of all time, and they granted us the privilege to do our version of this.

"When we got that clearance, I promise you, we definitely all dropped a tear, because we know how much him and Cheryl Lynn poured into that record.

"And being able to put our vocals of it, it proves that we were somewhat worthy to be just as great them individuals.

"And they granted us that, you know, they said, 'No cursing, though - can't curse on it.' That was the only thing, right?

"And we said, 'You know what we're looking to do just that, no cursing.' We're going to make sure that this song represents love. So I want to appreciate and give thanks to SZA."

It was a huge night for Kendrick as he became the most-decorated rap artist in the history of the Grammy Awards.

As well as winning for Record of the Year, Kenrick also took home awards for Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song, Best Melodic Rap Performance and Best Rap Performance, putting him ahead of previous record holder Jay Z with a total of 27 Grammy Awards.